Aboyne
Aboyne is a town on the edge of the Highlands in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on the River Dee, roughly 26 miles (42 kilometres) west of Aberdeen. It has a pool at Aboyne Academy, all-weather tennis courts, a bowling green and is residence to the oldest 18 opening Golf course on Royal Deeside. Aboyne Castle and also the Loch of Aboyne are nearby. Aboyne has several organisations, consisting of a supermarket (Co-op), one financial institution, several stylists, a butcher, a newsagent, an Indian restaurant and a post office. Originally, there was a railway station in the town, but it was closed on 18 June 1966. The station now includes some shops as well as the passage running under the town is currently home to a firearms club. The market-day in Aboyne was known as Fèill Mhìcheil (Scottish Gaelic for "Michael's Fair").
