Strathdon B&B Accommodation
Aberdeenshire Scotland

Royal Deeside is famous and justly popular amongst visitors who explore the towns along the Dee: Banchory, Aboyne and Ballater. In summer, you may glimpse salmon leaping up the waterfall under the Bridge of Feugh, not far from the centre of Banchory. Follow the side road alongside the River Feugh then turn off, following the signs to the Forest of Birse. Here it is peaceful with no sound but the tumbling waters, the ever-present sheep and maybe a distant buzzard mewing over the hill tops.

In May, it is bright with yellow gorse, purple in August with heather and, in autumn, the rowan trees are laden with red berries. Back on Deeside, at Potarch, is the bridge where a famous local strongman, Donald Dinnie, is reputed to have carried two huge boulders across the river. The stones are still there, outside the Inn. At Aboyne watch the Highland Games take place on the village green before resuming the well-trodden route to Balmoral and Braemar.

Everywhere, in stone circles and standing stones, is the evidence of prehistory. Not far from Aberdeen Airport, near Inverurie, just off the A96, is Archaeolink an interpretive centre about these monuments and the people who built them. Fascinating names like Clinkstone, Maiden Stone and Cloven Stone invite the curious while the intriguingly shaped hill, Bennachie, looms in the background. It's a land of mystery where your imagination can take flight and you can forget the present, wondering about the past.

As well as the Castle Trail, this area also has the Coastal Trail and the Whisky Trail, which links many of the Speyside area distilleries.

B&Bs in Strathdon include:

AULD CUMMERTON
Carole & Bruce Luffman
Glen Nochty - Bellabeg - Strathdon AB36 8UP
Tel: 019756 51337 / Fax: 019756 51349
Email: bluffman.cu@aberdeenshire.gov.uk
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1 four-poster double (en suite) 1 twin (en suite) Open April - Oct B&B from 45 Pounds Sterling

Off the beaten track, Auld Cummerton nestles high in the Grampian mountains on the edge of our own woodland & within the Cairngorms National Park. We offer magnificent views, antiques & luxurious furnishings. Delicious breakfasts with home-made bread & preserves. Castles, distilleries & Balmoral are close by. Ballater 17 miles.

To make enquiries or bookings, please contact the proprietor direct via phone, fax or email as detailed on the relevant entry.

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