Scenes from the Dava Way - the Skurrypool on the Altyre Burn

Tackled Section one of the 24.5 miles of the Dava Way this morning - 7 miles or so - a gentle ascent no steeper than a steam engine could manage, as it follows the track of the old Forres Grantown railway line, laid in 1863. The most notable feature on this section cutting through open countryside was the number of old bridges where tracks had crossed the railway line. A Roe buck and youngster spotted us from their grazing spot in a field, and in the entire seven miles we met not another single human being! Second section to be tackled next week...