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The Buck

The Buck


Postby Chesh1745 » Sat Mar 28, 2015 2:51 pm

Fionas included on this walk: The Buck

Date walked: 22/03/2015

Time taken: 2.5 hours

Ascent: 721m

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Leaving Lossiemouth to drive to Rhynie the weather was not looking good but as we crossed over the line into aberdeenshire the weather turned for the better, but that was not gonna help the under foot conditions on The Buck.

preparing for our walk swim kayak :wink:
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Loking over to Tap 'o' Noth see ye in a few hours
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we bit of snow training at the bottom of the buck
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First wee injury of the day a slat broke off and a wee scrape
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The summit ahead
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And we re off
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My advie on this Graham take suba gear or a kayak and defo water proof foot wear as you an see below all paths are boggy sum worse than others
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sum parts were easir to walk through waist high heather
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got a bit better the higher we went
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me and sy after gettn through the bog
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Sy nearing the summit
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the summit
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veiws from the summit
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Setting up for the summit shot
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And the summit shot
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Photo Bombed again
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the way it should be
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ask her tae tak a pic of me and this happens
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last look afore we head off to Tap 'o' Noth
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Re: The Buck

Postby rockhopper » Fri Apr 03, 2015 8:24 pm

"wee bit of snow training at the bottom of the buck"....... :lol: :lol:

Haven't been here but looks a good area for a wander - cheers :)
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