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May 30, 20242 min read
General May 2024 Activity: Cycling the Rob Roy Way and Mountains of Orchy
The month of May featured a 3 x day cycle trip for FVMC member MMcE and friend LW along the Rob Roy Way and a classic walk on Beinn...
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May 23, 20243 min read
24-26/05/24 Weekend Meet: Knoydart Foundation Bunkhouse, Inverie
The weekend meet for May took place at the Knoydart Foundation’s bunkhouse https://knoydart.org/knoydart-bunkhouse/ . The club has...
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Apr 29, 20243 min read
General April 2024 Activity: Windy Passage In Drumochter, A Mighty Moroccan Climb And Small Stones at Peebles
Other FVMC activity in April was wide ranging, entailing; the ascent of two Munros at Drumochter Pass during one of the few decent days...
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Apr 28, 20241 min read
28/04/24 Day Walk: Beinn Odhar and Beinn a Chaisteil, near Bridge of Orchy
For April’s Day Walk a nice bright day with a cool breeze greeted the FVMC Day Walkers, IH, BR, GB, EA, TF & SP. Their quarry Beinn...
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Apr 11, 20241 min read
12-14/04/24 Weekend Meet: Kintail, Arnisdale and Glen Shiel exploits
Another welcome return to National Trust’s bunkhouse at Kintail, https://www.nts.org.uk/holiday-accommodation/bunkhouses/kintail-outdoor-...
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Mar 30, 20242 min read
General March 2024 Activity: Donald Greenside Law Gets A Battering But Corbet Ben Venue Gives Vistas.
Variable weather in March didn’t deter some adventure near Peebles and in The Trossachs. The first of the club’s general activity in...
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Mar 29, 20243 min read
29-30/03/24 Weekend Meet: Alex MacIntyre Memorial Hut, Onich
For the March Weekend Meet the club stayed at the often visited Alex MacIntyre Memorial Hut, North Ballachulish,...
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Mar 17, 20241 min read
17/03/24 Day Walk: Hart Fell from Auchencat Burn
It was on a bleak, wet and windy day that FVMC stalwarts, IH, AS, BR, CS & Harry the Dog went to do Hart Fell, NT 11358 13579, about 9km...
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Mar 1, 20242 min read
General February 2024 Activity: FVMC member on tour of Bergen Hospital
One of our members visited Norway, 07-14/02/24, to attend a Winter Expedition course at Finse. in preparation for a 'Tour of the Southern...
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Feb 25, 20242 min read
25/02/24 Day Walk: Luss Hills: Fionas Tullich Hill and Beinn Bhreac
Six members of our Club, ARob, IH, TF, SP, CS & PF, ventured into the Luss Hills, via Glen Douglas, completing the Tullich Hills...
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Feb 16, 20242 min read
16-17/02/24 Weekend Meet: Inbhirfhaolain, Glen Etive
An old favourite of the FVMC, the Inbhirfhaolain Hut, located in Glen Etive, NN 15854 50741, run by the Grampian Club,...
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Jan 31, 20242 min read
General January 2024 Activity: Winter’s Day on Meall na Fearna and the Ascent of St Lucia’s highest peak – Mt Gimie
Under general January activity there were a couple of notable events; IH had a superb frosty winter’s day on Meall na Fearna, NN 65061...
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Jan 28, 20241 min read
28/01/24 Day Walk: Nine Mile Burn to Flotterstone Bridge, via West Kip…sort of!
Towards the end of January we scheduled another Day Walk, this time in the Pentland Hills, going from Nine Mile Burn, NT 17741 57742,...
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Jan 12, 20242 min read
12-13/01/24 Weekend Meet: Loch Ken Outdoor Centre, Dumfries and Galloway
January’s Weekend Meet was based at the Loch Ken Outdoor Centre, NX 65816 73510, www.lochken.co.uk. About 10 x miles NW of Castle Douglas...
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Jan 2, 20241 min read
02/01/24 New Year’s Walk
For a number of years now we have started the New Year early in the first week of January by going on a short, sociable walk from Dollar...
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Dec 1, 20233 min read
01-02/12/23 Weekend Meet: Ochils Mountaineering Club’s hut at Inverardran, Crianlarich.
The month of December started off well in terms of weather but overall it was generally dreich and windy. This meant that the only...
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Nov 30, 20232 min read
General November 2023 Activity: The assault of an Atlantic Wall and Beinn Pharlagain gets a visitor.
A couple of notable visits to the hills this month; discovering a military relic on Sheriff Muir used for D-Day preparations, see...
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Nov 17, 20232 min read
17-18/11/23 Weekend Meet: Dinner Meet, Pitlochry Youth Hostel.
This year the club hired the Pitlochry Youth Hostel as our venue for our Annual Dinner Meet, with the evening meal arranged at the Fern...
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Nov 4, 20231 min read
04/11/23 Day Walk: Mealna Letter/Duchray Hill and Loch Beanie.
On Saturday the 4th of November a Day Walk was planned by ARob, AS & BR to visit the Fiona Mealna Letter/Duchray Hill, NO 16082 67261,...
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Oct 30, 20232 min read
General October 2023 Activity: Cockleroy via Lime Kilns and Mines.
On 26/10/23 BR, ARod, IMcM, JI & JW participated in a low-level walk from the Union Canal to Cockleroy NS 98950 74400, (278m!), see;...
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