More from the last day

We left Dunnottar Castle and headed back west to Crathes Castle. It's a short drive and once there we were rewarded with another truly great Castle.

Crathes Castle was built in the 16th century the Bennitt family and has remained family line to the present. What an inheritance each generation receives! The Castle is furnished and we were able to walk the rooms full of antiques dating back to the 1500s. Spiral staircases are still used to get between floors. The stones are worn but are the original stones from the 1500s.

There were beautiful gardens near the Castle and flat Ella just loved the flowers. But....once again she is resting. She is going to be really tired when this trip is finished.

One last look at the gardens and the Castle and we were off to find our third Castle of the day.

We headed about 20 miles northwest and were rewarded with.....

Craigievar Castle which was built between 1610 and 1626 by William Forbes. Unfortunately the Castle was closed so we just looked at the outside and headed for Balater and the B&B we call home.

It's been a great day and tomorrow we go down the road again. I'll do more when we get internet connection again.