meet report by Caroline Those that didn’t bail due to the ‘slightly’ patchy forecast, arrived with minimal drama on Friday. Simon, Leo and Rob got in early doors for some organised tent-pitching and pitch-nabbing. The late arrivals, smuggled themselves on to the site (no pitching in the car park for […]
Trip reports
Avid Gower
By Nick Kemp Following on from the small yet perfectly formed meet to the Wye Valley most of the same attendees also decided to push a little further into the principality to Gower. There they were joined by a healthy platoon of old hands and new members. The Gower has […]
Wye Valley Meet Report
Meet report by Nick A favourable weather forecast, an early summer weekend and a shortish journey should have had a welcomed all the climbing members of the MMC to the cliffs of the Wye Valley but for some reason the stars did not align that way and so a smallish […]
Swanage / Portland Meet Report
An early May bank holiday weekend in Swanage was bound to be dictated to an extent by the weather. In anticipation, the MMC crew formed split strategies successful to varying degrees to make the most of three days on the south coast. Day 1 Juan and Rebecca head to the […]
New Year Lakes Meet Report
Robin and Caroline arrived early doors on 30th, taking in some cafefaff, gear-shopping/faff and a walk up Wansfell near Ambleside. They had lovely weather! Sunny blue skies followed by a nice time gathering with everyone else once they arrived at the Sun pub that evening. New Year’s Eve Robin set […]
Ecrins 2014 Meet Report
by John Davies On the summer solstice Rob Johnston, Bea Villata, Tomasz & Seb Zareba, Pete Murphy, Alex Spurling and I converged at Ailefroide campsite (1500m). About 100 miles south of Geneva, it is set in a beautiful alpine valley with streams, pine trees, wild flowers, and birdsong, surrounded […]