Walk 11 of 2018 - Braemar - Queen's Drive & Lions Face
A good turnout on Friday for monthly walk 11 this year. Despite enforced cancellations from Ian (Sh) and Nigel, the late additions of Ken and Jeb to our core squad meant we still had a healthy quorum of 7 travelling to Braemar on a beautiful autumn Friday afternoon. Four of us - Jeb, Colin, Dave and I - who met the eligibility criteria, travelled for free on the bus, whilst youngsters Ken and Andy hitched a ride with Stewart who had to bring his car over from Westhill. The bus was a tad late, but still made it to Braemar not too long after Stewart's car, so we were on our way before 2:30 pm - up the hill and past a familiar watering hole where we intended to quench our collective thirsts at the end of the walk: The directions told us to start on the "Morrone Birkwood Circular Walk" but this soon looped back to the main Morrone hill walk that some of us completed on a glorious day last year. Further on, after a short climb, we diverted off the marked trail up to a v...