Archive for July, 2010
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Tuesday, July 27th, 2010Our landlady Georgie showed us around the estate where she works for the Laird and Countess of Seafield. She lives in the Garden Cottage on the grounds, which includes several acres of forests, cattle and sheep farms. Will was thrilled to see the cows being fed. There are also tenant farmers in the outlying area [...]
Exploring Portknockie and Spey Bay
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010After several day trips, we hung out for a couple days in our little village of Portknockie. The trails leading down to the ocean are a bit rocky, but easy enough for William to walk on his own, with some carrying over mucky spots. Bow Fiddle Rock, a big local attraction, draws loads of photographers [...]
Beachcombers and Keepers of the Light
Monday, July 26th, 2010There is plenty of light in Northeast Scotland this time of year. We’ve taken full advantage of the bright late-evening skies to hang out at our favorite sand beach in neighboring Cullen. Willam and Mike have rock throwing contests in the ocean, muck around in the tidal pools, while Julie keeps her eyes to the [...]
Whisky and Trains
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010The Moray region is home to the world’s best single-malt whisky, so of course we would be remiss not to check out a couple distilleries and see how the Scots do it.
Aberlour is a gorgeous, tidy little town and home to Aberlour Distillery, owned by Chivas Regal. Mike took the 2-hour tour and nosing (tasting), [...]
Out and about around the Moray Firth
Saturday, July 17th, 2010We’ve been so busy having fun in Scotland, we’re just now getting around to another update.
After a few days of exploring our little village and the neighboring burghs, we drove to Macduff Marine Aquarium to get an overview of the sea life in the Moray Firth. Julie was thrilled to learn that Plaice are fished [...]