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Members who are intending to participate in the above walk should be aware that a slight change in the walk notes & the route map has been made today,7th March. The mid point of the route was checked out on 7th March & it was found that a large swathe of the...

This was our first walk of the 2026–27 programme, and we had an excellent turnout with 32 walkers, including several joining us for the first time. The weather was overcast and rainy from the start, so waterproofs went on early — a wise decision, as conditions didn’t...

19 walkers braved the torrential rain today. 13 walkers decided to do the main walk starting at the car park near  Suie Hill  in saturated, muddy paths making the walk to the Bennachie Visitor Centre carpark very challenging. 1 walker diverted to Watch Craig and the...

Following the unfortunate original cancellation of this walk due to extreme weather conditions, we rescheduled the outing for a week later on 18th January 2026. A very good turnout of 26 walkers attended on the day and after a comfort stop at Ellon and the chance to...

A Happy New Year Everyone & I trust you had a good Xmas. Due to the severe weather conditions the club has taken the decision to cancel our next walk which was due to take place on Sunday 11th January. The walk will now take place on the following Sunday i.e. the...

Sara & Giada have kindly agreed to give members a presentation on their recent adventurous trip to Everest Base Camp. The event is being held in the Alec Cowie bar at the Sportsman's Club, 11 Queens Road, Aberdeen. There is provision for car parking at the rear of...

The programme of walks for 2026-27, based on suggestions from club members,  has been prepared & approved by the committee. The list of proposed walks has now been published on our website, notwithstanding that the walk programme  has still to be ratified by...

The above event is being held at the Vue Lighthouse Cinema, 10 Shiprow, Aberdeen on Tuesday 9th December from 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm. Doors open at 6:30 pm. It consists of four breath taking  films relating to extreme mountain sporting activities such as rock climbing,...

There were 24 walkers on the bus with a picked up in Banchory. We had a slight detour round Banchory due to the Rememberence Day Parade taking place in the main street. We started the walk at the Potarch car park where some went to look at the 2 granite Dinnie Stones,...

We had 21 walkers get on the bus at the usual collection points with 3 boarding at Bucksburn and another 2 getting on outside Inverurie making a total of 26. The day was overcast with the probability of rain, 21 left the bus at The Bin Forest car park to do either...