Aberlour Strathspey Highland Games
Caber-tossing and Highland dancing come to the Alice Littler Memorial Park in the heart of Speyside whisky country.
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"The elegant planned town of Grantown-on-Spey in the upper Spey valley holds its annual agricultural show in August when the moors above are a week from flowering, a show that gathers the farms of Strathspey and Badenoch together for a day of livestock judging and country sports in the heart of the Cairngorms."
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Dufftown Highland Games
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Tomintoul Highland Games
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