Category: Reports

Attendees: Maggie (organiser), Dorian, Alan, Claire, Keyna, Bruce, Nicola, Tracy, Sue When: Saturday, 15th December 2018 Despite the weather forecast for rain for most of the day, there were still nine of us on the walk. We set off from Hungerford train station with most people having got the train from Newbury, mainly so we […]

Attendees: Maggie (trip coordinator), Claire, Alan, Mark C, Pete, Barry, Gary, Andy, Ian, Lee, Simon, Dan, Maisie, Kate, Amelia. When: 9th-11th December 2018 Where: Honister Hause, Honister Pass, Seathwaite, Lake District. Five of us set off on Thursday evening and so were able to do a walk on Friday. Andy and Gary walked from the […]

Saturday 13th October To describe the weather as truly awful would be an understatement, the western parts of the UK were being thrashed by Storm Callum, the worst reported storms to hit the UK with gale force winds and heavy rain….. I decided to stay low and local today, the thought to attempt one of […]

Pangbourne Day Walk- 22nd September 2018 Attendees: Maggie (organiser), Alan, Claire, Simon H, Sue Wood, Ade, Iain, Sue Walsh, Trudy, Martin The walk started in a Recreation car park in Pangbourne which I thought was a great idea as it was free, however as it was a Saturday it was virtually full due to a […]

Attendees: Andy M (organiser), Sue, Ade, Iain, Dan, Maisie, Simon A nice 10 mile stroll along the chalk ridge that is the Pewsey Downs. From the car park near the White Horse, we headed east to Martinsell Hill bagging a couple of Trig points before dropping back down through the village of Oare before heading […]

Attendees: Andy M, Mark F, Sue W, Adrian D, Trudi, Martin, Pavel When: August 17-19 2018 Where: Hope Valley, Peak District Although we are a mountaineering club there are many in the club with little or no climbing experience so there was a high level of interest in learning climbing skills. For this course we […]

Navigation Trip Date: 3rd – 5th August Accommodation: Pencilli Castle Camp Site, near Brecon. Attendees: Dorian (instructor), Maggie (organiser), Nicola, Val, Simon H, Dave, Andy. The advantage of going to the Brecons is that it should be a short journey, but no, we had the usual Friday traffic queues, plus detours, so it took us […]

The weekend saw us (Dan, Masie, Dorian, Maria, Nicola, Dave, Andy, and Pavel) escape the Football World Cup and congregate at Dolgam campsite just outside Capel Curig. The site has excellent facilities (probably the best in North Wales) and also gives good access to the Snowdonia National Park with the added advantage of Moel Siabod […]

Attendees: Andy, Nicola, Alan, Claire, Maggie Fabulous weekend in the Lake District. After an almighty 9 hour drive on Friday afternoon, we reached the campsite at dusk with enough time to set up camp. Day 1 – a nice stroll up towards Walna Scar and Brown Pike and around Dow Crag and up onto the […]

None of us had been to this region before, and it did not disappoint in terms of scenery, though the weather left a lot to be desired. Claire, Alan, Keyna, James, Maggie, Jill, and Andy spent a week in a very quirky house called The Buchan, located spectacularly at the road head in Glen Trool, […]