Category: Member Posts

Occasionally members ask if they can change the Meetstaff format they receive. I have received the following from our Membership Secretary [Carole Smithies] that clarifies how to implement such a change: “If a member wants to get a hard copy paper version of MS, or to cease to get hard copy of MS, then he/she needs to let me know and I’ll update the database, which includes an MS print or not tick box which enables me to send the posting list to the printers.” Andy Tomlinson Website Secretary

This post has been submitted on behalf of Peter Edgerton. Due to lack of interest from others a potential opportunity has arisen to stay at Glen Feshie bunkhouse between Sun 18th and Fri 23rd of February, departure on the Friday. The bunkhouse accommodates up to 16 people and costs £1000 for the week. If interested ii ether the full or part of the 6 days please contact Peter and he will coordinate the booking. Costs to be shared equally between the number of people staying. Peter’s contact email details: rowanho@dircon.co.uk

John Driskell IDM Col poster revised Jan11 Click on the link to find details of the next Indoor Meet on 6th February at Heaton Moor Sports Club. Please note that there will be a gear auction run by Gerry Gee: if you have any decent used gear that you no longer require, please bring it along.

Hiya SunRockers! We’ve got about 20 signed up and I’ve now booked the accommodation, so here’s an update: Dates: Saturday 3rd to Saturday 10th March Accommodation: We’ll be staying at Xalet de Prades: www.xaletdeprades.com This is somewhat like the place we stayed in Finestrat in 2017, in as much as it is a collection of posh wooden houses. We’ve currently got 2 of the large ones plus options on a couple of extras for flexible additions depending on numbers. We’ve also get dedicated use of a communal room for eating / meeting / socialising plus a bit of spa time included, and there’s a restaurant on site if we fancy a break from cooking (or indeed fancy sacking cooking all together!) Price approx. £130 for the week. In terms of location, this is pretty central: Vilanova de Prades 14mins; Cornudella 19mins; Arboli 33mins; La Mussara 23mins; Mont-Ral 33mins Flights: Ryanair are currently showing £60 return Manchester to Barcelona on those dates – search skyscanner.net for more options Climbing: The Sierra de Prades aka ‘Costa Dorada’ or ‘Tarragona’ includes iconic crags like Siurana, Margalef, Montral, Arboli and La Mussara amongst the offerings, see http://www.climb-europe.com/RockClimbingSpain/Sierra-de-Prades.html . With over 5,000 routes in the[…]

The weather was kind to the participants with a generally dry day (plus a couple of short snow flurries) and an almost following wind. 23 people completed the single Marsden-Edale, plus around a dozen doublers and (amazingly) 2 people completing a double-double (see separate post). A further 20+ people did various partial routes and various other members were spotted in the pub. Granville’s Glorious Soup Kitchen was greatly appreciated at Longdendale and again on the Snake – many, many thanks Granville! All in all, a great day out and another roaring success. Here are some more pics from Rae Pritchard

Hi All, the Whitely Nab at Charlestown is now an Italian restaurant so we will go to the Royal at Hayfield after the walk instead. Anyone is welcome to join us, walking or not. Around 3pm, roughly.

Congratulations to Helen and Mike on completing the “double/ double”!! Keith (The President) writes: “A fresh looking Helen Pritchard and Mike Zeidan having just completed a quadruple Marsden/ Edale starting at 6am Friday and finishing about 3 pm on the Saturday afternoon at the Ramblers Rest. Incredible effort following in the footsteps of Geoff Bell and John Crummett who I believe did a double/ double in 1994. Congratulations to you both!” (apologies, this post first erroneously said Miles – bad typing on our President’s behalf)

Carole has been struck down with the norovirus (sounds horrible) so will not be up to doing her “I counted them out and I counted them all back in again” routine. In addition, I’ve badly sprained my ankle so am unlikely to be completing the walk. So… I will be the new Carole for the day! Please make sure I get your names at the Marsden end (I’ll be there from about 7am) and more importantly, make sure I tick you off the list at Edale. If you are setting off before 7, please text me so I can get your name on the list. Also, if you realise you are not going to complete the walk and are dropping out part way (and are not going to be at the Ramblers Inn later) please text/phone to let me know. One other update: Trains from Edale to Manchester depart 16:47, 17:47, 18:48, 19:47 Trains from Edale to Sheffield depart 16:34, 17:33, 18:35, 19:33 Hope to see many of you tomorrow. Ian

Happy New Year from myself and the others on the first Wednesday walk in 2018 on 3rd Jan. Conditions were better than forecast, but Windgather lived up to its name. All New Year eve cobwebs were blown away by the 50 mph wind on the exposed section to Shining Tor. There were only light showers for 20 minutes. Fortunately we had a dry lunch at the bottom of Shooters Clough. Unfortunately we also had a dry finish as the Shady Oak landlord had decided to go on holiday at 10:30. Thanks to Pete, Neil, Tim and Geoff and all on the B team who got out there. Chris

If anyone is going to beudy this weekend, please do not park at the side of the shower block. I have a skip on order for Friday 5th Jan. Cheers