My husband and I were in Scotland for vacation earlier this May - - celebrating our 20th wedding anniversary. We both wanted to spend some time in the Speyside region and Moray, which made a trip to Elgin (which is right there, of course) a natural thing to do.
Elgin is more of a small city than a town - wikipedia said it had about 20,000 residents but it looked bigger. It is both charming and a little gritty and real - clearly a place that people actually live and work although with the Cathedral, a famous wool/cashmere merchant (Johnstons of Elgin) and the best whisky shop in Scotland (Gordon & MacPhail - unfortunately closed because we were there on a Sunday), it clearly gets some tourist traffic as well.
It was striking to be there and to think how far Kevin has traveled in this life - - not just in miles!
Finally, since we've been talking a lot about the Speyside Sessions and Kevin's album, I thought you might like to see some pictures of the famous river itself, and of the beautiful Moray countryside in which the album was recorded. These pictures were all taken around Aberlour and Grantown-on-Spey, about 15 - 20 miles south of Elgin
many thanks to Hopew for sharing her trip to the Speyside and Moray region
Elgin is more of a small city than a town - wikipedia said it had about 20,000 residents but it looked bigger. It is both charming and a little gritty and real - clearly a place that people actually live and work although with the Cathedral, a famous wool/cashmere merchant (Johnstons of Elgin) and the best whisky shop in Scotland (Gordon & MacPhail - unfortunately closed because we were there on a Sunday), it clearly gets some tourist traffic as well.
It was striking to be there and to think how far Kevin has traveled in this life - - not just in miles!
Finally, since we've been talking a lot about the Speyside Sessions and Kevin's album, I thought you might like to see some pictures of the famous river itself, and of the beautiful Moray countryside in which the album was recorded. These pictures were all taken around Aberlour and Grantown-on-Spey, about 15 - 20 miles south of Elgin
many thanks to Hopew for sharing her trip to the Speyside and Moray region
The River Spey is the second longest river in Scotland. Stretching 98 miles, it rises in the hills near Dalwhinnie in the centre of the Highlands and enters the sea at Spey Bay on the Moray Firth. It is a famous salmon river with many fishing beats and whisky distilleries along it's length.
