During lockdown as all the trips that we had planned were getting cancelled and my disappointment and frustration was increasing, Erin mentioned to me that she’d seen a run online called Abraham’s Tea Round.Intrigued by the tea aspect, I thought it sounded like quite a jolly laid back affair and … Continue reading
The talk in our house has turned to Hair. Yes back in the day, long ago before t’virus when most current Members were in nappies, we all used to have lots of it. And of course, we went to see the musucal “Hair” with its hit song “This is the … Continue reading
Scouting has a great deal to answer for. It has to be the start of it all. Nights under canvas that smelt of must and damp, waking to dawn and opening the brailing letting the air in, fresh with the scents of the British countryside, fried breakfast, long hikes with … Continue reading
Hi I’m walking in the Lakes on Sat with Helen, Nige & Debs. Location to be decided tomorrow, but Glenridding or Hawswater area most likely. Anyone else fancy joining us? Jen Continue reading
For this year’s return to the Ecrins to “Find our Frenchies”, Antoine (our most active international member) and I decided to start with some big alpine rock. On Saturday morning 20 July, we set off from Les Etages toward the Sorreiler Hut (with non-member Nicolas Coronnel) and saw the beautiful Aiguille … Continue reading
A solitary young stag was standing guard over its herd of camper vans when Dolly, Ang and Steve M. rendezvoused at the Beinn Eighe carpark on a murky Saturday morning. First pfaff of the day – clockwise or anticlockwise – was eventually resolved in the time honoured fashion of following the group … Continue reading
Rowan and I spent 11 days exploring Sicily including hiking on the Aeolian Islands of Stromboli, Vulcano, Panarea, Lipari and Salina (as well as sampling lots of delicious Sicilian wine and food!) We were told by the guide from Magmatrek that activity on Stromboli was much higher than normal when we … Continue reading
From June 7-9, the club visited the Cerrig Pryfaid bunkhouse near Porthmadog in North Wales (thanks to Jen Brewin for the connection to the hut). John and Penny went up on Thursday night and were able to tick off Crib Goch and the Snowdon Horseshoe on Friday after an 0400 … Continue reading
Many thanks to John and Penny for organising what turned out to be a cracking day out in the Peak District. The weather was warm and dry for the duration after the small amount of rain as we arrived. The crag was a short walk from the car park. We … Continue reading
