Crathes Castle Archives

Midmar – And Walks Around Crathe Estate and Millburn

29 July 2016 Andy

Sarah and I finally arrived in Midmar early Friday evening following our time in Fife. Midmar, is not too far from Aberdeen. More specifically it is the location of Clive and Sally’s home Ordiefork. We are always given a warm welcome and look forward to our stay here, as can be seen from our previous posts – Ordiefork & Ordiefork – The Return. Saturday Unfortunately, everything wasn’t going to plan. Sally works in Germany during the week and her flight…

Crathes Castle and Midmar

24 February 2015 Andy

Our second day at Ordiefork opened with wintry conditions outside. Not ideal conditions for a walk in the hills (though some may disagree). We decided to visit a nearby National Trust for Scotland property – Crathes Castle and Estate. The Estate was once part of the Royal Forest of Drum. In 1323, following Robert the Bruce’s successful campaign against the English as part of his rewarding families that fought with him, he granted the lands of Leys to Alexander Burnard….