Blog

Eighteen walkers were out today on various routes on Aberdeen’s local hill, Bennachie. It was good to be out and the weather, whilst mild in temperature, meant any views were unfortunately obscured by the mist and the wind was gusty at points. There were a variety of...

We left Aberdeen at 09.00am with 18 walkers on the bus to head up Donside to climb Ben Newe. It was a lovely autumnal day with clear blue skies and a light covering of frost. We all left the bus and walked uphill on good forest tracks to reach the top of Ben Newe...

We had 18 hardy walkers on today’s walk on a wet and breezy day with 12 alighting at Buckpool harbour for the main walk. A further 3 got off at Portgordon to do a slightly shorter version while the last 3 were dropped off at the Fochabers woods to do a short but...

Thirteen brave souls ventured out on a stormy evening last Friday to participate in our organised 10 pin bowling event which took place at Lane 7, Shiprow, Aberdeen. Our numbers were a little depleted due to the sever weather which affected some of those who had...

It was a cold but fine morning for the departure from Aberdeen for our walk in the Glen Lethnot area. We visited Edzell on the way for a toilet stop, then headed towards Glen Lethnot to our starting point at Blairno farm steadings. Most walkers headed for the longer...

There were 23 walkers on today's outing and after a pickup at Inverurie and a toilet stop at Keith, we headed to the start of the walk at Edinville near Aberlour. We were dropped off at the nearby Distillery and, all bar 1 member, proceeded on the track up the hill to...

ABERDEEN HILLWALKING CLUB     NOTICE TO CLUB MEMBERS       BOWLING NIGHT AT LANE 7,  SHIPROW, ABERDEEN   7:00 FOR 7:15PM  FRIDAY 20th  OCTOBER 2023   THE CLUB COMMITTEE HAVE AGREED WE HAVE A 10 PIN BOWLING SOCIAL EVENT ON THE ABOVE DATE.    THE COST WILL BE £10...

There were 21 walkers on today’s walk from the Well of Lecht to Tomnavoulin.  We were dropped off on the Lecht road and had a short walk to the disused mine. We then had a steep climb to reach the right of way path to Chapelton before descending to the ruins of the...

25 of us set out for a trip to Fife for a coastal walk from the fishing village of Crail on the East Neuk to St Andrews.  On the way to the walk we saw a stream of hundreds of people doing a Kiltwalk from St Andrews to Dundee.  Well done to all of them!  We were...

23 walkers boarded the bus for today’s walks around the Invercauld Estate on Royal Deeside. We had a new driver – Scott - & we stopped at Ballater on the way for a comfort break. Everyone alighted the bus at Keiloch while Scott set off for Braemar whilst we all...