A watercolour showing a view of the Geldie Lodge. The roof and chimneys of the lodge are shown rising above a hill in the foreground. Further hills are shown behind. Inscribed lower left: Geldie Shiel f[ro]m below bank Oct: 1 - 1877. While staying at Balmoral Queen Victoria made many expeditions to local beauty spots. On 1 October 1877 the Queen visited the Geldie Lodge with her daughter Princess Beatrice and daughter-in-law Princess Alexandra of Wales. In her journal entry of that day, Queen Victoria describes how they "Took our luncheon sitting under a bank near the Shiel... We sketched a little & walked some way".