Meet Report: 18-20 January 2019. After being spoilt by the weather on last year’s visit to Snowdonia, there was both a mixed forecast and consequently mixed expectations for the weekend. We were staying at the Tan-y-Wyddfa hut in Rhyd-Ddu, owned by our kindred club The Oread Mountaineering Club. The hut is well positioned with easy […]

Meet Report: 1-3 January 2019. “Out with the old and in with the new” is a saying which feels apposite for this meet. Obviously, we are done with the 2018 meets and starting with 2019’s. Annually we hope for good winter conditions in the Lakes and usually we are disappointed and get a cold soaking. […]

Meet Report: 12-14 December 2018. The 2018 Christmas meet returned to Cote Ghyll Mill YHA just outside Osmotherley, on the edge of the North York Moors. This is a spacious and comfortable venue, and 29 members and guests enjoyed their stay. Most of the attendees arrived on Friday evening, with a few turning up on […]

Meet Report: 16 November 2018. Three members, Martyn Trasler, Roy Denney and Tony Penny arrived early. Martyn and Roy spent Friday walking on Ingleborough. Sadly the weather was not good, with low cloud and at lower altitudes no wind and uncomfortable humidity, in contrast to the rest of the weekend which was sunny, if cold […]

Meet Report: 12 October – 6 November 2018. After a most enjoyable YRC trek across the roof of Nepal in Dolpo in the autumn of 2016, it was a tough choice of where to go next.  Humla and Zanskar came to mind. However, several authors including Peter Boardman and Kev Reynolds claimed that the Kanchenjunga […]

Meet Report: 4-7 October 2018. The weather looked set fair for a good few days on this lovely island. Seven of us arrived on the Thursday, Mick Borroff, John Brown and Peter Elliott all travelling together, Mike and Helen Smith arrived on the 4 o’clock ferry, the same time as Tim Josephy. Alan Kay was […]

Meet Report: 7-9 Sep 2018. The Joint Meet has been on meet programmes for 70 years, with some research, maybe even earlier. For some it is a renewal of old friendships and perhaps for some just a club meet. The joining dates might reflect this, certainly there were many younger Wayfarers, we need to see […]

Meet Report: 24-26 August 2018. Most of the meet had arrived by Friday evening. The original leader had to cancel at late notice because of unexpected work commitments; the replacement was unable to get there until later so the assembled community had to fend for themselves for Saturday breakfast. By the time the new meet […]

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). […]