TRIP REPORT Where to: SwitzerlandWhen: 3rd July to 14th July 25Ambition: Climb Weissmies (4017m) and Allalinhorn (4027m)Who: Derek Walker, Ewart Pritchard and Martin PicklesCost each: £1190 = Accom £625, Ferry £80, Fuel £120, Tolls £40, Food/Beer £200, Tourist Tax £45, Lifts/Funicular £80Thurs 3rd Jul /Fri 4th JulWe had decided to… Continue reading
2nd to 8th SEPTEMBER 2025 AUSTRIA EAST TIROL We arrived on the wings of a midnight thunderstorm. Our first morning was full of very low cloud and hanging mist. So my friend Steve W and I worked out a route a few hundred metres above the valley, but below the mirk. From… Continue reading
The late-summer trip to North Wales was organised by Emma W and ten of us made the trip to Glan Dena Hut which is located beside the A5 road at the northern edge of Tryfan. A brilliant hut, owned by the MAM and in a perfect location for all things… Continue reading
It’s been a long time in the making, but Dolly eventually compleated her full set of Munros on the 24th of July 2025. Ben More on Mull is a reasonable choice for a last Munro though not necessarily in the school summer holidays. However, that’s the way the plan and… Continue reading
MAOILE LUNNDAIDH. 12 JULY 2025 An hour’s drive beyond Inverness, a small gravel track leads into the hills. It runs 8.5 km from the roadside to the remote shooting house of Glenuaig Lodge, with some significant uphill. We started at 08.20, the temperature already climbing. It tookt a good 2.5… Continue reading
Recent weather records have been broken over and over again with record high temperatures and prolongued periods of dry weather. With remarkable regularity our planned weekend trips have coincided with the solitary heavy downpour in the midst of the drought and the July Langdale trip was no exception. The BBRCC… Continue reading
The early summer trip to Wasdale was organised by Oli B and twelve club members made the journey to the far side of the Lake District, spending two nights in the brilliant FRCC hut at Brackenclose. The venue was excellent for mountaineering and the hut gave perfect access to many… Continue reading
The much-anticipated trip to Skye promised to be a big adventure. With tremendous support from the membership and accommodation secured at the Glen Brittle Memorial Hut at the foot of the Cuillin over the bank holiday weekend nothing could possibly dampen the enthusiasm for the occasion. Dave C and Matthew… Continue reading
Across the Corran Ferry from the bottom of Glencoe, lies the great peninsula of Ardgour, Morvern, Sunart and Moidart. It runs all the way west to Ardnamurchan, the most westerly point of the British mainland. Similar size to the English Lake District, but only sparsely populated and far less visited,… Continue reading
8th February 2025. With wind and low cloud streaming from the east in early February, the NW Highlands was the place to be. Paul and I went for the three-fold treat — of being out west / in wall to wall sunshine / and on a Scottish mountain which we’d not… Continue reading
