Today’s route – twelve miles from Craigellachie to Ballindalloch – is a gentle climb along the route of the Speyside line. It closed to passengers in 1965 but some of the stations have been preserved.

We’d passed through the Craigellachie tunnel, and by the new Dalmunoch distillery, before the heavens opened (our first adverse weather of the whole walk).

After a ‘wet’ lunch, spirits were raised by the highlight of the day. You will not believe it – a Japanese television crew filming the Speyside Way. Incredibly friendly and interested in what we are up to, we answered questions from their charming female interviewer. We were in a bedraggled state but incredibly, and noted by both Jenny and John, the rain poured onto the interviewer’s hair without spoiling it in anyway! Incredible! The crew took details of our website and we are expecting a commission for a long distance walk, to be viewed by our admiring Japanese fans. ‘Walk Japan for Busega’ seems an absolute certainty or, maybe, just a pipedream – what do you think?

Finally, the answer to the question all readers have been asking. What do Busega Scotland walkers do on their ‘rest day? Answer – nothing restful or exotic – just housework, cooking, shopping, gardening and Busega Scotland business – so,  who called it a rest day?