Helen Rose’s Outdoor Diary: Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo
This is the 75th year of the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo.. Despite many trips to the Edinburgh Festival and Fringe every August, I have never been to the Tattoo but the Glasgow Health Culture Rambling Club arranged an overnight trip through Caledonian Travel https://www.caledonian.com/ including free time in Edinburgh and and a visit to the […]
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Monday, September 1, 2025 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary, Pat's Home Page Blog
Helen Rose’s Outdoor Diary, Alnmouth, Northumberland
August, 2025 Northumberland Northumberland is a ceremonial county in North East England, on the border with Scotland. It is bordered by the North Sea to the east, Tyne and Wear and County Durham to the south, Cumbria to the west, and the Scottish Borders council area to the north. The Bearsden and Milngavie Ramblers arranged […]
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Tuesday, July 29, 2025 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary
Helen Rose’s Outdoor Diary: Braemar
July, 2025 In springtime the Glasgow HF Outdoor Club ‘s weekend was to Braemar. I’ve been in Braemar many times as there are lots of high mountains around. This time was to be different and a new experience on low level walks so the area would be seen with a different perspective. Braemar is a […]
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Monday, June 30, 2025 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary
Helen Rose Outdoor Diary: Robert Burns Country
July, 2025 The Health Culture Rambling Club arranged a circular walk from Alloway which is only just over an hour by bus from Glasgow near the Ayrshire coast. Alloway is famous as the birthplace of Robert Burns, the poet and National Bard for Scotland. The walk started from the National Trust for Scotland Visitor Centre […]
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Saturday, May 31, 2025 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary, Pat's Home Page Blog
Helen Rose’s Outdoor Diary: Cademuir, Peebles.
May 2025 We had a Spring outing to Peebles with Glasgow Ramblers Initally amarket town, Peebles played a role in the woollen industry of the Borders during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Most mills had closed by the 1960s, although the last one remained open until 2015. Over the years the character of Peebles […]
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Wednesday, April 30, 2025 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary, Pat's Home Page Blog
Aviemore – Helen Rose Outdoors
April 2025 This was a welcome return to Aviemore but to do lower level walks. The weekend was organised by the Glasgow HF Outdoor Club and based at the SYHA Hostel in Aviemore. Noreen had booked a very comfortable four bedded dorm for us and we stayed for the three nights. Some stayed in hotels […]
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Sunday, March 30, 2025 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary
Helen Rose’s Outdoor Diary: El Rompido Part 2.
March, 2025 In the autumn Bearsden and Milngavie Ramblers arranged a walking trip to El Rompido on Huelva’s Costa De La Luz through Saga Group Holidays This was my sixth trip abroad with the group and as there is so much organisation required, they decided to use the travel company group booking for the flights, […]
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Thursday, February 27, 2025 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary
Helen Rose’s Outdoor Diary, El Rompido Part 1.
February, 2025 In the autumn Bearsden and Milngavie Ramblers arranged a walking trip to El Rompido on Huelva’s Costa De La Luz through Saga Group Holidays. This was my sixth trip abroad with the group and as there is so much organisation required, they decided to use the travel company group booking for the flights, […]
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Friday, January 31, 2025 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary
Helen Rose Outdoors – Grantown on Spey.
January 2025 In the autumn a group of us visited Grantown on Spey to have three days walking. Most of us travelled by Citylink bus to Aviemore where Ian kindly collected our luggage and transported it to the very comfortable Speyside Hotel at Grantown on Spey. We passed the evenings in the bar with a […]
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Tuesday, December 31, 2024 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary
Helen Rose’s Outdoor Diary: Edinburgh.
