South of the Grampian Mountains

We are not just driving around aimlessly but the trip we have in mind is pretty twisting. We start driving on several side roads west of the A9, then we cross the highway to the eastern side, into Perthshire and Angus. We are clearly at the end of the mountains and there is a lot of agriculture which isn't possible more to the north.

At first we see nothing but hills but when we drive into some glens to the north we are find ourselves soon in the mountains again. Here we are at Glen Doll, at the end of Glen Clova in the southeastern part of the Grampian Mountains. The weather is nice and even warm, about 15 degrees Celsius. The weather has improved quite a bit over the last few days.

The next valley, Glen Prosen, goes a bit less far into the mountains and when we drive back we see the plains before us, well, hilly plains. They remind us to the fact that tomorrow we will be back in the flat Netherlands again... No, this time we won't say anything bad about Holland, but everybody has to admit: Holland is really flat.

On the way we see several hidden castles and entrances to estates with probable castles but we don't stop for pictures. Just when we talk about the fact that we aven't seen a castle for a long time we come across this one ner the village of Balintore. The windows are broken but we see no 'for-sale' sign. Well, it would be a bit too big for us, anyway...

We have travelled quite a long way when we arrive at Dunkeld, where we have made reresvations yesterday. From here it is just over an hour to drive to the airport so we won't have to get up too early.

Although we have made less pictures than the days before, we have really enjoyed our day in an area where we haven't been before much. Our last night in Scotland, we have to celebrate the fact that we will be back, for sure!