A lovely Sunday walk...

On Sunday 5 friends and I took part in the Speyside Kiltwalk.  This is a Scottish Charity which organises sponsored walking events to raise money to support Scottish children's charities.  The Speyside Kiltwalk is a walk through Scotland’s whisky country, from the Moray coast towards the Cairngorm Mountains following the valley of the River Spey.  We started at Buckie on the coast and finished 26 miles later  inland at Aberlour.

The weather was in our favour and we only had a little rain at the beginning but by the end the sun was shining.  We started at 9am and finished at 6.30pm.  We kept up a steady 3 mile per hour pace but our total time is longer as we took advantage of the refreshments stands which were handily set at 5 mile intervals.  We had our fill of Selkirk Bannock, tablet, tea, sandwiches.....  Really this was a sponsored eating event!

Here we are at the end

Fiona, Sheena, Iona, Ruth, Susan and me

 happy as we'd been walking in this beautiful scenery

The River Spey

We received congratulations from Susan and Iona's girls who had made this great banner which greeted us when we arrived home - look carefully at the detail in each letter which relates to the walk. Thank you Kate, Catriona, Hannah, Gemma and Eve.