Author: Bill Deakin

I’ve just been to have a look. It’s a bit cool in the breeze but the rock is dry. See you all later.

There are a couple of people staying the odd day or so this week. The place is empty then until the May Day weekend when the OBEC club have reserved exclusive use of the hut for their 52nd consecutive annual meet! Empty again until Spring Bank weekend when Cec Rhodes is running an ‘alternative’ meet for those who cannot make Inken’s meet i.n Scotland. In June there is the working meet on 2nd/3rd, then the hut is empty until 6th/7th July (Elizabeth Wilson’s Meet) apart from Ed Bartlett who has booked 2 spaces for the 30th of June. After that, the hut is empty until October, apart from Audrey Russell’s Anglesey Coastal Path meet on 21/22 July when some people might be using the hut on the Friday and Sunday. So, all in all, a pretty empty schedule for you all to plan your trips around!

I will be making a pitch inspection tomorrow morning and will be in touch.

For anyone looking for some inspiration for climbing this weekend, I’ve been browsing the Hut logbook. On the opening meet 70 years ago, Peter Harding and Norman Horsfield made the first ascent of Trilon on the Saturday and on the Sunday went up Spiral Stairs, then up and down Tributary Crack before descending Pharaohs Passage. On the way back to Beudy, they made the first ascent of ‘The Great Flake’ on the Grochan (now the first pitch of Sickle). Other routes climbed that weekend were The Gambit Climb, Avalanche/Red Wall/Longlands, Paradise Climb and The Cracks. Away you go!

Here are a few details. Food – ‘Granville’s Pop-up Kitchen’ will be operating on Saturday 21 April. Brews, cake and biscuits available from 2pm until 6pm primarily for our day visitors. Buffet service from 6pm onwards. Choice of chicken korma /vegetarian coconut and chickpea curries, chili con carne/non carne, all served with rice, naan Brad and jacket potatoes. Cake and custard for pudding. It’s going to cost Granville £5 to £6 per head for the food, so all donations will be welcome. Bring your own liquid refreshments and food for the rest of the weekend. Parking – Richard Griffiths, who owns the farm next door (left hand side) is very happy for people to park there. We’re trying to contact whoever looks after the house on the right hand side for more parking. Ian and Clair Wilson are staying at Cwm Glas Mawr – there is some accommodation available. Contact them for details. Activities – do what you want! We have 30odd people confirmed – if you haven’t told us and intend coming, let us know ASAP!

With the 70th anniversary coming up on 21/22 April, Steve and I thought it would be great to have a selection of photos of people enjoying (?) themselves at the hut. We are particularly after those kinds of picture where people are around the dinner table or relaxing in the lounge or outside, but if you have shots of Club Members actually climbing, walking or running they would be equally welcome. We’ve asked before but we didn’t get much of a response. Please take the trouble to dig out your lantern slides, slides,prints, negatives and computer files and send them to us in the next week or so. If it isn’t digital, contact either of us and we’ll sort something out. Thanks in advance.

Dan Hostford has had to cancel his 10/11 March booking, so the hut is available (i.e., empty) throughout March. The hut is available for Club use over the Easter period (31 March to 6 April). To date, Andy Baron has booked 2 spaces for the Easter weekend. For the rest of April, we have two Pinnacle Club members in from the 12th to the 15th. The 70th anniversary meet at Beudy is on the21st/22nd – see separate post. On the May Day weekend (5th to 7th), OBEC, a club that has been coming to Beudy for over 50 years, have booked the whole place. On the Spring Bank weekend (26th to 28th), Cec Rhodes is coordinating a weekend of activities, so we have reserved the whole hut for him. If you want to use Beudy, just let Steven Gregory or myself know.

There is always something to be done at Beudy. Its the usual script – work like stink on the Saturday, enjoy a meal prepared by us on Saturday night and then do what you want on the Sunday. Let us know if you are coming so we can allocate jobs (and food).

The lease on Beudy was signed on 22 April 1948, so we thought we’d have a ‘bit of a do’ for its 70th birthday over the weekend of 21/22 April. Granville is doing some food for us on the Saturday, so please let us know if you intend coming. Peter Harding did the first ascent of Trilon on the inaugural Meet held on 24/25 April – maybe we can do something similar! There will also be stuff from the archives for you to look at. We expect it to be busy, so the sooner you tell us the better. 2-3 June Steven Gregory and Bill Deakin Beudy Mawr Working Meet There is always something to be done at Beudy. Its the usual script – work like stink on the Saturday, enjoy a meal prepared by us on Saturday night and then do what you want on the Sunday. Let us know if you are coming so we can allocate jobs (and food).