The hill immediately above the village of Braemar is Morrone, and climbing it is one of half a dozen short walks one can do out of Braemar. I climbed it Friday afternoon in a couple hours. Little did I know that its summit and return is the "hill climb" of the Royal Highland Games, and Saturday I would see someone do the complete circuit in 17 minutes!
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Morrone Hill, from the Duck Pond above Braemar
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Compass
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Below, the Royal Princess and Duke of Fife Memorial Field, where the annual
Royal Highland Games take place, and to the right of the fields and stands, the village of Braemar |
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In the distance, Invercauld Castle, owned by the Farquharsons, the local nobility,
who sold Balmoral (a few more miles down the Dee) to Queen Victoria |
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