Category: Member Posts

High Peak Marathon this Friday night. Geoff Bell writes: “After too long an absence we have a strong Rucksack Club team in this classic 40 mile race round The Derwent Watershed. The weather is going off-it, which should be to their advantage. They are Helen Pritchard, Geoff Pettengell, Mike Zeidan, and Ged Cudahy, a formidable quartet – but so are some of the opposition. We wish them well.” Update: Great to hear from Ian Winterburn that the club has 3 teams entered this year (see comment below) – good luck to all of them!!

Hi folks I have booked a group session on the Extreme Via Ferrata at Honister on 6th April. There are some spare places, so if you want to join us, please email me. The cost, reduced for a group, is £40.50 each. Ellie Howarth

SunRock 2019 is officially underway in Leonidio, Greece (though the Early Birds have been here for around a week already). With over 30 Rucksackers and guests scheduled to drift in and out over the next 3 weeks, you can follow progress at https://rockaroundtheworld.co.uk/category/rucksack-club/sunrock-2019/ Meanwhile, here are a few photos from the trip so far…

At the moment, Beudy is empty for the rest of this month. If you fancy a wet and cold few days outdoors, let me or Steve know. March has bucked up a bit – Rob Seymour has booked a couple of places for the weekend of 9th/10th and the MUMC have booked the whole hut for the following weekend (16th/17th) to run their annual ‘learn to trad’ meet. Hopefully, the attractions of Beudy will encourage a few to apply for full Club membership! Presently, the rest of March is free. In April, Jim Schofield’s Meet is on the weekend of the 13th/14th – please contact Jim for details. Belfast MC have booked 8 places for the following Easter weekend. There are no other bookings so far for the rest of April. As always, let me or Steve know if you want to use Beudy – with electronic banking now available, you have no excuses!

High Moss will be closed from 15th April 2019 to the 10th May 2019. The roof is being renewed and extensive work inside will be done. The entire building is to be scaffolded. The roofers and builders are living at High Moss for the duration of the project. So please don’t go. We will keep news of the project up to date on the club website.

Hi, Anyone got any maps of the granjska gora and / or Bohinze/ Lake Bled area i can buy and or borrow. Going there in late June for a bit of mountain walking. Thanks Pete

Start point – Alsop-en-le-Dale car park on the Tissington trail at SK 156 548 Start time: 10:00

Does anyone have a lectern or a music stand that I could borrow for our speaker to use on 5th February please? Ideally one which could have a light clipped to it if it hasn’t already got one. Please email or use my landline as my mobile is kaput. Thanks

As I am now rather less active now, i.e. decrepit, I have decided to dispose of my climbing guides and the maps of places that I am unlikely to visit again. I have about 20 climbing guides, obviously somewhat dated, and a lot of maps covering the Pyrenees (some previously inherited from Gordon Adshead), Trekking maps of the Pokhara region of Nepal, Toubkal (Atlas Mts.), Shimla (India), California (Sierra Nevada) and Grand Teton National Park. I also have a pristine copy of ‘Walks and Scrambles in Norway’. I don’t tend to get to the indoor meets these days otherwise I would take them there. If any member would like to collect these from my home please contact me.

Yes – its finally happened! You can now pay your hut fees for Beudy electronically. As well as the time honoured method of sending a cheque, you can make an e-payment. Pay ‘The Rucksack Club’ using sort code 20 55 41, account number 40599913 and reference your payment with your name, register page and number. No need to be long-winded – something like ‘Smith.P19L21, will enable me to identify the payment when I come to reconcile the account with the register entry (unless you’re a Llewellyn or a Cudahy, where an initial will be useful!). New payment slips, with full details of both methods of payment, have been prepared. Please note this is for Beudy only at this point in time – if it all works out, e-payments will be introduced at High Moss and Craigallan as well.