Meet Report: 12-14 January 2024. With good winter climbing conditions in Scotland there was some hope of snow in the Lakes for this traditional first meet of the year in Little Langdale. This was not to be, though walking conditions were good and there was surprising activity on the meet.  The saturated ground of recent […]

Meet Report: 8-10 December 2023. Above Kettlewell, at 467m high on the slopes of Great Whernside, Hag Dyke has a special place in the hearts of long-standing members, having seen a string of meets in living memory. It was the finish point of the seven peaks long walk in June 1978 when the start was […]

Meet Report: 17-19 November 2023 at the Falcon Manor Hotel, Settle. To begin at the beginning, four years ago six members arrived at their last cabin on a week’s ski tour in Norway. With the strong, cold wind behind them it had been good day: over a pass, down a series of lakes, crossing a […]

Meet Report: 27-29 October 2023 at Low Row Bunkhouse. Friday 27th Paul & Tamsin ascended Wild Boar Fell from Mallerstang, starting with a rainbow and patches of blue sky but arriving at the summit in thick mist. Michael and Helen walked from Reeth, along Fremington Edge and back via Marrick hamlet and Priory. Steve and […]

Meet Report: 6-8 October 2023, joint with the Gritstone Club. By Friday night fifteen members, one PM and two Grits had assembled at the cavernous, recently renovated, spotlessly clean and well-equipped Watson Scout Centre in Carlton-in-Cleveland. Despite the size of the centre the sitting room was cosy with the gathering on Friday evening resembling a […]

Meet Report: 15-17 September 2023 at the Wayfarers’ Robertson Lamb Hut. Early birds arrived on Thursday, and Mike Gregg had a long walk on Friday, despite the changeable weather. Dave Carpenter did a tour of Whymore Fell and Cathedral Cavern in the rain. Other less hardy souls arrived from Friday lunch time, hung around in […]

Meet Report: 19 August – 1 September 2023. This meet was born out of a chance encounter with Austrian author and photographer Dr Dieter Höss and his wife Ina during the 2018 YRC Kangchenjunga Base Camps trek, where our routes coincided for a few days. Mick kept in touch with Dieter after the trek and […]

Meet Report: 25-28 August 2023 at Lowstern. The introductory meet invariably brings new faces to meet the regulars and this was no exception.  This time the five youngsters were all aged about eight and predominantly wearing pink and decided teenager Lucy was their leader – she kept them amused with great forbearance. One PM arriving […]

Meet Report: 7-9 July 2023 at Wooler. The Walker Walls residential centre a mile or so southwest of Wooler saw fifteen members gathering on Friday evening.  For many this is a less familiar area so maps were out and there was discussion of which length of walk to plan on tackling and in which direction, clockwise […]

Meet Report: 16-18 June 2023. Seven members a PM and a guest attended this most successful and enjoyable meet at the Clogwyn MC’s hut The Old Stable, situated on the road to Croesor near Plas Brondanw, erstwhile home of Clough Williams Ellis. Williams Ellis was the celebrated Welsh architect who created the fantasy Italianate village of […]