Category: Member Posts

Due to the devastating fires and associated footpath closures, the evening climbing on 22nd July is being moved to Running Hill Pits https://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/crags/running_hill_pits-152/

I have now uploaded the photos I have received for April-June this year and they can be accessed via https://rucksackclub.org/gallery-overview/ Once again, I am grateful to members who have sent me photographs, as well as our Meetstaff Editor who has forwarded all the photographs he received. If any members have other photographs taken over April-June that they would like adding, please email them to photos@rucksackclub.org and please ensure the name of the person who took the photo is included along with the month taken and, importantly, a title!  Andy

Beudy is now available for the weekend of 25th/26th July. Let me know if you want to book any spaces.

It’s busy over the next few weeks. Veterans in Sefton have an exclusive booking from this Wednesday (15th) to Friday (17th) and then our old friends OBEC (who have been coming to Beudy for over 50 years) have booked the hut for the weekend (18th/19th). The following week, the hut is full from Monday (20th) to Wednesday (22nd) with a group from Climbers Against Cancer, and that weekend (25th/26th) the Wayfarers have booked 12 spaces. That leaves 5 bunk spaces available. The hut is empty during the week commencing 27th and then we have Helen Elmore’s Club Meet on the weekend of 1st/2nd August. Details are in Meetstaff – contact Helen direct to book. For the rest of August, Strathaven MC have made an exclusive booking for the weekend of the 8th/9th, Peak CC have booked 11 spaces the following weekend (15th/16th) and the Black and Tans MC have booked the hut exclusively for the weekend of the 22nd/23rd for their anniversary weekend to celebrate their continued existence. At the moment, the hut is empty on the following Bank Holiday weekend (29th – 31st). As ever, let me know if you want to go to Beudy when it is available.

I’d like to remind Members who (for whatever reason) turn up to Beudy without a hut key, that the key kept in the combination keybox MUST be put back in the box when they are not in the hut. I had the silly situation last night when a new Member (who had applied for a key but not yet received it) turned up just before midnight to find no-one in the hut and the key missing from the box. Turns out that another Member without his own key, staying not in the hut but in a van outside, had taken the key for some reason and not put it back.

Sadly, I have had to cancel this meet through lack of interest. I have held on as long as possible without paying any deposit but could wait no longer. Sorry about this – I will think of something else for the future which will hopefully get more interest. Peter Edgerton

My last Working Meet will take place on the weekend of 12/13 September. I know it clashes with a Club Meet up in Clapham, but that weekend is the only one that fits in. Usual format – a day doing up the hut, a day doing other things. I’ll provide a meal on the Saturday and refreshments on the working day. Bring your own drinks for Saturday. Please let me know if you are coming by the Wednesday before (the 9th).

It has been brought to my attention recently that some Rucksack Club members who stayed at High Moss, didn’t leave the hut in an acceptably clean condition. Whether members are staying there as individuals, part of a personal group or on a Club meet, it is everyone’s responsibility to ensure that the hut is left in a clean and tidy condition. The floors swept and/or vacuumed; kitchen items properly washed and put away; kitchen sinks properly cleaned; cooker hobs cleaned; work tops and tables wiped clean; toilets, basins and showers cubicles suitably cleaned; rubbish removed. If there is more than one group at the hut at the same time, then there should be agreement between groups and individuals, to the cleaning of the hut to ensure that all jobs are tackled. There is no cleaner to go in and clean the hut it has been used. It is always disappointing to hear from Club members that they arrived at the hut to find it insufficiently clean, but even more so when the hut has been left in that condition by our own Club members. The huts are a great asset to the Rucksack Club and should be treated with respect[…]

After ten years, I’m standing down as Warden of Beudy Mawr. I’ve told the Committee I’ll do it until the AGM next January, but that really is so that a smooth handover can be made before then. If you are interested, let me know by email (billdeakin@yahoo.com) and we can talk about it. Thanks. Bill

When you want to book High Moss, please can you use the email address for the hut to make the booking, which is “highmoss@rucksackclub.org”. Using this email address means that your booking request will be actioned. It is useful to have all booking requests in one place as these can be easily located and checked to ensure that the calendar for High Moss bookings is updated correctly and efficiently. Other means of contact may mean that a booking gets lost among other text messages or a phone call goes unanswered. There have also been cases of an out-of-date personal email address being used. It is also worth remembering that the hut calendar for High Moss on the Rucksack Club website is generally up-to-date with bookings. By accessing the calendar as a logged in member you can see availability and the number of beds already booked. Using this method will give you a quicker response when wanting to know if dates are available. I hope that this helps when making bookings for High Moss. Cheers, Karen Hostford