Fraser MacDonald

Fraser MacDonald teaches historical geography at Edinburgh.

Diary: Balmorality

Fraser MacDonald, 16 November 2023

Ilove Balmoral​. Not the castle, though it’s fine if you like a bit of crenellated cream puffery. But I love the hills and woods of the Balmoral estate, the restrained charisma of the River Dee as it winds through the farmland of Crathie. The ‘scenery became prettier & prettier’, Queen Victoria wrote on her first trip to Balmoral, ‘& there is much agriculture...

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