The North East is castle country and it is easy to get “castle overload”, however on the route North from Aberdeen try Fyvie Castle and Duff House in Banff .

The coast road to Inverness is full of interesting fishing villages and Portsoy is a good example with a working harbour. Findhorn is also a fairly unique place with its Findhorn Community and ecovillage.

Close by is Brodie Castle, and near Inverness is Fort George , built just after the ’45 Jacobite Rebellion and, in its day, completely impregnable.