The Speyside 100
25th - 27th May 2024
Congratulations to all finishers!
Update: 18th June 2024
The Speyside 100 took place over the weekend of 25th-27th May. Congratulations to all finishers, and indeed to all entrants. It's great to see so many positive comments about the event on the Speyside 100 Facebook page. There are also a large number of photos and videos taken by members of the LDWA Media Team available on flickr at this link.
We hope that the feet are feeling less sore and the limbs less stiff by now! Thanks to the organisers and to the very many marshals and helpers who made the event possible. The weather was initially fine but turned to rain on Sunday afternoon and evening. There were 401 starters of whom 315 finished and 86 retired, a completion rate of 79%. An edited and tidied up version of the (still provisional) results are downloadable here. The TrackTrail website https://track.trail.live/event/speyside-100 provides other data on the event.
The Marshals' Walk took place over the weekend of 4th-6th May with eleven of the organisers and helpers checking out the route and other arrangements to inform the main event. The final results for the Marshals' Walk may be found here.
There is still time to contribute to Trees for Life and provide a tree for the Speyside 100's grove which will be part of a traditional wild forest that is being established in the Highlands. You can donate directly through this link.
Tee-shirt, hoodies, fleeces, etc. bearing the event logo continue to be available, see the Merchandising Page.
The final version of the Route Description and GPX files are on the Route Description page. There is also a link to the route superimposed on OS standard mapping.
Opening and closing times are on the Checkpoint Information page and on the Checkpoint and Route Summary page as well as on the Route Description.
Local information, provided by VisitCairngorms has been added under Accommodation, Activities and Food and they have now produced a short video on the Speyside Way. There are also links to some local timetables.
We are pleased that the route for the 2024 Speyside 100 has been finalised after an enormous amount of hard work on route planning and negotiation with authorities and landowners to overcome difficulties beyond our control. Particular thanks for this are due to John, Roger and Julie. Although rather different from the original route envisaged, this is a fine and varied journey around the Speyside area of Scotland with 14 checkpoints and around 8,800ft of ascent mainly in the first half of the walk.
Looking north from Carn Daimh between Tomintoul and Glenlivet - Photo Richard Webb CC-BY-SA-2.0
