We had lunch in the Mountain Cafe - my favourite place, you can see the Cairngorm Mountains whilst eating your lunch, heavenly. I then drove up the mountain and watch all the skiers. It was such good fun watching people skiing (and falling over). We had to wait for the funicular train to leave its depot - my daughter was thrilled that she saw the train.
On the way back down we stopped at Lake Morlich and watched the ducks. They were so cute and came running up to us as soon as we got out of the car - they must be used to people feeding them. Unfortunately, we didn't have any bread, so they must have been quite disappointed with us. We then drove on to The Hilton Hotel site and looked around their wooden lodges in the forest. It was a beautiful setting. The Hilton also have an outdoor activities area - rock climbing, trampolining, ski hill etc. Aviemore is a great place is you like outdoor pursuits, there is just so much to do.
Instead of taking the A95 main route home, I decided to take the scenic route from Grantown and we drove 24 miles and only passed three cars - talk about gridlock !!!
All in all we had a fab day.
Kathryn, Lazy Daisy Glass xx
4 comments:
Looks Lovely, though a bit cold!! Lots to do for the kids!
sounds like a very busy day. I can remember going camping in Aviemore about 5 years ago now, in August and it was freezing and going up to inverness to buy more sleeping bags, looking at the photos it still looks freezing up there just now.
Hi Eve,
I think I must be used to the weather up here now, it's not that bad. You just have to wear an extra layer. It was lovely on Saturday, although it doesn't show in the photos. We're getting used to minus 15 in winter now, so any temperature in the + is a real bonus LOL.
I stayed at that hotel with the kids last summer! The kids loved the dry sledging down the hill! We went up the mountain too! It was FREEZING!!!!!!!!!
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