Climbing, Caving & Hill-Walking
18th February 1990 Leader: Derek G. Walking report from Derek G: Following a foul Saturday we were blessed with a fine Sunday. The walkers assembled at the club hut at 9.30 am with sunshine and a certain amount of blue sky. They, with four dogs, packed into transport to Milldale on the Dove. A circular …
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21st January 1990 Leader: Martin P. The walk was originally advertised as approximately 17 miles in order to draw in some of the waverers, but even with the occasional short cuts by some members it was nearer 22 miles! Fourteen members and five guests met at Hope railway station for a prompt start at 9.30 …
20th October 1985 On a fine clear October Sunday the intrepid party of cavers led by Barnes, strode not altogether purposefully across the fields above Oxlow Farm in search of Nettle Pot. Rumour was rife within the party that Barnes had no idea where he was going. Even at this stage the party had seen …
2nd September 1956 The weather might well have washed the memory of this meet right out of members’ minds, but our visitors, The Northern Pennine Club, were instrumental in making the meet have the opposite effect. They arrived on the Saturday night and were entertained at the Club Hut. One of the party, albeit abetted …
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21st March 1954 Leader: H.Barnett Present: D.A.Carr, H.E.Chatburn, B.M.Grainger (and dog), J.D.Grayson, J.R.Hastings, G.Horner, Tony Henchley (visitor) guest of G Horner. Milia tum pransi tria repimus – Horace. The plan of attack for the day was to dig in a sink in the same field as Mountbatten and form an opinion as to whether it …
19th April 1953 Leader: Hastings.Present: Barnett, Carr, Chantry, Chatburn, Colley, Davies, Haythornthwaite, Hide, Horner, Horsburgh, J.Husband, Sissons, Wood.Guests: Pembury (B.E.C.), Tiptaft, Finch. The elements were not at all in keeping with the first morning of British Summer Time when the Leader arrived at the hole with Carr, Pembury and Tiptaft. Although they were half an …
19th - 20th April 1952 Present: J.R.Hastings, Carr, Sissons, Horner, Wood, Davies, Chatburn, Chantry, The Professor, Slack and guest Barnett. The camping party, consisting of the Leader, Carr and their guest Barnett, foregathered at the hole on Saturday afternoon. The hole was laddered and a certain amount of work was done clearing away the results …
Summer 1951 Good work has been done at Mountbatten this summer, chiefly by Carr and Hastings. Wood, Grainger, Sissons and others have lent support, morale and physical at sundry times.
16th April 1950 Present: Grainger, Roberts (visitor), Howes, Carr, Hide, Wood, Haythornthwaite, Jewell, Hastings, Chatburn, Colley, Chantry (leader). The Leader and a select few having reached the hole an hour before the appointed time, a good start was made in getting the Club tackle installed. When the remainder of the borrowed ladder was seen on …
21st August 1949 There is a belief, sedulously fostered by certain senior club members, that in the Golden age it was customary for the leader to arrange a meet and for the followers to adhere to his programme. This meet must in that case be deemed to have been in the true modern style; slipshod …
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