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The full programme of events for the 10-day Findhorn Bay Festival, launched today, promises a celebration of music, theatre, dance, visual a...

Forres in Bloom have added yet another award to their impressive line-up with a gold medal and a Community Champion award. The town beat four contendi...

Grantown-on-Spey is an impressive town. It's no wonder it used to be the 'capital' of Speyside. The wide, spacious main street is typical of the Georg...

We've been keen to visit this long-established hotel in Findhorn for something to eat. It's the only hotel in the village, but it's perhaps better kno...

Whisky consultant Vic Cameron offered to write a bio of local distilleries, naturally, we wanted to feature Benromach first. Here is the history of ou...

One of the attractions of a rural location it's that everything is spread out. And with one of the best coastlines in the world, travelling between th...

Updated 15 May 2024 No one can argue that coffee on the go is difficult. The rise of the food cart has made a roadside fix easier than ever. They're o...

Forres is the start of the Malt Whisky Trail and home to the first 'Speyside' distillery you'll come across if travelling east – Benromach. But it's n...

The mixed woodland in and around Forres provides a beautiful canvas on which Mother Nature paints her farewell to summer. Leaves turn shades of yellow...

The good weather over the last month or so has made the heather stand out across Moray moorlands, and although the colours are starting to fade now, i...

Picture this – it's late August and there's a thunder brewing over the Dava. But the skies are blue and people are setting up picnics along the roadsi...

It is now the time of year when I hear one simple question “I saw a bird and it looked like a (insert species) but the plumage was wrong. Well, lots o...