The Speyside Way runs for 85 miles (136 km) from the fishing port of Buckie to Newtonmore in the Cairngorms National Park, with an optional 16-mile spur to Tomintoul via Glenlivet. Following the lovely valley of the River Spey, you walk through countryside rich in malt whisky and wildlife, along riverside paths, railway trackbed and forest and moorland tracks. This fully revised edition of the essential trail guide has custom mapping at large scale and plans of villages and towns along the Way. The book contains all you need to plan and enjoy your holiday: detailed mapping of the whole route; the Way step-by-step, with summaries of distance, terrain and refreshment stops; habitats and wildlife, including ospreys, dolphins and wildcats; explanation of whisky-making and distilleries; planning information for travel by car, train, bus or plane; printed on rainproof paper throughout.
Author Biography
Author1: Jacquetta Megarry devised the waterproof, open-flat Rucksack Reader format with dropdown maps for walking guidebooks in 2000 and Speyside Way was the first book of this series. She has since written or co-authored a further 22 Rucksack Readers, and in 2021 rewalked the Speyside Way to update the route description and photography. Author2:A dedicated lifelong walker, Sandra worked in Melbourne, Australia, as an archivist and historian and moved to Scotland in 1989 to live beside Loch Ness. In recent years she has written guidebooks for Lonely Planet, Rucksack Readers and Sunflower Books.
