A Comprehensive Guide to the City and Surrounding Aberdeenshire Aberdeen, known as the Granite City, offers many cycling opportunities to cater to various interests and skill levels. From leisurely...
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GRAMPIAN RALLY ROUTES – AN INTRODUCTION
Around the year 2000/2001 having enjoyed various CTC Birthday Rides and the KM and Forfar rallies and as the Forfar Rally was no longer occurring it was felt that it was time for CTC Grampian to...
Cycling in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire
What a glorious day for cycling in Aberdeen and cycling in Aberdeenshire with CTC Grampian. (a member of Cycling UK). We set off on one of our club’s faster rides (termed a Faster Full Day - FFD)...
The beginning of a journey through Aberdeenshire
I dug my bike out of the garage about 8 years ago, an old purple raleigh. I had been recommended to try a CTC ride so I contacted the Secretary and turned up for my first morning ride starting...
Medium Full Day Ride
A December Delight (MFD ride, Sunday 5th December) For once it seemed all the stars had aligned in my favour. Day care for the poorly dog pre-arranged; weather forecast indicating – for the first...
Blairgowrie & Glen Shee Weekend
In July 2021 a group of six members took part in a three day tour from Aberdeen. Day 1 A 75 mile ride to Blairgowrie, with stops in Stonehaven for coffee and Edzell for lunch, both al fresco. Then...
Up Over the Cairn O’Mount
A group of five of us set off from the site of what used to be the Old Mill Inn for last weeks FFD run. We fortified ourselves at the Waterfront Cafe in Stonehaven which I would recommend. I would...
A Wednesday Night Pub Run
Eight members met up in Duthie Park for the short ride to Greyhope Road and on to the east end of Balnagask Golf Course. We then walked up the track to the high point of the Golf Course which...
A day out to Strathdon
Seven members joined the 90 mile FFD ride to Strathdon on Sunday. We met at Westhill and following reports of lots of loose gravel on our usual side roads to Alford we decided to stick to the main...
Thursday Morning Run
Thursday was again perfect for the weekly cycling club run. There are several runs each weekend too but somehow I'm often otherwise occupied on Saturday and Sunday; and there's a slight additional...