The club’s return to this part of Snowdonia seemed destined never to happen. Postponed twice due to COVID-19, The Mountain Club, Stafford were good enough to welcome us back in March, 2022. The wait was worth it!
Lee and Henry (guest) arrived Thursday evening as an advance party whose main purpose was to figure out all the electrics, heating and watery bits and pieces. Continue reading
We were hoping for snow, with ice axes, crampons, helmets and warm gear all packed and ready. What we had was torrential rain, more torrential than I ever remember, and extremely high winds even at low elevation! Continue reading
Gloucester Mountaineering Club had allowed us to push back our Annual Burns booking from 2021 to this year due to the COVID pandemic. After the 2020 virtual Burns weekend, we were determined to enjoy a MKMC traditional Burns weekend as possible Continue reading
Our 2021 Christmas Meet was held over the weekend of 10th to 12th December. Somehow, 10 of us just about managed to squeeze into the main accommodation at Heathy Lea; Continue reading
Was an absolutely great weekend. Plenty of fun to have been had by all.
Nice! Shows you can never predict the weather
Alan, Dave and Michelle recently volunteered with the BMC Mend our Mountains initiative to clear some invasive Rhododendron bushes from…
Hello all - we had a great trip to Scotland in September. Yes the weather was variable but we moved…
Great trip and some quality climbs. And some extensive abseil practise!