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January 2015 Weekend Meet: Blackrock Cottage, Glencoe
Eight members attended this meet in which we had two bitterly cold days on the hill. Bucketloads of snow made just getting to the hut a...
Jan 15, 20151 min read


December 2014 Weekend Meet: Inverardran Cottage, Crianlarich
There was a good turnout for the pre-Christmas meet held at the very comfortable Ochils MC's Inverardran Cottage. Three members braved...
Dec 15, 20141 min read


21-23/11/14 Dinner Meet: Badaguish, Glenmore, Aviemore
This was the first time oor club have organised a Dinner Meet at this location. There was a total of 42 FVMC Members and Guests,...
Nov 23, 20141 min read


November 2014 Day Walk: Cruinn a Bheinn
Nine members and a guest turned up for the November day meet which was a great success The only downside was the huge landslip above the...
Nov 15, 20141 min read


25/10/14 Day Walk: Creagan na Beinne
Our destination was Creagan na Beinne - NN 744 369 - OS Maps 51 & 52. Via an anticlockwise route going from Loch Tay's Ardtalnaig, SE to...
Oct 25, 20141 min read
11-12/10/14 Weekend Meet: Inbhirfhaolian Hut, Glen Etive
Weather dawned pleasantly bright on the Saturday with lots of blue sky and cloud drifting around the peaks and corries. Four members...
Oct 12, 20141 min read


19-21/09/14 Weekend Meet: Muir Cottage, Inverey, near Braemar
Here is the record of our activity at the Muir of Inverey weekend. Others who were there may submit their own! Carn Mor, from Lecht Mine....
Sep 21, 20141 min read
15-17-08/14 Weekend Meet: Strawberry Cottage, Glen Affric
The first batch of FVMC members had decided that a cycle run from the car park at the eastern end of Glen Affric wid be a guid idea. Off...
Aug 17, 20142 min read
06-09/06/14 Weekend Meet: Naismith Hut, Elphin
Marian did a solo ascent of Am Faochagach as nobody else fancied the bog trot. Warm, sunny with 360 degree panorama. Spotted some sundews...
Jun 9, 20141 min read


16-19/05/14 Weekend Meet: Sligachan Bunkhouse, Skye
A dreich drive to Skye got even dreicher on the Saturday and Sunday. Saturday, AS, ARog, Jamie, MM and MMcE ventured onto the Cullin and...
May 19, 20141 min read


11-13/04/14 Weekend Meet: Mol Mor, Torridon
A wet and very windy start to the weekend in Torridon did not stop MMcE and GH from taking a scenic route to Mol Mor in the dark on...
Apr 13, 20142 min read


21-23/03/14 Weekend Meet: Alex MacIntyre Hut, Onich
It was an eventful start to the weekend for all the club members who were held up in the heavy snow on the Black Mount and into Glencoe...
Mar 23, 20142 min read


25/02-06/03/14 Activity: FVMC Member’s Norwegian XC Ski Trip, hut to hut
I’m just back from a XC skiing trip to the Rondane National Park in Norway. I went with two friends of mine, BD, GF and Norwegian ski...
Mar 15, 20141 min read
14-16/02/14 Weekend Meet: Milehouse, near Feshiebridge
Gordon G did Creag Ruadh from Sherrabeg near Laggan. Some deep snow on ridge and summit plateau but great views down Loch Laggan and...
Feb 16, 20143 min read
25-26/01/14 Activity: Ski Mountaineering Leadership Course, Glenmore Lodge, Cairngorms
Two of us from the FVMC, MM - Meets Sec, and myself, BR – Chair, took the opportunity of a two day Mountaineering Leadership course run...
Jan 26, 20144 min read
10-12/01/14 Weekend Meet: Raeburn Hut, Laggan
On Saturday Nick and Allan walked up Geal Charn (Monadh Liath) from Spey Dam while Malcolm and Brian met up with Gordon Blake and skied...
Jan 12, 20141 min read


23-24/08/13 Weekend Meet: Roy Bridge, Grey Corries
Some diverse walks that weekend, first off with MM & AS and the meenister on the path from Corriechoille, Hear no evil, see no evil and...
Aug 25, 20131 min read


29-30/05/13 Activity: FVMC members organise a trip to Maoile Lunndaidh and Strathfarrar Hills.
This was an organised trip between various members of the FVMC to do some distant Munros in exceptional weather. First off Maoile...
May 30, 20131 min read


May 2013 Weekend Meet: Corrie Croft Bunkhouse, Arran
Six club members made there way to the Corrie Croft Bunkhouse on the Isle of Arran in the Friday evening sunshine hoping that the weather...
May 15, 20131 min read
28/04/13 Day Walk: Ben Cleuch
On Sunday 28th April Malcolm, Brian, Nick and new member Susan Fox met in Tillicoultry to walk up Ben Cluech by way of Mill Glen and the...
Apr 28, 20131 min read
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