Meet Report: 25-27 September 2025. Those arriving on Friday afternoon found Martyn already hard at work strimming the grass and weeds around the car park. Simon was equally industrious replacing the wooden panels at the base of the entrance porch which had certainly seen better days. Peter and Carol B headed out for a walk […]
Meet Report: 23-25 September 2025. Nature smiled upon our enterprise with warm sunshine and mainly light winds all week. On Tuesday, Ian Hawkes stopped off at Ogwen and climbed Tryfan by the North Ridge scramble. Mark Rothwell climbed near Mold with a friend whilst Shaun Penny and Aoto Morikame stopped off at Penmaenbach Head near […]
Meet Report: 12-14 September 2025. Despite the wild, windy and wet weekend weather the welcome return to the 3-way format Joint Meet at the Wayfarers’ Robertson Lamb Hut (RLH) in Great Langdale was voted a great success. Much cross-pollination occurred among the 15 present and more serious activity occurred than could have been expected. It […]
July/August 2026, 150 years after Slingsby’s seminal ascent of Store Skagastølstind This advance notification of the ‘meet’ allows members to plan and liaise with others as it is likely that there will be higher than usual demands made of the limited local resources. When and where to go can be very flexible. Cecil Slingsby’s solo […]
Meet Report: 22-26 August 2025. On Friday the Chois and the Raines arrived first at Low Hall Garth to claim spots in the barn and the best bunks. After a quick lunch, the Raines set off on a bike ride and the Chois went to the Ruskin Museum to see the Bluebird. Dora and Arthur […]
Meet Report: 26 July – 9 August 2025. Ten members of the YRC travelled to the south of France for a two-week Alpine meet based at Ailefroide, in the Écrins National Parc. This is a stunning and rugged mountainous area, with the Parc itself located entirely within the borders of France. The village of Ailefroide […]
Meet Report: 19 July 2025. In a change from the usual weekend meets, the club decided to organise a day meet around the historic battlefield of Towton in North Yorkshire. After a lengthy spell of dry weather it was inevitable that the heavens would open on the day of the walk. And open they truly […]
Meet Report: 11-13 July 2025. This meet was based at Rockhall Cottage, the BMC’s Don Whillans Memorial Hut built against the rocks of The Roaches. The meet attracted both climbers and hillwalkers, filling all available places. The weekend officially designated a heatwave, it was bad news when Paul, Bill and Solvig arrived to find no […]
Meet Report: 20-22 June 2025. Based at Lowstern, the Long Walk this year went to places that most of us just look at, out of the cottage window. The full route was a tough 32 miles/52 km with 4800 ft/1460m ascent starting from Parlick. For those wanting a shorter walk back to Lowstern, there were […]
11-18th April 2026 at the Hotel Eden Nord, Port de Soller. The North West of the island of Mallorca is home to the mountain range of Serra de Tramuntana with a wealth of spectacular limestone peaks and ridges, providing excursions at all grades. There is also extensive sport climbing on sea cliffs and mountain crags […]