December 2024 In the autumn, the Glasgow Health Culture Rambling Club organised a walk in Edinburgh travelling on the Citylink coach from Glasgow. As the group were all over 60, we had concession cards giving free bus travel in Scotland. When we left Glasgow, it was sunny but as we approached Edinburgh there was a […]
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Sunday, December 1, 2024 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary, Pat's Home Page Blog, Walks and Tours Glasgow
Helen Rose’s Outdoor Diary – St Andrews from Kingsbarns
November 2024 The Glasgow Health Culture Rambling Club arranged a coach to allow a linear walk from Kingsbarns to St. Andrews on the Fife Coastal Path. Kingsbarns is a village and parish in Scotland near the eastern coast of Fife in an area known as the East Neuk, 6.5 miles (10.5 km) southeast of St Andrews and 3.6 miles (5.8 km) north of Crail. […]
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Tuesday, October 29, 2024 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary
Helen Rose’s Outdoor Diary: Kippford.
October 2024 Kippford is an unusually narrow village in the South West of Scotland on the shore of the estuary of the River Urr on the Solway coast. It is popular with yachtsmen. This was our base for a circular walk with the Bearsden and Milngavie Ramblers A coach had been arranged for the return […]
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Sunday, September 29, 2024 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary, Walks
Lismore. September 2024
Helen Rose Outdoors Lismore is an Inner Hebridean island near Oban. The island is approximately 10 miles long by 1 mile wide. The island was called the ‘Great Garden’ because it is relatively low lying, and very green and fertile compared with the mountains of Mull, and on the mainland. It is surrounded by the waters […]
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Friday, August 30, 2024 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary, Pat's Home Page Blog
Helen Rose’s Outdoor Diary: 20th Visit to New York
August, 2024 Recently I visited New York on my 20th time there over the last 50 years! There is so much new to see there and so many things to do, regular visits to friends are a great way to catch up and they have always new suggestions oabout places to go. The High Line […]
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Tuesday, July 30, 2024 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary, Pat's Home Page Blog
Helen Rose’s Outdoor Diary: Arran Revisited
The HF Glasgow Outdoor Club arranged a weekend in my favourite Island of Arran. I have been going there annually for over twenty years and it is always enjoyable. The island is situated off the Ayrshire coast about an hour’s drive from Glasgow to the ferry over to Brodick which takes less than an hour. […]
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Sunday, July 7, 2024 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary
Oban Islands. June 2024
Helen Rose Outdoors I have previously written about the Islands near Oban but it was 11 years ago and a revisit provides more information and photos. The Glasgow HF Outdoor Club arranged a weekend in Oban over the Easter holiday. and it gave the opportunity to revisit Seil Island, Easdale and Kerrera so I knew […]
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Monday, May 27, 2024 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary
Helen Rose’s Outdoor Diary: Donegal, St Patrick’s Day
Journey to Ireland Glasgow Health Culture Rambling Club suggested a social weekend to Donegal for St Patrick’s Day in March on a bus trip organised by Caledonian Travel. Twelve of us decided to go on the weekend travelling on Friday and returning on Monday. It is a fairly long journey involving about three hours by […]
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Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary
Helen Rose, Outdoor Diary: Glen Nevis
April, 2024 Corran The HF club arranged the annual winter weekend based at Corran Bunkhouse The Bunkhouse is misnamed as most of the rooms have ensuite and towels are supplied. It is just like a B&B but you make your own breakfast. The walks on offer by the club are both high and low level. […]
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Monday, April 1, 2024 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary, Walks and Tours Glasgow
John Muir Way. Part 1.
John Muir John Muir is well known as the Father of America’s National Parks. His activism helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley and Sequoia National Park. His example has served as an inspiration for the preservation of many other Wilderness areas. He was born in Dunbar on the east coast of Scotland on April 21, […]
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Friday, March 8, 2024 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary, Pat's Home Page Blog
Helen Rose’s Outdoor Diary: Water of Leith Part 2.
