Two 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.
This was our 2024 Christmas meet and we decided to go back to North Wales to the Ty Powdwr hut close to the Dinorwic Quarry. It’s a lovely hut in the hills right above Llanberis, with so many big peaks in close proximity.
Continue readingEleven brave souls travelled to Patterdale despite the imminent arrival of Storm Bert to the Lake District.
Friday actually turned out to be a beautiful day on the hill with snow on the ground and sun in the sky. Helvellyn was the natural destination with two groups both heading for the beautifully frozen Swirral Edge as the ascent route.
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!