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Drumochter Pass, Badenoch and Strathspey (Credit: VisitScotland/Paul Tomkins)
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Favourite Places: Slochd & Drumochter

By Lorna Steele-McGinn

Lorna Steele-McGinn
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This audio forms part of a series of audio interviews conducted in 2022 by Smartify as part of the Spirit of the Highlands and Islands project. Listen and discover the Spirit of the Highlands and Islands through the eyes of the people who live, work and visit here.

In this audio series, learn about the places across the region that hold special meaning to the people of the Highlands and Islands. Join Lorna Steele-McGinn as she describes the welcoming sights of the passes of Slochd and Drumochter.

...the Cairngorms on one side, the Monadhliaths on the other and the A9 blocked at Slochd and Drumochter and so you would feel like you were enclosed in this sort of little bowl of safety and home...

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