Christmas Eve

One walk was not enough for the spritely Dr Anne and J. D..  A quick lunch was followed by the 4 mile walk round what used to be called the Boyne.  Why the Boyne?  There is the Boyne Burn and the Boyne Castle, the seat of the Ogilvies and a stopover for Mary Queen of Scots.

J. D. and Dr Anne went down the Burnie Brae and up the hill towards Langside down to Cairnrankie and Cowhythe then to the hamlet of Scotstown.  It was a calm day making the walking conditions fair.  It was decided that it was too late in the day to climb fences and cross fields to ruins of Boyne Castle.  the twosome headed up to the old road to Whitehills.

The light was beginning to fade so they stepped up the pace round by Bloomvale, Lintmill of Boyne and on to the A98 Banff to Portsoy road.