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Great meet Mike Julie & Evie. Thanks for planning the walk, the weather was atmospheric and fine. Felt good to be back on the hill again Thanks for the meal, and the evening chat with everyone.

A place has become available on the Easter meet to Torridon. The club has exclusive use of the Sanachan bunkhouse at Kishorn (https://ourscottishadventure.com/) from Friday 15th April to Tuesday 19th April (4x nights). If you are interested please get in touch asap. Contact details as per the Handbook. Alan

Mike Ryan says that walking is for donkeys. Hehaw, hehaw always says that. Tuesday next I’m setting off from Canterbury to walk to Cape Wrath. This is the rough timetable. Anyone would be welcome to join me even if only for beer, brew or more cake. Miles 11 April Train Canterbury 12 April Canterbury – Sheperdswell 11 13 April Sheperdswell – Dover 10 14 April Dover – Etchinghill 13 15 April Etchinghill – Boughton Lees 13 16 April Boughton Lees – Harrietsham 11 17 April Harrietsham – Detling 8 18 April Detling – Medway 10 19 April Medway – Wrotham 11 20 April Wrotham – Westerham Hill 14 21 April Westerham Hill – Merstham 13 22 April Merstham – Mole Valley 10 23 April Mole Valley – Guildford 13 24 April Guildford – Farnham 11 25 April Farnham – Farnborough 9 26 April Farnborough – Ascot 16 27 April Ascot – Windsor 9 28 April Windsor – Marlow 15 29 April Marlow – Watlington 15 30 April Watlington – Great Kimble 15 1 May Great Kimble – Waddesdon 10 2 May Waddesdon – Whaddon 16 3 May Whaddon – Stoke Goldington 16 4 May Stoke Goldington – Ecton 13 5[…]

Now that the good weather is here (!?*!), its an opportunity to catch up on the bookings at Beudy for the next 3 months. Its Mike Zeidan’s Club Meet this coming weekend (9th/10th) – contact Mike direct if you are interested. Colin Spencer is spending the night of the 12th there. Surprisingly, only 3 people (Jen Scottney and James Hall [2])have booked for the Easter weekend. Chris Alston and his family (7) will be there from the 19th to the 22nd, overlapping with Ian Wilson (7) who is there from the 22nd to the 24th. We welcome Hugo Schellevis and 2 companions from the Netherlands, who are staying from the 23rd to the 30th. The hut is free most of May and June – the only bookings so far are from Paul Freeman (on the 20th of May) and Mike Hartley’s party of 6 from the 25th to the 27th of May. Apart from the Working Meet on 10th to 12th June, there are no other bookings for that month. As usual, let me or Steve Gregory know if you want to make a booking.

Update – the MUMC team topped out successfully, and with a bit of help from a late push by some Rucksackers went on to break through the 10,000m barrier. Job done! But there’s still time to donate to help push through the £1,000 barrier!https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/MUMC-Everest   Original Post: OK, we’re not actually going to climb Everest, but we are teaming up with MUMC to climb the height of Everest (8,848m) in just 12 hours! We’re doing this to raise money for Mountain Rescue England and Wales to support the amazing work they do keeping us all safe in the hills. Date: Wednesday 30th MarchTime: 10am to 10pm The main “push” is taking place at the Summit Up Climbing Wall, Oldham, OL1 3SE, and you can register here if you’d like to participate: Alternatively (or as well!) the date coincides with the first Wednesday Evening climbing meet at Hobson Moor, so you can head there and then drop me a note of how many metres you’ve climbed and we’ll add it to the total. … and if you can’t get to Oldham or Hobby, then climb something else and let me know – every metre counts! Of course, the other way of[…]

The video of the virtual meet series 3 finale – Double bill: Desert Climbing plus Winter Mountaineering – is now available via the Virtual Meet Gallery (click the link or navigate via the Get Out There menu).  This video contains two excellent presentations: Desert climbing in the SW USA with Jane Gallwey and Sam Simpson Learning to winter climb in your mid-50s – with Kevin Wheeler Well worth a watch…

Hello, just a reminder that I’m running a meeting at Craigallan on the weekend of 1-3rd of April. There is still plenty of space in the hut so if you’re interested just let me know. 🙂

Has any member got a copy of The Black Cliff, Crew,Soper,Wilson ; that they are willing to sell me. I want a copy to give to my mate Paul (Tut) Braithwaite for a present. Please send me a text (details in handbook). Cheers Dave Crilley

The forecast for wednesday 23rd is 17* and sunny, so I will be at horseshoe Quarry with Jordi from about 12. We have have a project “Mr Blue Sky” on the upper tier, there is some nice rock up there. Chris

A reminder for next Tuesday evening – don’t miss: the grand finale of Season 3 of the Zoom shows. A double bill featuring: Desert climbing in the SW USA with Jane Gallwey and Sam Simpson. Learning to winter climb in your mid-50s – with Kevin Wheeler The ‘performance’ starts at 7:30pm for around an hour. “Doors open” at 7.15 pm. Zoom Meeting Link (the same for the whole of Season 3): https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89427013616 Meeting ID: 894 2701 3616Passcode: The Year of Founding of The Rucksack Club