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Heavy Rain, High Winds, and Huge Milestones: A Challenging Day at Loch Muick The day started with a beautiful deception. Leaving Aberdeen under blue skies and minimal wind, nineteen walkers were feeling unusually optimistic. Could the grim weather reports actually be...

Todays` walk between Dunphail and Grantown on Spey attracted 25 enthusiastic hikers for a 15 mile walk, 21 were on board by the time we left the Duthie Park with 3 getting on at Bucksburn and 1 just outside Inverurie. We reached the first drop off point of Dunphail at...

As the Kilt Walk clashes with our Loch Muick Circular walk on 7th June it has been decided to change the usual pick up point at the bus stop outside Allanvale cemetery. Instead the 2nd pick up point will be on Riverside Drive at it's it's junction with Riverside Place...

Our latest walk took us south into the Kingdom of Fife for a double‑summit day on the Lomond Hills — though not without a few unexpected twists along the way. The morning began smoothly with a pick‑up and a comfort stop in Dundee. However, after Milnathort we met our...

We had a great turnout today — 29 walkers joined us for a gorgeous stroll along the Moray coast. After picking people up at Bucksburn and Inverurie, plus a quick comfort stop in Keith, Kyle, our driver, dropped the first group at Roseisle to start the 12‑mile stretch...

20 attended today for our outing to the Hill of Wirren. We arrived at Edzell square for a comfort break, only to be greeted by a mass of cars and hundreds of runners awaiting to start a half marathon race around the nearby Glen Lethnot. Fortunately after our short...

Members are reminded that the club has organised training in basic navigation using a map and compass and all members are welcome. The event is free and is being held in the Sportsman's club, 11 Queens Road, Aberdeen. The venue is just up from the Dutchmill Hotel and...

We had 27 walkers out today which was down a few from the original 31 who had booked this walk. The bus picked up a few walkers along the A96 en route to the main start point at Colpy. 23 walkers disembarked here to commence the longer walk, just as some light rain...

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...