Meet Report: 28 July – 11 August 2018. Week 1 – Padis Plateau The first part of the meet was spent on the Padis plateau in the Apuseni Mountains. Also called the Bihor or Bihar Mountains, this karst region in the Western Carpathians has rolling forested hills studded with caves and potholes. The settlements in […]

Meet Report: 6-8 July 2018. This year’s long walk presented a set of unusual challenges. It was based in a part of the country unfamiliar to many: the hills of Shropshire. Though these are modest by Yorkshire standards, the 58 km suggested route still involved significant ups and downs (1,900 metres of ascent in total). […]

Meet Report: 15-17 June 2018. Participants in this meet who had spent the week watering gardens were the first to find where all the rain had gone-the Lake District! Members and three prospective members and guests, arrived on the Friday evening to be greeted by Carol and John’s wholesome soup. Despite this a few felt […]

Meet Report: 26 May – 2 June 2018. Nine members and guests assembled in the coastal town of Cahersiveen on the Iveragh Peninsula, about half an hour’s drive southwest of Killarney, arriving in Ireland by ferry and plane in glorious sunshine. We made ourselves comfortable in the Old Monastery, a large Victorian country house built […]

Meet Report: 23-26 April 2018. The rolling hills and dales of the North Yorkshire Moors and surrounding attractions provided an ideal location for the needs of the Social Meet; activities less arduous and more social than in the past. Grinkle Park Hotel, a converted country house in 35 acres of country garden, provided excellent hospitality […]

Meet Report: 20-22 April 2018. This meet was relocated after a mix up over the booking at the Derbyshire Pennine Club’s Stoney Middleton hut. Initially moved to Eyam Youth Hostel (full), then to Lowstern (full), it finally ended up at Low Hall Garth. Only five members attended, which was a shame as the weekend turned […]

Meet Report: 7-14 April 2018. Given the number of alternative Mediterranean venues for walking and climbing, it is worth reflecting on why we keep returning to the Calpe area. For at least one member on the meet it was their seventh week in the area but only on one day this week were they repeating […]

Meet Report: 15-18 March 2018. The weather during the journey northward was promising and the forecast suggested strong winds would dissipate during Friday. On arrival at the MS/BMC Alex MacIntyre hut in Onich, just west of Ballachulish, the warden and his wife were in the throes of departing following news of a family bereavement that […]

Meet Report: 23-25 February 2018. Regulars on the Welsh meet were confused by the bright light in the sky and an absence of gales and torrential rain. Although there wasn’t much snow, what there was proved excellent and there was an abundance of sunshine. We stayed in the Gloucester MC hut Cefn Goch, above the […]

Meet Report: 1-4 February 2018. Due to a family bereavement one of the joint leaders had to stand down and the prospect of Richard Taylor’s cooking and some last minute illness meant that only those with strong constitutions (internal and external) ventured on this meet. Others missed a treat. This was a “no wind” meet […]