A Weekend Walking and Photographic Adventure

The weather has been absolutely wonderful here in Aberdeen the past week so I spent a good bit of time over the weekend out walking about the city and countryside. Over the weekend I walked a distance of at least 70km (30km on Saturday and 40km on Sunday). The maps below give a fairly good outline of the routes taken.

Saturday
Saturday 26th May 2012, I set off with my camera to take some photographs of the New Build of Robert Gordon University at Garthdee. Ventured up Tullows Hill, then out westwards along the riverbank before meeting up with the Deeside Railway Line heading out to Culter. Had a short look around Culter, and of course picked up some ice-cream along the way. Then it was back to Aberdeen via the Deeside Railway Line, and back to the Garthdee campus to get some photographs of the Northern face of the New Build.

RGU Garthdee Photo Tour

18.7 miles / 30.0947328 km. Created by guest

Sunday
Sunday 27th May 2012, Started out at RGU Garthdee, then on to Kincorth Hill, along the coast, back to the harbour out towards the beach, all the way up to the end of the beach, back down and up again (jogging most of the way) then on to Seaton Park, the Great Northern Road, down Anderson Drive and back to the RGU Campus, Garthdee.

Kincorth Hill and Beach

24.6 miles / 39.5898624 km. Created by guest

Deeside Railway Line Adventure

Quite a good footpath runs from Duthie Park right in the heart of Aberdeen out west towards Culter, one can continue onwards towards Drumoak and even as far as Banchory some 30km away with almost little or no need to cycle on any of the main roads. Some of the trackway snakes its way through some nice riverside woodlands along the way. The photographs below begin about 2 or 3 km west of Duthie park with some scenes over looking a golf course, then onwards to Culter and out as far as Drumoak.