We had waited with bated breath all week waiting to see if the Beast from the East was going to actually happen and ruin our highly anticipated trip to Knoydart, which we were all so excited about. By lunchtime on the Thursday it was snowing quite a lot for Newbury, although the trains to London […]
Category: Reports
RidgeWay 40 (2018)
7:45. Overton Hill. Dry. Overcast. Barbury Castle. Heifers. A346. Drink. Steep bit. Horses. Liddington Castle. Shepherd’s Rest. Uffington Castle. Peanut Butter Sandwiches. Cold Rice Pudding. Didcot Power Station. Boring Bit. Segsbury Castle. A338. B4494. Cake. Scutchamer Knob. A34. Rain. Soaked. Streatley. Thames. Goring. Train. End…
A’ Mhaighdean (Or Bust)
Attendees: Dan Unwin, Maisie Hamilton Unwin, Clair Seymour, Kate Lo Only four NMCers were daft enough, foolhardy enough, brave enough ( delete as appropriate ) to sign up for this trip, which had as its sole aim an ascent of what is often regarded as the remotest mountain in Mainland Britain. Lying as it does […]
Faccombe Day Walk
Attendees: Andy M, Dave W, Simon P, Simon H, Andreea I, Nicola M, Gordon M. A lovely walk around Faccombe starting at the newly refusbished Jack Russell Inn. We were bathed in glorious sun for the walk which took us up to Wayfarers Walk and to Combe Gibbet (whilst bagging the trig point on Walbury […]
NMC Awards Evening
2017 NMC Awards Reach for the Stars-Altitude Award: 1st– Dorian and Maria reached 5,416m at the Throng La Pass whilst on the Annapurna Circuit. 2nd – Simon ascended up an unnamed pass between Ghuma Thanti and Bharche Khola, Mustang (south east of Lo Manthang) in Nepal, 5230m Gordon Ramsay Award Marion: for cooking a […]
Snowdonia – Feb 2018
“An excellent weekend was had by all in North Wales and we succeeded in finding the snow. Saturday the team started all together from the bunk house and split after an hour of walking. With two members deciding to try and run to Llanberis over the Glider Fawr and Y Garn, the rest of use […]
Brecons – Jan 2018
Date: 26th-28th January 2018 Attendees: Maggie Russell (organiser), Alan Tinkler, Claire White, Andy Moss, Keyna Garner, Mark Foster, Marion Foster, Sue Woods, Tom Woods, Ade Dunn, Keyna Garner, Simon Horner, Gary Phillips, Annie Wallace. After a 4 year break we returned to Glebe Barn, Llanbedr, near Crickhowell and it was great to arrive within 2 […]
Christmas Walk – Dec 2017
Attendees: Andy & Debs & Family, Dan & Beckie & Family, Maggie Russell, Kate & Andrew & Family, Simon P, Marion, Mark F, Richard S, Steve & Joanne, Sue Woods, Eddie Riff , Andy & Paula & Family, Keyna Garner, Alan T, Claire W, Bruce & Sarah & Family A great Christmas walk on a […]
Lake District, Hawse End – Dec 2017
Lakes Trip Date: 1st-3rd December 2017 Accommodation: Hawse End Cottage YHA, Portinscale, Keswick Attendees: Maggie (organiser), Alan, Claire, Keyna, Marion, Jill, Martin, Bruce, Gary, Mark C, Pete, Andrea, Iona, Clair. Some of us headed north on Thursday evening to avoid the Friday traffic and so we could do a walk on Friday. We awoke to […]
The Gower, South Wales – October 2017
Friday 13st – Sunday 15th October 2017 Attendees: Maggie, Alan, Claire, Sue, Joanne, Steve, Mark, Keyna, Ade, Andreea, Marion and welcome to new member Judith. This year’s coastal trip was at Rhossili on the Gower. The village hall at Rhossili has a practical, comfortable bunkhouse where we stayed. We had looked at the tides to walk to […]