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Please note that the following two meets have swapped dates. The new dates are as follows: March 9th – Walking meet. Coordinator Andy Howie April 6th & 7th – Colne Rowsley. Coordinator Andy Llewellyn Please also note that the meet on 15th December ‘Bradfield Dale revisited’ has been postponed until next year. If anybody would like to organise a replacement meet for the 15th December please let me know asap on: andy.lou64@virginmedia.com    

Just a reminder that November is busy. Next weekend (3rd/4th), we have OBEC with 11 places booked, the following weekend (10th/11th) is the Club Dinner in Llanberis and we have had bookings for bedspaces from at least 10 Members up to now. Chris Foster’s Mines Meet is on the 17th/18th and Audrey Russell’s Meet is on the following weekend (24th/25th).

Please note applications for the forthcoming Rucksack Dinner at The Royal Victoria Hotel are now closed. 89 members and guests have applied. See you there !

Week of 29 Oct – 4 Nov 2018 Wednesday Walk: 8.75ml from Bakewell Showground CP [223682] via Over Haddon, Magpie Mine, Sheldon. Pub Cock& Pullet, Sheldon. Details Frank Procter. Note Car parking update 28/10/2018:suggested park on the showground car park (plenty of space) which is unfortunately £5.50 / day. The entrance is on the A6 900m SE of the roundabout in the centre of Bakewell. Meet at the first hardstand parking on the right by the first payment machine. Or park where you like and meet there anyway.   Wednesday evening climbing: Awesome Walls, Stockport from 6pm. Weekend: Two days from Hayfield. Andy Howie writes: Saturday: RC Navigational Challenge Starts & (hopefully) finishes at Bowden Bridge Car Park in Hayfield (GR SK 049 869) at the Junction between Kinder Road & Edale Road with interval starts from 9.30am. The course will be a series of Checkpoints around and about “Kinder” and her kindred fells. Maps, with Checkpoints marked and zip-seal plastic bags provided. The course will be 12 to 18+ miles depending on the participant route choices and how many checkpoints they visit. Those taking part can compete alone or with others as they wish, all will require appropriate kit[…]

Next year’s island meet will not quite be on an island, but almost. I’m booking the Knoydart Foundation Bunkhouse at Inverie for 3 nights. It holds 26 and at the moment I have 18 ‘on board’. We get there by ferry from Mallaig which has a number of sailings each day to and from Inverie. If there are 8 more interested in joining the trip I can book the whole bunkhouse which would be at a cost of £15.50 per night each. So if you would like to come along (and perhaps bag those 3 remote Munros) please let me know asap on email: andy.lou64@virginmedia.com Thanks Andy    

Week of 22 – 28 October 2018 Wednesday Walk: 7.5mls from Roaches roadside parking [005615]via Hen Cloud, Roaches, Back Forest, Meerbrook, Windygates. Pub: Lazy Trout, Meerbrook. Details Geoff Edge. Wednesday evening climbing: Awesome Walls, Stockport from 6pm. Weekend: Mountain Biking from Beudy Mawr. Contact Mark Hatton.   For full details see the Meets Calendar,

Here’s a bit of an update on the 2019 sunrock meet… So far there are twenty of us confirmed as going, with a few more maybes. Still plenty of time to get yourself a bit of the Leonidio action… The originally planned week of 16 to 24 February seems to be stretching into a fortnight, with various teams booking later flights (somewhat more cheaply) – there will be sunrocking Rucksackers in situ from 16th Feb until 1st March. The “basecamp” accommodation at Camping Semeli is pretty much full, although a couple of the apartments could maybe squeeze in an extra one or two (get in touch with me and I’ll point you in the right direction). However, there are plenty of other options: The latest team to book have found overflow accommodation next door: website is sirines-Leonidio.gr and the contact is George…email gtsouka@yahoo.com. Also, Robin Illingworth has just returned from a trip and kindly reccied another alternative in Plaka: Simona who runs the bakery has some apartments in plaka which are available in Feb. simona.tuca@gmail.com Finally, there’s a new Guidebook that has just been published in the last week or so (available locally – might make it to shops in[…]

I am in course of pulling together the next meets programme and would be delighted to hear from anybody who would like to coordinate a meet for the Club. Good progress has been made to almost complete 2019 so ideas for winter and spring meets in 2020 would be most welcome. Hut meets, walking meets, winter mountaineering meets ….whatever you fancy …. Please contact me on: andy.lou64@virginmedia.com I look forwards to hearing from you. Thanks Andy  

Thanks for coming to the Indoor Meet on Tuesday and making it such an enjoyable evening. We had 68 in the audience including 2 groups of Explorer Scouts. Next Indoor Meet is Tut Braithwaite on 6th November. Bring your friends.