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
Over the weekend of the 6th to 8th of March and despite challenging and unpredictable weather throughout the winter season a team of seven club members headed north to Aviemore where, thankfully, decent winter conditions had established. Dave M and Steve M arrived a day early to climb on Friday… Continue reading
“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 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
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
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
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
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 …… (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
