In Speyside you cannot go any distance without passing a whisky distillery. So many to choose from, so little time! Visit a distillery, take the tour, learn about all the processes and then enjoy a dram at the end.

For railway enthusiasts you can have a day out with two trains. On the Strathspey Steam Railway you can travel through the countryside having an evening meal or a traditional Sunday lunch served in style with white linen and gleaming cutlery. A few miles further on you can go up the UK's highest funicular railway to Cairn Gorm at 1097m

There are a number of traditional fishing harbours along the Moray Coast. Portsoy holds an annual Traditional boat festival and has a very unusual harbour wall with stonework laid in 1693

Have you ever seen a dolphin in the wild? Moray Firth is home to about 190 bottlenose dolphins. You can sometimes see them from the Ramparts at Fort George, another popular place is the lighthouse at Chanonry Point. The Whale & Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS) has a wildlife visitor centre at Spey Bay with binoculars, sound mics you may see Ospreys fishing and seals here too. free admission

Glen Affric is good at all times of the year, but Autumn is especially wonderful with the sound of the deer rut and the autumn colours

A lovely walk, parking near Bught Park and walking across the bridges linking the Ness Islands, you may see kingfishers, otters, osprey, gooseanders, mergansers, herons and gulls. Lunch at Eden Court or the Floral Hall