Category: Featured Meets

The latest set of photos [April-June 2025] showing Club and individual members activities has now been posted on the Gallery, accessed by clicking here. Thank you to everyone who submitted photos. Please keep them coming, as it is only you sending them in that we can document activities undertaken by the Club and its members. As a reminder, please send High Resolution pictures to photos@rucksackclub.org and include the following information: month taken; title; who took the photo.  I am now collecting photos for July to September so please send any as and when they are taken! Andy

John Patrick, Craigallan Hut Warden writes: Veterans in Sefton at Craigallan this summer.   Most Club Members will be aware of the valuable work undertaken by this charity and that our Club is pleased to be able to support them in allowing use of the huts.  Over the next couple of months the Veterans will be based at Craigallan for the first time over two separate weeks.  I normally let Members who need to use Craigallan at short notice during a visit to Scotland to do so without booking if they cannot contact me in time.  This helps with sudden weather or transport issues and there is normally space at the hut.  However, the priority is to allow the charity to work with the Veterans without disturbance so, during the following dates Craigallan is not available for un-booked “drop ins” and no other bookings will be taken.       Craigallan is not available on the following nights:   Monday 4 to Thursday 7 August (Friday night, 8 August is ok as usual)   Monday 15 to Thursday 18 September (Friday 19 and Saturday 20 are also fully booked by another group)    I will leave a notice in the outside[…]

Carole Smithies writes: Regret to say that Clive Lane died on the 6th June; his funeral took place on the 30th June.  Clive became a Rucksacker on the 1st January 2021, when the Liverpool based Anabasis MC merged with the Rucksack Club.

The Meetstaff Editor writes: Our fabulous Dunnerdale hut, High Moss, features strongly in the Club’s programme for this July (see photo by Mark Baron): We begin the month (4-6th) with a family-friendly climbing weekend at High Moss Then we have a day walk (12th) traversing the Derbyshire moors, visiting cabins along the way (20 miles with 1000m+ of ascent)  It’s back to High Moss over the weekend of 18th-20th for a family meet. And we end the month (25th-27th) at… High Moss! But this time it’s for an Arts Meet, reviving and broadening a past fixture in the calendar from painting to whatever artistic endeavour inspires our members – perhaps writing, music, acting, crafts, baking, knitting….

Neil Goldsmith, the journal editor, writes: As prime holiday time approaches remember the Journal needs you to contribute. Reports of your trips and exploits written whilst they are fresh in the mind are required. Photos should be the highest resolution possible please. If you want to make the front or back cover, portrait format is best. Remember, the Journal is part of the record of the Club’s activies and provides a valuable reference for future generations. Contributions by December please. Neil  

The Meetstaff Editor writes: Stimulated by the superb weather in May, most of us need little encouragement to get out there, but our June programme provides that extra incentive: We begin (6-8 June) with a meet at our superb Lake District Hut, High Moss, focused on mountain biking. We have two meets over the weekend 13-15 June: the annual working meet at Beudy Mawr, our hut in central Eryri, and a road cycling meet (other activities also encouraged) at High Moss. The working meets are generally convivial occasions, with opportunities to get out onto the hills as well as to spruce up the hut for another year. The High Moss meet will surely be friendly and convivial too, in the true spirit of the Club.  The weekend of 20-12 June is a real highlight in the calendar: our Gogarth Meet. This renown annual occasion has drawn dozens of members and aspirants from far and wide in years past to enjoy the climbing, walking, beach yoga and beach BBQ.  Finally some of our fittest members are in training for an attempt on the Welsh 3000s – all the peaks in Wales over 3000ft – in a continuous round. This will take[…]

Carole Smithies writes: Ann, Tony’s wife has sent the following message: “We will be giving Tony a send-off on Tuesday June 10th at 1.30pm. First quietly at the South Chapel Grenoside Crematorium, Sheffield. S35 8RZ, then perhaps more vigorously at the Old Horns, High Bradfield, S6 6LG Everyone will be welcome at either or both of these gatherings. No formal or sombre dress required. There will be the opportunity for a charitable donation instead of flowers.” Please let me know if you intend to go, so I can let Ann know. Tony Keddie, who joined the Club in 1998, died on Monday 12th May.