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Pitfichie
 

Colour rating today: turned golden turned golden
At present the leaves on the deciduous trees are starting to change colour. In particular the birch are slowly turning yellow and brown as the days grow shorter and the nights grow longer and cooler the landscape is changing with nature's autumn palette.

How to get there:

Monymusk, Alford, Insch, and Kemnay are the nearest towns or villages.

From Monymusk follow the B993 towards Alford. The cycle routes are approximately 3 miles from Monymusk.

OS Grid Reference: NJ 650 160

Start your visit from:

Whitehills Car park Autumn Colours leaf icon
Autumn leaves on an oak trunk

Facilities:

InformationParking

Activities:

CyclingWalking

Contact:

Jackie Cumberbirch
Recreation Ranger
01466 794161
e-mail: jackie.cumberbirch@forestry.gsi.gov.uk


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What's of interest
Download the Pitfichie cycling trail map (PDF 957k).




Our Newsletter (PDF)has news and information of what's happening in the area over the next few weeks.

You can also download the Aberdeenshire events guide 2008 (PDF 1.6Mb).

What else is here
In Pitfichie there is also
wild woods
Useful sites
Find out more
What's the Forestry Commission doing about sustainable forestry or biodiversity? Try these links to find out.
Search our publications database for more indepth information, or look at Forest Research.

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