The special season of giving and receiving gifts has come to a close. Santa can park up his sleigh for the next eleven months, and take some well-deserved rest for himself and his reindeer, elves and whoever else helped him with his incredibly intense hard work over the last month. His only helpers that cannot go on leave for the…
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This stretch of the Speyside Way is the shortest, the easiest and somehow the dullest one. It comprises of two quite different parts. The first one, between Fochabers and Spey Bay, runs along the river Spey to its mouth. The second part goes along the coast to the town of Buckie, which is a bit strange considering the route is called…
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Just before Christmas a new civil law, allowing same-sex couples to get married, took effect in Scotland. The Scottish media reported that a few of those in existing civil partnerships turned up at their local registrars to convert their partnerships to marriage. Quite likely there will be some more reports in upcoming weeks as the first same-sex couples get married.…
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It was a cold and dark Boxing Day morning when I hit the road going to Aberlour. There, in the muted light of the dawn, I and my dog were picked up by a friend of mine, who gave us a lift to the starting point of my walk, on the A95, near Tormore Distillery. Dropped off into the cold…
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The Aberlour-Fochabers section of the Speyside Way was my choice for a Christmas walk. I left my car in Fochabers and was transported by a friend of mine to Aberlour; then I had no choice but to walk back. I started at the car park by the Victoria Suspension Bridge, following the old railway along the river Spey towards Craigallachie,…