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Join me for a slightly more leisurely walk over Bleaklow on Saturday starting at the same place as Andy Llewellyn’s walk in Old Glossop (GR 046947), but at 9.45am. The plan is for a shorter circuit of 12-14 miles, meeting up with the ‘A’ Team on our way back, hopefully around 4pm [amended time from original Post!] near the top of Higher Shelf Stones, and return together for refreshments in Old Glossop. Contact me by text or WhatsApp [mobile number as per Handbook] or via email [President@rucksackclub.org]. Andy

The forecast looks good for this Saturday so if you fancy a walk on Bleaklow please come along. We are meeting at Old Glossop (GR 046947) for a walk of 20 miles visiting a number of the stones on and around Bleaklow and the Outer Edges, departing from Glossop at 8.30. The pace will not be fast and there are a number of easy ways to cut out a few miles along the way if a slightly shorter walk is more your thing. It would be great to have a good turnout and we may even find a local hostelry at the end for a relaxing pint or two. Please let me know if you intend to come along. Thanks Andy Llewellyn.  Then over the next few weekend the following meets are planned:  6 – 7 November. Youth Mountain Running Meet from Beudy Mawr. Coordinator Lewis Ashton 10 people already booked on the meet but there is capacity for more. Youth is a (somewhat) flexible notion…. and so is running for that matter! The high ideals of this meet are to give younger runners the opportunity to spend some time running in bigger hills to gain experience, to explore new[…]

OK – the idea of mid-week bookings at Beudy might take some people a while to get their heads around. But – think about it – less crowded crags/hills, the ability (almost certainly) to have the hut to yourselves, easing all those Covid worries. Anyway, there isn’t much scope for that in November! After this weekend (5 spaces left), Andy Scott has booked all the available spaces from the 2nd to the 4th, then there’s Lewis Ashton’s Club Meet from the 5th to the 7th. Phil Sorrell has booked all spaces from the 9th to the 11th. The next weekend is free and then Joyce Dillon has booked 3 spaces for the 15th and 16th. Available again until Chris Foster’s Mines Meet on the 19th to the 21st. Then it’s all yours until the middle of December! Let me or Mr Gregory know if you want to go. Get in there!

Just a heads up – there’s a team forming for February. A week from 5th/6th seems to be a popular option.

This year’s calendar has just arrived back from the printers and it’s another visual feast! Featuring over 60 Rucksackers either in front of or behind the lens, it’s a great reflection of a year in the life of The Club. Almost every photo is taken from the equivalent month of the previous year (with a few exceptions, mostly due to Lockdown restrictions) and feature the whole gamut of Club activities. There are members in action on crags, hills and mountains; climbing, mountaineering, bouldering, fell-running; kayaking and paddle-boarding amongst other things. From the Matterhorn to the Old Man of Stoer; from E9 limestone to VDiff seacliff; and running the Joss Naylor Challenge to a snowy walk with the dog! As an added feature this year, the calendar also includes a reminder of some of the key meets for the coming year (no excuses for missing Gogarth 2022)! There’s something for everybody, and the best thing is that thanks to the generosity of The Rucksack Club and some of its individual members, every penny of the purchase price will go to support Climbers Against Cancer in funding research around the world. That’s right – think of it as making a £10 charity[…]

I am in course of pulling together the outdoor programme for next year.  The last 2 years have obviously been something of a disaster and although meets are thankfully now happening again attendance on most meets has not been anything like pre Covid levels. It would therefore be great if 2022 is a bumper year both in terms of the number of meets organised and attendance.   Please get in contact with me (details as per handbook) to arrange a meet, everybody can be accommodated.  It would be particularly good to hear from members of the former Anabasis Mountaineering Club as organising a meet is a great way for us all to get to know each other.  Many thanks Andy Llewellyn            

Pictures sent in by Members covering July and August are now available to view in the Gallery. So far, I’ve had one picture for the September Gallery, so I’ll hang on until the end of this month in case I get any more.

Our 3 fantastic huts are not often used mid-week. As we emerge from the shadow of Covid why not take the opportunity to use one of our huts during the week and organise an ‘informal’ meet.  It’s so easy to do. Anybody interested should approach the individual hut warden to book the hut for the number of places required / or to the maximum occupancy currently agreed. Then if anybody else makes an enquiry via the hut warden seeking use of the hut during the same period the warden will direct that person to the member who has made the meet booking. The meet coordinator will no doubt want the meet to be advertised, if so they can send me details which I will put on the website meet calendar and send out a web post. I can also arrange for the notice to go out via our social media.  Please note that the meet coordinator has the discretion to set the terms for their meet, where they could choose, for example, to include a requirement for full vaccination and/or a negative Covid test. Our huts are empty for significant periods of time so if you are free and want[…]