Long Walk meet, Cambrian Mountains

Meet report, June 21st- 23rd 2024. The weekend following the Summer Solstice saw eight members head to Mid Wales for the Club’s annual long walk. The meet got off to an inauspicious start for one club member. After leaving a sunny 26°C London, five and a half hours of blindly following Google maps and a […]

Bolivia, Cordillera Real

Meet Report, May 2024 This was the fourth in a series of YRC meets in the Bolivian Andes.   Whereas the previous ones in the Apolobamba 1988, central Cordilleras Real & Cocapata 1999, and Quimsa Cruz 2010 were exploratory, the first two making first ascents, this fourth one visited more-easily accessed, higher peaks closer to La […]

Midweek meet Low Hallgarth

Meet report, 11-13th June 2024 at Low Hall Garth Cool but dry weather graced the meet and encouraged a variety of activities. Solvig was first to the hut and went straight off to Blea Tarn and Side Pike doing battle with the dense bracken. The other three early arrivers headed straight up to Runestone Quarry (see YRCJ […]

Scotland, NW Highlands

Meet Report: 25 May – 1 June 2024 at the Naismith Hut, Elphin. Saturday 25th MayWith three late cancellations, the smaller party began to assemble for another most enjoyable meet at the SMC’s comfortable and well-appointed cottage in Elphin, in the rugged and beautiful Assynt region of NW Scotland. On the way, Peter and Jennifer […]

Wye Valley camping meet

Meet Report: 10-12 May 2024 at Beeches Farm campsite in the Wye Valley. This meet was surely a first for the Yorkshire Ramblers’ Club. It was a small affair but out of the four attending, three were from the distaff side. It all went very well apart from the one input from the fourth member, […]

Wharfedale meet, Conistone

Meet Report: 26-28 April 2024 at Conistone Hostel The meet was held at the village hostel, formerly the old Methodist church. Several members were already in the area having attended the Committee meeting on Thursday at Lowstern. So, on Friday, Mick drove up to Carlingill Bridge in the Howgills and walked the pleasant circuit around […]

Morocco, Anti-Atlas, Tafraout and Jebel Siroua Trek

Meet Report: 6-20 April 2024. Following a well-attended club meet in Tafraout in 2009, an excellent trek across the Jebel Sarhro in 2016 and a meet in 2020 cut short in its prime by Covid-19 after the first week in Tafraout, we returned to the Anti-Atlas area of Morocco having planned a fortnight’s trip in […]

Lake District meet, Wasdale

Meet Report 22-24 March 2024 at Brackenclose. Brackenclose looking up towards Pikes Crag and Scafell The author of this report exhorted (harangued?) the meet attendees to elevate their offering about their activities to a level of purple prose not previously experienced by our readers. Several questioned the meaning of purple prose. Here is an example […]

North Wales winter meet, Capel Curig

Meet Report 1-3 March 2024 at Tan y Garth, Capel Curig. Standing a little east of Capel Curig, by the start of the path up Moel Siabod, the comfortable Gwydyr Mountain Club’s Tan-y-Garth hut made a good base for days out on that mountain, the Glyders and the Carneddau.  The hut’s sleeping area and kitchen […]

Scottish winter meet, Glen Etive

Meet Report: 10-13 February 2024 at Inbhirfhaolain, Glen Etive. For YRC members who like their glens saturated with water rather than midges, a February trip to Glen Etive is highly recommended. The Club’s first recorded trip there seems to have been made by Wm Cecil Slingsby in April 1896, and the Club has been making […]