Brodie Castle

Brodie Castle

We visited Brodie Castle when we were here in 2015.  They still won't let visitors take photos, but this time we had a private tour, which almost made up for no photos.  Our guide was in his 80's, and very knowledgeable about not only the castle, but the family and the art we were looking at.  When we arrived at the main lounge on the first floor, he played the 1870's piano for us.  Wonderful!!

Look at the Victorian kitchen while you can!

Most of the furniture was already gone, and soon the beautiful copper pots will be history, as well.

Bill did take a couple of pictures in the Victorian kitchen, because they are dismantling it to expand the tea room!!  None of the employees we spoke with were happy about the change, including the ones who worked in the tea room.

The garden has many beautiful trees.

We enjoyed our private tour!  As we were leaving, the entire entrance was full of people waiting to take a look.  Timing is everything!

The last owner of the castle was an avid gardener, who loved daffodils.  At one time, he had over 400 varieties.  Today, because of wars and other misuses, they only have about 180 different ones, many of which he was the one who hybridized them.  If you show up in the spring, the entire grounds are covered in daffodils!

Rodney's Stone, a Pictish carved stone which has nothing to do with Rodney.