The Fishwives Path
Sat 28th Feb 2026
Walk Details:
The route follows the path taken by fishwives from Buckie to Keith to sell fish. It is on minor roads & tracks & goes via historic crofts & farms. It's a straightforward walk (as long as you aren't carrying a basket of 40lbs of fish!). We plan to take a short detour to see the unusual bridge at Craigmin. We will return to Elgin from Keith by bus
Entry Details:
Walk Report
The walkers all met at Elgin bus station in glorious sunshine to get to the start of the Fishwives Path. The sun stayed with us all day , with only a slight breeze. After a brief snack stop at Drybridge we detoured to see the Craigmin Bridge and continued to view the Georgian Letterfourie House, retracing our steps to pass through the Greencraig campsite and rejoin the Fishwives Path with stunning views behind us across the Moray Firth to Rosshire and Cromarty. Continuing on through open fields and woodland on good paths and minor roads through Newmill to Keith, with nearly an hour’s wait for the bus. Two of us opted for the much less costly Ember bus, with the others with bus passes took the faster M96 bus back to Elgin.Other Files
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Large scale digital mapping is provided by John Thorn.
