Destination: Glen Muick car park Pickup points: Elgin 7:00, Forres 7:20, Grantown 7:50 Map(s): OS Map 44 Arrive: 9:45 Depart: 18:00 Leaving Elgin at 7:00, the bus will go to Forres (7:20) and then onto Grantown (7:50). So, the Inverness contingency will either have to drive to Grantown or just drive to Loch Muick. We should arrive at the Glen Muick car park at approximately 9:45/10:00, where the bus will stay for the day. If you are going by car/van then note that there is a charge for parking here (£4 the last time I was there). We would need to leave the car park at 18:00 at the latest…
August 2018 Bus Meet
Location: Kintail/Glen Shiel Date: 19th August 2018 OS Map: 33 Pick up: Elgin 7:00; Forres 7:20; Nairn 7:40; Inverness 8:00 The bus will be leaving Elgin at 7:00, with the normal en-route stops, and should arrive at Loch Cluanie by 9:30. There are plenty of drop off and pick up points for this area. However, you may wish to take into account that the planned pub stop will be at the Cluanie Inn. We will need to leave Cluanie Inn by 19:00. This means that the latest pick up time from the north west end of Glen Shiel would be 18:00. There are just so many Munros, Corbetts, Grahams and…
Car Meet – July 2018
Car Meet Date: 15th July 2018 Location: Spean Bridge OS 41 Normally there isn’t a bus meet during July – so we have a car meet instead! A car meet allows us to go to some of the locations that the bus cannot reach, either due to narrow roads or it is too far to allow the driver to get back in time. It also allows those with dogs to bring their canine friends along for a day in the hills! The options for this meet are: 1. the 2 Corbetts, Cruach Innse and Sgurr Innse 2. the Munro, Stob Ban 3. the Grey Corries (2 or 3 munros) The…
June 17th 2018 – Bus Meet to Assynt
O.S.Map: 15 The bus will leave Elgin at 7:00, with the usual pick up points of Forres (7:20), Nairn (7:40) and Inverness (8:00). We should arrive at the final drop off point (car park for Quinag) by 10:00. The bus will depart Quinag at 17:30 to allow time for a refreshment stop at the Ferry Inn in Ullapool. Assynt has an impressive array of outstanding mountains. The rock in this area is predominantly gneiss, on top of which sandstone hills have weathered to create some of the weird and magnificent shapes typical of hills in this region. On a clear day, this is an area where you will want to…
MMC Bus Meet Sunday 20th May 2018
Location : Loch Mullardoch Pickup points: Elgin (7:00 ; Forres (7:40); Nairn (7:40); Inverness (8:00) Destination: Car park at Loch Mullardoch Departure time 17:15/17:30 from car park at Mullardoch dam There are several options for the day. The first is to be dropped off in Glen Cannich to tackle the Graham, Carn Gorm. This Graham could be combined with the nearby Corbett, Sgorr na Diollaid – or you could tackle the Corbett on its own! However, the main hills for the day are likely to be the Mullardoch Munros. The Munros An Socach and An Riabhachan would really only be possible if you arranged for the boatman to take you…
Laggan Locks Bus Meet – 15th April 2018
Unfortunately, the planned meet to Glen Garry has had to be rearranged. Maynes will not take their coach down the single track B road. So, staying in the same area, the bus meet will now go to Loch Lochy and (hopefully) park up for the day at Laggan Locks. This will allow 3 main options for the day: 1. The Corbett Ben Tee 2. The Munros Meall na Teanga and Sron a’Choire Ghairb 3. Part of the Great Glen Way (this will be the walk done by the LDWA members) Due to time constraints, it may be difficult to include both Munros, unless you wish to forego a refreshment stop…
Ladder Hills Bus Meet – March 2018
Ladder Hills bus meet Sunday 18th March 2018 O.S.Map: 36 (& 37) The bus will leave Elgin at 7:00, with the usual pick up points of Forres (7:20), Nairn (7:40) and Inverness (8:00). We should arrive at the final drop off point (car park at NJ242209) by 9:30/9:40 (dependent upon road conditions). The bus will depart at 17:00 to allow time for a refreshment stop at Grantown or Aviemore. The club had previously attempted this as a Christmas meet walk, but the road conditions prevented the coach from our destination. So, a slightly different approach this time: parking at Chapeltown and doing a circuit of Carn Mor (an 840m Corbett).…
Feb 2018, Bus Meet Report, Cairngorm
The first bus meet of the year set off on a fine February morning to a familiar destination. The Cairngorm ski car park may not be exotic but it is handy when daylight is still in relatively short supply and it does boast almost guaranteed conditions for the all-important winter skills. Luckily, the club was blessed with decent snow cover, good weather and a very skilful and knowledgeable club member in the shape of Ray Harron who kindly offered to take the winter skills session for fellow members. First off the bus was John Henderson and his group from the Long Distance Walking Association. This symbiotic bus meet relationship works…
Bus meet – Cairngorms – 18th February 2018
The bus will be leaving Elgin at 7:00, with the normal en-route stops at Forres (7:20), Nairn (7:40) and Inverness (8:00) and should arrive at the Cairngorm car park by 9:30. Hopefully there will be plenty of snow about, and this will be an opportunity to practice your winter skills in the company of some of the more experienced members (Ray and Heavy) of the Club. A number of topics will be covered including the use of ice axe and crampons, and you will need to bring all your winter gear. If you would like to take advantage of this sharing of knowledge and experience, then please mention this when…
Bus (Car) Meet, Ben Wyvis, Jan 2018
Date: 21 January 2018 Destination: Ben Wyvis Meeting Point: Car park on the A835 at 09:45 Transport: Private cars (no bus) This is a car-meet to one of our closest munros. The “normal” route to the summit is not too long, which makes this ideal for a short winter’s day. Don’t forget that this is winter, so ice axe/crampons etc likely to be required. Contact Gordon Eccleston if you are interested.