Sled Dog Rally

This weekend [ January 19/20th ] hundreds of dogs have gathered in the Highlands for the biggest event in the British Husky calendar. About 200 teams of dogs, including Alaskan Malamutes,Samoyeds, Greenland dogs and Canadian Eskimo dogs, will take part in the annual Sled Dog Rally near Aviemore. The event is organised by the Siberian Husky Club of Great Britain. The dogs are initially paraded through Aviemore by torchlight in the evening for everyone to admire, which must be a wonderful sight. During the day teams of between two and eight dogs run at up to 20 miles an hour over a stretch of about four miles around beautiful Loch Morlich at the base of the Cairngorm mountains.