River Spey
The River Spey
The Spey [ speɪ ] is an approximately 173 km long river in Scotland. It rises in the Monadhliath Mountains of the Scottish Highlands and flows Garmouth in the Moray Firth. The railway and the road from Inverness to Perth follows the river valley in some sections. The temporarily raging mountain river flows in its course the resorts:
The Spey is known by numerous whiskey distilleries in its lower reaches in the traditional counties Morayshire and Banffshire. This region, the heartland of whiskey, is also called " Speyside ".
One of the four official national long-distance trails in Scotland, Speyside Way, runs mainly along the river.