Gwing1313: BALMORAL ..visited ROyal FAmily's ScoTTish HOMe .....

Once U're here ...
........somewhere North of UK .... Aberdeenshire, Scotland.... so now ... time shouldn't be wasted to see new undiscovered attractive places ....

D' IDea came across ........ Of coz ... first ....
       ....questions ... inquiries for best sight seeing near by ...
       .... to people who had been this place ....
       BALMORAL ......

Here .... short INFO ..... extracted few things U like to know .....

Balmoral Castle is on d' Balmoral Estate in Aberdeenshire, Scotland .... a private residence of d' Queen's beloved by Queen Victoria nn Prince Albert. Balmoral Castle has remained a favorite residence for d' Queen nn her Family during d' SUMMer Holiday period in AUGust nn SEPtember. The Castle is located on d' large Balmoral Estate ..a working estate which aims to protect d' enviroment while conributing to d' local economy...

The estate grounds, garden nn d' castle BALLroom are OPEn to visitors FRom d' beginning of APRil to d' end of JULy each year, under d' management of d' Balmoral Estate Office ....
Know something .... some 89,000 people visit Balmoral each year nn d' estate maintains n restores FOOTpaths throughout d' propety for visiting hikers ...

Started ... from PU3 home in Aberdeen ... d' place we stayed ....

PETER nn Jerry ... happy enough to come along ..... a place far to reach if NOT insisted ... with strong WILL .... went with a car ... all five ....I'm d' driver with d' help of GPS nn PETER as local co driver...

GOT to know ... PETEr ..Gordie ... eeeh .. from NEWCastle ... one of my study's place 3decades ago .... had been BAlmoral Castle .... yearssss ..oh along time ago .... hardly remembered .....really PETer ...

Driving with care .... but observing surroundings .... lonely road... nOt busy as town areas ...... vehicles ...further apart ....

..... Nice cool scenery .... still nice green tall trees ... jungles ... all d' way .... but... distant ... houses ... villages ... concrete homes ... farms buildings .... seeing would make Uu believing ..... as d' term for people like to explore .....

Once passed ..... had to U turn ....

Simply NOt .... busy day .....really ..... but .. feeling ..little chilly ...

People already here ....travelled around ..one nn half hours to reach here ..

Group of bikers were here too .... most local but from further places ...

Parking NOT free ...... had to pay d' machine for d' sticker .....

......... for full day ...

Once entered ... before crossing to d' other side of land .... a long concrete ...steel bridge was built ...over fast running stream .....

..... River DEE ..... ????

ok ... quick reading ..public open INFO ... as given long decription here...

PRINCE ALBERT QUEEN VICTORIA

Isambard Kingdom Brunel was held in high Esteem by his fellow engineers and by the general public who flocked to witness the great constrction projects, grand opernings and ships launches. It wasn't long before he came to the attention of HRH Princ Albert to Britain from Germany to marry Queen Victoria in 1840. Hist first meeting with Brunel would have been when he was invited to launch the SS Great Braitain on 19th JULY 1843. That would have been a memoriable Day for Prince Albert who had a great interest in Engineering annd Science as at the time the SS GREAT Britain, as well as being the largest Ship in the WORLD, was also the most techonologically Advanced. The Great Exhibition of 1891 at Crystal Palace also brought the two men together. Brunel was a member of its Building Committee and Prince Albert took a keen interest in all aspects of the exhibition. The Prince was also to give Brunel permission to name his major railway Bridge at Saltagh, the Royal Albert Bridge (Constructed 1892 -1859)

Queen Victoria an Prince Albert purchased Bolmoral Estate in 1848 and they set about making numberous improvement. It was natural enough therefore for the Prince to turn to Brunel to Design a new Bridge over the RIver DEE. This would replace the exisiting rather shaky suspension bridge over the river downstream, which had served as access to Balmoral since 1834 (Old Balmoral Bridge)

PAId entrance with tickets ...purchasable main gate office ....
NO bus .... nO car .... to transporting VIsitors......but..
Special converted ..... using .....tractor trailer .... waaaw GOOD enough,,, slow but steady ... to enable ....watching d' surroundings ......

NO GUide .... here ... so ..how do we know ????

NOt to worry ..... Uu're given TALKING GUIDE ..... d' tour guide that control ... to be host as it would accompany around d' Balmoral Estate .... many languages ...uu'r own choice ...but sorry .... NO Malay language ....

... to GET .... d' AUDIO GUIDE ..... had to que........ nn request ...

Familiar Pictures .... here
Cottages ....Stables converted into show rooms here .... d' management make sure d' visitors worth keep ON coming to this palace .... so after d' main entrance... approching d' converted buildings to show .... common antique vehicles being used here ... pictures creamic .... series nn dozens of old royal pictures ....hunted favourites animals around d' estate ...
Named ...d' animals .... d' birds..... d' sound of d' animals .... lots... !!!!

Picture at younger times .... queen nn children ...

Balmoral .... considered in d' rural area of villages .... rural communities that consists of number of dwelling nn possibly a few businesses like local shop cum post office nn a village PUB (public house) ..... D' term meaning rural village to maintained that in mind particular word to be retained ....as now d' village has been swallowed up by d' expension of nearby town nn city ....

......... nearest 6 train stations ... only within approximately 25miles....

..........nearest Hotels approximately 6 miles (10km)

BALmoral ... Queen's favourite place ... nn as noted ..d' QUEEn was residence here at d' time of d' DEAth of DIANA, Prince of Wales during 1997 car's accident ........

REAl location .... love d' scenery ... cool nn raining ...but peace ...

Large compound ... this estate covers an area of about 20,000 hectares (49,000 acres) as this is workingestate including grouse moors, forestry n farmland as well as managed herds of DEER, highland cattle and ponies ....

At last ..... weather ..NOT too friendly .... raining ... nn had to take cover ... somewhere warm....
TImes .....getting late as had to be home nOt later ...4.00pm ...eeh ...
D' palace if nOt occupied by QUeen .... open to all ... to see ... to experience ..... so in return ... d' management designed INComes as well ... to help d' COSt of HIgh living .... maintenance
At d' canteen ... restaurant offered .... hOt drinks .... nn ..royalty souveniers to take ... home .... offered ...RARely to find somewhere