The Moray Mountaineering Club’s 80th Annual General Meeting will be held at 19:30 on Thursday 23 March 2017 at Glen Moray Distillery, Elgin. Please support your club by attending (one free drink for members). The management of the Club is vested in a committee comprising the Office Bearers (President, Vice President x 2, Honorary Treasurer, Honorary Secretary) and four Members. The current committee is: President: Joe Glennie Vice President 1: Richard Knak Vice President 2: Katie Dyke Honorary Treasurer: Malcolm Campbell Honorary Secretary: Daniel Moysey Committee Member 1: Simon Jacyna Committee Member 2: Al Dennis Committee Member 3: Gordon Eccleston Committee Member 4: Vacant Any member may stand for any of the positions. You do…
MMC Ceilidh: Friday 17 February 2017
Date: Friday 17 February 2017 Time: 7.30pm to midnight Venue: Elgin Town Hall Band: Buskoe Sike Tickets: £10 (includes stovies) B.Y.O.B. Tickets can be purchased in advance from committee members or on the night at the door. Raffle (prize donations most welcome) Tell all your friends and bring everyone along for a great evening of dancing and craic. Prospective members most welcome.
February 2017 Bus Meet – Cairngorms
Sunday 19 February 2017 Departs Elgin: 07.00 Pick-ups in Forres, Nairn and Inverness Estimated time of arrival at the ski centre main car park: 09.30 Time of departure: 16.30 Hopefully there will be plenty of snow about, and this will be an opportunity for you to practice your winter skills in the company of some of the more experienced members of the Club (Ray and Heavy). A number of topics will be covered including the use of ice axe and crampons. If you would like to take advantage of this sharing of knowledge and experience, then please mention this when you book the bus. It is best if you bring your…
February 2016 Weekend Meet:Laggan
Venue: Great Glen Hostel, Laggan (Between Fort Augustus and Spean Bridge) When: Nights of Friday 3 Feb 2017 and Saturday 4 February Cost: To be confirmed Grid Reference: NN 293 971 Contact Simon Jacyna to book your place.
December 2016 Weekend Meet Report: Glenshee (Blackwater Centre)
Fiona Duncan, Ella Grant, Drummond Beattie, Ray Harron, Evelyn Droege Heavy Whalley, Bob MacDonald, Brian Jones, Fiona Cuninghame, Joe Glennie, Sheila Patel, Adrian Marsay, Carol Jack, Cate Bulmer, Brad Doswell, Bea Chater, Ben Watson, Al Dennis, Miriam Duncan, Jake Lee The above revellers and miscreants travelled to the Blackwater Outdoor Centre for the annual and wonderfully conceived Hogmanay meet. I only half apologise if any names have been left out, as folk don’t write in the Book of Climbs and some of this happened last year for goodness sake! For such a great gathering there is also scant record of what went on, and this befuddled author is the very…
December 2016 Bus Meet Report: Aberlour
Numbers on the Christmas bus meet are difficult to break down but, 41 members and 1 guest on the bus, and 2 by car doing the walk. There were a further 5 members and 2 guests attending the meal. This was by far the largest attendance of members on a bus meet in 2016. I hope that this is a good sign of an increase in bus numbers for 2017. First of all, a warm welcome to our new member, Teresa. The bus started off from Inverness, at 8:00, and then continued to Forres. At Forres, there was slight delay, since one of our members (Jake) was now getting on…
October 2016 Bus Meet Report: Assynt
17 members were on the bus for what was expected to be a good weather day on the Assynt hills. First of all, a warm welcome to our new member Caroline. First off the bus, at Inverael, were George and Derrik. Their plans were to tackle the Beinn Bhreac and then walk through the glen and meet up with the rest of us at the pub stop, Ferry Boat Inn, in Ullapool. Well, we all met up in the Ferry Boat Inn, but it would appear that their trip to the Ullapool involved a little hitchhiking! Next of the bus, near Knockanrock, was Bill, with the aim of tackling Cul…
August 2016 Bus Meet Report – Kintail
20 members, including Grampian LWDA members, were on the bus for what was expected to be a “damp” day on the hills around Kintail. First of all, a big welcome to Dottie who joined the club today and a big thank you to the LWDA members who made the numbers possible for this bus meet to proceed. First off the bus, just before the Cluanie Inn, were Dave and Andy. Andy had intentions of wandering up the glen to the Alltbeithe Youth Hostel and Dave was going to tackle Am Bathach and Ciste Dhubh. Andy was surprisingly disappointed that the rain was not as bad as forecast. Dave thought he…
December 2016 Weekend Meet Report – Ballachulish
December’s weekend meet was to a new venue for the club. The Alex MacIntyre Memorial Hut between Ballachulish and Onich is very well situated for the hills, with some of this country’s finest close by, in all directions. Some arrived early, others after dark when the hut, though right beside the road, can be difficult to locate, and one adventurer arrived properly late. Jane showed devotion to the club by coming on the meet despite working a full day on Friday and Monday in Ireland. She raced to the evening Belfast to Cairnryan ferry after work on Friday and made it to the hut just before 2am. Thankfully a couple…
November 2016 Weekend Meet Report – Inchnadamph
Once again this proved to be the most popular meet of the year [so far] with 28 members and guests heading north for a weekend of hills and hilarity. Once again Dave Treagus and Alistair Jeffs got off to an early start and climbed An Faochagach on their way up on Friday. They got wet from the rain, river crossings and long grass and put a tick in their books. Saturday dawned with the weather somewhat better than forecast and groups headed off in all directions. Greig, Ben, Brad, Al Dennis and Jenny Smith went bouldering at Reiff in the rain and wind and ‘established’ a new problem. Setting the…