Calendar

Sep
9
Sun
SSOTM
Sep 9 all-day

Organiser: See Facebook/Forum

‘Second Sunday Of The Month’ Rules:

  • Venue to be organised on an ad hoc basis depending on conditions and ‘psyche’
  • Suggestions for venues within the Peak District will be immediately disregarded
Sep
14
Fri
Lake District Camping Meet @ TBA
Sep 14 – Sep 16 all-day

Organiser: Dave Wilson

Sep
25
Tue
Lundy Extended Meet @ The Barn, Bideford
Sep 25 – Oct 2 all-day

Organiser: Richard Waltham

For info click here.

Oct
7
Sun
Fell Race & Meets Forum
Oct 7 @ 10:30 am – 4:00 pm

Fell Race organiser: Mark Ward, or possibly a Mark Ward impersonator depending on his work schedule!

As always, the exact details for the race will be kept a closely guarded secret until the last minute – can’t be having any secret training now can we! The rules will of course penalise those with too high a level of physical fitness and ensure that any old punter can be crowned the next fell race champion. Meet at Sir William Hill Road Parking (S32 1AX) at 10.30am for an 11.00am start.

Meets Forum organiser: David Kirsfelds

An informal discussion of next years meets calendar will take place in The Moon Inn (Stoney Middleton, S32 4TL) following the fell race – we take your post exercise re-hydration and nutrition needs very seriously! The pub has kindly said that they will reserve some tables for us so keep an eye on Facebook or the website nearer the time to sign up. Discussion will commence post-lunch (approx. 2.00pm) and focus on generating the Tuesday Evening meets list and ideas for weekend and extended meets. Ideas from this discussion will be taken forward into the online voting system which will go live later on in the month.

Oct
12
Fri
Working Meet @ Blaen-y-Nant
Oct 12 – Oct 14 all-day

Organiser: Ian & Jean Read

Work on the Saturday, free meal in the evening then go out to play on Sunday.

Nov
4
Sun
Winter Walk & Social Sunday
Nov 4 all-day

Organiser: Sue Street & Maria Goggin

This year we are combining the ever popular Winter Walks with the Winter Lecture series to deliver a spectacular Social Sunday! Either head out for the walk or boulder before food and the evening entertainment.

Winter Walk: Grindsbrook Clough & Jacob’s Ladder

Meet at the parking close to Barber Booth (108847) at 10.00am for 10.30am start. We’re going up Grindsbrook Clough and down Jacob’s Ladder – about 7 miles.

Bouldering: The Depot, Manchester
Arrive anytime after midday depending on how long you think your arms will last!

Winter Lecture: Everest The Old Way
The Norfolk Arms, Marple Bridge
6pm – 8pm

This evening John Driskell and David Peckett take us through the story of driving from Barnsley to Basecamp. Having saved for two years, 5 of them set off in Nov 1967 and reached Everest in March of the following year! They lay claim to the first recorded trek to Everest. In 2010 they returned – a very different journey to a very different basecamp! We’ll hear about the initial journey, way back when, as well as some musings on the more recent trip.

Nov
9
Fri
Logging Meet @ Blaen-y-Nant
Nov 9 – Nov 11 all-day

Organiser: Committee

Nov
16
Fri
Annual Dinner
Nov 16 – Nov 18 all-day

Organiser: Kirstin Prager

Dec
2
Sun
Winter Walk & AGM
Dec 2 all-day

Organiser: Committee

AGM starts at 5.00pm
Food at 6.00pm

Dec
7
Fri
Yorkshire Hut Meet
Dec 7 – Dec 9 all-day

Organiser: Jon Ison

Jan
6
Sun
New Years Winter Walk
Jan 6 all-day

Meet organiser: Sue Street

Jan
25
Fri
Patterdale Hut Meet @ Dunnerdale
Jan 25 – Jan 27 all-day

Meet organiser: Pam & Colin Foord

Feb
3
Sun
Winter Walk & Social Sunday @ See below
Feb 3 all-day

Meet Organiser: Sue Street & Maria Goggin

This year we are combining the ever popular Winter Walks with the Winter Lecture series to deliver a spectacular Social Sunday! Either head out for the walk or boulder before food at the pub and some evening entertainment from a guest speaker.

Winter Walk: TBA

Meet at 10.00am for a 10.30am start. Walks are normally 7-10 miles with plenty of pit stops. Walks usually finish at approximately 4.30pm.

Indoor Climbing: The Works, Sheffield
Arrive anytime after midday and stay as long as your arms will last!

Winter Lecture & Food: The Grouse Inn, Froggatt

The pub is expecting us to arrive after 5.00pm for food with the talk getting underway around 6.00 to 6.30pm. Here’s some info about the speaker:

Alex Roddie is a writer, editor and photographer specialising in adventure travel. He is an active backpacker, mountaineer and climber and as the Online Editor of TGO Magazine Many of his adventures and subsequent articles are devoted to the wild places of Britain and Europe.

Alex will whet your appetite for Austria and guide us along a long distance trek in Austria, point us at some of his more off the beaten track adventures in Scotland and highlight some of best alpine adventures.

Feb
16
Sat
Roybridge Winter Meet
Feb 16 – Feb 24 all-day

Meet organiser: Mark Ward

Sharpen your axes and limber up those legs for some big winter adventures.

