The AMC Scottish winter trip returned in March after a siesta last year due to covid. Around 20 members made the long journey up north to the beautiful Ardervikie Estate, where we stayed in a series of cosy and well equipped cottages. Fort William and Aviemore were in easy striking distance by car, making it […]
Trips
North Wales meet 14-18th April 2022
WE HAD GOOD WEATHER ALL WEEKEND!!!! ☀️ 🏔 🧗♀️ 👌🏽 A group of 10 joined forces to make this north wales trip pretty great, staying in the Gwern Gof Uchaf campsite right at the base of Tryfan we were in the best location for all our outdoorsy needs. Thursday James and myself arrived mid afternoon […]
Lakes Trip (4th – 6th Feb)
To kick off February to an adventurous start, a group of 9 of us planned a trip to explore the Cumbrian mountains, basing ourselves at the YMC hut nestled in the Copper Mines Valley in Coniston. On Friday morning, me and Grace were lucky enough to be able to set off from Bristol bright and […]
North Wales January ’22
With lots of new club members along on this trip, it was a great opportunity to meet fresh faces and share what the club has to offer. A group of nine of us travelled up to spend the weekend exploring the mountains of North Wales, based out of bunkhouse accommodation at Plas Y Brenin. Kevser […]
North Wales trip report 12-14 Nov 21
“I’m not feeling well”. That was when the climbing group on the recent Snowdonia trip realised the day might not be straightforward. The next thing they saw was Conor’s breakfast re-emerging. Why did he eat baked beans? Poor Conor was not having a good day. A mysterious something had laid him low and he spent […]
Cornwall – Bosigran Weekend – 9th-10th October 2021.
With the weather looking good, we had plans for a weekend in Cornwall for the annual trip to Bosigran. With such sunny weather, I check with Matt to see if we could leave early on the Friday to make the most of it, and when he agreed, I hatched a plan for an adventure on […]
Annual Lundy Trip 2021
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….. […]
An Adventure on the Forbes Arête
On the walk in to the hut the plan was fairly simple, climb a couple of easy routes to get feel for the conditions, and avoid any epics. The Refuge Albert Premier perches on the edge of the Glacier du Tour, with great views across the ice to the sounding peaks. Most of the features looked […]