Posted in History, Trips at 12:00 on 6 January 2024
From Findhorn it was on to Forres, only five miles away.
We’d been to Forres before but our main objective this time was to see Sueno’s Stone, since we hadn’t visited it the last time.
Sueno’s Stone from car park:-

As you can see the stone is covered in glass to protect it from the elements.
Information board:-

The stone is enormous, 21 feet high and inscribed with Pictish symbols:-




A further board gives information about Pictish symbol stones:-

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Posted in Architecture, Trips at 12:00 on 10 December 2023
Duffus Castle is a few miles north of Elgin in Moray.
Castle from car park:-

From approach path:-

Information board:-

Castle interior:-



Castle from east:-

External wall (seen to left above):-

Wee bridge at end of path from Duffus Castle in photo two above:-

As we were walking back up the path towards the castle to go back to the car park we heard a tremendous roar. Two jet planes came flying over. This is one of them:-

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Posted in Art Deco, Cinemas, Trips, War Memorials at 12:00 on 15 November 2023
Grantown-on-Spey is a town in the former county of Moray in the Highland region of Scotland.
Its War Memorial is a stone column on a square plinth and sits beside the town square. The names of killed and missing are on bronze plaques on the plinth where can also be found a frieze depicting a kilted soldier. When we visited the memorial was decorated with flags making some of the inscriptions unreadable. (Unobstructed photos can be found here.)


Dedication and names of men from Grantown-on-Spey. (The dedication is highlighted here.)

The next plaque bears names from Abernathy (obscured,) Duthil, Rothiemurchus and Aviemore.

The top named town below (Inverallan) is obscured but Cromdale and Advie are discernible:-

The Royal British Legion building in Grantown has minor Art Deco styling and was also decorated for remembrance (even though it was April.)

Edited (16/1/2/23) to add:-
According to the Scottish Cinemas website this building has been used as a cinema.
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