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Registration, Buckie

  • Registration starts from 08:00 at Buckie Community Centre
  • Free parking is available
  • Tea/coffee and rolls will be available
  • You’ll receive an information card, with emergency contact details and key info
  • If you want to leave your car at Aberlour we can arrange transport to Buckie

The Start

  • At 09:00 everyone will be asked to gather at the start point ready for the start
  • The Buckie and District Pipe Band will lead us off through the town
  • St Andrew’s Ambulance will be providing en route first aid support

  • PLEASE BE PATIENT, CONSIDERATE AND ORDERLY AT ALL TIMES
  • Beware of cyclists and other treckers...it's their path too so please keep to one side

 

The Route

  • After a short distance through the town the walk will follow the Speyside Way, along the coast to Tugnet and then alongside the River Spey to Fochabers
  • It's very likely that you will see seals and maybe even dolphins and ospreys. The Whale and Dolphin Conservartion Centre is at Tugnet at the mouth of the Spey where there is also Scotland's largest Ice House, as well as one of the most extensive shingle rivermouths in the UK
  • On the route to Fochabers the walk will pass the picturesque Garmouth Viaduct.
  • Watch out for the shingle bank as you get a real close view of the river.
  • Under the dual bridges of the A96, past the cricket club and head for the Fochabers pit stop.
  • The route will then follow the route from the Fochabers pit stop and start (below)

Registration, Fochabers

  • Registration starts at 10:00 at the Fochabers Public Institute
  • Some parking will be available at the FPI
  • Refreshments will be available
  • You'll receive an information card with emergency contact details and key info

The Start

  • At 11:15 everyone will be asked to gather at the start point
  • At 11:30 the Buckie and District Pipe Band will lead us off through the town
  • St Andrew's ambulance will be providing en route first aid support

The Route

  • We then follow the Speyside Way via Boat O'Brig (pit stop) and Craigellachie (pit stop at The Highlander Inn)
  • At the pit stops we will be met and entertained by the Dufftown & District Pipe Band
  • The route will rise from the river side through the slopes of Ben Aigan and apart from the wonderful views of the Spey valley, there's a good chance of spotting some of Speyside's wildlife. At Boat o'Brig there's a sweeping railcrossing and at Craigellachie, Thomas Telfords spectacular bridge

 

The Finishing Line!

  • The finishing line is at The Mash Tun at Aberlour. You’ll be asked to register again at the finish and will be presented with a unique Kiltwalk medal and a BBQ!
  • Post-walk entertainment? Watch this space!
  • Buses back to Buckie

 

Please have a brilliant day, and we’ll see you in Buckie and/or Fochabers!

 

 

NOTE

It takes a lot of work to get a licence for the Kiltwalk.

 

If there are any issues or complaints we won’t get a licence for future Kiltwalks, and the Charity will lose out. So please follow these simple guidelines:

  • Be considerate to other users of the pathways and roads
  • Do NOT drink alcohol on the walk
  • Do NOT relieve yourself in the open. We have portaloos at pit stops
  • Leave room for cyclists on the pathways – we suggest walking two or three abreast at most