Calendar

Dec
8
Fri
MYNYDD XMAS BASH @ BLAEN-Y-NANT
Dec 8 – Dec 10 all-day

I am thrilled to announce, after a four-year gap, the most entertaining and Mynydd like event of the social calendar; the Christmas Bash. For the uninitiated, this is a night of fine dining, excessive drinking and jovial banter. Saturday will be spent enjoying yourselves in the great outdoors. You will then converge in the hut lounge at 18.30, wearing a highly tasteless costume, which you procured in advance from a charity shop. Following a team photo, you will enjoy the most amazing, festive, five course feast and retire to bed late and drunk.

In the morning you will eat leftovers and stagger into Betws-y-Coed in search of indigestion and headache relief tablets. The cost is very reasonable at £20 per head (not including hut fees) and you will need to bring your own wine and beer. Due to space restrictions, there are only 30 places available, which are chosen on a first come first served basis. You must be over 18 to attend.

To make your reservation, either message me via facebook or email (see members area). | will reply with full menu choices and payment details

PS. This is a very popular event and people have been sneakily contacting me since January to ensure their place. So if you want to come (and why wouldn’t you?), I’d book immediately!

Meet Organiser: Sue Street

Dec
12
Tue
INDOOR WALL SESSION
Dec 12 all-day

Please check the website forum or Facebook page page for details of this meet location

Dec
19
Tue
INDOOR WALL SESSION
Dec 19 all-day

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Dec
21
Thu
WINDGATHER FESTIVE MEET
Dec 21 all-day

An ancient Mynydd tradition – drink mulled wine, eat mince pies and see how far you need to climb up the crag before your eyebrows stop getting singed by the fire pit. Festive fun for all the family!

Jan
7
Sun
NEW YEARS WALK @ TBC
Jan 7 all-day

New year, new me!! We’ll be heading out again into them there hills to kick start your New Years resolutions and burn off all that Christmas pudding. Full details of the walk to follow.

Meet Organiser: Carol & Steve Taylor

Jan
9
Tue
Indoor Wall Session
Jan 9 all-day

Please check the club’s facebook page or website forum for details on this meets location.

Jan
12
Fri
High Moss – January Hut Meet @ Grid ref. SD237967
Jan 12 – Jan 14 all-day

For those of you who suffer post-Christmas blues we have organized an exciting weekend in the Rucksack club’s High Moss Hut in the Duddon Valley, located at the foot of Walna Scar.

There is excellent walking around the hut, which is on the doorstep of the Coniston Fells and the well-reviewed Newfield Inn is within walking distance.

The accommodation consists of 5 bedrooms with a total of 24 beds. Unfortunately, dogs are not allowed.

Further details on the hut can be found on the Rucksack Clubs’ website:

https://rucksackclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/HIGH-MOSS-VISITOR-INFO-202303.pdf

I am hoping to organize a communal meal for the Saturday night so please let me know if you’d like to be involved.

To book a bed just pay £20.00 into the club account and let me and James (Treasurer) know when you’ve paid (contact details available in the members area).

Meet leader: Dave Nichols

Jan
16
Tue
Indoor Wall Session
Jan 16 all-day

Please check the club’s facebook page or website forum for details on this meets location.

Jan
23
Tue
Indoor Wall Session
Jan 23 all-day

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Jan
30
Tue
Indoor Wall Session
Jan 30 all-day

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Feb
4
Sun
WINTER LECTURE NO. 2
Feb 4 all-day

27000 km in 5 months: My adventure through the Near East

Our February lecture will be held at the Grouse Inn, Froggatt.

Club member Phill Hargreaves will take us through his 5-month journey through the lands of the cradle of civilisation (Turkey, Georgia and Armenia), across some of the worlds most dangerous roads, epic mountain ranges and incredible history.

Meet organiser: Alice Gioia

WINTER WALK
Feb 4 all-day
Feb
6
Tue
Indoor Wall Session
Feb 6 all-day

Please check the club’s facebook page or website forum for details on this meets location.

Feb
13
Tue
Indoor Wall Session
Feb 13 all-day

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Feb
17
Sat
GLENCOE – WINTER MEET
Feb 17 – Feb 24 all-day

Glencoe is the home of Winter Climbing in Scotland, where local legend Hamish Macinnes invented the first technical ice axe, the “Terrordactyl”, so called as rumour has it he would wave it at terrified visiting mountain bikers who believed it to be an acceptable winter activity. Anyway, I digress

In Glencoe you will find classic mountaineering objectives like Curved Ridge or the epic Aonach Eagach, multiple Munro summits or classic hard mixed test pieces like Central Grooves, Unicorn, and the Clachaig Table Traverse. Of course if conditions are fickle the more reliable venues of Ben Nevis and Aonoch Mor are only a short drive away, as are the lower lying ice climbs of Beinn Udlaid if we are blessed with a cold snap We will be staying in the newly refurbished Heart of Glencoe Hostel (formerly the Glencoe Independent Hostel, now under new ownership), where we have 16 beds in the bunkhouse and an additional 8 split between two caravans. Each caravan has a double room and a twin so let me know if you specifically want to book the double room or a single in one of the caravans. Otherwise you will be allocated a spot in the bunkhouse.

The cost is £150 per person payable to the usual account, using the payment reference GLENCOE. Please contact me when you book on and with any room requests.

Meet organiser: Andrew Marshall

Feb
20
Tue
Indoor Wall Session
Feb 20 all-day

Please check the club’s facebook page or website forum for details on this meets location.

Feb
27
Tue
Indoor Wall Session
Feb 27 all-day

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Mar
2
Sat
WINTER SPHAGNUM MOSS PLANTING
Mar 2 all-day

The Mynydd have kindly been invited to take part in a sphagnum moss planting event at The Roaches. 
We’ll be meeting atthe Roaches at 9am for a 9.30am start, for a day Supporting the Moors for theFuture with some moss planting. All planting equipment is provided by Moors Forthe Future so just bring what you need for a day out on the hill. Planting willfinish at 2.30pm to be back at the cars for 3pm.

Meet organiser: The Committee

Mar
5
Tue
Indoor Wall Session
Mar 5 all-day

Please check the club’s facebook page or website forum for details on this meets location.

Mar
8
Fri
VOLUNTEERS WORKING MEET
Mar 8 – Mar 10 all-day

Expect the usuallist of cleaning, decorating and road repairs for our regular spring workingmeet. As is tradition, we’ll spend the Saturday working at the hut, with agroup meal in the evening and a free “day to play” on the Sunday. 

Mar
12
Tue
Indoor Wall Session
Mar 12 all-day

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Mar
17
Sun
TUPTO – INDOORS
Mar 17 all-day

Pop along to Awesome Walls Stockportto support the club for the first TUPTO of the year. Tom will be sharingmeeting times and arrangement closer to the time. 

Meet leader: Tom Rawlinson

Mar
19
Tue
Indoor Wall Session
Mar 19 all-day

Please check the club’s facebook page or website forum for details on this meets location.

Mar
26
Tue
Indoor Wall Session
Mar 26 all-day

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Mar
29
Fri
BYN HELD FOR MEMBERS
Mar 29 – Apr 1 all-day