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General January 2025 Activity: All Types Of Hills...And Weather!
Over January the much desired winter conditions arrived then disappeared then arrived again with frustrating speed…reflected all too well...
Jan 315 min read
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17-18/01/25 Weekend Meet: Blackrock Cottage, Glencoe Mountain Resort!
The club returned to a favourite location in January, Blackrock Cottage run by the Ladies Scottish Mountaineering Club,...
Jan 174 min read
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12/01/25 Day Walk: Cort ma Law and Lecket Hill – Campsie Fells In The Mist
The first official Day Walk (after our traditional New Year Walk on 02/01/25) was a short and cool affair on the Campsie Fells, north of...
Jan 121 min read
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15/12/24 Day Walk: Roaming the Eildon Hills
The last Day Walk of the year was spent just south of Melrose and featured a leisurely roam of the Eildon Hills, a place once roamed by...
Dec 15, 20241 min read
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06-07/12/24 Weekend Meet: Dalwhinnie Old School Hostel – Two Welcoming Fionas And A Standoffish Corbett
It was the first time that the club had stayed at the Dalwhinnie Old School Hostel, https://dalwhinniehostel.weebly.com/ . It was very...
Dec 6, 20242 min read
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General November 2024 Activity: Two Lunches at Talla, No Dreich Weather At Daer, Rain And Wind at Windlestraw
AS continued his campaign to get more of his Donalds done by making three trips to The Borders in November with assorted folk. The first...
Nov 30, 20243 min read
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15-16/11/24 FVMC Dinner Meet: Pitlochry Youth Hostel – Good Hill Days, Local Dinner and Homegrown Entertainment
The club had their Annual Dinner Meet at the Pitlochry Youth Hostel. Hired for the days of Friday and Saturday, the hostel provided an...
Nov 15, 20243 min read
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09/11/24 Day Walk: Carn Mairg Circuit - Somewhere Beneath Their Feet
On Saturday 9th November  a group of five went to do the Carn Mairg Cuircuit . Their route can be seen using; https://consumerplatform.or...
Nov 9, 20242 min read
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General October 2024 Activity: Nylon Over Tweedsmuir, Collapsed Cycleways and Atlantic Concrete
A varied selection of general activity for October 2024, mainly focused in central and southern Scotland. First up, AS & PF had a great...
Oct 31, 20242 min read
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18-20/10/24 Weekend Meet: Strawberry Cottage for some, for others Badandun Hill!
The October weekend meet was set for Strawberry Cottage, Glen Affric, a location run by the An Teallach Mountaineering Club,...
Oct 17, 20242 min read
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06/10/24 Day Walk: Deuchary Hill in The Mist
On 06/10/24 five FVMC members went on a misty walk to Deuchary Hill, about 6km north of Dunkeld. They started from the carpark, just...
Oct 6, 20241 min read
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General September 2024 Activity: late addition - Peruvian Tours
On 17/09/24 AMc embarked on a Grand Peruvian tour! Arriving at Cusco, from sea level to 3,399 meters/11,152 feet high within an hour,...
Sep 30, 20241 min read
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General September 2024 Activity: Sub 2000’rs, Ben Cleuch, Romanian Peaks and Lang Craigs
First up on 15/09/24, BR & IH had a pleasurable walk up Broughton Heights, NT 12280 41117 and Trahenna Hill, NT 13581 37385, both...
Sep 29, 20242 min read
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13-15/09/24 Weekend Meet: Invercroft…Blustery Invercroft
The club returned to a favourite weekend meeting place, The Jacobite Mountaineering Club’s hut called Invercroft,...
Sep 12, 20242 min read
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01/09/24 Day Walk: Rubers Law near Hawick
A gentle Borders Day Walk organised by J I to Rubers Law near Hawick. Starting from the interesting village of Denholm the party took a...
Aug 31, 20241 min read
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General August 2024 Activity: Mayar and Driesh from Glendoll
On 11/08 HP, along with a relative and family friend, went on a trip to an old stomping ground, Glendoll, where he hadn’t been for over...
Aug 30, 20241 min read
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16-17/08/24 Weekend Meet: Muir Cottage, West of Braemar; Munros, Corbetts, Fionas…and Magical Walks
The club spent a weekend at the Cairngorm Club’s hut, Muir Cottage, NO 076896, situated about 7-8km west of Braemar;...
Aug 15, 20244 min read
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04/08/24 Day Walk: Beinn a Chreachen and Beinn Achaladair…Well That’s What It Says on The Map!
The month of August kicked off with three fellows, SP, BR & GM, tackling two Munros near Bridge of Orchy in wet, windy and ‘can’t see a...
Aug 3, 20242 min read
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General July 2024 Activity: Fiona and Donald Find Horseshoes
With so many folk in the club having done their Munros we increasingly now venture into less visited places but with just as much...
Jul 31, 20242 min read
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19-20/07/24 Weekend Meet: Mill Cottage – Munros, Fionas and Scrambly Ridges
Our club booked Mill Cottage, https://www.mountaineering.scot/clubs/huts/national-huts/mill-cottage , NH 84708 04788 , situated near...
Jul 18, 20244 min read
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