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An option for those walking northwards from Aviemore is to leave the Speyside Way at Grantown-on-Spey and instead follow the other main trail towards the Moray Coast, the Dava Way, which is also described from south to north in this book. The Dava Way terminates at Forres where the MCT starts. This is described from west to east, Forres to Cullen, the reason again being that when walking in this direction the predominant westerly winds will be at the rear.

Suggested Longer Routes

The three official trails constitute a considerable network of long distance pathways in the north-central and north-eastern areas of Scotland and can be used to devise a variety of multi-stage walks of varying length, type and grade. The following are the main options to consider:

1 The standard route of the Speyside Way, starting from either Aviemore or from Newtonmore and walking to the Moray coast at Buckie, a walk of either 66 miles (from Aviemore) or 85 miles (from Newtonmore).

2 The Tomintoul route of the Speyside Way, starting from Tomintoul and walking the hill route over to Ballindalloch, from where the standard way is followed to Buckie. This is a shorter trek (50 miles) than that along the standard route, but the first 15 miles are of a somewhat more strenuous nature. Options 1 and 2 can both be extended, and indeed improved, by following the Dufftown Loop from Aberlour to Dufftown and on to Craigellachie, adding about 7 miles to the length of the walk.