by Eleisha Fahy | 11 September 2025
This lovely low-level old route in remote country follows the Findhorn valley. It is best used after a spell of fine weather when the River Findhorn is readily fordable, because landslips below Creag a’ Chrocain have destroyed the version of the route which...
by Eleisha Fahy | 11 September 2025
Spey Dam lies 4km west of Laggan village. From the dam, where there is parking, go north up the rough track in Glen Markie for almost 5km, keeping right at NN580966, continuing when this peters out at NN585976 just past the Piper’s Burn. Cross the Markie Burn by...
by Eleisha Fahy | 11 September 2025
The Dava Way follows the dismantled railway line from Grantown-on-Spey to Forres, deviating from it remarkably little. An official Dava Way route map showing remaining railway features is available online, and is highly recommended. For those that want a little more...
by David Oxley | 11 September 2025
From Auchnagallin a good track runs by Badahad ruin to a shooting hut at NJ 047 382. At this point the older looking track by the Ourack Burn should be followed until it turns to the West at NJ 045 395 just after crossing the Ourack Burn ford. The old farm of Ourack...
by David Oxley | 11 September 2025
This route is not easy to follow as there is no track on the open hillside. According to Old Tracks: Cross-Country Routes and Coffin Roads in the North-West Highlands by A E Robertson (1941): “there is an interesting old cut across from Glen Garry to Glen...
