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An Epic Day in the Cairngorms: Munros Conquered and Fears Overcome! What a Sunday we had in the Cairngorms! Our group of 19 set off bright and early on the bus to Auchallater, buzzing with anticipation for a day of spectacular Scottish scenery and challenging hikes....

A check of the weather forecast before leaving Aberdeen stated high winds from the west and heavy showers for the Braemar area so a decision was made to reverse the walks starting at Linn of Dee and walking eastwards to finish at Keiloch. Of the 21 walkers on the bus...

We had fine weather leaving Aberdeen with 26 walkers on board for the drive to Perthshire.  The journey was straightforward, with a comfort stop in Dunkeld, despite a cycling event around Pitlochry causing some road closures.  A small group chose to walk along the Rob...

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...