Meet Report: 19-21 August 2022. With several members living nearby who were able to ‘pop in’ for varying periods of time, German cavers/photographers in the vicinity (more later) and unfortunate last-minute withdrawals owing to injury or Covid infection, it became increasingly difficult to keep track of the comings and goings at Lowstern. By Saturday evening […]
Contents: President’s Message, Meets, Membership Update, Journal Articles, LHG Parking, Lowstern Closed for Refurbishment, Hut Fees Increase, FRCC Brackenclose Hut Reopened, Clive Rowland’s Book, Next Committee Meeting.
The Yorkshire Ramblers’ Club collectively marked their 130th year by visiting the tops of 130 of Yorkshire’s hills, fells, mounds and tumps in no more than 130 days – our YRC130³ project. So enthusiastic were 52 YRC members that all 130 had been ticked off in just 51 days. In the autumn of 2021, our […]
Meet Report: 15-17 July 2022. 12 members came to the Star Bunkhouse in Bwlch, South Wales to walk part of the Beacons Way. The weather was really good although it did get hotter during the weekend. Michael and Helen arrived at Bwlch early on Friday and decided to make life easier for themselves on Saturday […]
Meet Report: 15-22 June 2022. Hut to hut touring in the Massif du Canigou. At last, this meet, originally scheduled for 2020 and organised by Kjetil Tveranger, actually got underway but not without hiccoughs. Our original flight from Stansted to Perpignan was cancelled and everyone had to rebook which involved rescheduling the whole trip. Also […]
Meet Report: 20-28 May 2022. Scottish Spring Bank Meet at Kincraig in the Southern Cairngorms. This was an active meet in a relatively quiet and attractive part of the Cairngorms which provided a variety of activities in a week of showery and windy weather with sunny spells. Six of those signed up for this meet […]
Meet Report: 6-8 May 2022. The Fylde MC’s Stair Cottage is just outside the peaceful hamlet of Stair in one of the few quiet corners of the Lake District. It proved ideal for our purposes. Attending: Barbara Salmon, Arthur Salmon, Conrad Tetley, Beverley Eastwood, Mick Borroff, Tim Josephy, Helen Brewitt, Helen Smith, Michael Smith, Christine […]
Contents: President’s Message, 130³ Project Success and Celebration, Membership Update, LHG Track Repaired, Wolverhampton MC Hut, Next Committee Meeting.
Meet Report: 30 March-6 April 2022. Eight members went on a week’s hut-to-hut ski tour round Norway’s Langsua National Park, west of Lillehammer, encountering fewer than ten people but several hundred reindeer. For members returning from the rather wet and grey Costa Blanca meet with only a few days to reorganise kit for this ski […]
Meet Report: 19-26 March 2022. Grey skies and a cold wind greeted arrivals at Alicante airport for the delayed and much anticipated week of sunshine and warm rock. We had been forewarned by local member David Hall and Rod and Yayoi Smith, who had arrived a day or two earlier, but what made it worse […]