Author: Mike Gregg

Retiring member Colin Weston has a set of journals from 1980 to 2022 available to anyone willing to pay a few quid postage or to pick them up. Colin’s contact details are in the handbook.

There is a process for BMC members who are members of more than one BMC affiliated club (or individual BMC members who are also members of a club) to reclaim their multiple BMC membership payments. Club members claiming multiple membership refunds can ask for the refund to be paid to themselves or to the club. The refund can also be used to upgrade from Club Membership to full Individual Membership. So, if you are in more than one BMC affiliated club and wish to claim a multiple membership refund, download the refund form from the BMC website (search for “BMC Multiple Club Membership Refund Form”), complete it and return it to the BMC before the end of June. (N.B. if you have claimed back your multiple fees previously, there is no need to make a new claim. Provided all your clubs have paid your subscription to the BMC for the current year you should be sent an automatic refund after 30 June.)

A walk and wild camp/bivi along the Duddon watershed starting at Silecroft station at 11.51 a.m. on Thursday 2 June and finishing at Foxfield station on Saturday 4 June. Around 40 miles in length or you could join for part. I plan to camp between Green Crag and The Pike on Thursday after 15 miles and 1200m of ascent and at Pikes on Caw on Friday after a further 15 miles and 1500m (and hope that campsite water sources will be still running in June). The route is broadly Black Combe, Whitfell, Woodend Height, Green Crag, Harter Fell, Hardknott, Adam a Cove, Cold Pike, Swirl How, Dow Crag, White Pike, Caw, Great Stickle. Let me know if you want more detail of the intended route or further information (I expect to be in Scotland from 3-27 May).   Mike Gregg

As we have recently done the advertised walk I will introduce on Wednesday a variation that I learned on the recent Hot Pot walk. We can ascend Ollerbrook Clough and east along the edge of Kinder to Crookstone Barn. Total distance will now be around 12 miles.

As the Hanging Gate has now closed we will visit the Ryles Arms instead – SJ 942694