' 1 Fhe direct route to Inverness is by the Perth-Invernes's road
(which is once again in full use), and an excellent high- way it makes since its reconstruction. But I should recom- mend the Aberdeen route- in preference even if one does not propose to spend part of one's holiday in Aberdeenshire. The beginning of this road is at Blairgowre, and from here a gentle climb is made to the Spittal of Glenshee. The village is at tin foot of the Cairnwell Mountain; the road rising with it over the Devil's Elbow to a point higher then any other road in tl*i: British Isles. The descent to Braemar is in easy stages. NO1 more popular run in all Scotland exists than the North Deeside road, which follows the course of the river for nearly sixty miles to Aberdeen. It. passes the. Royal Castle at Balmoral,- Balloter (the capital of Deeside)-and the noted fishing villages of Aboyne and Banchory. A night's stay in Aberdeen would be almost obligatory, as the continuation of the route to Inverness covers fully one hundred miles.
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