Walk The Speyside Way, Dava Way and Moray Coast Trail

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12 Nov 2010

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9781852846060

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17.2 x 11.6 x 1.4cm

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250g

Pages

224

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12 Nov 2010

The Speyside Way

by Alan Castle

The Speyside Way long-distance trail runs for 66 miles beside the river Spey from Aviemore to Buckie on the Moray coast. The connecting Dava Way and Moray Coast Trail are also described, and can be walked in their own right or linked to create a longer walk. Includes information for mountain bikers who can tackle most of the routes described. More...

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Seasons

The Speyside Way is suitable in all seasons, apart from Prologue which is unsafe in winter except Read More... for experienced backpackers; late spring and early autumn particularly good; limited facilities in winter for most locations visited

Centres

Newtonmore, Kingussie, Aviemore, Grantown-on-Spey, Aberlour, Craigellachie, Fochabers, Tomintoul, Read More... Dufftown, Forres, Findhorn, Burghead, Lossiemouth, Findochty, Cullen. Also Spean Bridge, Roy Bridge, Fort Augustus

Difficulty

generally easy and well waymarked trails suitable for walkers of most abilities; Prologue routes Read More... are recommended for experienced and well equipped walkers only as they are not waymarked and include trackless routes over remote country

Must See

The Speyside Way, Dava Way, Moray Coast Trail and Moray Way plus wilderness trails to source of Read More... Spey; numerous whisky distilleries, disused railway tracks and heritage railways, broad strath of Speyside, scenic coastal fishing settlements and abundant wildlife

The author thanks Norman Thompson, Chairman of the Moray Way Association, for the following updates:

pg. 2, 124 & 220: Tamdhu distillery has been mothballed by its present owners, the Edrington Group and the distillery is to be sold.

pg.13 & 188: The British Government announced in October 2010 the impending closure of RAF Kinloss.

pg. 30, 33, 45, 124 & 217: The Speyside Way Ranger Service has been renamed the Moray Council Countryside Service, and covers all of the Moray Way.

pg. 40 & 219: The scale of the Walkers’ map of the Moray Way is 1:80,000, not 1:70,000 as stated in the guidebook.

pg. 168 & 178: ‘Squirrel Neck Bridge’ should read “Squirrelneuk Bridge”.