Autumn at Brodie
By bulbaholic
30 comments
Yesterday Mrs MB announced that we were off for a walk, to me as well as the to the rest of GoYland, and as the fields were so wet we just walked down the road
through the gateway
and up to Brodie castle
Leading away from the castle is a broad, tree lined driveway
leading onto the pond
The pond was built in the 1800’s by the wife of the then Brodie but I expect that the estate workers lent the occaisional hand. About fifteen years ago the pond was badly silted and a troop of Gurkas came up and cleaned it out.When they got to the bed of the pond they found that it was actually paved with cobble stones although these are no longer visible.
The pond is a haven for wildlife but the monarch is, of course, the swan.
One of the reasons for walking up to the castle was to look at the autumn colour and these birch trees didn’t let us down.
- 29 Oct, 2009
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Beautiful scenery,I love this time of year beautiful colours.LOL
29 Oct, 2009
Ah well... we better go for another walk at the weekend then Mr MB
29 Oct, 2009
Wow lovely colour.
29 Oct, 2009
The very essence of autumn! Looks like one of those crisp, clear, bright days, fantastic colours on the trees.
29 Oct, 2009
You are so fortunate to have all of that within walking distance
29 Oct, 2009
The most beautiful of autumnal scenes! Thank you for that.....truly lovely, Bulbaholic!
29 Oct, 2009
Stunning!!
29 Oct, 2009
lovely walk and stunning pics of the trees in all their glory mr MB, thanx for sharing :o)
29 Oct, 2009
Lovely walk...thanks
=^..^=
29 Oct, 2009
Thanks for all your nice comments. Yes, I do feel blessed for being drawn to live in such a beautiful area. It is really rewarding.
I used to get notified of new responses to my blogs by e-mail but that seems to have ceased?
29 Oct, 2009
A nice walk. Are you sure she wasn't prospecting for more land? :-)
29 Oct, 2009
Really nice more lovely autumn colours and a swan as well.
29 Oct, 2009
No 'She' wasn't!!! Just relaxing and enjoying the day... grrr men!!!
29 Oct, 2009
You must have adjusted your settings (inadvertently or otherwise), Bulbaholic, I'm still getting notifications of responses on my blogs
29 Oct, 2009
I'll need to sort Mr MB out again obviously... lol
29 Oct, 2009
Hi what a great set of pictures, thankyou for the walk I enjoyed it.
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29 Oct, 2009
Thanks, Bob. It must have become unchecked last time I changed my avatar. I didn't notice.
Andrew, there is a wonderfull area of walled garden, huge, where Brodie used to to cultivate his daffodils. It is now 'lying fallow' and they just mow the grass. Far too big for one person to deal with but I have always thought that it could make marevellous allotments for a group.
30 Oct, 2009
The GOY Scottish Group perhaps?
30 Oct, 2009
Good idea Andrew lol
30 Oct, 2009
Thanks for the walk it did me a power of good.
30 Oct, 2009
Know what you mean, Dottydaisy, I felt the need of a cup of tea and a biscuit myself after taking that walk;-))
31 Oct, 2009
We've recently come back from another walk - before it starts raining, again, I'll see if there are any nice pix for you all.
31 Oct, 2009
A really nice walk. Lovely colours on the trees this time of year too.
1 Nov, 2009
Moon grower will look forward to seeing them ........
1 Nov, 2009
Beautiful :)))
2 Nov, 2009
GoY is such a good motivator to get out & take pix, isn't it? Not everyone has a castle just around the corner, conveniently groomed by somebody else for us to enjoy!
5 Nov, 2009
This area of Scotland has lots of castles Orgratis
5 Nov, 2009
Reading up on the background of Llandudno from Sid's blog on Bodnant, MG, I got sidetracked by the history of Edward's defenses vs wild and woolly Welsh. Now I had to look up castlesuk.net to peak into all the castles around Moray, plus then browsed the electrichistory of Scotland from the 12th C on...Will have to get some books to bone up, as don't like prolonged reading on screen, but thanks for piquing my interest in more than just the gardens!
5 Nov, 2009
You're welcome Orgratis - the National Trust for Scotland has quite a few castle properties in Aberdeenshire. Then there is Cawdor Castle near Nairn and lord knows how many others...
If GoYers would like Mr MB & I can visit some of these next year and put up blogs about the gardens (and show a pix or two of the castles). If the weather is fine we'll try for Cawdor at the weekend.
5 Nov, 2009
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What a beautiful place, you've some lovely photos too.
29 Oct, 2009