17/05/2019 - 19/05/2019 12 members and 1 guest attended… there were no survivors! A "bakers dozen" enjoyed the amenities of this excellent and well situated hut. The weather was cool and mainly cloudy - though dry. Good walking weather with some partial cloud cover on the high tops. The Meet Leaders hid their wives (1 …
Rhyd Ddu
12/04/19 - 14/04/19 The 2019 Wales meet was one that I enjoyed greatly. Strangely, the enjoyment seemed inversely proportional to the volume of material for a good story. There were no gruesome experiences underground; no excruciating hikes followed by vertigo fuelled torment. A lovely weekend with good company, large quantities of food and drink and …
A Weekend in Snowdonia
12/04/2019 - 14/04/2019 Friday, two climbing cars left early, Jon & Rob climbing at Rhoscolyn and then buying the food, whilst Mike and Sam stopped off on the coast road near Conway and climbed some sport routes on a limestone crag. Saturday, Mike and Sam went off to climb Main Wall and Reade’s Route, both …
Wretched Rabbit – Lancaster Hole
17/03/19 Day two of the caving exploits was undertaken by a leaner caving team; ‘Atkins Caving Team’. The objective was to go underground at Wretched Rabbit and re-emerge at Lancaster Hole and as such the first requirement was to rig Lancaster Hole. Mike bravely dropped down and put the ascent rope in place and was …
Whernside
17/03/2019 Syd and I had a surprisingly good walk on Sunday. Better weather than expected, clear views to a snowy Ingleborough and some interesting limestone features on route. We passed Rowten Pot on our return along the Turbary Road above Kingsdale. We were not troubled by surface water on our route. Whernside was quite snowy …
Gaping Gill via Bar Pot
16/03/19 The team set out in wet and windy conditions, but in high spirit. The walk up to the cave entrance provided a number of variable omens, in particular the raging torrent that was the waterfall in Clapham, the outlet by the show cave and the worsening hole in Robs left welly. Quick lunch at …
A Walk in Rain of Biblical Proportions
15/03/2019 - 17/03/2019 Ben and I set off from Sheffield after eating a massive plate of noodles in a West Street Chinese Restaurant. Earlier in the evening, walking around the supermarket with Ben, it occurred to me that I have never seen food through the eyes of someone with a dietary condition before; even a …
Derwent Edge Walk & Titan – Peak
17/02/2019 The walkers met at 9.30 by Ladybower Reservoir and walked up to Derwent Edge passing various tors enroute including Whinstone Lee Tor and Back Tor, before heading to Lost Lad. The view was clear, with only some haze in the distance. We then walked down the track into the valley to have lunch out …
Giants
20/01/19 The original plan was to have a gentle SRT trip down Nettle and into the lower reaches, but with only 3 of us signing up it would've been a pretty short day. So with a last-minute change of plan we met at Giants at the leisurely start time of 11am. There were plenty of …
Walk over Kinder
20/01/2019 Six brave souls assembled beyond Barber Booth for 9.30 and were off by 9.45. Just before Jacobs Ladder, Phil cut off up the snowy hillside on a path (a fell runners route?). After apparently weaving up the hillside in the mist we came to the edge of the path before striking off exactly to …
Derbyshire Pennine Club 