Will you take up the Speyside Challenge?
Following the success of previous years challenges, Moray Council is again encouraging users of the Speyside Way to take up the ‘Speyside Challenge’ for a third time this September.
The challenge is to log the most distance covered, or the most journeys, by foot or bike, on the popular route that is now part of the Speyside Low Carbon Hub.
Speyside Way users are being challenged to use the refurbished pathways to commute and travel with the chance of winning one of 23 prizes for taking part. New to the challenge for 2024 is the exciting opportunity to win a new bike from Highland Bikes, up to the value of £2,000. Highland Bikes owner, Steve Thomson said: ‘We are delighted to have been invited by Moray Council to partner them in their upcoming Speyside Challenge event in September. With our Elgin store now into its 3rd year in Elgin High Street, we’ve been impressed by Moray Council’s commitment to active travel and the Speyside Challenge is yet another example of this. What an incredible opportunity to win some amazing prizes, simply for walking, wheeling or cycling the newly upgraded Speyside Way with a voucher worth £2000 to spend with us in Highland Bikes as one of prizes. We’d also like to tip our hat to Moray Council for supporting a local business and we encourage everyone to get involved and make this year’s challenge the biggest yet.’
Everyone who signs up to the challenge and logs a minimum of 10 journeys, as well as tagging us and uploading a photo on one of your trips, across the month will be part of the draw.
The upgraded path runs from Craigellachie through Aberlour, and Carron to Cragganmore.
Challengers will be able to sign up and log their active travel journeys on the path. At the end of September those with the most cycling and walking journeys logged and the most distance covered will win one of three Moray Loves Local gift cards. There’s a prize for first, second and third placed participants up to the value of £50.
The ‘Speyside Low Carbon hub’ project was awarded funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Low Carbon Travel and Transport Challenge Fund, and Transport Scotland. The project received £810,000 for the first phase of the project, between Craigellachie and Carron, and £635,000 for the second phase between Carron and Cragganmore.
