We’re in Braemar today and gosh I love this place. I think I could retire here.

You can just make out the River Dee in the valley in the next photo.

This is the River Clunie gushing beside the Fife Arms Hotel.

The entrance to the Fife Arms is beautiful.

This is the duck pond at the top of Chapel Brae. It’s a short walk from the centre of the village to the pond. It’s partly frozen but definitely not safe for ice-skating. I wonder whether the locals ever get to ice-skate on it?

The car park at the duck pond.