Is Grantown crime free?

No, is the answer to that. But mostly it is driving offences on the A9.

The Strathspey Herald, the local paper, headlines any misdemeanours. One time it was Horse Rug Found Dumped in High Street. This week, like most, there is nothing.

After the bars close, there can be drunkeness. The owner of the fantastic independent bookshop has found vomit in her doorway after a Friday night.

And there is the graffiti...pictured.

But yesterday's paper had;

"Strath's Oldest Resident dies aged 107". This woman tried canoeing for the first time aged 104! And she isn't the only one as at my dad's sheltered housing complex I have met a man aged 101 who plays golf still and a woman aged 104. When I was introduced to her, her friend said, "...and she is 105."

"Don't be silly Dorothy, I'm only 104!"

The kids are like teenagers everywhere, texting, girls walking to school with the tiniest of skirts, messing about at the bus stop, even drinking cans of lager in the woods...but they still say hello as you walk past. It's almost weird.

But it's nice.