Andy Brooks, Illona Morrice, Martin Collins, Ali Erginsoy and Jake Lee decided to round off the summer climbing season with a trip to Raven’s Crag near Gairloch, the scene of Andy’s youthful exploits and daring first ascents some 15 years ago.”The sun will break through just around that corner” declared Andy as we drove into a wall of water on the approach to Kinlochewe. “The sun will burst through any minute now,” announced Andy as rain lashed the windows of the mountain cafe in Gairloch where we ruefully sat sipping our capuccinos and munching doughnuts. “The sun will shine forth just as we approach the crag,” declaimed Andy as we…
October 2007 Weekend Meet Report: Oban
5-6 October 2007 Friday night on the 5th of October saw the start of a “Navigation extravaganza” not indulged in for some time by the Club. Locating the Jeremy Inglis Hostel is a challenge in daylight, at night it calls for a “park and walk search” to find the small sign above the door on the narrow frontage of the building. Saturday morning didn’t deliver the forecasted downpour, just a dreek day with the cloud base at 400m. Evelyne Droege and Amanda Strang took nine hours to bag Ben Sgulaird. This required close navigation to find the summit, giving Evelyne a well deserved confidence boost and her 150th Munro. Bob…
October Bus Meet: Kintail
Kintail – Sunday, 21 October O.S.Map(s): 33, 34 Est. time of arrival: 9.45am (Morvich) Time of departure: 17.30pm Leave Elgin: 7.00am Some of the finest hill walking in Scotland can be found in the Kintail area, with the South Cluanie Ridge and the Five Sisters offering spectacular traverses. These can be as long and hard as you like, as there are several opportunities for early escapes if time is running short. Alternatively you might want to try the impressive Forcan Ridge with its excellent scramble leading up to the Saddle. Staying on the bus to Morvich will allow you the choice of A’Ghlas-bheinn and Beinn Fhada or a low level…
September 2007 Bus Meet Report: Glenfinnan
The weather forecast was bad and it was correct. All 19 attending members had to brave the most inclement conditions most of the day. From a meteorological point of view, our Glenfinnan meets remain consistently disappointing. In addition to atrocious weather, the bus broke down and bags got misplaced. Glenfinnan is unquestionably, a stunning area. Could it also be the jinx venue of the club?
September 2007 Weekend Meet Report: Glenbrittle, Skye
1-2 September The Annual pilgrimage to Glen Brittle with its diverse weather conditions combined with a turn out of 26 members and guests saw a successful weekend. Friday nights planning discussions where tempered with “ambitious routes and poor weather forecast conditions”. Saturday arrived and the alcohol induced plans of the night before were put to the test.
August 2007 Bus Meet Report: Torridon
Sunday, 19th August 2007 Torridon was the venue of our August bus meet and attracted no less than 34 members and guests. All were rewarded with superb weather conditions and excellent views of the area.
GR20: The Corsican Haute Route
Exhausted but happy members, having just completed the gruelling GR 20 traverse in Corsica. The walk, over high level rugged terrain, took 10 days to complete with a mixture of heat, wind and rain to contend with. A strenuous but very enjoyable walk on a beautiful island. Left to right: Walk leader Ray Harron, Graeme Morrison, Natacha Mihajlovic and John Henderson
July 2007 Bus Meet Report: Glen Affric
Unfortunately, the Glen Affric Bus Meet had to be cancelled due to particularly low numbers.
June 2007 Bus Meet Report: Cairngorms Traverse
Despite a dreadful weather forecast, 24 members turned up for the classic Cairngorm traverse from Linn of Dee. All attending parties agreed that conditions were actually better than expected: the lack of rain was a bonus and the mist, clag and cloud failed to spoil the general good mood. John Henderson, Andy Taylor, Graeme Morrison, Jan Petersen and Peter Miller first headed off for Corrour bothy. From there, Pete made his way through the Lairig Ghru in “spooky, Sherlock Holmes” type mist. Graeme and Jan went up the Devil’s Point whilst Andy and John progressed towards Cairn Toul. After catching up, all four completed Angel’s Peak and Braeriach before the…
June 2007 Weekend Meet Report: English Lake District
If there is one thing you don’t get in the Lake District it’s peace, quiet, and solitude, however short walk ins, crowds and pubs are normal in the more popular places. By 10 O’Clock on Friday night Drummond Beattie and Dave Galloway joined Evelyne Doerge, Alan Duncan, Peter Goodwin, Bob Macdonald and Neil & Val Kemp in the pub in Threlkeld to celebrate the clubs first weekend meet over the border. Just 310 miles south and a six hour drive from Elgin to the Burns Farm campsite with a bonus of both good weather and real ale. On the negative side Alan regaled us on how those “Robbing English ……s”…