Wednesday March 19th
Cults Walk to Foggieton and
Ladyhill Woods
Meet at the Cults Hotel at 10 am.
Buses 19/201/202
We'll set off up the path to the
left of the hotel and continue uphill following the Cults Burn
until we get to the opening to
Foggieton Woods. We'll have a wander through Foggieton and
Ladyhill Woods before returning to
the Cults Hotel. Coffee options on our return - Costa
Coffee and Blether on the main road
and the Boxcar coffee hut on the Deeside railway line,
down Station Road opposite the
hotel.
Distance 4+ miles
Wednesday April 2nd
Loch Kinord
There are toilets at the Centre.
Long Walk Version 1
The walk is a
combination of the Culblean Circular route and the Little Ord Trail. From the
Burn O’ Vat the route climbs steadily
upwards to the west of the Centre, then turns north-east, skirting Culblean Hill,
to Loch Head. Turning south it then joins the Little Ord Trail, passing Old
Kinord and one of the many hut circles. It then returns to the centre via New
Kinord and the loch north shore path, past the crannog, the castle island,
Pictish Stone and the eskers. Distance 6 miles; ascent 190m.
Long Walk Version 2
Alternatively,
instead of returning to the Centre via the north shore path, from New Kinord
the walk could continue round the loch in a clockwise direction. Distance 7
miles; ascent 200m.
Although
longer, Version 2 misses out a lot of interesting points of Version 1.
Short Walk
The short walk
is the well-known Loch Kinord circuit. The way markers indicate an
anticlockwise circuit, but the group may wish to consider a clockwise direction
in order to negotiate, early in the walk, the sometimes quite steep ridges
(eskers) encountered on the north-west side of the Loch. Distance 4 miles;
ascent 95m.
Short walkers may also wish to explore the Burn O’ Vat, a round trip of about 0.5 mile, whilst waiting for the return of the other group. However, access to the inner cavern via the slippy narrow entrance can be hazardous.
Wednesday April 16th
Dunotter Woods and Stonehaven
Grid Ref. NO863843Cowie to Dunnottar Woods: A pleasant generally level walk which takes in coast and woodland. From Cowie hamlet along the coastal path of Stonehaven Bay to the harbour, then cutting inland for a circular walk through Dunnottar Woods, returning to Stonehaven. Long walk : 5miles, short walk available.
Wednesday April 30th
Drummuir to Dufftown Station
NJ376442. For the fit. Flat walk to
Lochpark followed by a long and steady climb to Brawlands. Then quiet roads to
Tullich. Cutting through the Balvenie distillery to the disused railway to
Dufftown station. Ascent 120m. Distance 6 miles.
Short Craigellachie to Dufftown station. Along disused railway from Craigellachie to Dufftown station. Ascent negligible. Distance 3 miles.
Wednesday May 14th
Portsoy to Sandend
Circular - Grid Reference NJ588662 - Distance 5.75 miles - Ascent 128m
An interesting
coastline walk joins the picturesque harbour of Portsoy to the beautiful beach
at Sandend.
Glen Esk. Tarfside to Invermark and beyond.
Long Walk: Starting at Tarfside, the walk goes westwards to Invermark, taking in the Hill of Rowan. From there the route follows Glen Mark towards the Queen’s Well and Mount Keen along one side of the Water of Mark, crosses over the water at the first bridge and returning on the other side to finish at the Invermark car park. There is the option to have a cuppa and comfort stop at the Glenesk Folk Museum (also known as “The Retreat”).
6.5
Miles. Total ascent 250m.
Short Walk: The short walk follows
the same route to Invermark, but by-passes the Hill of Rowan. At Invermark it
follows the road down to Loch Lee and returns by the same route to the
Invermark car park.
5.2 Miles. Total ascent 180m. Can be shortened by not going as far as Loch Lee.
Wednesday 11th June
Long - Carnoustie to Broughty Ferry. Short - Moniefieth to Broughty Ferry
NO566344. Level walk along coastal
path from Carnoustie golf course to Broughty Ferry castle. Approx 8miles
NO502324. Short
walk from Monifieth to Broughty Ferry also along coastal path. Approx 3 miles with option to extend further along the coast beyond the castle then back
