A breezy day in May that carries with it ozone from a restrained sea. I sit on a beach of pebbles feeling their shape and texture with my fingers while I look at the horizon. Distant walls of grey cliffs, dwarfed boats on a wide steel-blue sea, and the sweep of a million billion smooth […]
Between a rock and a Hard Severe place
Well I guess it all started on July 24th 1999 with the splendidly named Mr Bender and I swear to God that is his surname. Anyway I was a member of Another Outdoor Activities Club on a trip to Snowdonia when I got paired up with this fine gentleman. He suggested a 3* Hard Severe […]
Pass the yak dung, it’s cold!
‘Good morning! Tea, coffee?’ I wrestle with the draw strings to get out of my sleeping bag. ‘What do you want?’ I enquire to the cocoon beside me the only response is a grunt which I decide must mean hot chocolate. Our Sherpa dishes out our beverage and I lay back down and try and […]
Rob Horler’s Scottish Adventures
It’s 8 am on Saturday the 15th of January and I’m looking out of my window in the Tyndrum Lodge hotel at the near horizontal rain lashing down. Of all the days to start my 2011 winter Scotland trip, even a hard week on the Tay estuary had not conditioned me for this but that’s […]
AMC Rabble Go To Scotland
So there was Rob the mountain goat, temporary resident; Jane the permanent escapee from Bristol, Richard the dentist -later to become know as ‘The Gutter slayer’- and me, innocent abroad. This rabble shared a Toblerone shaped chalet at Inchtree near the glamorous town of Fort William for a few days in the final week of […]
North Wales Trip
Last weekend saw the AMC head up to North Wales for a weekend of climbing, walking and generally good outdoor fun. A key mountain skill, often neglected, is that of a detailed route plan and succinct and efficient navigation. Whilst travelling up to the Ty Powdwr bunkhouse Paul received a number of calls asking just […]
Chairmans best bits of 2007
2007 was a great year for the AMC with many climbs climbed, walks walked, boulders bouldered, Munros bagged and mountains conquered. Here, in no particular order, are my highlights of 2007: AMC member quarantines island! – After blowing the whistle on the dreaded Lundy Lurgy AMC Member Richard Fox was contacted by the BBC and […]
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