The good weather forecast for Cumbria was noted at the end of the previous week and Sam Kett along with Dave Mannion, being free for both Monday and Tuesday, put together a shortlist of possible objectives for Borrowdale and kept faith in the met office. The forecast held or even… Continue reading
In the months before lockdown a plan was hatched to attempt the multi-day, 35 mile Mullardoch Circuit. The round, taking in 12 Munros on the ridges to the north and south of Loch Mullardoch would be a significant advance in Steve Murray’s quest to bag all 282. The weather and… Continue reading
Waayyy way back in March we held our annual Winter trip. Aviemore SYHA was the base and it was great to see roughly a dozen members old and new as we started to exit COVID restrictions. As ever the more experienced shared their knowledge and were buoyed by the huge… Continue reading
Five of us, plus Steve Murrays dog Storm, made a two-day circuit around Eskdale with a wild camp under the feet of Scafell. Day-tripping the Lakes for a jaunt up such as Pinnacle Ridge or Blencathra is often done: but the western areas are just that bit further. So it… Continue reading
Cautley Spout was looking good. That is, as a waterfall in the warm summer-like days of March. As a winter climb, it had the reputation of coming into condition only at 10-year intervals. One of these was in 2010 https://www.yorkmc.org.uk/climbng-cautley-spout/ Perhaps the next stage of our disaster will see Cautley… Continue reading
Sundays walk started early but at a much more leisurely pace with a lovely morning brew thanks to Bev in her and Steve’s van. We took in the lovely tracks through the forest from the Loch Morlich to the emerald loch where a quick dip was tempting, but too much… Continue reading
The annual winter weekend, 2022. The weather was booked and the weather came! In all the years of winter mountaineering the UK, I can not remember a more perfect winter mountaineering day in the UK. There was blue sky, clear visibility (we could see the Ben from Cairngorm!) and good… Continue reading
A beautiful day saw Steve G, Bev, Caroline, Dave, Anna, myself and Hal take the track up the forest from Ingleby Greenhow onto the exposed Moors, where the view stretched miles north. The wind was fierce and cold if you stopped for any length of time, but the company was… Continue reading
Dominating the head of Loch Etive in the west, Ben Starav has two ribs off its summit. We went up the northern (right hand) rib on hard-frozen snow. Then across the summit area to a long narrow east ridge which rises to the subsidiary top. The first rib rears up… Continue reading
A fabulous day out with clear skies in winter saw a big turn out for Broxa forest. The walk took us through a variety of terrain from forest with obstacle courses to clamber through where trees had fallen, along the muddy river side and through fields. Lunch stop was on… Continue reading
