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There were 24 club walkers out today to visit Aberdeenshire's well known hill, Clachnaben, with 23 starting from the main drop off location in Glen Dye and one choosing to do some routes in Banchory. Around half of those at the main drop off point chose to do the main...

A smaller group of 23 walkers attended todays outing as we set off from Aberdeen, and after a short comfort break at Alford, the bus headed up Donside to the walk start point at Corgarff. One person stayed on the bus to travel to the end point at Braenaloin for a...

Walkers who park their cars on the slip road at Allanvale Cemetery (the 2nd pick-up point) should note that there are roadworks on Great Southern Road resulting in the closure of the road to Southbound traffic i.e. cars heading out of the city. The closure is between...

Today’s walk is the last of our 9:00 am starts until our walk in November. We had 27 walkers on the bus as we headed up Deeside to our starting point at Keiloch, stopping at Ballater on the way for a comfort break. We arrived at Keiloch just after 11:00 am where 26...

This is a reminder that the clocks change from Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) to British Summer Time  (BST) this Sunday. This means putting the clocks forward 1 hour (Spring Forward). Walkers are also reminded this is the last of the 9:00 am "Winter Season" starts for our...

We had a reasonable turnout of members on today’s walk. We had a comfort stop at Banchory before dropping off the main group of 18 members near “The Nine Stanes” stone circle.The main group visited the stone circle and some put on waterproofs as it began to drizzle...

Today's walk had 28 attendees for a relatively easy coastal route from just north of St Cyrus to Inverbervie. Most of us alighted from the bus at the holiday park while 2 stayed on till St Cyrus to do a walk round the headland as the tide was low before rejoining the...

A good showing of 34 walkers ventured out to the Dunecht Estate on a clear and crisp February morning after a short travel from Aberdeen. Heading through the impressive main estate entrance gates we continued through the grounds past the loch before heading along a...

All Club Members are invited to attend our AGM at the Sportsman's Club at 11 Queens Road, Aberdeen on Wednesday 5th February at 7:30 pm. Items of business include discussion & approval of the programme of walks for season 2025/26 and setting of fees & bus...

The first outing of 2025 saw our group of 32 walkers depart from Aberdeen on a very bright but cold and crisp day to head out Deeside for a low level walk from Potarch to Aboyne. After a short comfort break at Banchory we commenced the walk at the Potarch bridge...