Saturday It was an early start on 18th September as we made our way to Ilfracombe to meet the MS Oldenburg – the ship that would take us across the Bristol Channel to Lundy. Being a small island, getting to Lundy is somewhat more of a task than most climbing venues but that only served […]
A Lakeland Adventure
The plan was simple; go climbing. Guide books were looked at and routes identified. It was going to be awesome…WE were going to be awesome. I was so excited to be going to the Lake District with other psyched AMC members. I was going cragging!! However, our adventure was to be of a different kind….. […]
September in pictures
Thanks to all our members for sharing such great shots of their activities throughout September! Mountaineering, climbing, walking, cycling and even paragliding – you name it we are out doing it!
An Adventure on the Forbes Arête
This article is the first in a series from the recent AMC Chamonix trip. Given how much was achieved over the two weeks, we decided a single trip report could not possibly do it justice. On the walk in to the hut the plan was fairly simple, climb a couple of easy routes to get […]
Pembroke, August Bank Holiday, 2021
AMC trip to South Pembroke 27 – 30 August, Alastair Kelleher A bit late in the organising but 7 AMC members headed west to make the most of the Bank Holiday weekend with a few days in South Pembroke. Arriving late on Friday, we all managed to find each other on a busy Bosherston campsite […]
Liquid sunshine Tour 2021 aka North Wales Meet
From 6th to the 9th July 2021 the club held a meet to the Ogwen Valley in North Wales, based in the Gwern Gof Uchaf campsite under Tryfan. An old testament bad weather forecast the week before meant the numbers were severely depleted(read on though, we did do some climbing) Even so Matt L, Max, […]
July in pictures
Thanks to everyone who contributed to this months video – it’s great to be able to see what everyone has been getting up to! Climbing, walking, biking, swimming and even bird watching!
Culm Trip Report July 2021
From 23-25 July 2021 the AMC held a climbing meet based at Bryder Farm Campsite near Bude. On Friday Matt L and I made it down for around low tide, midday, and headed straight for Black church rock. One of my personal objectives for the trip was sacre coeur, an immaculate slab route on the […]
Women’s Peak District trip 2nd-4th July
Friday Maria, Esther and Isabel headed up early on Friday for a day of trad at Bamford Edge – low grade stuff including some solos and some leads for Issy and Esther. Polly and Emma headed up to Stoney West for an afternoon of sport climbing. Unfortunately after climbing just 1 route, an incident with […]