MAUD AND SAVOCH WALKING GROUP

 

Walk 1 ~ Sunday 2nd May

 

A woodland wander in Pitfour and Aden

 

3 miles                        1 hour

 

MEET ~ Car park at Old Deer Hall at 2pmWoW

 

Walk 2 ~ Sunday 9th May

 

Mintlaw – Longside return via Formartine and Buchan walkway

 

5 miles                        2 hours

 

MEET ~ Car park at Mintlaw Park Pavillion at 2 pm

 

Walk 3 ~ Sunday 16th May

 

Old Strichen House – The Kennels – Brewery Road

 

4 miles                        1½ hours

 

Meet ~ Strichen Lake car park at 2pm

 

Walk 4 ~ Monday 24th May

 

Auchnagatt – F and B walkway – Savoch Church – return via Methlick road

 

3 miles                        1½ hours (allowing time for a stop at Savoch Church if                                                         

                                                 desired)

 

Meet ~ Auchnagatt Village Hall car park at 7pm

 

Walk 5 ~ Sunday 30th May

 

Longside – Inverquhomery

 

4½ miles                        2 hours

Meet ~ Car park in Longside beside crossroads at 2pm

 

Walk 6 ~ Monday 7th June

 

New Deer – Langstracht

 

3 miles                        1½ hours

 

Meet ~ New Deer Hall car park at 7pm

 

 

Walk 7 ~ Sunday 13th June

 

Drinnies Wood – the Observatory – Loudon Wood Stone Circle – circular return via pond

 

4 miles                        2 hours (or longer allowing for stopping at Observatory,  

                                              Stone Circle and pond)

 

Meet ~ Car park at Drinnies Wood at 2pm

 

 

Walk 8 ~ Monday 21st June  

 

New Pitsligo – Turlundie Hill

 

2 miles                        1 hour

 

Meet ~ Car park next to Commercial Hotel, New Pitsligo, at 7pm 

 

 

Walk 9 ~ Sunday 27th June  

 

Near Methlick – Badiebath Woods – Gight Castle – River Ythan circular

 

5 miles                        2½  hours

 

Meet ~ Before entering Methlick from New Deer, turn right at the B9005 (signposted Fyvie). Continue along this road for about 2 miles until you reach a car park on the left. Meet here at 2pm.

 

 

Walk 10 ~ Monday 5th July

 

Maud – walkway – footpath to Mains of Clackriach – return to Maud via Bulwark road

 

2¾ miles                        1 hour

 

Meet ~ Maud Station Business Centre at 7pm

 

Walk 11 ~ Sunday 11th July

 

White Cow Woods – round the former Pitfour Racecourse – towards Drinnie’s Wood – return

 

4 miles                           1½ hours

 

Meet ~ White Cow Woods car park at 2pm

 

 

Walk 12 ~ Monday 19th July

 

Strichen Lake – Stone Circle – Newton Wood

 

2 miles                        1 hour

 

Meet ~ Strichen Lake car park at 7pm

 

 

Walk 13 ~ Sunday 25th July

 

A wander round Aden

 

3 miles                        1½ hours

 

Meet ~ Old Deer Hall car park at 2pm

           

 

Walk 14 ~ Monday 2nd August

 

Fyvie Lake and grounds

 

2 miles                        1 hour

 

Meet ~ Fyvie Castle car park at 7pm

 

 

Walk 15 ~ Sunday 8th August

 

Maud walkway – Gilkhorn – return Bulwark road

 

4 miles                        1½ hours

 

Meet ~ Old Station Yard, Maud, at 2pm           

 

 

Walk 16 ~ Monday 16th August

 

Mintlaw woodland – Balring – F and B walkway return

 

2½  miles                        1 hour

 

Meet ~ Mintlaw Pavillion car park next to Happy Plant Garden Centre at 7pm

 

 

Walk 17 ~ Sunday 22nd August

 

Stuartfield – Auchnagatt road – Dens circular

 

3 miles                        1½ hours

 

Meet ~ Stuartfield village centre at 2pm

 

 

Walk 18 ~ Sunday 29th August

 

Forvie Natural Nature Reserve – Hackley Bay

 

5 miles                        2 hours

 

Meet ~ Forvie Natural Nature Reserve car park near Collieston at 2pm

 

 

Walk 19 ~ Sunday 5th September

 

Delgaty Woods – perimeter walk

(Finish with a fly cup at the castle tearoom if you want to!)

 

3 miles                        1 hour

 

Meet ~ Delgatie Castle car park between Cuminestown and Turriff at 2 pm

 

 

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Walk 20 ~ Saturday 11th September

 

Sponsored walk ~ details to be given later

 

 

For some photographs of past walks  Click here

 

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