Meet Report: 25 May – 1 June 2024. Held 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 […]

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 […]

Meet Report: 10-12 May 2024. Held 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 […]

Meet Report: 26-28 April 2024. The meet was held at the Conistone 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 the Carlin […]

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 […]

Meet Report: 22-24 March 2024. Held at FRCC’s Brackenclose Hut. 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 from Simon Jenkins, extolling Sheffield […]

Meet Report 1-3 March 2024. Held 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 […]

Meet Report: 10-13 February 2024. Held 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 […]

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 […]