Inverey Castle (1)
So, from Kirriemuir I have back-tracked, driven up Glen Isla and Glen Shee and then crossed the Cairnwell into God's own count(r)y - Aberdeenshire!  This has always been my preferred route for returning to Aberdeen (not that I am actually going to the Granite City on this occasion), and although twice as long as taking the coastal route, the wilderness of the Cairngorm mountains followed by the 50 mile drive down magnificent Royal Deeside from Braemar, make it very worthwhile!  For me anyway!

But before heading east, I have a call to make here, 4 miles upstream from Braemar, where Glen Ey joins Deeside from the south, at the appropriately named hamlet of Inverey (&quot;Inva-ee&quot;).
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