Author: Mark Jenneson

Eight Rucksackers are booked, packed and sat at home patiently sharpening their tools ready for the Tatras mountains. The great news is we have two spare beds booked at Morskie Oko hut (About us | Morskie Oko Mountain Hut (schroniskomorskieoko.pl)).   So, if anybody missed out on the original meet notice there is a second chance to join us.   Most people are flying out from Manchester on Thursday Feb 22nd and back late on the Thursday Feb 29th but not all.   The meet really starts at 7:30am on the Friday the 23rd at Krakow bus depot, from which two busses and horse drawn sled will get us to Morskie Oko. If you interested, please let me know by Sunday 21 Jan, so that I cancel the extra beds in good time.    

I know, I know, I promised no more posts.   However, a Rucksacker booked into one the club hotel rooms for the annual dinner can no longer make the dinner.   So we have classic double room available.     So if you missed the boat earlier you have one last chance.   The cost is £84 for two people sharing or £77 for single occupancy including breakfast.  The room is available Friday night, or Saturday night or both. Please email or WhatsApp if you are interested.

Actually lots of good news. 1 – this is the last time I will ever post about the 2023 Annual Dinner, I promise! 2 – the long range weather forecast looks great, a perfect weekend for walking, cycling and climbing 3 – there are 100 people coming to the dinner, and the really good news is that there is still time to sign up.   Although the final deadline is rapidly approaching and I need to know by next Friday (27th) at the latest.   No need to scan forms etc. if you want to come just drop me an email and I can get you signed up. The final details For those attending on Friday evening there is no fixed time for dinner in the hotel, but we will be aiming to sit down in the restaurant between 7 and 7:30. On Saturday night, the plan is as follows From 6:00 – Pre-dinner drinks in the main bar 6:45 – Start to take our seats for dinner 7:00 – Talk by Jon Morgan 7:30 – Dinner will be served The picture on the left is based on the 1929 RC dinner menu by Arthur Burns.

This week is the last chance to secure a room at the Cairn Hotel, Harrogate for the Annual Dinner at the RC negotiated price. We have already sold out of twin rooms for Saturday night, and only have two ‘classic’ doubles left and half a dozen or so superior rooms.    Dinner tickets themselves will remain on sale until towards the end of October. I am currently in China so please drop me an email if you would like a room.

For many years the club has run a successful programme of Wednesday climbing wall meets in the Manchester area, currently run by John Jefferies.   This year the club has decided to experiment with a Sheffield based Winter Walls programme in addition to the Manchester meets. Initially we will run these until Christmas, if they prove popular we will extend them, and if not we won’t. For the initial run I have organised them how I like my indoor climbing, with repeat trips to the same wall to have a second attempt on all the things I failed on the week before.  Along with a mix of route climbing and bouldering.   If they prove popular, and we extend them into spring I’ll seek feedback on what people prefer.  I have also only selected a couple of pubs for now, as there is no point choosing a pub on the west side of Sheffield, if everyone who comes lives on the east etc. and the Depot and AW both lack nice pubs in the vicinity. Date Venue Pub 27/09/2023 Depot Shakespeare, S3 8UA 04/10/2023 Depot The Crow Inn, S3 7BS 11/10/2023 Awesome Walls tbd 18/10/2023 Awesome Walls … 25/10/2023 Climbing Works ..[…]

After a very productive six years as Hut Warden at High Moss, Boece has decided it is time to step back and let somebody else take up the mantle.   During this time Boece and team have driven through a series of major improvements, including changes to the upstairs layout, four new bathrooms and most recently a full set of new windows.  HM was 55 years old last week, and these changes have given it a fantastic refresh and put it in a great position for providing another 55 years of service to the club. HM works on a dual warden model with Steve Beswick handling the booking side of role and Boece handling the more practical side of looking after the hut.    Steve is happy to continue to handle bookings. So if you have ever fancied getting involved in one of our key club roles, this is your opportunity.   Please get in touch with either myself, Steve or Boece and we can arrange a call to talk through exactly what the role involves and answer any questions you may have.