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 […]

Meet Report: 11-18 May 2025. The Club has held at least ten previous meets on Skye, though this was our first since the 2006 meet (YRCJ 13-2) which saw overnight snow on the tops. Accommodation had been booked at the Croft Bunkhouse in Portnalong on the Minginish peninsula. The main hut had been block-booked for […]

Meet Report: 25-27 April 2025 This meet was accommodated in the Hebden Hey Scout Centre, nestled in the wooded valley above Hebden Bridge in Calderdale, West Yorkshire. This offered basic hostel accommodation with bunk rooms and a kitchen off a main communal room that could well double up as an activity space for scouts on […]

Meet Report: 5-12 April 2025. Based in a large villa in Calpe, most of the meet arrived at various times on the Saturday although the Richards and Tennants had separately been in Costa Blanca for a few days, indulging in various excursions including an ascent of Puig Campagna. The Smiths arrived a day later. Everyone […]

Meet Report: 21-23 March 2025. The meet was based at the Rucksack Club’s High Moss hut in Seathwaite. After a week of glorious spring sunshine ten members made their way to the Duddon Valley travelling through grey skies and the possibility of 60% to 70% chance of rain over the next few days. The first […]

Meet Report: 27 February – 2 March 2025. Held at the Ochils Mountaineering Club’s Inverardran Cottage. This was Tom Spencer’s first meet as leader. He performed his duties admirably with the help of Jonathan Bird to cook the haggis. In spite of several trolley loads of food in ASDA the usual three courses were dispensed […]

Meet Report: 7-9 February 2025. Our party of eight gathered on Friday evening at Ty Powdwr, home of the Karabiner Mountaineeering Club.  Ty Powdwr sits across Llyn Padarn from Llanberis and is accessed from the village of Dinorwig via a rough track through farm buildings.  The sturdy nature of the structure can be explained by […]

Meet Report: 17-19 January 2025. Mark Rothwell arrived early.  On Thursday, together with a friend from the Rucksack Club, he traversed the Helvellyn range from Dunmail Raise north to Sticks Pass in cold and windy conditions. On Friday they went up Stickle Gill, via a scramble on Tarn Crag to Pavey Ark. They climbed Jack’s […]

Meet Report: 13-15 December 2024 Voice from the Kitchen: “Harvey!  You’ll be going into Settle, won’t you, would you mind picking up a couple of things for tomorrow’s meal?” Harvey: “’Course not.  What do you need?” Voice from the Kitchen: “Just fennel seeds and a bottle of white wine vinegar.” On the face of it […]

Meet Report: 15-17 November 2024. Held at the Falcon Manor, Settle and at Lowstern. A spell of calmer, drier weather than is usual for the time of year almost lasted long enough to include this meet, the largest gathering in the Club’s calendar.  It was also the closing meet of Becca Humphrey’s presidency and perhaps […]