Category: Member Posts

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[…]

This is how its looking for the next few weeks:- Next weekend (Friday 24 to Sunday 26 September) – Full Following weekend (Friday 1 to Sunday 3 October) 6 spaces left. One person is staying on 4 and 5 October and then the hut is fully booked from Thursday 7 to Sunday 10 October. All bookings have been made and accepted on the basis that the Club’s regulations on Covid will be observed. Crucially, it is expected that anyone using the hut is double jabbed and is not, and has not been in contact with anyone, displaying any symptoms. Let me or Steve Gregory know if you want to stay at Beudy.

I found a mans toilet bag and glasses in one of the bedrooms of Craigallan… probably left there mid-late August. I brought it with me to post to the owner, so please contact me if you think it’s yours. Karen.rose999@gmail.com

There has been a late cancellation, so Beudy is available this weekend.Let me know if you want to book.

David Nightingale writes: Saturday 25th September 2021, Western Yorkshire Dales walk – Gragerth and Grag Hill Horseshoe Co-ordinator: David Nightingale Join me for a 10mile, 5 ½ hour, hill walk exploring an enchanting but less well-known area of the Yorkshire Dales, easily accessible from Junction 34 or 36 of the M6. Our circular route will start near Leck Fell House above the village of Cowan Bridge on the A65. We will explore the dry riverbed of Ease Gill, its sinkholes and cave entrances, climb to the trig point on Crag Hill (682m) and then follow a high-level circuit of Great Coum (687m), Green Hill (628m) and Gragerth (627m) before returning to our start point. If the weather’s fair we’ll be treated to extensive views of Whernside and Ingleborough, the Lake District, the Howgill Fells and the Lancashire Coast. Meet/park at 10.00 am at the informal parking area close to Leck Fell House where there is limited parking GR SD 674 789. Leave the A65 at Cowan Bridge and follow sign for Leck. Keep on the lane through Leck and follow the single track fell road for three miles, to a parking area where the road ends a few yards before[…]

The Skye Meet at the Glen Brittle Memorial Hut on 2 to 8 Oct is going ahead. (Circumstances could of course change dramatically between now and then). Although the numbers are restricted to 14 this year there are still a couple of places available. The cost is £120, or slightly less, for the 6 nights. If you’d like a place then please let me, Gary Bunting, know – contact details as per handbook.

There is some availability at Beudy this coming Bank Holiday Weekend. If you want to book, let me know.

Steve Beswick writes: High Moss has room for you! Or some of you anyway! An early return home of a current party plus a late cancellation of a party booked in for the weekend (due to a covid ping) means High Moss is available over the August Bank Holiday. That’s Friday 27th Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th of August. Get in Touch if you  are interested.