Thanks to everyone who pushed back the duvet and had positive thoughts about today:). You’re all crazy! The crag started dry with a few wet streaks. Drizzle only set in once all four rope teams were committed. Good practice for the real thing! Thanks to James R, Sarah, Will, George, Adam, Anthony and Kieran. Special […]
First snow of the winter season
Given that this weekend was the first post the latest lockdown it was always my intention to get out and about in the hills. After seeing some snowy photos of Plas-Y-Brenin instructors on Crib Lem Spur on Wednesday I hatched a plan to go up to the Glyders with two friends. Having not done Tryfan […]
November in pictures
Take a look at what our members have got up to during November 2020/2019: This is part of our new initiative to collect images from our members each month to collate into a slideshow to celebrate the activities of individual members throughout the year!
Night Orienteering
Thanks to all who joined us for the orienteering friendly at Ashton Court last Thursday. I think Alastair’s GPS trace sums up the difficulty of finding the markers:) 17 people in all took part, all staggered in pairs or solo to comply with outdoor exercise rules. The format was simple, 2 hrs to find as […]
What’s the club doing during Covid restrictions? November Update.
What’s the club doing during Covid restrictions? As much as we can! We are obviously limited by the whatever local and national restrictions apply but throughout the summer of 2020, club members were organising climbing partners through the forum and posting about trips they were planning. The current restrictions mean that we can’t organise whole-club […]
Cheeky Lakes weekender
“I’m too old to sit in a campsite cooking on a gas stove, we have to go somewhere we can get a meal indoors.” So shifted the plan for our annual reunion from Wales (pubs for household groups only) to the Lakes. And the obvious venue was Coniston. I only ever seem to go to […]
Lundy 2020
Amidst the craziness and confusion of 2020 a group of four and a group of five of us headed out to Lundy to take over the two accommodations at the Old Light House. The Journey initially seemed somewhat confused by the ferry departing from Bideford instead of the usual Ilfracombe. This was then followed by […]
Mountaineering in the Bavarian Alps
The Alps are well known amongst British climbers, however we tend to focus on the highest mountains which are found in France, Italy and Switzerland, and largely ignore the rest of the alps in Austria, Germany and Slovenia. Until my friends moved to Munich I had never considered the Bavarian Alps as a destination, instead […]
Making the best of it….
Just a few photos from last weekends mystery trip. Charlie, Kieran, Emma and I met at Lancaut Lane at 9am and walked in to wintours leap. We climbed the four pitch original route, then walked back round to the car. My thermos was deployed for the first time this year! A great route with some […]