I have already brought into focus the wide variety of climates in the transition from winter to spring. During my six-week stay in Grantown-on-Spey, it is possible to experience four seasons in one week, but no two years are ever the same.
This one has been noteworthy for the absence of rain during my five weeks here. As predicted, the river continues to shrink. It is reported that large numbers of salmon and sea-trout are being netted in Spey Bay and that poachers are at work on some of the deeper pools. This does not bode well for the sport fisherman, the man who brings much prosperity to Strathspey.
It is high time that authorities took action on
