The Dava Way - Public trail along the track of a disused railway between Forres and Grantown on Spey.

At some stage during last night's supper party it was decided that a reverse route of part of the Dava Way would make an excellent bracing bit of exercise on a Saturday morning. Emma dropped off Mark, Jet and me, at the Edinkillie Village Hall, 8,7 miles south on the A940 to let us walk home on the Dava Way. We took bets on how many walkers/people we would come across on the route home. I reckoned 4 or less, mark 5 or more.
I expected to see loads of pheasants and a deer or two. In the event one frog, and loads of sheep, and eight cyclists all told in the 6.3 miles and 2 hrs 11 minutes it took us to reach home. The field of sheep incidentally segregated themselves quite clearly into black sheep and white sheep. However I did not spot any "Black Sheep Matter" placards. We had a brief break to give Jet a drink out of her very own dog water bottle (what will they invent next?!) The Dava Way Volunteer group who keep the old railway track in excellent shape are to be congratulated.