Organiser: Martin Hore The Spring Bank Holiday meet will be in the Lake District again this year. Langdale is my preferred venue, with several good low level crags in the valley and a couple of top quality sunny south-facing mountain crags to aim for. Plus there’s plenty of great hill walking and scrambling and relatively […]

Organiser: Robert Ellam Running from our usual Snowdonia campsite of Dolgam, and with the traditional Saturday evening meal at Tyn-Y-Coed, this year we’ll be focusing on our multi- and single-pitch assistants gaining some more experience on their journey towards becoming great multi-pitch leaders and assistants.

Climbing-wise there’s some excellent gritstone or limestone, trad or sport with options for all abilities. It’s also a good area for walking, mountain biking, caving and white water kayaking. Likely crags are Brimham Rocks and Almscliff: https://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/crag.php?id=538 https://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/crag.php?id=373 Good selective climbing guidebooks for the area are Rockfax Northern England, and Rockfax Northern Limestone : Yorkshire, Cumbria, Lancashire. Good […]

Mike Turner is organising this ever popular event.  Although aimed at helping beginners take their steps outside, it is also good for those who have not climbed outside for some time, or indeed if you just want to meet up. I’ve provisionally booked places at Hardhurst Farm campsite for those that want to camp (unfortunately their wonderful cafe […]