Category: Archived

This week’s activities 6-12 January 2020   Monday: 19.30 AGM. Heaton Moor Sports’ Club   Tuesday: 10.30-14.30 Informal Climbing Meet, Awesome Walls, Stockport.   Wednesday Walk: 10.00-14.00 8.5mls from Chinley Chapel [055820] via Chapel Milton, Roych Clough, Sparrowpit and Bagshaw. Pub: Wanted, Sparrowpit.   Wednesday evening climbing: From 18.00 Awesome Walls, Stockport   Thursday walk: 10.05 from Walsden Station. Freeholds Top, Gorpley Clough & Shore Moor. Coordinator: Mike Gregg   Weekend: Introduction to caving from Lea Green Outdoor Centre, Matlock. Coordinator: Ian Wilson   Full details can be found on Website Calendar and in Meetstaff.

Week of 30 December 2019 – 5 January 2020 Monday – Thursday: Hogmanay at Craigallan. Coordinator: Ellie Howarth New Year at High Moss and Beudy Mawr: Contact Hut Wardens   Thursday walk: Three Trigs from Dunford Bridge  Meet 10 a.m. at car park in centre of Dunford Bridge 158 024   Friday/Saturday: Marsden-Edale Double Coordinator: Andy Llewellyn. Saturday: Marsden-Edale. Coordinator: Ian Helliwell   For full details see the Meets Calendar or Meetstaff.

Image…climbing up the Christmas tree to put the lights up!

Week of 16 – 22 December 2019   Wednesday ‘A’ Walk: Christmas Lunch, Gradbach Mill and Farmhouse.   Wednesday evening climbing: Manchester Climbing Centre.   No weekend activities.

Week of 9 – 15 December 2019   Tuesday: 10.30-14.00ish…informal meet, climbing at Awesome Walls, Stockport.   Wednesday ‘A’ Walk: 9mls from Bunsal Cob east side of Errwood res dam [019758] via Combs Edge and Combs. Pub: Beehive, Combs. Coordinator: Richard Evans.   For ‘B’ Walk contact Bev Burrage for details.   Wednesday evening climbing: Awesome Walls, Stockport   Saturday: Bradfield Dale Revisited. Coordinator: Alan Yates.   For full details see the Meets Calendar or Meetstaff.

Week of 2 –  8 December 2019   Tuesday: 10.30-14.00ish…informal meet, climbing at Awesome Walls, Stockport.   Tuesday: 7.30pm, Heaton Moor Sports Club.  Indoor Lecture: Climbing in Madagascar, with Felix Terrell and Will Rupp the recipients of the first Rucksack Club Expedition Grant.   Wednesday ‘A’ Walk: 11mls from Peak Forrest  Roadside [115795] via Dam Dale, Hay Dale, Peter Dale, Tideswell, Potluck. Pub: George, Tideswell. Coordinator: Steve Wells. For ‘B’ Walk contact Bev Burrage for details.   Wednesday evening climbing: Manchester Climbing Centre   Thursday walk: Peel Tower and Holcombe Moor. Meet 10.20 a.m. Entwistle Station. Coordinator: Mike Gregg.   Saturday: Walk and Hot Pot supper. Coordinator: John Beatty.   For full details see the Meets Calendar or Meetstaff.

Week of 25 November – 1 December 2019   Tuesday: 10.30-14.00ish…informal meet, climbing at Awesome Walls, Stockport.   Wednesday ‘A’ Walk: 10.5mls from Teggs Nose Reservoir [945718] via Forrest Chapel, Lamaload, Rainowlow, Bollington, Kerridge. Pub: Poachers, Sowcar. Coordinator: Tim Taylor.   For ‘B’ Walk contact Bev Burrage for details.   Wednesday evening climbing: Awesome Walls, Stockport   Thursday walk: 11mls, Outer Edge and the Little Don from Langsett. Meet 10 a.m. at Langsett Barn [210004]. Co-ordinator: Mike Gregg.   Weekend: Running/walking from Beudy Mawr. Coordinator: Audrey Russell.   For full details see the Meets Calendar or Meetstaff.

Hi Everyone The 2020 Rucksack Club Calendar has just gone to the printers and we should get delivery in a couple of weeks – just in time for your Christmas shopping. A huge thank you to the talents and support of John Payne and Mel Cranmer, and contributions from around 50 members (in front of or behind the lens). The calendar features 50 shots of Rucksackers engaged in the many activities of the Club – mountaineering, climbing and hill-walking of course, but also in action on skis, snowboards and mountain bikes; wild swimming, via-ferrataing, ultra-running, ice-climbing and deep-water soloing. It’s a great record of a year-in-the-life of The Rucksack Club (every photo was taken in the equivalent month the year before) and would be a fitting addition to your kitchen wall at home, as well as a great stocking filler. If that wasn’t reason enough to buy one (or more!) then ALL PROFITS will go to the BMC Access & Conservation Trust (Charity no. 1089516) to promote sustainable access to cliffs, mountains and open countryside by facilitating education and conservation projects across the United Kingdom and Ireland. Check out the great work they do, including the recent Mend Our Mountains[…]

Week of 18 – 24 November 2019   Tuesday: 10.30-14.00ish…informal meet, climbing at Awesome Walls, Stockport.   Wednesday ‘A’ Walk: 10mls from Hartington Village Square via Ecton Hill, Alstonfield, Wolfscote Dale. Pub: George, Alstonfield. Coordinator: Ian Wasson.   For ‘B’ Walk contact Bev Burrage for details.   Wednesday evening climbing: Manchester Climbing Centre   Thursday walk: 14mls Black Rocks of Cromford, Rainster and Harboro Rocks.  Meet 10 a.m. at The Dale, Wirksworth, DE4 4EJ, [SK 285542]. Co-ordinator: Mike Gregg.   Weekend: Mines Meet from Beudy Mawr. Coordinator: Chris Foster.   For full details see the Meets Calendar or Meetstaff.