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23rd July 2023 – Tarfside/Invermark to Glen Muick
There were 26 members on today’s walk from Glen Esk to Glen Muick. Seven walkers got off at Tarfside to do the longer walk while the bus carried on to Invermark where 19 did the main walk leaving 2 on the bus to do shorter walks round to Loch Muick area. The main part...
9th July 2023 – Cockbridge to Tomintoul circular
There were 26 walkers on the bus leaving Aberdeen, and one person picked up at Kingswells. The weather leaving Aberdeen was rather grey and damp, but with a forecast for better weather later on, some brave walkers had opted for shorts. There was rain during the...
25th June 2023 – Linn of Dee Circular
27 Walkers set off from Aberdeen to Linn of Dee near Braemar. With yellow weather warnings in place for thunder storms from 1pm there was much discussion on the bus for the best routes to take in case the weather did take a turn for the worse. So along with the 3...
11th June 2023 – Lynebreck to Cromdale – Cromdale Hills
Today's walks were on the Cromdale hills, View point walk and a Speyside Way section in the Grantown-on-Spey area. Thirty walkers joined us today with 19 on walk one, 10 on walk two and 1 member on walk three. There were a few new faces joining us for their first walk...
28th May 2023 – An Socath, Morrone and the Lions Face
Thirty walkers were out on todays routes with 16 on the main walk of An Socath/Morrone, 13 on the Morrone circular and one on the Lions Face walk. The bus dropped the main walkers off at Baddoch before circling back to Braemar for the others to start their walks...
14th May 2023 – Glen Tanar Capers on Firmounth Walk
There were 18 walkers out on todays walk as we set off to travel to Tarfside in Glen Esk. A comfort stop was made at Edzell before arriving at our start point where a Rights of Way signpost pointed our way towards the Firmounth/ Fungle routes. Two members stayed on...
30th April 2023 – Kirkton of Glen Isla to Alyth – Cateran Trail
There were 25 walkers out on today’s walk, the weather was overcast, with the forecast for rain later in the day. The main group got off the bus at Kirkton of Glen Isla while one walker remained on the bus to do a shorter walk around Alyth. The walk was a mixture of...
Suggestions for Social Events
The committee are looking for suggestions to hold a club social evening and would welcome members’ ideas and a suitable time of year to hold it. We have in the past had meals out, quiz nights and tenpin bowling nights. You can speak to a member of the committee or use...
16th April 2023 – Boat o’Brig to Dufftown (Speyside Way)
This was our first 8am start from Aberdeen of 2023. 20 walkers joined the bus in Aberdeen and another 5 at various points on the way. After a quick comfort stop at Keith the bus went on to the Boat o'Brig. Due to the lack of parking space available at the start of...
2nd April 2023 – Bin of Cullen Circular
This walk was the last of the 9.00 starts winter 2022-2023. We had a good attendance with 32 people on the bus, following a comfort stop in Portsoy we reached the start/finish point just before 11.00. There were a variety of choices for the route to the Bin Hill and...