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A bowling night has been organised for 6:30 pm at Lane 7, Shiprow, Aberdeen. All Members of Aberdeen Hillwalking Club are invited to attend this event but places must be booked & paid for in advance. The cost is £7.50 per game payable to Wendy Godman on the bus at...

22 walkers enjoyed a day of lovely warm sunny weather. Most were dropped off at the Bin Forest car park (Jules the driver once again gave a master class on how to turn a 53 seater bus in a very tight space. Ditch on 1 side and boulders on the other) A few carried on...

A group of 14 club members popped along to the Sportsman's Club in Queen's Road, Aberdeen for our annual Claik Night. Graham Sangster prepared an excellent quiz of 40 questions on people and places with a connection to Scotland. The quiz was thoroughly enjoyed by...

  There were 32 members on the trip, after a stop at Stracathro we arrived at the start of the walk at the visitors centre at Kirkton of Glenisla at about 10.30. The weather was fine but cool. Twenty six members elected to do the whole walk. After dropping them the...

23 of us set out on a cold but sunny day to walk along the Formartine and Buchan Way, a disused railway line which has been restored as a long distance path. After a comfort stop at Ellon we made our way to the start of the walk, 4 alighting at the village of...

We had 27 walkers on the bus for today’s walk. We had a comfort stop at Ballater, where two walkers opted for a walk in the local area and would be picked up on our return journey.  We continued to the car park at Crathie to the start of the walk, it was slippery due...

A Claik Night has been arranged to be held on the above date at the Sportsman's Club on 11 Queens Road, Aberdeen at 7:30 p.m. All members are welcome to attend. The event will provide an opportunity to have a chat & Graham will provide a short quiz for everyone to...

31 walkers turned up for this outing. After a 2 hour journey to Grant Park in Forres we stopped for a short comfort break. The weather was fine although a little chilly mainly due to the stiff breeze blowing in from the South West. The bus then headed for Dunphail...

There was a covering of snow when we left Aberdeen for our drive north, but after passing Peterhead the fields were clear of snow. Jules managed to negotiate the narrow icy roads to the start at Old Rattray where 20 members left the bus to do the full walk. 5 members...

The Club held it's AGM at the Sportsmans Club in Queens Road and was attended by 16 Members, including Committee Members. A number of issues were discussed and agreed at the AGM which, among other things,  included...