Getting about in the hills on foot and by cycle.

 The Dava Way follows an abandoned railway track from Grantown on Spey down to Forres. Having parked up near to the bridge over the river Spey we cycled into Grantown and passed by the Camping Site to reach an under bridge to then engage with the route.  The trains that operated on the track here were in operation until the savage cuts to rail services in the mid sixties. As far as I know the service from here to Forres was the only available way at that time in the eighteen hundreds to get to both Inverness or to Aberdeen?  The later service beyond Aviemore to get to Inverness directly must have affected what happened to passenger numbers on this service. Typical travel on the old track now overgrown and producing a tunnel to cycle through. Looking down on the gatehouse to the old Grant Estate from the Dava Way, on a bridge, that crosses the road into Grantown on Spey. Marif beside the gate used by the Estate Laird to gain access to the train service. The gatehouse to the Estate is a