February 2024 Water of Leith The Water of Leith is Edinburgh’s main river. It runs for 22 miles (35 km) from the Pentland Hills where it flows past Port Leith, into the Firth of Forth. The Water of Leith Walkway is about 14 miles long running from Balerno to Leith. I previously did the first […]
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Thursday, February 1, 2024 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary, Pat's Home Page Blog
Helen Rose’s Outdoor Diary, Hampshire
January 2024. Hampshire In the autumn I visited friends in Hampshire. Hampshire is a ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Berkshire to the north, Surrey and West Sussex to the east, the Isle of Wight across the Solent to the south, Dorset to the west, and Wiltshire to the north-west. It […]
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Friday, December 29, 2023 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary, Pat's Home Page Blog
Helen Rose: Outdoor Diary – Langholm.
December, 2023 The Glasgow Health Culture Rambling Club ran a bus from Glasgow to Langholm for a day walk. The contact for the club is Roshni at roshni.e@talktalk.net Langholm is also known colloquially as the Muckle Toon. It’s a burgh in Dumfries and Galloway, southern Scotland near the border with England. Langholm lies between four […]
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Thursday, November 30, 2023 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary
Helen Rose’s Outdoor Diary: West Island Way Completed
West Island Way – November, 2023 Island of Bute I had previously done most of the West Island Way in Bute staying over a weekend I had the opportunity to complete the Way as a day walk with the Glasgow Ramblers The Isle of Bute, Eilean Bhòid or An t-Eilean Bòdach, known as Bute is […]
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Monday, October 30, 2023 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary
Helen Rose’s Outdoor Diary: East Neuk, Fife
October 2023 Fife Coastal Path In the past I have had many trips to Fife. Recently the Glasgow Health Culture Rambling Club ran a bus to Fife to do linear walks on the Fife Coastal Path. The Club can be contacted by email The Fife Coastal Path stretches from North Queensferry, in the south of […]
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Monday, October 2, 2023 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary
Helen Rose’s Outdoor Diary, Moray Coast and Cullen.
September 2023 In the summer, a group was booked for the Moray Coastal Trail based in Cullen. The Moray Coastal Trail in Gaelic Moireibh or Moireabh lies in the north-east of Scotland, with a coastline on the Moray Firth. The National Geographic named the area as one of the top twenty coastlines in the world! […]
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Thursday, August 31, 2023 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary
Helen Rose’s Outdoor Diary: Ayr. Dunure Walk and Horse Races
August, 2023 This blog is in two parts and the connection is Ayr, a coastal resort in the South West of Scotland. The first part is a visit to the Ayr Horse Races and the second part is a walk from Dunure to Ayr. Ayr Horse Races I have never been to a horse race […]
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Sunday, July 30, 2023 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary, Walks
Helen Rose Outdoor Diary, Whitby.
July 2023 Helen Rose Outdoors. I had arranged to go to Whitby for a weekend walking three years ago but unfortunately it was cancelled due to the Covid 19 pandemic. However, the Bearsden and Milngavie Ramblers arranged a weekend there this Spring and I was lucky enough to have a place on the trip.Whitby is […]
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Friday, June 30, 2023 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary, Pat's Home Page Blog, Walks
Helen Rose Outdoors Diary: New York Again.
June 2023 Brooklyn I was recently in New York visiting friends in Brooklyn in New York City. I always find the size of New York overwhelming with the five boroughs and a population of over 8.8 million. There is a distance to travel on the subway to go anywhere and it is often disrupted by […]
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Thursday, June 1, 2023 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary
Helen Rose Outdoors Diary: Kinlochleven.
May 2023 Corran It was the annual winter trip by the Glasgow HF Outdoor Club to Corran north of Glencoe on the way to Fort William. It is a very comfortable bunkhouse and does not have any bunks but all comfortable beds in small rooms. There are two well fitted out warm kichens and of […]
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Sunday, April 23, 2023 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary, Walks
Helen Rose’s Outdoor Diary: Dumbarton Rock and Castle
April 2023 On a beautiful clear winter day I went with the Glasgow Health Culture Club to walk to Dumbarton Rock from Dalmuir. We took the train from Glasgow to Dalmuir on the western outskirts. The walk began as we joined the Forth and Clyde Canal on the towpath where we were constantly avoiding cyclists […]
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Friday, March 31, 2023 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary, Walks
