What is happening in Grantown-on-Spey

At the moment the town is dead quiet, I think people asre still recovering from Christmas.  Beale and Pyper are nearly finished their shop how quickly the year has flown.  A new craft shop is de to oen soon.  There are a few shops for sale 40 High Street is new on the market and quite a lot of houses to have a look follow this link http://www.massoncairns.com/

The ducks are back at the skating pond (now called the lochan, but to me always will be the skating pond) after moving to the river for their winter holidays when the pond was frozen over.   Surely this is a sign of the spring.  I love the Spring the birds singing an the flowers and buds appearing everywhere.

Talking about the skating pond has wonderful memories for me, thats where I learnt to skate.  There was a hut at the far end of the pond exactly in the middle of picture above. where we used to get into our skates. if it was dark we could go up to Mr Mortimers house for the key to turn the lights on they were in the middle on of the pond with seats roud them.  The curlers also used to have a bonspiel at the pond even up until a couple of years ago until European heath and safety law stopped it.

The trees were all broken last year with the heavy snow and frost the weight brought down lots of trees in the area. 

This is a lovely Park now opposite the Craiglynne Hotel it ued to be waste ground, the bonfire was there for a few years  cant remember the exact year.  maybe someone else can.