Members climb regularly at Big Rock on Thursday evenings, starting 19:00 alternating between Hub at Kingston and Bond in Bletchley, see our WhatsApp Chat Group.
Club meets are open to members of all abilities and the organiser will book hut accommodation on behalf of the club or, for camping meets, members will need to book their own.
All members are welcome on independent meets but these trips are aimed at a more intermediate level of activity with more autonomy, where activities and accommodation will be down to individuals to organise.
2024
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19th September 2024: Social climb – Big Rock Hub Kingston, climbing from 19:00, social – tea/coffee/cake/chat around 20:30 (cake o’clock).
20th September 2024: Quarterly pub social – Talbot Inn, Loughton from 19:00. Contact Gill if you want to join us.
27th – 29th September 2024: Camping meet – Wye Valley. Organiser Neal. Cost is £10 per person per night. There is a voluntary sustainability surcharge of £2 for this trip. We have made a group booking so please pay into the club account with a ref of Wye. It’s a good area for sport and trad climbers of all levels and walkers too.
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11th – 13th October 2024: Camping meet – Isle of Rum. Organiser Nigel.
This will be the Club’s first ‘eco trip’ with the aim of minimising our carbon footprint by using solely public transport, as well as being an expedition to a very unspoilt and remote island in the ‘Small Isles’ archipelago, nestled between the Inner Hebrides and the West Highlands mainland coast.
11th – 13th October 2024: Local Hut meet – Hope Valley, Peak District. Organiser Gill.
For those wanting a more local hut meet – staying at Thorpe Farm Bunkhouses near Hathersage. Cost £40 for the weekend plus optional Sustainability donation of £2. Only 14 places available in the hut but other places could be booked nearby independently.
17th October 2024: Social climb – Big Rock Hub Kingston, climbing from 19:00, social – tea/coffee/cake/chat around 20:30 (cake o’clock).
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14th November 2024: Social climb – Big Rock Hub Kingston, climbing from 19:00, social – tea/coffee/cake/chat around 20:30 (cake o’clock).
22nd – 24th November 2024: Hut meet, Patterdale, Lake District. Organiser Dan.
The Agnes Spencer Memorial Hut is located at Grisedale Bridge in Patterdale in the Lake District.
Cost £28 for the weekend plus optional Sustainability donation of £2. (The CMC hut secretary has informed us that there are beds available on the Thursday and Sunday night. Please inform the organiser if you are interested in staying an extra night at either end of the weekend and we will confirm with CMC).
Coincides with Kendal Mountain Festival – other activities are planned too.
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13th – 15th December 2024: XMAS Hut meet, Karabiner Club Hut – Ty Powdwr, Dinorwic, N. Wales. Cost £28:00 for the weekend, plus optional £2 sustainability donation, max 23 people. £14 extra for Thursday or Sunday night. Organiser Gill.
19th December 2024: Social climb – Big Rock Bond Bletchley, climbing from 19:00, social – tea/coffee/cake/chat around 20:30 (cake o’clock).
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2025
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16th January 2025: Social climb – Big Rock Bond Bletchley, climbing from 19:00, social – tea/coffee/cake/chat around 20:30 (cake o’clock).
24th – 26th January 2025: Burns hut meet – Caseg Fraith, Ogwen Valley, N.Wales. Max. 22 places available. Cost £30 for the weekend with optional £2 sustainability surcharge; costs for the Burns supper on Saturday evening to be divided among the group. Organiser Peter.
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20th February 2025: Social climb – Big Rock Hub Kingston, climbing from 19:00, social – tea/coffee/cake/chat around 20:30 (cake o’clock).
19th – 24th February 2025: Hut meet – SYHA Aviemore. Cost £165 per person for 5 nights (arrive Wednesday, depart Monday), plus optional £5 sustainability donation.
The accommodation fee includes a ‘Wee Breakfast’ of Hot/Cold Drink, Toast & Preserves, Cereal, Yoghurt, Fruit.
The club has provisionally reserved accommodation for 12 persons sharing 3 rooms.
Organiser Stacey/Dan.
Activities: Winter Mountaineering and Winter Walking in the Cairngorms. This trip will be centred around the town of Aviemore, with the intention of doing some winter mountaineering if the Scottish weather is kind to us and we get plenty of good snow!
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14th – 16th March 2025: Hut meet – Lowstern, N. Yorkshire. Cost £28:00 for the weekend, plus optional £2 sustainability donation, max 16 people. £14 extra for Thursday or Sunday night. Organiser Gill.
20th March 2025: Social climb – Big Rock Hub Kingston, climbing from 19:00, social – tea/coffee/cake/chat around 20:30 (cake o’clock).
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Great trip and some quality climbs. And some extensive abseil practise!