Peter's Hill

A lovely day yesterday for my last walk with the Ballater Walking Festival for this year. A super walk up Peter's Hill, ably assisted by Caroline and Rita. An interesting group of people. Fraser, who has nearly completed his round of Munros, having been doing them for 30 years. Kate and Anne, sisters, both retired teachers and lovely ladies who come back to the Festival year after year. Alena from Bellarus, but living in Alford, who was getting back to fitness after the Covid years. Ken and Heather, unrelated, but who both live in Ballater and were participating in order to discover new walks. Greg and Fran who return year after year and whose son (we discovered last year) went to Uni with our son in Sheffield and they played rugby together. Fiona who had lived in Shetland for 30 years and just come back to 'the mainland'. Julie was a dark horse and didn't give much away, but we know that she doesn't like 'beasties'. Another great day in the hills.

[SandraD]

I love to see and hear of your adventures. A lovely group shot holding nice memories of your hike in the hills. The rolling hills in the background is pleasing too.

[Diana]

What a great capture of all these happy faces, I suppose due to their achievement! Such an interesting narrative too, I always look forward to the :-)

[Hazel]

A great shot, Issi, of your happy and intrepid group of walkers!

[Casablanca]

Oh that looks a brighter day. What a fascinating group of hikers they turned out to be.

[Joan Robillard]

Nice

[Kitty Hawke]

That is a happy and satisfied group of people. Interesting stories too.

[Valerie Chesney]

Such a great group & photo...
Such companionship is delightful.

[Julie Duncan]

Great group shot! (Now I'm wondering which one is Julie . . .) :)

[Islandgirl]

Lovely group shot and interesting narrative!

[Corinne C]

Such a great photo and story! You make me want to join a walking/hiking club!

[Leslie]

looks like an awesome group and a beautiful day

[Babs]

A great shot of your walkers. You must have had some interesting conversations along the way.

[Kathy A]

How great be able to go walking with a group of friends

[Margaret Brown]

A great group of walking friends

[Judith Johnson]

Fantastic weather and lots of chat, sounds great!

[Korcsog Károly]

Hiking with good friends for a common goal is a meaningful and healthy recreation! I always enjoy watching your adventures!

[Kathy]

Nice overview of the group. It seems you all had a good time and healthy experience over the past week.

[haskar]

Great group shot! I remembered this hill from two days ago. Back then, Peter Hill looked like a giant peak.

[Pat Knowles]

What a great group, lovely to know so much about them all. Nice to see familiar faces & such great weather…..walks to remember.

[Tunia McClure]

At the rate you are going it won't take you 30 years to climb all the Munros.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Sounds like a really great group and a very enjoyable walk. A very nice group shot and what do you know?! I recognize the cairn!

[Delwyn Barnett]

A very diverse group!

[John Falconer]

A very happy looking bunch! Great shot.

[*lynn]

nice shot ...interesting facts about them too!

[Bill Ososki]

A jolly group

[eDorre]

Looks a fun group with interesting tidbits!

[Boxplayer]

Fabulous little stories.

[Issi Bannerman]

@olivetreeann Ha ha ... yes this cairn has featured a few times of late as we've walked the route, measured it, checked it, changed it, ... I think I've seen enough of that particular cairn for a while! On to new and different ones!