Meet Report: 12-14 December 2025. Based at the Boarshurst Centre. Run by Saddleworth Outdoor Pursuits Association, this is an Independent hostel in Greenfield which we last visited in 2021. Until 1974 it was in Yorkshire’s West Riding, but Greenfield was then redesignated as Greater Manchester. Whatever one calls the area, there’s always been rock […]
9-16th May 2026. This is a meet with two bases. We sail from Mallaig to Rum on Sunday 10th May in the morning to stay at the Rum Bunkhouse, a purpose built facility in the only hamlet on the island. We return to the mainland on Wednesday 13th May in the late afternoon to stay […]
Meet Report: 14-16 November 2025. This year’s Annual Dinner Weekend made it the tenth based on Lowstern and the Falcon Manor Hotel, and following the same format: Saturday afternoon Annual General Meeting, immediately followed by an illustrated lecture by a principal guest, then gathering at the hotel for a formal meal including a couple of […]
Meet Report: 24-26 October 2025. Challenged to place a bunkhouse in England and in “the middle of nowhere”, you wouldn’t go far wrong by putting it 5 miles down a single-track road at the end of College Valley where you will find Mounthooly Bunkhouse nestled beneath the Pennine Way as it descends from The Cheviot. […]
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 […]