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Wester Cairn, Mount Battock, Hill of Saughs Circuit
Friday 7th October,I was on my own today since Mo had been threatening with flu all week so I decided that, after the success of last week, I'd get a bit of height under my boots again this week. Mount...
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Findlater Castle & Sunnyside Beach
Friday 14th October,The weather forecast for today was its usual mixture of sunshine and showers, maybe, with light winds except where they would be stronger!! The only constant seemed to be that, if...
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Forvie to Old Slains
Friday 18th NovemberAfter a difficult few weeks it's fine to get back to walking, even if the weather has been, at best, unpredictable. Not that we've been totally idle. At the end of October we had a...
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Glen Esk to the Stables of Lee
Friday 13th January,After a wee bit of a blogging holiday over the festival period, we finally decided that we needed to get back into the routine of Friday walks. It’s not that we haven’t been out and...
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Glen Tanar to Little Cock Cairn Circuit
Friday 3rd February,Sometimes when you head off into the hills the weather forecast promises you something special. Often you feel a little bit let down; the gentle breeze turns out to be gale force;...
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Cross Stone, Hill of Rowan, & St Drostan's Church
Saturday 11th February.Friday was a wash out and despite the fact that we had said we would walk on Friday irrespective of the weather we decided to take the risk that the forecast was right and...
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Scolty Hill & the Burnett Monument
Friday 17th February,There was a certain amount of deja vue at the start of this walk. Last week we'd gone to Hill of Rowan so that we could visit a monument we had driven past many times. So this week...
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Loch Lee - Hunt Hill - Cairn Lick
Friday 24th February,If I was only allowed one word to describe today's walk, it would be "uncomfortable!" It started out so promisingly as well. Mo decided that, with a busy week of travelling planned...
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Aboyne to Mortlich Circuit
Friday 23rd March,It's been a couple of weeks since my last post. No reason really, just that we've had other commitments and we haven't been anywhere new. So today, with Mo's health in quite a good...
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The Buck of Cabrach (and The Tap 'o Noth to fill in the day!)
Sunday 25th March,After no posts for a couple of weeks this is the second of this weekend! The weather left me with no real choice and after a quick battle with my conscience, (the garden needs tidying...
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In Search of Balnamoon's Cave
Saturday 5th May,After losing all of the April weekends to dog sitting at Cruden Bay and family visits back home we finally manged to get back into some sort of walking routine this weekend. Not that...
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St Cyrus Nature Reserve
Saturday 19th May,We missed out again last weekend due to poor weather and travelling to visit family - which seems to be becoming a theme that I think we need to stamp out! Friday was another cold,...
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Under Lochnagar to Conachcraig
Friday 25th May,The weather up here, like the rest of the country, has been sunny and warm all week so Mo and I decided that, come Friday, it was time for stretching ourselves a little after our stroll...
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Culardoch & Carn Liath from Invercauld Estate
Saturday 2nd June,With the family coming over tomorrow to eat my food and drink my beer Mo decided that she would prefer to stay home and get things ready. So, being the good husband I am, I...
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The Ley Way at Crathes Castle
Friday 8th June,Like most of the country this week, the weather has been, at best unpredictable and at worst, downright bad. It looked like we were going to miss yet another week but as things improved...
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Murrays on Tour - Ben Rinnes
Friday 15th JuneWe're off on our jolly holidays today, heading for Loch Sunart just south-west of Fort William. Well that's the eventual destination anyway. We're stopping off in Nairn for a couple of...
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Murrays on Tour - Nairn to Whiteness Head
Saturday 16th JuneA bit of an explanation needed here, I think. Nairn holds a lot of nostalgic memories for us; some of my greatest childhood memories of family holidays are of the caravan site on the...
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Murrays on Tour - Laudale Estate
Monday 18th June,Beinn Resipol from the lounge 07.00 – this must be typical morning on the West Coast.Having walked Friday and Saturday and travelled all day on Sunday, the plan, if there was such a...
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Murrays on Tour - Portuairk & Bay MacNeill
Tuesday 19th June,Beinn Resipol from the lounge 07.00 – not actually raining yet.With the good weather of yesterday sadly lacking as I looked out the widow this morning, we decided that we would take...
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Murrays on Tour - Beinn na Cille
Wednesday 20th June,Beinn Resipol from the lounge 06.00 – the promise of another stunning day.We were up sharp this morning. The wall to wall blue sky was too much of a temptation so the rest day was...
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