The 12 mile route from Ballindalloch to Cromdale is undoubtedly the toughest on the whole Moray Way. It doesn’t reach the heights of Ben Aigen but it has tough climbs, especially towards the end of the walk. So, how did we get on? Well, one of the photographs shows it all – Cenzo making it to the top, while Peter looks like he is about to ‘throw in the towel’. Fear not, he didn’t and in fact he’s a bit of a ‘mountain goat’!

What we needed today was encouragement and we are privileged to have Mary the Motivator on our side. She was armed and dangerous, with her walking pole, bit did allow us a rest at the Cairngorm stone. Mary is our youngest walker but our biggest personality. Thank you Mary.

 What do flagging walkers need most with their lunch? A cuppa, of course. Enter Christine, our ever faithful back-up. Walking up from the road at Dalvey, her rucksack contained tea, coffee and (homemade) chocolate brownies. Fantastic. However, the idyllic lunch was not without its controversy, as half of John’s sandwich disappeared. The voracious Mike was the number one suspect and we have to record his denial – but he is a Glaswegian. Is that not enough evidence of guilt!