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Pembrokeshire St David’s meet 14-19 August.
Climbing, coastal path, cycling and maybe coasteering.
Hi folks. Thelma is looking forward to welcoming us back to Porthclais Farm campsite, just outside St. David’s, 14-19 August.
As last year, she would like one centralised booking, so please can you reserve your spot through me.
Reservations made by paying a deposit of 1 night’s accommodation – and then I’ll collect balances IN CASH PLEASE during the meet
£10 pppn camping
£5 per child 4-12 per night
£2 per dog per night
£25 per campervan per night (inc up to 2 adults)
Please can you send deposits to me (1 night as above) letting me know YOUR NAME, planned number of nights and arrival departure days.
Note, you only pay for the number of nights you stay, so if you plan 5 nights but only stay 1-2-3-4, that’s all you pay.
A H Halliwell 40*17*35 712 58 125
tonyhalliwellmic@yahoo.co.uk
At the same time you send me your deposit, also send an email address or mobile number if you want to be added to the WhatsApp group.
Fingers crossed for no named storm this year; just the weather we had before and after the one which visited us briefly last year.
Karn House Maintenance Meet 7th & 8th June
Whilst many of you get drenched at The Great Gift meet in The Lakes, please remember that the sun will be cracking the flags in Aviemore for the annual Maintenance Meet weekend on 7th & 8th June. If you haven’t done so already, please book yourself in asap to avoid disappointment – and don’t forget the sun cream.
You know it makes sense!
Graeme Ralph
Outdoor First Aid Course 8th / 9th June
Outdoor First aid course, Beetham Cottage 8th / 9th June – Just two
places remaining; please contact Geoff Lyons (geoff@glyons.co.uk /
07736115031) if you’re interested.
BMC Youth Meet 5/6 Jul
5 places are available. The cost for the weekend is £35. If you are interested please contact Ron Kenyon
Situations vacant
Meets Secretary – a committee position
IT Officer – a new committee position replacing Webmaster
Obituarist – currently Ros de Fraine is Acting Obituarist
Dinner Secretary – currently Chris Paul is Acting Dinner Secretary
Hut Funding Coordinator – looking after the legacies and hut funds for member donations
“ROADWORKS ON THE A592 AT KIRKSTONE PASS 2023 A member has helpfully drawn attention to the following road closure programme which will facilitate road works on the Pass: 13/02/23 onwards 3 weeks Daytime Traffic Signals(CCTV surveys, drain repairs, retaining wall repairs, new signs, carriageway haunching + other works) 06/03/23 onwards 4 weeks Full Road Closure […]
Slightly hysterical headline but not far off the way things are going. The Easter Meet to La Clape has been cancelled because the local mayor has banned all climbing in the La Clape Massif until further notice. This ban is part of a wider trend of bans on sport climbing spreading through France. The article […]
First Easter meet at Brackenclose since the Great Fire! 3 night meet – Fri 7th, Sat 8th and Sun 9th – can book more or less as you wish and booking is via the website as normal. Some of you will remember the good old days when, with the usual great crowd, we ran Brackenclose […]
Coniston Mountain Rescue Team is celebrating 75 years since its first creation. As part of this, the team is working with the Ruskin Museum in Coniston to put on an exhibition of the history of the team and mountain rescue. The exhibition runs from Saturday 14th January until 26th March 2023. It contains a number […]
The details aren’t clear yet but it sounds like it has come from the broken area to the right of Brown Slabs. There are no popular routes in this area but climbers should be aware and take care when approaching Brown Slabs from either direction. From the post on a UKC Forum on January 2nd: […]
Inchnadamph meet 6th to 13th May David MacGillivray & Joanne Webster …………………………. Next year we are inviting you to join us on a wonderful, friendly, hotel meet in the attractive hamlet of Inchnadamph in Assynt in Sutherland. The area is north of Ullapool, near Lochinver, the Coigach and Assynt hills with Munro and Corbetts to […]
Do you know that the Winter Chronicle can be found on the club website, you will have to log in to the members’ area to find it of course. It has been on the website for several days waiting for members; the paper copies should soon be on their way. https://www.frcc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Chronicle-186sml.pdf
Here’s the information for our forthcoming Kendal Mountaineering Club Ceilidh in January. All Welcome. Date: CEILIDH – Saturday 21st January 2023 Venue: Castle Street Community Centre, Kendal. 7-11pm. (https://www.castlestreetcentre.co.uk) Music: Striding Edge Ceilidh band as usual Tickets: Tickets bought before the end of December £18 per person including food. Tickets bought in January £20 per […]
Some outline information for the 2 day visit with an overnight camp to Ardnamurchan/Ardgour A fabulous place for a visit for climbing and walking, in the mountains or at the coast. A nice pre-Skye trip, or even as a trip in its own right. A good mix of climbing grades for all on single pitch […]