Dear  Julie and David

I just fired up the internet and saw your email.  What a nice idea to
chronicle Aviemore over the years.

I've sent you email to a couple of former  Forres "loons" Bill Macdonald and
George Kosciuk and would be surprised if they don't reply.

My fondest memories of Aviemore (circa 1955) is going with my sister on the
train from Forres to Aviemore when she was working in the station newsstand.
Her name was Helen, but we called her Nellie.  Nellie would take me (
probably 6 - 7 years old) to work with her and I'd sit at the back of the
news agent shop reading comics and eating a chocolate bar that she would buy
me, probably to keep me quiet.  I loved the train ride there and back and
we'd look out the window doing silly things like trying to count the number
of cows in a field or just watching the rain running down the carriage
windows.  For a kid  like me, this ride (free I think)  was a great
adventure and one that I looked forward to for weeks in advance.  I think
she covered for the regular girls' vacation and it must have happened during
the school holidays as my mother would never have allowed me to miss school.
I can remember the trip quite vividly as me moved from the lowlying  land
around Forres to the high ground at Aviemore.  What a wonderful memory.

I have some other memories which I will share at a later date.  I left Forres
when I was 20 but on each trip back we made the obligatory trip to Aviemore
with my   brother or parents.

Thank you for the offer to put my website on your site.  That would be most
appreciated.  This is a new business and  any help I can get to promote the
products is most welcome.  My website is www.highlandline.com

I will take a look at your site and let you know what will work best.

Keep up the good work.

Alan