Old photograph of the Mail Coach outside the hotel in Kirkmichael, a small village located in Strathardle, Perthshire, Scotland. The village dates back over a thousand years and was at one time an important market in the cattle trade between the Highlands and Lowlands with various drove roads converging on the village. The area became popular as a holiday resort following Queen Victoria's building of Balmoral Castle in nearby Deeside and many of the local shooting lodges or " big houses " as they are known were built at that time. Traditionally they were occupied for " the season " of August and September which included the all important Glorious Twelfth when grouse shooting started. The location of the village in the geographical centre of Scotland at the gateway to the Cairngorm National Park and the convenience of roads leading north, south, east and west has again made it a popular holiday destination.
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