Distance: 14.49km/ 9.0miles
Altitude: 5m/ 18ft
Temp: 2°C/ 36°F
Weather: Cold and bright
To make up a long run of 14 miles today I guess that the hash run will be about 8km/5 miles and set off about 9am to get 14.5km/ 9 miles under my belt. Light snow and temperatures around freezing yesterday mean that the pavements are still slippery but the lightly snow-encrusted scene is attractive and I begin by climbing up through Leachkin past the old Craig Dunain hospital and then down through the woods to the canal. Here I parallel the canal on playing fields in Bught Park before continuing down the towpath to an appropriate turn-around and returning on the canal, crossing the Tomnahurich Bridge and completing the route on the west bank.
Fochabers
Distance: 8.2km/ 5.1miles
Altitude: 100m/ 330ft
Temp: 3°C/ 37°F
Weather: Cold and blustery
The hash run manages to avoid the snow squalls which have dropped a good coating in the woods east of Fochabers, but at times the wind is biting. We meander generally uphill past a viewpoint over the village and end up at a large cairn commemorating the Duchess of Richmond at around 900ft/ 274m. We enjoy great views over the Moray Coast and across to Sutherland before dropping steeply down again. Some of the forest tracks are very wet and we slip and slide back to the car park.
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