The day starts early:04.50, and we leave at 05:24. M6 Toll, M6, A74, breakfast around 8:30 at Annandale Water, M80, M9, A9. We managed Grantown-on-Spey for our overnight stop by 13:30, stopping at a very nice B&B. We met friends (the ones that are lucky enough to have retired nearby), avoided the Neds, and retired to bed.