Category: Archived

Tuesday: 10.30-14.30 Informal Climbing Meet, Awesome Walls, Stockport.   Wednesday walk: 12mls from Peak Forrest roadside [115795] via Great Hucklow, Abney Moor, Bradwell. Pub: Bowling Green, Bradwell. Coordinator: Tim Taylor.   Wednesday evening climbing: From 18.00 Manchester Climbing Centre. Coordinator: John Jefferies.   Thursday walk: Darwen Tower 15mls. Meet 10.17 a.m. Entwistle Station. Coordinator: Mike Gregg.    Weekend: Winter Climbing, Craigallan. Coordinator: Dan Struggles.   Full details can be found on Website Calendar and in Meetstaff.

Tuesday: 10.30-14.30 Informal Climbing Meet, Awesome Walls, Stockport. Tuesday evening: Winter Lecture Series…Martin Boysen. 7.30pm Heaton Moor Sports Club   Wednesday walk: Hotpot Meet.   Wednesday evening climbing: From 18.00 Awesome Walls, Stockport.   Thursday walk: Howden Edge and Moors. Meet King’s Tree 10 a.m. SK 167938. Coordinator: Mike Gregg.   Saturday: Bowland Fells Walk. 17k circular walk taking in high Bowland tops. Start from Littledale at 10.00. Coordinator: Tom Patterson…Due to the appalling weekend forecast this walk is cancelled [13/2/20] Full details can be found on Website Calendar and in Meetstaff.

All week: Winter climbing meet, Cogne   Tuesday: 10.30-14.30 Informal Climbing Meet, Awesome Walls, Stockport.   Wednesday walk: 10.00-14.00. 11.5mls from east end of Fernilee dam [015777] via Windgather, Shining Tor, Cat & Fiddle, Errwood. Pub: Shady Oak, Fernilee.   Wednesday evening climbing: From 18.00Manchester Climbing Centre.   Thursday walk: Wetherlam from High Moss. Meet 9am. Coordinator: Mike Gregg.   Saturday: North Lakes classic walk. Coledale, Braithwaite. Coordinator: David Nightingale.   Full details can be found on Website Calendar and in Meetstaff.

Tuesday: 10.30-14.30 Informal Climbing Meet, Awesome Walls, Stockport.   Wednesday walk: 10.00-14.00. 10mls from Peak Forrest roadside 1147945] via Windy Knoll, Mam Tor, Lose Hill, Castleton, Cave Dale. Pub: Bull’s Head, Castleton coordinator: Richard Evans.   Wednesday evening climbing: From 18.00 Awesome Walls, Stockport.   Thursday walk: Alton Towers circular [16mls]. Meet at Froghall Wharf car park [SK 027476; ST10 2HJ] (free…it is hoped). Coordinator: Mike Gregg.   Sunday: Hayfield Adventure. 10.15 start Hayfield Bus station. After at the George Hotel, Hayfield. Coordinator: Lis Bloor.   Weekend and all the following week: Ice climbing, Cogne.     Full details can be found on Website Calendar and in Meetstaff.

January – March 2020 Weekend Meets As discussed and agreed at the AGM, a new 2020 Website feature will be the list of upcoming weekend Meets over the current 3 month period published in Meetstaff, starting January-March…click here to download the pdf if you wish to print and hang on the fridge door, or just peruse below and put some dates in your diaries! January 3-4 January Marsden-Edale Double. Andy Llewellyn Please contact Andy Llewellyn for information (contact details as per Handbook) 4 January Marsden-Edale. Ian Helliwell The annual post-Christmas romp on the moors needs no introduction! Meet as usual at Marsden at the end of Wessenden Rd (GR SE048107 OS South Pennines OL 21 map) for a 7:45 start – finish at The Ramblers in Edale. I’ll post more details including catering arrangements and train time etc via the web-site nearer the time. 11 – 12 January Introduction to Caving. Ian Wilson I plan to do a day of introduction to caving. We will go for a walk round Holmebank Chert Mine in Bakewell in the morning then onto Castleton in the afternoon to do Giants Hole (£3 trespass fee payable on day), walking in and out. I will[…]

Outdoor meet programme Feb 2020 to April 2021 Please click the link above to access this summary of the Outdoor Meets Programme. This will be posted out with the Journal and Handbook in due course but can also be printed from this link for ease of reference.

Tuesday: 10.30-14.30 Informal Climbing Meet, Awesome Walls, Stockport.   Wednesday Walk: 10.00-14.00. 10.75mls from Layby on A6 [112725] via Wye Dale, Woo Dale, Miller’s Dale, Taddington, Chelmorton. Pub: Angler’s Rest, Miller’s Dale.   Wednesday evening climbing: From 18.00 Manchester Climbing Centre.   Thursday walk: 09.30 from Mytholmroyd Station. Park at station or at community car park opposite the Dusty Miller [SE 009260/ HX7 5DS] (free). Route likely to include Scout Crag, Milk Churn Joan, Midgeley Moor, Caty Well and Jerusalem Farm. Return via Rochdale Canal. Coordinator: Chris Munch.   Weekend: Beudy Mawr. Co-ordinator: Gareth Llewellyn. Please note a Website Post from Gareth saying this Meet is fully booked.   Full details can be found on Website Calendar and in Meetstaff.

Click here to see the poster: Martin Boysen 2020

Activities: 13-19 January 2020   Tuesday: 10.30-14.30 Informal Climbing Meet, Awesome Walls, Stockport.   Wednesday Walk: 10.00-14.00 10mls from Old Glossop [046948] via Bleaklow Head, Snake Pass, Moss Castle, Moorfield. Pub: Queens Arms, Old Glossop.   Wednesday evening climbing: From 18.00 Awesome Walls, Stockport   Thursday walk: 10.00 Langley to Wincle from Teggs Nose reservoir [946717]. Coordinator: Mike Gregg   Saturday: A Round of Kinder; 9am at Bowden Bridge, Hayfield. Total distance approximately 20mls via William Clough, north and south edges of Kinder and back to a pub. Please bring a torch and let Rae/Helen [Pritchard] know if you are going.   Full details can be found on Website Calendar and in Meetstaff.

Carole Smithies writes: Very sad to report that our Honorary Member Peter Roberts died on 31st December 2019.  Peter was a member of the Club for over 50 years and he was warden of Beudy Mawr from 1972 to 1994.  His funeral will take place at Peel Green Cemetery & Crematorium, 716 Liverpool Road, Manchester M30 7LW [Junction 11 off M60] at 2 20pm on Friday 17 January 2020.   We are trying to organise a memorial get-together after the service, details to follow.  But in the meantime, please let Carole Smithies know if you intend to come to the funeral and/or memorial gathering. Contact details in handbook.