This year we visited Laggan in the Western Cairngorms for our Scottish Mountaineering meet, staying at the Raeburn Hut. There was lots of Munro bagging done by all who attended. Take a look at what they got up to in
This year we elected to visit the Roaches for our traditional ‘Get Out On Rock Day’. Of course, many of our members have already been climbing outdoors this year. Indeed some of them have been lucky enough to start their
SMC members Roger and Holly made a recent visit to the brand new climbing wall at Warwick University and this is how they got on. ‘Holly and I popped along to the new Warwick Uni climbing wall this morning (April
We have a “Get out on rock day” on Sunday 19th May at the Roaches. This day is aimed at climbers of all abilities, from absolutely no experience, only ever climbed indoors or just looking to get climbing outdoors again.
As well as doing lots of climbing many members of the SMC are keen hill walkers too. Two SMC members, Ash and Jo, along with friends Joanna, Linden and Toby the Schnauzer took trip to the eastern Brecons in April
On April 10th, Margaret arranged a social evening at the Old Edwardians Sports Club for members to bring their photos and memories of trips from last year and other adventures. First up was Bill with some breath-taking scenes and stories about cross-country
It has been just over a fortnight since Pete and I returned back from a week of snowboarding in Arinsal, Andorra. What a brilliant time we had! Our dalliance with the ‘dark side’ started about 18 months ago when we
As most of you are aware, after much debate and heart searching by club members, it was decided at our AGM in October 2018 not to renew our long-expired lease for Bryn Golau, our club cottage. So it was with
Our final social gathering for 2018 took place on Thursday 20th December for what has become the SMC’s traditional pre- Christmas get together. There was an excellent turn out of members and their partners, and a fair showing of Christmas
Throughout 2018 committee members Ian W and Mark H liaised with several local climbing clubs to explore the possibilities of joint club ventures. These discussions resulted in SMC and the MAM joining forces for a joint meet to the fabulous