A fine weekend was had as always with the Moray Mountaineering Club at the Cairndow Village Hall. What a cracking location to explore, a place where the club haven’t been for years! However it had been noted by a few members on this meet that more and more meets were taking place closer to the central belt. This certainly is just a coincidence, nothing to do with a certain weekends meet organiser living just one hour away from this venue. Given the distance for some members, Alan and Fiona decided to head down early on Thursday to climb one of the new ‘Grahams’ – Cruach Neuran. Nothing positive was said…

Another month another wet and windy meet hosted by Travel with Treagus! Hardy mountaineers decided to embrace the thoroughly miserable forecast and decended on Inverardran Hut in Crianlarich. On the Friday, Justin and Eric managed to get out and climb Beinn Dearg in Glen Lyon. A very wise plan getting out on the Friday, as the weather was much better than forecast, a rather overcast and mild day. On the Saturday, Fiona, Eric and Damian decided given the poor weather, an excellent choice of day out would be to walk to the Drovers in and back for lunch. They had a wonderful day, and didn’t get too soaked either! Babs was…

Email David to sign up! 3rd – 5th February 2023 Inverardan Cottage, Crianlarich £12pppn. The home of the colour-coded chairs. Great little cottage and plenty of big hills. You shouldn’t be struggling for ideas around here, but if you are check out: https://moraymc.org/meet-report-crianlarich-23-oct-2021/ 3rd – 5th March 2023 Ling Hut, Torridon (3 spaces left) £15pppn. Glorious location, basic hut. But all the essentials. Last visit was surprisingly comfortable! Ideas can be found at: https://moraymc.org/weekend-meet-report-torridon-september-2019/ 31st March – 2nd April Cairndow Village Hall, Cairndow £15pppn. The club has not been here for years, but it’s such a good location for the Arrochar Alps and the Argyll hills. You’d be daft to miss it. This is a…

Ballater was the venue for the 2022/3 Hogmanay festivities and it certainly delivered. Not everyone could arrive on the Friday, due to other commitments, but those that could were able to make the most of the day. Evelyne decided to enjoy the 7 Bridges of Ballater walk. A lovely walk through woods, fields, the old railway line and along the River Dee. Little did she know that she would be repeating this two days later in very different weather!  Blue sky on Hogmanay enticed many out onto the hills, with Brent, Dianne, Dottie and Justin having a great day on Morrone from Braemar. The path was icy to 650m, and…

It’s been a while since the MMC visited the Grampian Speleological Group’s hut in Elphin.  It’s a well-equipped venue that offers a fine view over Cul Mor and Suilven from the conservatory, a proper fire for when it gets dark and cold, and a good drying room.  The weather on Saturday was not ideal, but nonetheless plans were made and the parties scattered. Fiona and Bob completed a traverse from Lochinver to Elphin.  Bob’s account reads “We got a lift round to Lochinver from Evelyne and after a visit to the pie shop we set off to walk to Elphin.  The first 3km was along a tarred road to Glencanisp…

The yearly Glenbrittle meet in Skye did not disappoint. Despite the promise of high winds, intrepid mountaineers managed to mountaineer! Both old and new members all had a fantastic time with highs on the Cuillin ridge (Jule and Lauren saying it was their best day on the hills, ever!), serenity being found at Coire Lagan and people ready to burst after eating enough food to feed a moderate sized army. Adventures were had on the Friday for some lucky part timers. Unfortunately, none of these adventures were immortalised in the Big Red Book. Having said this, Babs was spotted near Applecross Corbett bagging on Beinn Bhan. Jule was seen half…