From the outset an extensive programme of Sunday walks was produced, together with weekend meets, camping trips, evening walks and social events. Members came from all walks of life, and few at that time owned a car. However, the extensive public transport network of the nineteen-fifties and sixties allowed the Club to develop a programme of linear walks based on Sunday public bus services and gave the Club a "bus ethos" that it has never lost.

The Lothians, Pentlands and Borders were within easy reach of Edinburgh so these areas quickly became the heartland of our activities. As members became more ambitious and Sunday bus services declined, buses were hired from Hunter of Loanhead which allowed us to plan walks further afield. In particular, the road improvements of the nineteen-seventies and eighties enabled us to penetrate further North, and Highland destinations gained in popularity. A number of founder members remained active in the Club during this period, in particular Isobel Grubb (Secretary) and her husband Wilfrid and Stuart Wilson who had an encyclopaedic knowledge of the Borders countryside.