Mar
3
Sun
Winter Walk & Social Sunday @ See Below
Mar 3 all-day

Meet Organiser: Sue Street & Maria Goggin

This year we are combining the ever popular Winter Walks with the Winter Lecture series to deliver a spectacular Social Sunday! Either head out for the walk or boulder before food at the pub and some evening entertainment from a guest speaker.

Winter Walk: TBA

Meet at 10.00am for a 10.30am start. Walks are normally 7-10 miles with plenty of pit stops. Walks usually finish at approximately 4.30pm.

Indoor Climbing: The Depot, Manchester
Arrive anytime after midday and stay as long as your arms will last!

Winter Lecture & Food: The Norfolk Arms, Marple Bridge

The pub is expecting us to arrive after 5.00pm for food with the talk getting underway around 6.00 to 6.30pm. Here’s some info about the speaker:

Tom Livingstone is climber and writer based in North Wales. He loves trad and alpine climbing and has recently exceled himself by climbing the North (impossible) Ridge of Latok I in Pakistan. A second ascent of that peak and a first from that side. Pretty impressive.

As well as being rather good at climbing Tom writes beautifully and talks eloquently about his adventures. He is an affable chap, and is doing this lecture for us as a bit of a special favour (he joined the Mynydd on a Lundy trip a few years back) – so we should consider ourselves pretty lucky! Get it in your diaries now so as not to miss out!

Mar
8
Fri
Volunteers Working & Music Meet @ Blaen-y-Nant
Mar 8 – Mar 10 all-day

Work on Saturday, a music jam in the evening and then out to play on Sunday.

Mar
17
Sun
Aspirants Indoor Meet
Mar 17 all-day

Meet organiser: Jules Lane

Come along and meet the Mynydd before the outdoor climbing season begins.

Mar
29
Fri
North Wales Camping Meet
Mar 29 – Mar 31 all-day

Meet organiser: David Kirsfelds

We’re deviating from the initial plan of staying at Eric’s in Tremadog and instead visiting ‘Snowdonia Parc REAL ALE BREWPUB & Campsite’ (http://www.snowdonia-park.co.uk/). It’s a short drive away from loads of great climbing venues including the Llanberis Pass and Dinorwic slate quarries (20 mins), Tremadog (30 mins) and Gogarth (45 mins).

If that’s not enough to whet your appetite then the start of the Nantlle Ridge is just up the road in Rhyd Ddu (10 mins), there’s a steam train station next to the campsite (https://www.festrail.co.uk/timetable-whr.htm) and the campsite is also a microbrewery and serves food and drink onsite – get in!

Apr
7
Sun
Winter Walk @ TBA
Apr 7 all-day

Meet organiser: Sue Street

Apr
28
Sun
Turn Up and Tie On
Apr 28 all-day

Meet organiser: Jules Lane

This year’s ‘Turn up and Tie On’ will be from 10am on 28th April at Stanage Popular (https://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/crag.php?id=104)

This is an opportunity to come along and climb with us to see how we roll.

Meet at the roadside parking (GR245829) at 10am or find us on the crag later. All we ask is that you have your own harness, helmet and shoes and can already belay safely.

If you’re interested please complete our First Climb Form (https://forms.gle/PiDgPqDtXJv3mmFRA) in advance.

May
3
Fri
Wye Valley Early May Bank Holiday Camping Meet
May 3 – May 6 all-day

Meet organiser: Liz & Dave Wilson

We will camp at the Beeches Farm campsite quite near Tintern and its fine ruined abbey.

http://www.beechesfarmcampsite.co.uk .

The site is walking distance from the Abbey, and about a kilometre away from an excellent pub.

The Wye valley has a fantastic variety of quality limestone crags, to suit all abilities. About a mile walk away (down the Offa’s Dyke Path), is Shorn Cliff, where there is an excellent selection of middle grade routes (VS to E2). Further south toward Chepstow, about 3 miles by road is Wintours Leap. This is a superb crag, with a huge variety of multi-pitch routes of all grades, generally about 90 metres in length. In the Central and South bays there are plenty of stars in the amenable (even for me!) grades.

Further North is Symonds Yat, also with a good variety of grades, and there are even naughty bolted routes in nearby quarries!

Apart from climbing, there is excellent walking, and mountain biking in the Forest of Dean, where you can hire canoes on the River Wye.

The campsite people have asked us to make the bookings as a group if we want to be sited together, so if you’re coming contact me ASAP on dave.liz.wilson@homecall.co.uk, or by replying to this posting. Say if you want electricity hookup.

May
24
Fri
Southern Cairngorms Late May Bank Holiday Camping Meet @ TBA
May 24 – Jun 2 all-day

Meet organiser: Paul Justin

Home to some of the best rock climbing in the UK and superb hill walking.

Jun
14
Fri
Crafnant Climbing & Aspirants Meet @ Blaen-y-Nant
Jun 14 – Jun 16 all-day

Meets organiser: Committee

A meet to welcome new members into the ranks and climb on home turf.

Jun
28
Fri
North Wales (wild!) Camping Meet @ Cloggy
Jun 28 – Jun 30 all-day

Meet organiser: Mike Tempest

Get your bivi bags and jet boils ready, it’s time to get on those mountain routes.

Jul
12
Fri
Ennerdale (wild!) Camping Meet @ Pillar
Jul 12 – Jul 14 all-day

Meet organiser: Jack Gilbert

It wouldn’t be a Mynydd meets calendar without Lakes camping, so here it is!