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We made a last minute decision to reverse the route as high winds were forecast later in the day. So this would enable the longer walkers to get to the top of Conachraig before the winds.  This proved to be a good decision but unfortunately there were no views from the top and Lochnagar remained […]

The walk for November had three planned walk options; two longer walks,  one taking in a couple of higher hill tops while the second one headed round the base of the tops, and a shorter low level walk heading to Auchtavan. All three walks started at Keiloch with cloudy weather but still reasonably dry. The […]

This clockwise circular walk began and ended at the Craigellachie hotel for the long walkers but the short walk began further round at the car park near the Balvenie distillery warehouses , the end of the Glen Fiddich section, close to Dufftown railway station. The day was fair and mild with only a small shower […]

The first walk of 2017 in January saw a full bus,  including a few new members, set off in icy conditions on a dull,  but milder day,  compared to the previous sunny but cold windy day.   The forest track was not so slippery and was a pleasant introduction to the new year’s walks.   Progressing to […]

The coastal walk was much in demand and a larger coach was arranged for the day. An issue with the coach in Banff almost scuppered the planned outing. Fortunately the driver was able to quickly restore the vehicle to operation (with the assistance of the engineers in the club) and we were back on schedule. […]

Clck here for Bennachie route.

The route for the June walk was changed when the Friday forecast showed very high winds on the Cairngorm Plateau. So rather than Bynack More and Cairn Gorm the group of 24 walkers set off from Glenmore to Nethy Bridge via the Ryvoan Pass. One group included the Corbett Meall a’ Bhuachaille in their route […]

The club walk in September to Beinn Breac was a great success with good weather after a very wet and windy couple of days beforehand,  with 33 members out in total,  18 people climbed Beinn Breac.  Eight 8 members did the slightly shorter walk up to the corbet Cairn na Drochaide, and 7 members completed another […]