Lake District 6th – 7th November: Day 1: Blencathra Day 2: Haystacks Here we are 7 months later, finally getting around to writing all of the trip reports from the past year, so inevitably some details may be missed but I will try my best. The plan for Saturday was Blencathra, splitting into two groups […]
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Autumn Week 8 2021: Crib Goch and Tryfan
Snowdonia 20th – 21st November: Day 1: Snowdon Day 2: Tryfan People: Charlie, Issy, Sam, Harrison, Chloe, Jack, Hannah, Devi, Luke, Harry, Meghan, Harvey, Chris, Will, Paulina, Tai After yet another van fuckup, a convoy of cars was assembled on Friday evening ready for the traditional departure 2 hours late. Ready to attempt a Snowdon […]
Autumn Week 4 2021: Wet and Windy Wales
Snowdonia 23rd – 24th October:After another morning watching the sunrise outside the RKC, we finally found the car keys andrushed to Snowdon in time for lunch. Half the group attempted Crib Goch, but were turned back byMountain Rescue due to 70mph winds. The other half set out for a less exposed scramble up YLliwedd but […]
Autumn Week 2 2021: FRESHERS! Sleepy Prez
Sleepy Prez October 10th 2021 After watching the sunrise outside the RKC for 2 hours, the 3 committee members and 13 freshers traipsed to spoons for breakfast, eventually being joined by the president after his lie-in from driving the day before. A quick van ride (apart from the ‘slight’ deviations due to the dreadful navigator) […]
Autumn Week 2 2021: FRESHERS! A very wet Helvellyn
A very wet Helvellyn October 9th 2021 Our very first trip!After collecting the keys for the vans there was a small delay as Sam struggled to find the handbrake (it was a pedal!) and Charlie struggled to put his in reverse. The drive was smooth with good weather and clear roads and we soon arrived […]
2020/21: Ben Lairig with Covid-19
2020/21: Ben Lairig with COVID-19 Hello! Freshers, welcome to York! If you join us we’ll make sure you see as little of our lovely city as possible. As you know already, Covid-19 is going to have a big impact on how the club operates. Our weekly pub crawls are now illegal, but we’re extremely lucky […]
Winter Week 8 2020: LAKE DISTRICT
Winter Week 8: Lake District 28th February – 1st March Present: Tom, Jacob & Lucy Everyone had dropped out. The trip was supposed to go to Glencoe but record snowfall from the storm-front battering the UK had made for an extreme avalanche risk and the winds were set to continue over the weekend. But there […]
Winter Week 6 2020: CRIANLARICH
A valentines special Week 6: Crianlarich. 14-16th February. People: Ellie, Lucy, Charlotte, Tom, Katie, Cheng, Paulina, Kieran, Rebecca. With Storm Dennis fast approaching we were apprehensive about this weekend. Very correctly, as we were soon to discover. We arrived at Crianlarich village hall which was hella cold, so we all snuggled into one of the […]
Winter Week 5 2020: FIRST AID
We put our sensible hats on. FIRST AID COURSE 2020. FIRST AID COURSE 8/9TH FEBRUARY 2020. This is a short interim from the flurry of exciting mountain chatter for a bit of sensible chatter. We did a first aid course! First aid is the sort of thing you don’t really think about until you really […]
Winter Week 4 2020: GLENCOE
A Damp Weekend Week 4- Glencoe. 31st Jan- 2nd Feb People: Mark, Darci, Tom, Jacob, Dan, Holly, Ben, Ellie, Helen, Paulina After the flurry of winter skills our feet were itching to get back out in the hills, so the week 4 jaunt to Glencoe was met with much anticipation. Unfortunately, the weather dashed both […]