Meet Report: 24-26 April 2026. Based at the Street Head bunkhouse. The night before the meet Steve Crossley slept at Lowstern and was very impressed by the new showers, which are excellent and with added privacy, a real improvement on the previous ones. In the morning he awoke to see a cloud inversion and a […]

Meet Report: 11-18 April 2026. 17 people gathered in Port Soller for a week’s walking and scrambling. The small harbour town is situated in the North West of Mallorca, under the limestone mountain range of the Serra de Tramuntana, in an area of green forests and steep jagged peaks. Most were booked into the Hotel […]

Meet Report: 17–20 March 2026. Four days back country skiing  in Norway. This was a multinational tour – two Norwegians, two from the UK, one from Sweden and one large dog, Niko. The ski tour took place in the Jotunheimen National Park staying at three DNT Huts – Torfinnsbu, Fonsbu, and Yksendalsbu. The first day […]

Meet Report: 5-8 March 2026. 19 people attended including 2 (new) guests and a prospective member. Accommodation was at the Youth Hostel in Aviemore, and attendees sorted out their own dinners. Breakfasts were organised by Wendy and Steve. Monday-Wednesday. Wendy & Steve had an early start to the meet, arriving in Aviemore on Monday. Tuesday […]

Meet Report: 16-18 March 2026. Glaisdale offers a different perspective of the North York Moors compared to recent meets which have been held further west in Carlton-in-Cleveland. Five members and three prospective members assembled at the well-appointed Bank House Farm bunkhouse in lovely Glaisdale, having negotiated the narrow lanes and farm track, and all arriving just […]

Meet Report: 13-15 February 2026. Based at the Midland Association of Mountaineers’ hut Glan Dena in the Ogwen Valley. The forecast promised a short respite in this wild, windy and wet winter. A few people braved the rain and had short coastal walks on the way, whilst Peter Baker drove up to Cwm Eigiau with […]

Meet Report: 16-18 January 2026. By Friday evening eight members and three PMs had assembled at our Low Hall Garth cottage. For two PMs visiting LHG for the first time it was a leap of faith driving down the track in the dark and the others were becoming somewhat anxious as to their whereabouts.  Nevertheless, […]

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 […]

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.  […]