Short Sweet Circulars
For more local walk or cycle ride route ideas, please visit the Moray Council or Moray Ways websites or our YouTube channel. Don’t forget, if you don’t have the right bike for the journey, we have bikes available for hire, including electric bikes and recumbent trikes.
The Elgin Experience
The Elgin Experience is a 13 mile (21km) route starting and finishing in Cooper Park. The route takes you up through New Elgin and Miltonduff, and round past Quarrel Wood and Findrassie Wood.
The route tries to avoid too many busy junctions, but where this has been unavoidable it might be advisable to dismount and walk, particularly during heavy traffic flow, or if there are youngsters in the group.
The Lossiemouth Loop
The Lossiemouth Loop is a 14 mile (23km) route starting and finishing at West Beach in Lossiemouth, taking you out round the RAF base, past Duffus Castle and Covesea.
The whole route is relatively flat and passes through fertile farming country. Watch out for the low-flying jets during the first two miles, as you pass close to the runway in the RAF base.
The Forres Foray
The Forres Foray is a 10 mile (16km) route, starting and finishing in the centre of Forres. It is quite steep in places, but your uphill struggle on the way out will be rewarded with a downhill on the way back. It takes you out past the Golf Course to Rafford and back past the woodlands and Dallas Dhu distillery and back via Balnageith.
At different spots along the route you will see wonderful views of Findhorn Bay and over the Moray Firth, the forests of Darnaway and the hills of the Highlands in the background.
Scenic Speyside
The Scenic Speyside is a 10 mile (16km) route, starting and finishing on the banks of the Spey, on the outskirts of Fochabers. It is quite steep in places, but your uphill struggle on the way out will be rewarded with a downhill on the way back. It takes you out past Ordiequish to Boat o’ Brig, then follows the B9015 back through Inchberry and Dipple to Mosstodloch.
Part of the route takes you along little used roads with a few potholes to negotiate. It will also test your stamina and your brakes as the ascents and descents are sharp and full of tight corners.
Buckie – Maud Meander
The Buckie – Maud Meander is a 10 mile (16km) route, starting and finishing at Cluny Square in Buckie. It is quite steep in places, but your uphill struggle on the way out will be rewarded with a downhill on the way back. It takes you out through Rathaven and round the back of the Hill of Maud following the Burn of Buckie back to the centre of town.
The Hill of Maud offers a picnic site and fantastic viewpoint, allowing you to take in views across Moray and the Moray Firth.