Saturday, May 29, 2010

Day 1 The Journey


This is a personal account of my holiday.
Here we go again, off on another walking holiday with Bradford CHA Walking Club. This time to Aviemore to walk the Speyside Way. Some people stayed in the hotel but I opted for the cheaper option of the Aviemore YHA set in woodland and close to a nature reserve.

The party consisted of 39 people on the coach and Rita's sister Janet who travelled up by train from the deep south!
We left Bradford at 9.00 am and apart from a lengthy traffic jam south of Glasgow we had a good journey up arriving just after 7.00 pm. The hostel was spacious and comfortable but it was rather cosy in the ladies dormitory as all 6 of us were in one room! However once we got our luggage under control and got ourselves organised it wasn't too bad apart from being much too hot at night
Everyone made their own arrangemants for a meal, some choosing to go out and others cooking what they had brought with them. Then just time for a quick look around in the rain before bed. Sheila had been chatting up the hostel mananger and we were treated to an enormous carrot cake that was sitting in the fridge just waiting to be eaten.

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