TRIP 5 WINTER WONDERLAND
28th January 2019 In a bit of a departure for Highland Gourmet Trips, we went south and little bit east from Inverness, but we were still within the Highlands. We went to Grantown on Spey to meet up with Sandra and Chris. In another departure, this trip was self catered, rather than using local hotels. As we left Inverness, there were forecasts of snow, but, undaunted, we all managed to get to the designated meeting point at Grantown East, where we were going to have a bite to eat. This is a couple of converted railway dining cars, joined together to make a restaurant with its own proper pizza oven on the side. Unfortunately, they don't do pizzas on Monday or Tuesday, but they did do a very nice soup and a bacon roll, which did the trick for us. There is no point in going to stay in the Cairngorms National Park if you don't have a view of the Cairngorm Mountains. Luckily, we had scouted out just the best place to stay with the best view of the mountains. In fact, ...