Scottish Hillwalking & Activities Group - Hillwalking

Hi everyone,

We have to pay Meetup fees of 215 $ (USD) every 6 months, to use the website (https://help.meetup.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001620472).

To fund this, we are asking members to consider making a voluntary donation of £3 per member before New Year. Please note that PayPal adds charges in on top of this usually amounting to about 70p per donation.

If you would like to donate please RSVP for this event and we can automatically collect the money via a PayPal transaction.

We're posting this as an event on both the climbing and the walking group, although if you are a member of both and wish to donate, you only need to do it once.

Note that if you don't have a PayPal account and still wish to donate £3, PayPal should still allow you to pay by credit or debit card. We don't have a group bank account; we only have a PayPal account.

Thanks so much,

Mountain Goat

Lovely walk from Strathyre which takes you onto the old railway line and rises up a steep woodland pathway onto an open area which leads firstly to An Sidhean giving a lovely view to Loch Lubnaig .From there we follow a faint trail to Beinn an T-Sithein which provides great views of the surrounding Munros and Corbetts in the Trossachs area.Heading North we descent down to a forest trail and take this back to our start point.After the walk we can enjoy a tea or coffee in the local area

TERRAIN
Trail walking for the first part of the route,steep to begin with before levelling out onto An Sidhean,this can be a boggy approach.Next section has a faint trail,once again can be wet underfoot.Once we drop down it's forest trails for the return section.
ROUTE
Partial route details from Walkhighlands,we extend the walk along from Beinn an t-Sidhean.
Beinn an t-Sìdhean, Strathyre

WALK STATS
Map/Landranger 57 Stirling & The Trossachs
Distance: 8.5 km
Ascent: 675 Metres
Time: estimated 3.30/4.00 hours

PARTICIPATION STATEMENT
The Scottish Hillwalkers and Activities Group recognises that hill walking,scrambling and mountaineering are activities with a danger of personal injury or death.Participants in these activities should be aware of and accept these risks and be responsible for their own actions and involvement.
SUITABILITY
If you have a habit of putting your name down for walks and don't turn up or cancelling at the last minute don't sign up for the walk.You must have the fitness and stamina to complete the walk without difficulty. We will walk as a group at a moderate pace.
You are responsible for deciding if this event is suitable for you, coming adequately prepared and looking after yourself on the walk. If there's any questions about suitability, please contact the organiser.
CLOTHING & EQUIPMENT
You must ensure that you come adequately prepared for this walk with hillwalking boots, waterproofs, warm clothes, gloves and hat and food and water.
WEATHER FORECAST
Please make sure you check the weather forecast before you come:
Please remember to check the website the night before the walk - if the weather forecast is very bad we may change or cancel the walk, or move it to a different day.
Websites providing up to date forecasts.

• Strathyre (Stirling) weather - Met Office
• Craiglich Weather Forecast (476m)
• LIFTS/MEETUP TIME

We will meet at the car- park at the edge of Strathyre close to the Broch cafe.If you need a lift please use the comments box below to ask for one.If receiving a lift, agree beforehand with your driver how you're splitting costs, share contact details and keep car tidy.
Please arrive ready to walk. We will only wait for 5 minutes before leaving.
RSVPs
• Yes: You intend to come and will turn up.
If you can't make it, change your RSVP to NO to allow someone else to take your place.
If you need to contact me on the day my number is 07757 940869,best to send a text message.
GROUP ETHOS
Please remember the organiser is not the leader of the walk - we lead ourselves and make decisions and walk AS A GROUP. If you don't like the sound of that, perhaps this walk is not for you :-)

Be considerate: Follow the Scottish Outdoor Access Code for COVID-19 https://www.outdooraccess-scotland.scot/access-outdoors-during-current-coronavirus-outbreak-guidance-public-and-land-managers be aware of farm animals, wildlife and nesting birds, keep all your litter and #TakitHame.