Glenfiddich Hunting Lodge, nr. Dufftown, June 2009

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Thanks to Alir147 for the original heads-up. ;)I couldn't find out much about Glenfiddich Lodge other than it was originally built in 1790 and possibly closed for business in the early 1980s. A couple of the rooms are still clearly in sporadic use by shooting parties.
Compared to other hunting/shooting lodges, particularly those built in the late 1800s and early 1900s, it looks very compact, but once you get inside it's a real warren and there's quite a lot to the place.

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A row of beeches runs along the drive. If they were planted in 1790 they must have been seriously stunted by the wild location!

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Enormous Electrolux fridge. A lot of the remaining furniture had lot numbers on.

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1982 phonebook, it's nice that they put some effort into the cover with a drawing of Aberdeen harbour

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Old fuseboard?

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Squares of tartan carpet welcome you into your room for the night. The rooms are pretty basic, though most are en-suite

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The side corridors are pretty cramped

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Inside a locked cage, 2 rabbits

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I could have stayed the night here. Matches, an open fire, and logs stacked up by the door. This is one of the rooms still in sporadic use.

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Any idea what this is? It looks like a safe door, but opens to something that looks like a door handle attached to a wire

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Another 'in sporadic use' bit

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Soviet Zetor tractor in one of the sheds. We have an identical but much more wrecked one at work, allegedly it can be started with a 6 inch nail, but I didn't need to bother as this one had its key in the ignition.
It had juice in the battery and the fuel tank - I should have driven it back down the few miles to the car, but it might have been harder work than walking with its non-syncromesh gearbox and back-breaking ride

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One of the several outbuildings. Cute!

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Minimax in one of the seriously stripped out cottages

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'After the Glenfiddich diet I lost an incredible half my body weight'
 
Nice :)

Looks a grand spot, and grand weather too :)

Not too sure about the 'Glenfiddich Diet' :mrgreen:
 
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Old fuseboard?

Judging by the coils, it's something electromechanical - looks like it may have been a porter/servant call system where you press a button in the room, the bell rings and a light illuminates to show which room was summoning help.

The safe door thing I'd guess could be a secured electrical master switch, but I'm a bit puzzled by the metal construction if it's directly connected to mains!
 
Nice pics there mate, I love Hunting Lodges. By the way the Zetor is Czechoslavakian!:) Sorry to sound perdantic!
 
Judging by the coils, it's something electromechanical - looks like it may have been a porter/servant call system where you press a button in the room, the bell rings and a light illuminates to show which room was summoning help.

That's exactly what it is. Except, summoning a wee snifter or plate of sandwiches would have been more like it. :D
 
Nice shots, especially the first one. Some of the shots look a bit wangly, you still using the same camera?
 
Nice - good to see some new sites "in the wilds". Like the 1980's phonebook – I can (almost) remember those, the drawings were fantastic. Suspect you'd need a can of Aerostart and a following wind to get the Zetor started. ;)
 
When did Esso stop using tigers un their ads, I remember them using Survivor's Eye Of The Tiger in an ad at the end of the 1980s, & might have still been used into the 1990s.
 
Love this! Lots of interesting things...especially like the curved, sloping corridor ceiling and the cupboard with the handle inside.
Cheers, Lost. Neat. :)
 
I was going to have a look while I was working in the area yesterday but it was pissing rain and I was covered in pasteurised shit so I decided it was best to go straight home.
 
Good post lost, I find these sorts of hunting lodges quite intruiging. It's strange to think it's still occasionally in use despite being derelict, nice photos :)
 
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