For the first twenty or so miles, the A95 follows the River Spey pretty closely. At Advie, however, it starts to climb up from the river bank to eventually turn into the valley of the River Avon, crossing the river at Bridge of Avon. The east side of the valley is much steeper than the west, so in order to return to Strathspey the A95 negotiates a broad hairpin bend, to climb the contours. At the apex of the bend the B9008 joins at Delnashaugh, itself little more than a house and war memorial on the roadside.
While the A95 heads back into Strathspey, even rejoining the river briefly at Aberlour, the B9008 heads south to Glenlivet and on to Tomintoul in the heart of the Cairngorms. In many ways this junction is the gateway to the Strathspey Whisky Country, with roughly a dozen distilleries within a 10 mile radius of here. When approaching from the west on the A95 signs welcome visitors to the 'Malt Whisky Trail'. Not a linear route as such, but a range of brown tourist signs directing to the visitor centres of the distilleries.
