Weekend Meets
We aim to hold a weekend meet every month *. Usually we stay in climbing huts which provide cheap basic facilities, usually in shared bunkhouse accommodation. You will usually need to bring a sleeping bag and your own food. Sometimes there is the option to eat in a nearby pub, and occasionally a communal meal may be arranged which is paid for separately from the meet itself.
During the summer we usually have a number of camping meets.
In addition, some longer trips away may also be planned. See "Longer Trips" from the pull-down menu above or click here.
* The December meet usually includes the club's Christmas Dinner. This is usually held at the beginning of the month so there may not be a meet in November.
2019 MEETS
Click on the images below for more information
Some of these are still at the planning stage and further details will be added when arrangements are complete
To book onto a meet, click on the button to go to our Webcollect site.
(NB you will need to register separately with Webcollect)
JANUARY 2019 Lakes - Little Langdale
18-19 January
Lakes: Little Langdale Cottage, Fylde Mountaineering Club
http://fyldemountaineeringclub.org/index.php/huts/
The hut has bunk bed style accommodation, toilet and showering facilities, large drying rooms and fully fitted and equipped kitchens with dining areas.
FEBRUARY Yorkshire Lowstern
8-10 February
Yorkshire Ramblers Club/YRC
MARCH 2019 Glencoe (Inchree)
15-16 March
We have booked one of the 6-bed bunkhouses at Inchree, near Onich. If we get more than this it may be possible to book additional accommodation.
The bunkhouse is self-catering in a shared kitchen and the centre has a bar and restaurant.
MAY BANK HOLIDAY Brecon Beacons
3-6 May
On a small hill farm in the Brecon Beacons National Park, Cadarn Bunkhouse is surrounded by fantastic landscape with views of the Black Mountains and the Wye Valley. With easy access to the mountains it is perfect for walking, mountain biking and horse riding whist the River Glasbury is perfect for kayaking and canoeing.
SPRING BANK HOLIDAY Aviemore (camping)
24-26 May
Change of plan! It hasn't been possible to book the campsite at Ullapool so we are going to Glenmore Campsite at Loch Morlich near Aviemore.
For more details see the website
JUNE Buttermere (camping)
21-22 June
Camping at Syke Farm, Buttermere. Contact Andy Crawley for more information
AUGUST Pembroke (camping)
Saturday 17 August onwards
Pembroke is one of the best sea-cliff climbing destinations in the UK, possibly in the world. It also offers great walking, cycling and beaches.
The tides aren't very convenient this year ( a late afternoon low tide is to be preferred) but we've picked a date to make the most of them. The best days for tides that week are Tuesday through to Friday. There are some non-tidal options for the first weekend, so going this week should allow several days' climbing with favourable tides, and we'll be ready to get away before the Bank Holiday weekend, when it gets very busy.
We'll be camping at St Petrox as usual, so there's no need to commit to a full week, come and go when it suits you.
AUGUST Austria - Wilder Kaiser
31 August - 14 September
A trip to Austria is being planned to the Wilder Kaiser mountain range in the Austrian Tirol, which lies between Innsbruck and Salzberg. Click on the link for more information
This has breathtaking mountains, alpine huts and Austrian hospitality, there are lots of walks and Trad climbing and bolted sports routes as well, and also via ferrata (
OCTOBER Lakes - George Starkey Hut Patterdale
25-26 October
One of our favourite huts, in Patterdale on Ullswater. There are excellent opportunities for walking, scrambling, rock and winter climbing, fell running and mountain biking, directly from the door and further afield, and water sports on Ullswater.
NOVEMBER - NO MEET
Too short a gap between the October meet and the Xmas Dinner
XMAS MEET - Rhoscolyn, Anglesey
29 November-1 December
Outdoor Alternative is purpose-built centre quietly tucked away in Rhoscolyn, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, on the Anglesey coast. It is just five minutes walk to the sandy beach at Borthwen and a stones throw from the Anglesey coastal path. Used by families and friends, outdoor groups, schools and universities, we provide comfortable year-round group accommodation for 16 to 45 people in 2 adjacent buildings. We have often stayed there in summer, this time we are using it for the Xmas meet.
Rhoscolyn is a superb location for kayaking, climbing and sailing, walking, bird watching etc
2020 Meets
JULY Lundy (full week)
18-25 July 2020
We've booked the Barn for a full week on Lundy Saturday 18 - Saturday 25 July 2020. This is a fabulous and fascinating place, loads of rock climbing but also plenty of interest for non-climbers. This is close to the end of the bird bans so with luck some cliffs may be de-restricted, but if not there is still plenty to go at.
If interested, please get in touch with Andy Crawley. A deposit will be required as the club has had to pay a substantial deposit for the accommodation.