Kincardine O'Neil - Aboyne 27 Nov 20

A cool but sunny and still afternoon gave us another Friday afternoon walking opportunity. Catching the noon bus, Steve (on his first outing this year), Nigel, Colin and I briefly discussed where to start our walk from and we decided to alight at the start of Kincardine O'Neil and walk through the village from there and on to the Deeside Way for our first team photo:

When we reached the high point prior to the steep hairpin descent, we spotted another trail which we briefly explored before heading back to the conventional route and down to the Dess (which is officially a burn - not a river as I suggested). Opportunity for another team photo:

The same spot from above:

When we got near the old railway line we felt we had to up the pace, conscious of the fact that we had been dawdling a bit and we had arranged to meet up for beers at the Boat Inn with Ken and Dave, who were cycling over from Finzean and Potarch. We met them as we approached the Black Faced Sheep, so they had a bit of a head start on us at the Boat Inn, where we took another photo of the now enlarged team:

No double double drams this time but we managed a few pints before heading over to the bus stop for the journey home. Here's the stats from a lovely afternoon: