Archiestown

[Hilts]

Anyone know why Archiestown is better known as Kabul by the locals?

Google doesn't throw up much, just an anecdote about a resident fighting in the Korean War...'Kabul here'...lol

[s2kjock]

Archiestown across the Spey from Aberlour?

I always thought it was a bit upmarket. The bistro there was certainly posher than I expected when I booked lunch for a car run several years ago, and presumably, like a few of these Speyside towns, they benefit from the local wealth of whisky, agriculture, and fishing.

[Hilts]

s2kjock said:

Archiestown across the Spey from Aberlour?

The one and the same.

[s2kjock]

I've been to Kabul a couple of times, but can't think of any similarities on a superficial level.