10-13 April
The combination of a good weather forecast and an influx of keen new members in the club meant that this was one of the most over-subscribed trips in the club’s history. The Chester club hut sleeps 18 people and we could have almost filled it twice over. In the end, we had a full hut and at least 9 people in a combination of tents, vans, yurts and hotels around Llanberis.
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Our annual visit to the Yorkshire Ramblers hut at Lowstern in North Yorkshire was pushed back to March on the successful hunt for better weather. Cars were loaded up with people, kit, food and firewood. Would anyone be successful on a Three Peak’s challenge this year? Read on to find out . . . .
Continue readingTwo weeks before our trip to Aviemore, we looked on with excitement at the heavy snow forecasts for the general Cairngorm area. One week before our departure, we looked at snow-covered mountains on social media and webcams. Then, a few days before the trip, we kept our fingers crossed that the incoming warm weather front would not melt all the snow and that the forecast of storm-force winds was overly pessimistic…
Continue readingHoping for winter the annual Burns dinner trip to Caseg Fraith (ULMC) hut completed with
the address to the haggis and a 3-course meal. And Alan’s Haggis videos.
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!