I don’t have particularly fond memories of my previous walk along this stretch of the Speyside Way. Strong wind rendered any stops nearly impossible – unpleasant in the open and dangerous in the forest. Since that day I’ve been planning to walk it again in better weather. Such an opportunity came today. For my fellow walker this presented a chance…
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Long-distance walks are a good alternative to hillwalking when the weather isn’t favourable for the latter. That was certainly the case when I decided early on the Monday morning to walk two section of the Moray Coast Trail between Forres and Lossiemouth. A friend of mine kindly provided transport from the western outskirts of Lossiemouth to Sueno’s Stone in the…
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Another day off and another one with unfavourable forecast for the tops of the hills. On the other hand there were areas with the weather predicted as quite reasonable. I wanted to make most of that and decided to walk the Dava Way – a long-distance walk I’d had on my radar for quite a while. As with most of…
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The weather forecast for Monday looked good on Saturday afternoon so I requested my friends to give me a lift from Ballindalloch to Grantown-on-Spey in order to pass my last stretch of the Speyside Way. Then I checked the forecast again on Sunday late afternoon and had a genuine dilemma; it was much worse than before. The main danger was…
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This time I was picked up from the Square in Grantown-on-Spey and taken to Aviemore by my friends in their car, mine left behind. Less than half an hour later they dropped me at a car park next to the official starting/ending point of the Speyside Way. It meant walking back for some time along the road I had arrived…