Glen Feardar Blog
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 […]
Glen Feardar Walk
Glen Feardar Date 13 November 2016 Map OS 43. 44 Map Ref Longer Walk Shorter Walk Map Ref START NO 189912 Keiloch Keiloch START NO 189912 Click on Map Ref for Map Felagie Felagie Meall Gorm Middleton of Aberader Bhonic Balmore Auchtavan Creag Bheag Creag Bheag Tullochcoy Tullochcoy FINISH NO 234938 Inver Inver FINISH NO […]
Geology for Hill Walkers
Cults School Earlswells, Cults, AberdeenTalk by John Howell
Speyside Blog
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 […]
Speyside Way/ Craigellachie Walk
Speyside Way/ Craigellachie Date 11 December 2016 Map OS 28 Map Ref Longer Walk Shorter Walk Map Ref START NJ 288 450 Craigellachie Aberlour START NJ 265 429 Click on Map Ref for Map Aberlour Knock of Gownie Knock of Gownie Burnhead Burnhead Balvenie Balvenie Speyside Speyside FINISH NJ 288 450 Craigellachie Craigellachie FINISH NJ […]
Exploring Old Roads in Deeside
Cults Kirk Centre 404 North Deeside Road, AberdeenTalk by Graham Marr
Kerloch Walk
Kerloch Date 15 January 2017 Map OS 45 Map Ref Walk Map Ref START NO 663 910 Bridge of Bogendreip START Click on Map Ref for Map Cairn Kerloch Glenskinnen FINISH NO 702 917 Knockburn Loch FINISH Distance 8 mls 13 km Height 1,640 ft 500 m
Kerloch Blog
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 […]
Droving
Cults School Earlswells, Cults, AberdeenTalk by Ron Brander Ron leads the Strathbogie Rambling Club and has researched the heritage of the area (Huntly, Dufftown, Tomintoul and Strathdon), in the course of which he has learned a fair amount about droving and the drovers' life. Ron has promised an interesting talk on droving in general including material of relevance to […]
Coastal Walk: Gardenstown to Troup Head
Gardenstown to Troup Head Date 12 February 2017 Map Map Ref Walk OS 29 START NJ 788 634 Gardenstown The walk starts at Cottage farm, along a track to the ruined St. John’s Church, then descending to the beach at Gamrie Bay and along to Gardenstown Harbour. From the harbour the walk goes along […]