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YRC March 2024 Newsletter

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Scottish winter meet Glen Etive

Meet Report:10-13th February 2024  Inbhirfhaolain, Glen Etive. For YRC members who like their glens saturated with water rather than midges, a February trip to Glen Etive is highly recommended. The Club’s first recorded trip there seems to have been made by Wm Cecil Slingsby in April 1896, and the Club has been making use of […]

Wharfedale meet, Conistone

26-28th April 2024 at the Conistone Hostel, a converted Methodist Chapel in the village of Conistone just North of Grassington in Wharfedale. Members will need little introduction to this part of the Dales with its extensive moorland and low level walking along with climbing, caving and mountain biking opportunities. After the New Year LHG meet […]

Wye Valley camping meet

10-12 May 2024 at the Beeches Campsite, Chepstow. This is a new area for the YRC. Although it is by no means mountainous there is excellent climbing, both sport and traditional on the limestone crags of Wintour’s Leap, Shorncliff and Wyndcliff, all within easy reach. Beautiful forest and river walks abound and there is ample […]

NW Scotland Spring meet, Elphin

25th May-1 June 2024 at the SMC’s Naismith hut in the hamlet of Elphin between Ullapool and Inchnadamph in the NW Highlands. A fabulous area for walking scrambling and climbing. You can even go caving if you want. The opportunities for adventure are just about limitless. It is a long way away though so car […]

New Year meet Low Hallgarth, Little Langdale

Meet Report: 12-14 January 2024. With good winter climbing conditions in Scotland there was some hope of snow in the Lakes for this traditional first meet of the year in Little Langdale. This was not to be, though walking conditions were good and there was surprising activity on the meet.  The saturated ground of recent […]

YRC January 2024 Newsletter

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Christmas meet, Hag Dyke

Meet Report: 8-10 December 2023. Above Kettlewell, at 467m high on the slopes of Great Whernside, Hag Dyke has a special place in the hearts of long-standing members, having seen a string of meets in living memory. It was the finish point of the seven peaks long walk in June 1978 when the start was […]

109th Annual Dinner Weekend

Meet Report: 17-19 November 2023 at the Falcon Manor Hotel, Settle. To begin at the beginning, four years ago six members arrived at their last cabin on a week’s ski tour in Norway. With the strong, cold wind behind them it had been good day: over a pass, down a series of lakes, crossing a […]

November 2023 Newsletter

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