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Dec 6, 20242 min read
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...
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Nov 30, 20243 min read
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...
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Nov 15, 20243 min read
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...
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Nov 9, 20242 min read
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...
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Oct 31, 20242 min read
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...
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Oct 17, 20242 min read
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,...
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Oct 6, 20241 min read
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...
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Sep 30, 20241 min read
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,...
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Sep 29, 20242 min read
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...
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Sep 12, 20242 min read
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,...
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Aug 31, 20241 min read
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...
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Aug 30, 20241 min read
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...
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Aug 15, 20244 min read
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;...
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Aug 3, 20242 min read
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...
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Jul 31, 20242 min read
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...
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Jul 18, 20244 min read
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...
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Jul 7, 20241 min read
Day Walk 07/07/24: Corbett Luibhean and Munro Beinn Ime
Some pics from the FVMC Day Walk on 07/07/24, featuring Corbett Beinn Luibhean , Â NN 24294 07922 & Munro Beinn Ime , NN 25493 08481. Â The...
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Jun 30, 20243 min read
General June 2024 Activity: A Hebridean Wet and Windy Way and a Tweeddale Trek
Other notable walks in June were BR & MM on their Hebridean way from Vatersay to Tarbert and AS & PF heading to Drumelzier in search of...
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Jun 21, 20243 min read
21-23/06/24 Weekend Meet: Glen Brittle Memorial Hut
The June club meet was on the island of Skye at the Glen Brittle Memorial Hut, https://gbmh.co.uk/ . Hills climbed included Ben Aslak, NG...
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Jun 9, 20241 min read
09/06/24 Day Walk: Stuchd an Lochain and Birds of a Feather
Grand day out in Glen Lyon for the FVMC June day meet. The objective was Stuchd an Lochain, NN 48299 44828 with the option of including...
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