Motorists' teamwork helps to reopen the A95 whisky road north of Aviemore
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A group of motorists banded together to move a tree that had toppled onto the famous A95 whisky road blocking traffic in both direction.
The tree toppled onto the road from a bank between Kinveachy and Laggantygown at around 8.45pm as the winds were at their strongest during Storm Corrie.
One of those involved in re-opening the Aviemore-Keith road said it had been a real team effort.
Around nine motorists and passengers were able to hack away parts of the tree to allow one section of the carriage to become passable.
Police were also alerted to the hazard.
The motorist, who did not want to be named, said: "It really took some shifting. It was in an area which is quite woody and where the road usually floods."
The tree had toppled from the bank by the northbound side of the road and remained partly rooted making the job of moving it even tougher.
The woman said: "The tree was right across the road. Initially we all tried to shift it but it was not happening so we broke off some of the branches and got the tree onto the north side of the road.
"It was a reasonable size and was just not shifting to begin with. It had not broken off completely.
"There must have been around nine of us trying to move it."
There was a short line of traffic and hazard lights on as the motorists and passengers worked to re-open the route north of Aviemore.
The woman said: "We got the southbound carriageway just about clear. It was a great team effort."
