Date: Nights of Tue 31 Dec 2019, Wed 1 and Thurs 2 Jan 2020, i.e. 3 nights. Venue: Braedownie, Glen Clova, OS Grid Reference NO 286 757 Facilities: Kitchen, shower, toilets, alpine bunks (bring a good SLEEPING BAG) Cost: £30 total for the holiday The hogmanay meet this year is based at Carn Dearg Mountaineering Club’s brand new Braedownie hut located in Glen Clova. The meet is traditionally a great opportunity for some eating, drinking, socialising and even a little outdoor activity. Folk usually bring some food to share for evening meals and sometimes folk even put on their best…
Weekend Meet, Feshiebridge, 6+7 Dec 2019
Date: Nights of Fri 6 and Sat 7 December 2019 Venue: Mill Cottage, Feshiebridge. Google Maps. Grid Reference NH 847 047 Facilities: Full cooking and dining facilities, all electric. Shower, toilets, drying room, multi-fuel stove in lounge, firewood and coal (kindling not provided). Cost: £10pppn This is a great location for exploring the wonderful Glenfeshie, or the less well know Glen Tromie. The obvious big hills are Mullach Clach a’ Blair and Sgor Gaoith with its lofty summit sitting high above Loch Eanaich. If the weather does not cooperate, then there are plenty of low-level wanders through the ancient pine woods. Some good mountain…
Bus Meet Report, Dundonnell, 20 Oct 2019
After September’s Bus Meet cancellation and a dubious forecast for the weekend it looked likely that this Bus Meet may go the same way. Indeed, by Wednesday numbers were so low that Gordon was on the verge of cancelling the meet, but instead chose to book a smaller bus. A 25 seater was booked and the meet secured. Then there were more sign-ups, and some drop-outs, and more sign ups, and more drop outs, and then more and more sign ups until in the end 27 people, plus Desmond at the wheel, travelled west towards Dundonnell in the large coach that Gordon subsequently, and luckily, managed to book. First off…
Weekend Meet Report, October 2019, Skye
This year’s traditional meet to Skye, with a good crowd of 20 people, was notable for several reasons – the organiser actually attended for the first time in six months; we had the key code in good time so we knew we would get in and everything worked. It was also notable for the sheer length of all the entries in the big red book, so this report will be a heavily abbreviated version. For several the weekend started early and Friday saw Adrian M and Minnie (his dog) on Blaven enjoying the great views in the late afternoon. Meanwhile Carol J and Adele N, before Carol started writing War…
Weekend Meet, Inchnadamph, 1+2 Nov 2019
Date: Nights of Fri 1 and Sat 2 November 2019 Venue: Inchnadamph Lodge (Google Maps) Grid Reference NC 252 218 Facilities: Well equipped kitchen, drying room, loads of space, log fires, bunks Cost: £17.50 pppn for the dorm and £27 pppn for the twin rooms, (£5 pppn camper’s charge applies) A mere two days is grossly inadequate to do justice to Assynt. Activities include lots of great hills (Ben Mor Assynt, Conival and Glas Bheinn are all on the doorstep), caving (See Caves of Assynt by SNH), climbing at Reiff and kayaking. Saturday night is traditionally fancy dress. This year’s theme…
Bus Meet, Dundonnell, 20 October 2019
When: Sunday 20 October 2019 Final Bus Stop: Corrie Hallie Car Park (Grid Ref NH 114 850) Pick up times: Elgin (07:00); Forres (07:20); Nairn (07:40); Inverness (08:00) Est time of arrival: 09:50 Time of Departure: 18:00 Cost: £15.00pp Ordnance Survey Maps: 19/20 This is a popular venue in the Northwest Highlands. The big objective…
Weekend Meet Report, Torridon, September 2019
On Thursday afternoon #Fa’sTheLingKey, #FtShallWeDo and #TheBoot were all trending on the MMC social media platforms. We had a problem: the Ling Hut key had not arrived in the post. Those in the know may suggest looking under the “obvious” stone. But in Torridon there are a lot of stones, most of which are pretty obvious. After some considerable head scratching, we decided that that the situation was so serious that we needed to call Burghead Mountain Rescue. BMR duly supplied a key, for which we are very grateful. My first memories of the Ling hut are from the MMC’s Hogmanay meet over ten years ago. In those days the…
Weekend Meet, Skye (Glen Brittle), 4 & 5 Oct 2019
Date: Nights of Fri 4 and Sat 5 October 2019 Venue: Glenbrittle Memorial Hut, Glenbrittle, Skye Location: Glenbrittle, Skye. OS Grid Ref: NG412216, Google StreetView Facilities: 18 bunks (sleeping bags required), well equiped kitchen, drying room, showers, WCs Cost: £10.00 per person per night (usual £5 pppn camper’s charge applies) The Glenbrittle hut is ideally situated for access to the Cuillin Ridge. Literally walk out the door for access to the hills from Sgurr na Banachdich to Sgurr nan Eag. Nearby Hills: Sgurr nan Gillean, Am Bastier, Bruach na Frithe, Sgurr Mhadaidh, Sgurr Ghreadaidh, Sgurr na Banachdich, Sgurr…
Bus Meet, Grey Corries, 15 Sept 2019
******* CANCELLED ****** When: Sunday 15 September 2019 Bus Stop: Spean Bridge, Nevis Range, Pulldubh (Glen Nevis) Pick up times: Elgin (07:00); Forres (07:20); Nairn (7:40); Inverness (08:00) Est. time of arrival: 09:45 (Spean Bridge), 10:00 (Nevis Range Gondola), 10:30 (Pulldubh) Time of departure: 17:30 (Pulldubh), 18:00 (Nevis Range Gondola), 18:15 (Spean Bridge), Cost: £15.00 pp A full traverse of the Grey Corres from Pulldubh to/from Spean Bridge is probably a bit optimistic (unless…
Weekend Meet Report, Lagangarbh, August 2019
Lagangarbh is one of the most iconic mountaineering huts in Scotland, nestling as it does in a picturesque location at the foot of Buachaille Etive Mor. It was originally a crofting home, but has been maintained by the Scottish Mountaineering Club since 1946. For an increasingly large proportion of Moray Mountaineers, the weekend starts shortly after the last one finished. Alistair and Adele were the first of such “mid-weekers”. On Thursday, they did a round including Bidean nam Bian and on Friday Stob Ghabhar and Stob a Coire Odhair from Victoria Bridge. Alan and Fiona walked west from Victoria Bridge to the Graham Beinn Suidhe. “Very hot and sunny. Thought…