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A DAY OUT WITH A. W.
“Water water everywhere, nor any drop of snow…..” The famous line from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner needed only a tiny change to describe our warm, wet winter. The Ancient Mariner pointed wistfully into the distance, in search of winter conditions. But all that was to be seen, were… Continue reading
A Type of Mountaineers
“A Mountaineer of a type not found in Scotland today” was the description by no less a mountaineer than the great W H Murray, describing the historical Rob Roy MacGregor. Because Rob of the red hair (Ruadh) could travel for days through the highland mountains when there were no maps,… Continue reading
Hay Stacks, Lake District
With the weekend coming up, there is only one way to spend it…… in the lakes! With some last minute preparation, we managed to get six members up to the lakes for a day in the hills. The team included, Jen, Josh, Harry, Callum, Tamer (not yet a member) and… Continue reading
Day in the Lakes – Sat 12th Oct
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
ON THE ALPE ADRIA TRAIL
The Alpe Adria trail is about 750 km from Austria to Trieste. A website gives full route notes in English, which made an easy ‘off-the-shelf” selection. Stage 1 begins at the foot of Austria’s highest mountain, the Grossglockner (3798 m). I climbed this summit 20 years ago in 1999 but… Continue reading
Hika-Camping the Thirlmere Valley
After a week of heavy rainfall across the Lake District and Frank enduring the wrath of the weather on Blencathra Thursday night, a couple of us (ie myself and Lea) decided to endure the weather for the Hika-Camp trip around the Thirlmere Valley. The Thirlmere Valley is located within the… Continue reading
A DIEM CARPE- D
A DIEM CARPE- D …… (in the secluded glen) Tick tock. Tick, tock. Mr Green’s Munro clock. So as time counts down towards Steve’s “Compleation” date on 5th October, there remain a handful of mountain days to be accomplished. During the August Monsoon period, our thoughts turned to the four… Continue reading
Les Montagnards des Ecrins
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
THE QUEEN OF BOTHIES
England ! Thy beauties are tame and domestic to one who has roved over mountains afar. Oh, for the crags that are wild and majestic ! The steep frowning glories of dark Lochnagar. So there we we again (the fifth ascent for each of us) on top of… Continue reading