July/August 2026, 150 years after Slingsby’s seminal ascent of Store Skagastølstind This advance notification of the ‘meet’ allows members to plan and liaise with others as it is likely that there will be higher than usual demands made of the limited local resources.  When and where to go can be very flexible. Cecil Slingsby’s solo […]

Meet report 24-26th April 2026 at the Street Head bunkhouse. The night before the meet Steve Crossley slept at Lowstern and was very impressed by the new showers, which are excellent and with added privacy, a real improvement on the previous ones. In the morning he awoke to see a cloud inversion and a hare […]

Meet report, 11-18th April 2026. 17 people gathered in Port Soller for a week’s walking and scrambling. The small harbour town is situated in the North West of Mallorca, under the limestone mountain range of the Serra de Tramuntana, in an area of green forests and steep jagged peaks. Most were booked into the Hotel […]

Meet Report: 17–20 March 2026. Four days back country skiing  in Norway. This was a multinational tour – two Norwegians, two from the UK, one from Sweden and one large dog, Niko. The ski tour took place in the Jotunheimen National Park staying at three DNT Huts – Torfinnsbu, Fonsbu, and Yksendalsbu. The first day […]

Meet Report: 5-8 March 2026. 19 people attended including 2 (new) guests and a prospective member. Accommodation was at the Youth Hostel in Aviemore, and attendees sorted out their own dinners. Breakfasts were organised by Wendy and Steve. Monday-Wednesday. Wendy & Steve had an early start to the meet, arriving in Aviemore on Monday. Tuesday […]

Meet Report: 16-18 March 2026. Glaisdale offers a different perspective of the North York Moors compared to recent meets which have been held further west in Carlton-in-Cleveland. Five members and three prospective members assembled at the well-appointed Bank House Farm bunkhouse in lovely Glaisdale, having negotiated the narrow lanes and farm track, and all arriving just […]

Meet Report: 13-15 February 2026. Based at the Midland Association of Mountaineers’ hut Glan Dena in the Ogwen Valley. The forecast promised a short respite in this wild, windy and wet winter. A few people braved the rain and had short coastal walks on the way, whilst Peter Baker drove up to Cwm Eigiau with […]

27-29th March 2026 at the K Fellfarers property, High House in the hamlet of Seathwaite. Just off the Styhead track, it is ideally situated for access to all the Central Fells and, should the spring weather prove clement, the Borrowdale crags are a short distance away. We have sole use of the 26 bed hut; […]

Meet Report: 16-18 January 2026. By Friday evening eight members and three PMs had assembled at our Low Hall Garth cottage. For two PMs visiting LHG for the first time it was a leap of faith driving down the track in the dark and the others were becoming somewhat anxious as to their whereabouts.  Nevertheless, […]

Meet Report: 12-14 December 2025. Based at the Boarshurst Centre. Run by Saddleworth Outdoor Pursuits Association, this is an Independent hostel in Greenfield which we last visited in 2021.  Until 1974 it was in Yorkshire’s West Riding, but Greenfield was then redesignated as Greater Manchester.   Whatever one calls the area, there’s always been rock […]

9-16th May 2026. This is a meet with two bases. We sail from Mallaig to Rum on Sunday 10th May in the morning to stay at the Rum Bunkhouse, a purpose built facility in the only hamlet on the island. We return to the mainland on Wednesday 13th May in the late afternoon to stay […]