Approx 50 out of 1100 of our annual subscription advice / membership card / meets list mailings have been delayed due to the return address not being in the preferred location and someone in Royal Mail throwing a wobbly!! We will get these to you as soon as practicable, apologies. Les Meer – FRCC Database […]
Dinner, bed and breakfast at the Arrochar Hotel A highly sociable meet allowing participants to do their own thing during the day and meet up for breakfast and dinner together with the joy of not having to cook after a day out. On past visits to this hotel the rooms have been very comfortable and […]
When ‘Now’t But a Fleein’ Thing’ was published back in 2016, it contained a vast amount of information on routes, but lacked an index. Move on to 2024, and Climbers’ Club Member Andy March spotted this omission, and decided to rectify it. The index is of routes only; an index of people may follow. The index […]
We have had a report that a block on the climb Ramrod is detaching itself from the Crag and is therefore becoming a hazard. See report below. “The crux bulge of Ramrod comprises a square block which is, by strenuous usage, detaching itself from the main mass. Care required as most of the gear is […]
Meet coordinators firstly many thanks for taking on your meet and thanks in advance for your help with any aspirants you have on your meet. Please could you do a couple of things that would really help the membership team: – It would be really helpful if you could return the form the Graham sent […]
It’s become apparent that a small number of items that should have been included in the recent issue of Chronicle were sent but I never received them. Quite why, I don’t know; most arrived safely, a few didn’t. Three articles (a committee notice and two meet reports) have been resent and I have them here […]
Les’s easy guide to setting up the Infoodle app Les’s Simple 4 Step Guide to installing the Infoodle App on a Smartphone (Wanted to call it ‘Idiots Guide’, but the exec surprisingly exorcised that!) Background: Members ask ‘What is Infoodle?’ and ‘Is it linked to the FRCC website?’ Infoodle is a database we’ve used for […]
12 – 19 September 2025 Week long meet to Shetland for walking and rock climbing (also cycling). Following on from the successful Club meet to the Shetlands in 2018 this meet is a return visit to explore the islands there. There are a lot of walks available across the island with much of interest in […]
As some of you may be aware, we recently commissioned fire safety risk assessments on all our buildings. The results of these risk assessments, which were carried out by a fire safety engineering company, based in Lancaster, and who had no prior involvement with the club, are quite alarming (no pun intended), and all our […]