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Ben Llewellyn is coordinating a meet of (roughly) a figure of eight route taking in the Edale Skyline and a loop around the Woodlands Valley of 39 miles. Meet at the Mam Tor carpark to start at 7 am before heading over Mam Tor, Lose Hill then Win Hill, up onto Kinder and along the northern edge to Mill Hill, Pennine Way to Bleaklow Head, turn east to Alport Head then down the ridge over Alport Moor before crossing the A57 after Rowlee Pasture, back up onto Kinder and along the southern edge to Kinder Low before finishing over Brown Knoll and Rushup Edge. Please let Ben know a couple of days before if you are planning on coming along.

Up to the end of June. OBEC have booked the entire hut next weekend (11/12 May) and Barrie Schofield has booked 4 places the following weekend (18/19 May). The rest of May is free. The working meet is on 1/2 June – please let me know if you are coming so I can organise food. Martin Cooper has 4 places booked for 10/11 June, Andy Scott 6 places the following weekend (15/16 June), Peak CC have 10 places the next weekend (22/23 June) and Derwent MC have booked 10 places for the last weekend in June (29/30).

The scaffolding crew are removing the last of the scaffolding today. All that remains of the reroofing activity is some builders rubble ( hardcore ) which will be removed soon.

Hi it looks like its going to rain all day on Wednesday so default is Stockport Wall

About 10 people turned out for the Wednesday outdoor climbing meet at Pule Hill and was great to see some new faces. Pule Hill lived up to its reputation with as stiff breeze at the top of the crag, but was fairly sheltered at the base and in the quarries. The rain more or less stayed away and ended up with a stunning sunset. I didn’t manage to get too many photos as I was enjoying climbing with my daughter, the paraglider’s over head were a couple of friends, if it had been too windy the son would have been climbing with us too. Scull Climb Right Hand and Andy Stewart on Iliad. Andy Stewart on The Great Scoop. Gaining the top of the classic Amen, one of the bests V-Diffs in the area. Overhanging Arete Plenty of routes climbed both in the quarry and on the natural edge followed with a pleasant warm up in the Hanging Gate Inn which is now probably the nearest pub to the crag. Next weeks meet is at Stanage High Neb.

The roof at High Moss has been completely renewed. The redundant chimney flue in the Members bedroom has been removed and the entire chimney stack has been taken down to floor level at bedroom level and rebuilt. It now includes a damproof course and much improved new lead flashing. Our other chimney stack on the front has also been fitted with much improved lead flashing. Two new Velux roof windows have been fitted in the members bedroom. Today the scaffolding is still in place but will be removed and it doesn’t cause any access problems. Our Bookings for High Moss are. May 10th / 11th / 12th Full hut. Youth running cup. May 17th / 18th / 19th Full Hut Oxford University Walking Club. May 20th Monday / 21st/22nd Full Hut Steve Beswick. June 7th / 8th / 9th Rucksack Climbing Meet. Tony Sawyer. June 14th / 15th / 16th Gritstone club 10 Beds. July 12th /13th /14th Jean Walker 12 beds.

In a testament to sheer bl@@dy-mindedness, about ten of us turned up at The Torrs despite the forecasted thunderstorm. Sure enough, the thunder rolled in, lightning filled the skies and the heavens opened just as Helen and I were halfway up the first route. Thankfully the maelstrom was short-lived and the overhanging (and “under-the-arches”) nature of the crag meant we were soon climbing again. Here’s Andy making light work of Heavy Duty and Barry on Viaduct Crack. Great to be joined by George and Rowan from MUMC – here’s Rowan belieing her limited outdoor climbing experience with a smooth ascent of Alcove Crack. It really is the perfect all-weather playground. Hopefully drier at Pule Hill next week!

There are still places available on the youth running meet at High Moss on 11th & 12 May. So far the mix is 50:50 under and over 30. It is my hope to have the majority under 30 – which does not seem impossible at this stage. The meet is aimed at runners under the age 30, with off road running experience. The grand objective is to provide an opportunity to build on that experience, or just do more of what you’ve done before. There will be runs both days, with a range of options for route choice, terrain and duration in the wonderful (and hopefully spectacular) mountain setting of the western lake district. A communal meal will be provided Saturday evening. Anyone over 30 might well expect buy the beer. None the less, there are sure to be some old duffers on hand to be burnt off, as they chunter about how it used to be; as well requiring lessons in social media and technology. Not least the truly ancient meet organiser. Lewis

Just a heads up for this coming Easter weekend – Beudy is fully booked. However, at present, the hut is empty the following weekend and over the May Day Bank Holiday weekend. Our old friends, OBEC have fully booked the hut for their annual Welsh weekend on 11/12 May. The place is again empty until the working meet on 1/2 June. Let me or Steve know if you intend using Beudy.