Aberdeen; Sunday, 22 January, 2012

Having dropped my bags off at the left luggage office I walked round to the bus station to pick up the coach out to the small town of Crathes.

The town is home to a massive estate with a spectacular castle and walled garden. A large part of the estate along with the castle and gardens were left to the National Trust of Scotland in the 1950’s and today they are open to the public.

I spent most of the day taking in the stunning walks through the estate and the very informative guided tour of the castle, helped by the fact that I was the only person on the tour, so I got a personal tour.

Having spent most of the day at the castle it was time to head back into Aberdeen, pick up my luggage and head for the airport.

Once again we got an early boarding call, so early that If Aberdeen wasn’t such a small airport and I was looking at the gate I might have had to leave a third of a pint in the restaurant.

At the same time as the inbound flight was due to be landing we were already picking up speed down the runway on our way back south.