{"id":180099,"date":"2023-09-20T15:47:57","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T15:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/?p=180099"},"modified":"2023-09-20T15:47:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T15:47:57","slug":"cyclists-bump-into-king-charles-while-on-a-walk-near-balmoral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/lifestyle\/cyclists-bump-into-king-charles-while-on-a-walk-near-balmoral\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyclists bump into King Charles while on a walk near Balmoral"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Incredible moment cyclists bump into King Charles while on a walk near Balmoral &#8211; as he says he &#8216;loves walking&#8217; in the area and recalls camping there as a child<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>King Charles chatted to the mountain bikers while walking in Balmoral<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: King Charles and Camilla land in France\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>King Charles stopped and chatted to a group of cyclists who were going for a ride on the Balmoral estate this summer, with the mountain bikers branding the royal &#8216;a very nice man&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The monarch, 74, was hiking alone on his Scottish estate when he passed a group of mountain bikers who were filming their trip for a YouTube video.<\/p>\n<p>Wearing a jacket, flat cap and carrying a walking stick, the royal then stopped and chatted to the group before they told him they were staying on the estate.<\/p>\n<p>In typical British fashion, Charles chatted to the group about the weather and revealed some of his childhood memories on the estate &#8211; including camping with his late father Prince Philip and sister Princess Anne.<\/p>\n<p>The video was posted to YouTube by\u00a0\u00a0mountain biker Andrew McAvoy who regularly shares his\u00a0McTrail Rider YouTube channel.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=QABiQFWwXHg%3Frel%3D0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/20\/16\/75643683-12540445-King_Charles_stopped_and_chatted_to_a_group_of_cyclists_who_were-a-14_1695223372761.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>King Charles stopped and chatted to a group of cyclists who were going for a ride on the Balmoral estate this summer, with the mountain bikers branding the royal &#8216;a very nice man&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/20\/16\/75643953-12540445-The_monarch_74_was_hiking_alone_on_his_Scottish_estate_when_he_p-a-15_1695223373558.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The monarch, 74, was hiking alone on his Scottish estate when he passed a group of mountain bikers who were filming their trip for a YouTube video<\/p>\n<p><span>Andrew revealed that he and his friends were staying on the Royal Lochnagar Distillery, and were\u00a0<\/span><span>heading for Gelder Shiel &#8211; known as the Ernie&#8217;s Bothy or the &#8216;royal bothy&#8217; &#8211; a shelter used by hillwalkers that is open to the public.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;<\/span>We&#8217;ll be staying in the bothy tonight,&#8217; he told Charles.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So good. I&#8217;m so glad it works. I think because it&#8217;s is really nice. We renovated recently, but I&#8217;m trying to get more trees,&#8217; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Yeah, it&#8217;s looking looking lush compared to what it was two years ago. Do you ever stay there?&#8217; Andrew replied.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;No we use to,&#8217; Charles added, &#8216;with my father and sister. It&#8217;s occasionally used now days by another generation&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if he was still on his summer holiday, the Charles replied: &#8216;Yes. It is wonderful up here.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The midges are horrendous. It&#8217;s typical.<\/p>\n<p><span>He added that he liked walking because it was &#8216;good for the soul&#8217; despite a disappointingly brisk Scottish summer this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/20\/16\/75644557-12540445-image-a-10_1695222281873.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Charles has continued his mother&#8217;s tradition of spending summer in Balmoral\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/20\/16\/75643951-12540445-Wearing_a_jacket_flat_cap_and_carrying_a_walking_stick_the_royal-a-16_1695223377134.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Wearing a jacket, flat cap and carrying a walking stick, the royal then stopped and chatted to the group before they told him they were staying on the estate<\/p>\n<h3>How to sign up to The Mail&#8217;s WhatsApp Channel<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/20\/08\/75383141-12512879-Scan_this_QR_code_and_you_ll_be_taken_to_a_page_to_join_the_chan-a-236_1695194307163.jpg\" height=\"284\" width=\"284\"><\/p>\n<p>Scan this QR code and you&#8217;ll be taken to a page to join the channel<\/p>\n<p>If you are reading this on your <span>mobile web browser or in our Daily Mail app<\/span>\u00a0<span>on <\/span><span>Android <\/span>then\u00a0click on this invite link.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you are reading this in our <span>Daily Mail app on iOS\u00a0<\/span>&#8211; go to the App Store &gt; download or update WhatsApp &gt; tap the &#8216;Updates&#8217; tab &gt; hit + in the &#8216;Channels&#8217; section &gt; search &#8216;Daily Mail&#8217; &gt; hit + to follow.<\/p>\n<p>If you are reading this on <span>desktop\u00a0<\/span>you can use your phone to scan the QR code and you&#8217;ll be taken to a page to join the Channel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you can&#8217;t see Channels in WhatsApp on your device, try updating WhatsApp via your app store. You will then need to close WhatsApp and then open it again.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve joined The Mail&#8217;s channel, <span>make sure you tap the bell icon at the top of the screen to receive notifications<\/span>. (You can always turn them off later).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/20\/08\/75628919-12512879-The_Mail_WhatsApp_Channel_on_iPhone-m-237_1695194319042.jpg\" height=\"1208\" width=\"586\"><\/p>\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve joined The Mail&#8217;s channel, make sure you tap the bell icon at the top of the screen to receive notifications\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Showing his sense of humour, the king then added: &#8216;Take care, don&#8217;t fall off&#8217;.\u00a0<span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Before setting off, Andrew had joked: &#8216;I think Charlie by is here because there&#8217;s guards down there with big assault rifles and stuff like that &#8211; it looks pretty cool.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They probably wouldn&#8217;t do that if no one important was here.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Spotting Charles in the distance he added: &#8216;I think that&#8217;s a minor royal&#8217;.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But after meeting him Andrew and his friends couldn&#8217;t help but comment on &#8216;what a nice man&#8217; Charles was.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Lovely man had time for us. Nice. I&#8217;m annoyed because I didn&#8217;t want to care but that was nice.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/20\/16\/75645833-12540445-image-a-18_1695224030012.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Charles today landed in France to meet with President Emmanuel Marcon (pictured)<\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;He&#8217;s\u00a0 a nice man. Walking and he&#8217;s walking when everyone else is driving,&#8217; he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;<\/span>&#8216;m just perplexed. It&#8217;d be one thing to like see the king with everyone. Just he was just wandering down the trail on his own&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Gelder Shiel bothy was built after Queen Victoria bought the home in Scotland in the later 19th Century.<\/p>\n<p>It is used as a bunk house for hillwalkers and was renovated in 2015 to have running water and a toilet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While his late mother would often head up to her Scottish residence for the whole summer, Charles waited until the last week of August to head to the estate.<\/p>\n<p>While the King and Queen Camilla are known to prefer staying at Birkhall, their private home on the Aberdeenshire estate, he has bucked his preferences for tradition to honour his late mother.<\/p>\n<p>He stayed at Scottish residence for three weeks &#8211; including during the anniversary of the Queen&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-12540445\/king-charles-cyclist-balmoral.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Incredible moment cyclists bump into King Charles while on a walk near Balmoral &#8211; 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