Hello and welcome to the North of Scotland local group page of the LDWA.

We are a very enthusiastic group, serving a large area in the north of Scotland, roughly everything north of a line between Aberdeen and the Isle of Mull, including the Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland 

We not only welcome members and guests from our area, but also visitors from further afield to this far flung corner of the country which offers so much in the way of walking in areas steeped in whisky and wildlife, history and culture, geology, landscape and sport.

We offer at least one group walk each month advertised in the Strider magazine and also listed on this web site. We aim to have some additional social walks in-between our regular ones and these will be advertised on our local group page event listings (See menu tab above).  Our walks are being specially planned to offer participants a range of walking experiences from coast to mountains and from forests to moorlands, not forgetting the odd cafe here and there.

As always and throughout the LDWA,  guests are welcome to 'try us out' and see how they enjoy our events, but occasionally some walks might have limited numbers, so LDWA members will naturally get first shout. If you wish to continue enjoying our walks after trying us out, we recommended that you join, not only to access our local walks, but also to benefit from the other things that membership of LDWA offers.

If you like what you see here then please also visit our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/NofScotLDWA43 for up to date news and discussion and don't hesitate to contact any of us to find out more, make walk suggestions or even offer support.  We also have our own What's App groups for car sharing and other information that you are welcome to join.

We look forward to seeing you on one of our walks soon.

Best wishes

On behalf of the North of Scotland LDWA committee

 Rikky, Pete, Alison, Lorna, Jan, John, Bea, Roger, Karen and Ros

We can be contacted via our Secretary at secretary.northofscotland@ldwa.org.uk