Only twenty-one members and guests made the bus meet to the Cairngorms this Sunday. To make bus meets viable we need to achieve a much higher number than this. With the coach costing nearly £500 and members and guests contributing £12 each in fares we had a shortfall of £248 on Sunday. Our average attendance for bus meets over a twelve month period is thirty, which still leaves us at the end of the day with an average shortfall of £130 per outing. The very fact that your club provides a coach on eleven meets a year is the envy of many Mountaineering Clubs. This in my opinion is well…
March 2013 Weekend Meet: Clashgour Hut, Black Mount
Date: 2nd/3rd March 2012 Venue: Clashgour Hut, 1.5km from Victoria Bridge. Location: Clashgour is situated beneath Stob Ghabhar at the southern end of the Blackmount Estate at OS grid reference NN257425 (Landranger sheet 50, Glen Orchy). It is about 6km from Bridge of Orchy and 1.5km west of nearest Road at Victoria Bridge . From the A82 at Bridge of Orchy take the A8005 to Victoria Bridge. At the end of the road is a small car park where cars should be left. No vehicles are permitted to be taken to the hut, they must be parked at the designated car park a few hundred yards south of Victoria Bridge.…
1931-1981 Jubilee Edition Journal
A copy of the MMC Jubilee Edition 1931-1981 Journal has now been digitised and is available online – download here. Please note that this journal is 48 pages long (file is >7Mb), so it may take a minute or two to download. Thanks to Dave McRonald for loaning the Club a copy of this historic journal.
Club Ceilidh: Friday 15th February 2013
Date: Friday 15th February 2013 Time: 7.00pm to midnight Venue: Elgin Town Hall (Supper Room) Band: Buskoe Sike Tickets: Available now from Committee (£10 when purchased in advance or £12 on the door), includes Stovies. We need this to be a great success, so please tell all your friends and bring everyone along for a great evening of dancing and craic. Prospective members welcome.
February 2013 Bus Meet: Torridon
JennyS on Liathach (Apr 2012) [Photo by GraemeJ] Sunday, 17th February 2013 O.S.Map(s): 19/24/25 Est. time of arrival: 9.45 am Time of departure: 16.30 pm Leave Elgin: 7.00 am The bus will park for the day in the Alligin car park by Coire Mhic Nobuil. Torridon is a perennial favourite popular with both walkers and climbers. With a great range of magnificent hills, the choice is endless. If we get a clear day, the views will be marvellous so don’t forget your camera! The bus should arrive at Kinlochewe by about 9.30am giving time to tackle Slioch, a “real fortress of a mountain”, a considerable day out with the reward…
New Year Meet Report: Kintail
The Moray Mountaineering Club returned to the Kintail Outdoor Centre at Morvich for the fifth Hogmanay meet of recent times. The roll-call of fourteen comprised Illona Morrice, Heavy Whalley, Katie Griffiths & Rachel Higgins (aka the Himalayan Chicks), Andy Brooks, Jim Bryce, Desmond Cormack, Simon Jacyna, Susan Jacyna, Ray Harron, Graeme Morrison, Shona Morrison, Andy Lawson and Daniel Moysey. The meet started with the traditional Hogmanay feast and a few drinks. Hogmanay feast (Photo by Andy Lawson) In a break from tradition, “A few drinks” was followed by making of packed lunches and retiring to bed long before the morning shipping forecast. Alarms went off at 7am on New Year’s…
December 2012 Bus Meet Report: Fannichs
Christmas Bus Meet & Meal Well Happy New Year to you all. Sorry about the delay in posting the bus report – I’m still suffering from writer’s droop due to the festive season, but enough of my sufferings. Clambering out of the bus first and heading for the dizzying heights of Carn Loch nan Amhaichean, all 697 metres of it, were John Henderson, George Herraghty, Dan Moysey, Derrick Harman, Brent Craig and One Nighter Whitelock. Shadowing them as far as Strathrannoch, the Anthill Mob’s Chugga-Boom ground to a halt, laden I fear with illicit booze. The gang, comprising…
February 2013 Weekend Meet: Glen Etive
Glen Etive from slopes of Beinn Trilleachan Date: 2nd/3rd February 2013 Venue: Grampian Club hut, Inbhirfhaolain, Glen Etive Location: The hut is situated 7 miles from junction of Glen Etive Road with Tyndrum/Glencoe Road (A82) and 5 miles from Loch Etive Pier. Facilities: A basic but comfortable climbing hut, sleeping 13. Double sleeping platform supplied with mattresses, but bring sleeping bags. Electric lighting, heating, cooking and refrigeration; utensils provided; multifuel stove; water from burn (100 yards); Clivus composting toilet. No shower. Cost: TBC Nearby Hills: Munros: Buachaille Etive Mor, Buachaille Etive Beag, Creise, Meall a’Bhuiridh, Ben Starav, Beinn nan Aighenan, Glas Bheinn Mhor, Stob Coir an Albannaich, Meall nan Eun. Corbetts: Beinn a’Chrulaiste, Beinn Maol Chaluim, Beinn Mhic…
December 2012 Weekend Meet Report: Ling Hut, Torridon
The usual writer is suffering from an attack of grumpiness brought on by suspicions of censorship and surveillance by some technologically superior power. Therefore, it falls to me to provide a factually accurate summary of the weekend meet to Torridon. I thought I would start with some statistics: 13 members, 1 hut, 2 days rain, 70mph wind, zero summits attained, some stars, 2 galaxies (Andromeda and Milky Way), 1 planet (Jupiter, complete with its moons) and several shooting stars. Sadly the superb astronomical observation conditions that greeted us upon arrival soon faded away (a pre-emptive sign foretelling the sad death of Sir Patrick?). The Ling Hut in Torridon might be…
January 2013 Bus Meet: Cairngorm
Sunday 20th January 2013 OS Map: 36 Bus Stop: Coire Cas car park Arrival Time: 09:30 Departure Time: 17:00 Leave Elgin: 07:00 We are heading back to Cairngorm again this January and Ray Harron has kindly offered to do some Winter skills with those who wish to take part. A number of topics will be covered including the use of ice axe and crampons. Ice axe, crampons and helmet will be required, as well as your usual Winter walking gear. A limited number of these are available for free loan, if required. The Ptarmigan restaurant may be visited, so bring along some money for tea and cake. If you would…