July 26th
We did venture back to Brodie Castle, not just to have a look at the gardens but a little further on was Lidl, and we had run out of milk and bread. I'm not sure what I thought we would see in the gardens, nicely laid flower beds with plenty of colour. I was a bit disappointed then when most was lawns and shrubbery. The only thing worth looking at was in the children play area, and that certainly didn't have lovely flowers! We only stayed a short while, good job we were NT members and didn't have to pay for parking.
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| Only 1 hour out! (British summer time) |
Shopping done, it was off to Aviemore and the Strathspey steam railway. We managed to get a first class ticket for 3 pm, which included afternoon tea. Not cheap but so worth spending the money as steam locos are a passion for us both.
A station attendant escorted us to our compartment. The table was set, and two Prosecco bottles also looked inviting. Reading the wine menu, Prosecco could be bought for £7.50 so we left well alone. I did comment for how much we paid for the tickets, they could have thrown the drinks in for free! Anyway, tea was served straight away. Ian chose cheese and cucumber sandwiches and I, the tuna and red onion. They arrived on the bottom plate of a three tiered cake stand, scone jam and clotted cream on the second plate and on the top plate a selection of cakes.
The journey wasn't long, about 3/4 hour, stopping at Boat of Garten and Broomhill. There the loco was uncoupled and taken past the carriages to be joined at the other end for the journey back.
We enjoyed the experience immensely and as we were about to leave, the attendant asked if we would like to take the prosecco home. "But we haven't paid for it" I replied. "It's all included in your ticket!" she said. Blast, if we had known that, we would have drunk it on the train! Both bottles are now in our fridge.
We were allowed to stay in the car park for a fee of £15. Definitely worth it as we can watch the locomotive return in the morning.
Not 100% sure what we will be doing tomorrow. The Olympics have started and certain events I would like to see, equestrian is one.
And seen on the station showing the way to the toilets
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| Oh, so true. ๐๐ |
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