Craig Leek
The first opportunity for a post-covid restrictions bus trip up Deeside for a walk and some beers came last Friday. The original idea was to bus all the way to Braemar, but Dave suggested an alternative which would accommodate Ruby, so Jeb, Colin and I took the 1pm bus out as far as Invercauld Estate and met up with them there. A few had done the Craig Leek walk in April, and most of us had done it a couple of years ago, but on that occasion we had done it the "wrong" way - i.e. clockwise, as a result of which we got slightly lost for a while. No such mistakes this time and Colin coped well with the anti-clockwise direction. Here's the route and some photos: Once the walk was completed, Dave kindly drove Jeb, Colin and me in to Braemar for some ales. He dropped us off at the Invercauld Mews where we were delighted to see as many as 4 ales on handpull, including a new one from the local fledgling Braemar Brewery: We were sitting there supping our second pints of Summ...