2nd February 2018 is Solihull Mountaineering Club’s (formerly Solihull YHA) 60th Birthday and we’d like as many folk as possible to come along to celebrate. 19:30 at the Old Eds on Friday 2nd February 2018. We will have a founder
Vagabond Meet
Vagrant, hobo, beggar and wanderer are all completely inappropriate synonyms for the brilliant Vagabond hut in Nant Peris, scene of the SMC’s most recent meet. Richard, Christoph and Ian were the three hardy souls wanting to put some hill time
2018 Ski Trip
As many of you know we organise an annual ski trip in Europe which are always well attended and fabulous fun, whether or not you can ski or snowboard. For the 2018 trip, an apartment has been booked in St
BMC Area Meeting
An important BMC Area Meeting will shortly be upon us. Instead of our usual mountaineering speaker & slide show, several staff from the Manchester Head Office will be there to give details, and answer questions about the organisational review, which
Horseshoe Quarry Meet
After a week of nervously watching the forecast with the potential for rain being suggested and then withdrawn, ten hardy SMC members met up at Horseshoe Quarry, near Stoney Middleton. Despite the fact that this crag has featured in the
SMC 60th Anniversary
The diligent group of SMC anniversary planners have been busy making plans for the club’s 60th anniversary in 2018. After several meetings we can reveal that the year is beginning to shape up nicely and you can start thinking about
SMC Bank Holiday meet
August bank holiday, North Wales, club trip and good weather: it’s not often you can put all of those elements into one clause. But that’s exactly what we had at the SMC August bank holiday meet, and the ten souls
BMC Midlands Area Meeting – Guest Speaker Shirin Shabestari
Join Guest Speaker Shirin Shabestari Growing up Iran, childhood trips to the mountains with her father gave Shirin a taste for adventure and a sense of freedom. Now living in London with a young family, Shirin shares her love from
Cratcliffe Bouldering Day
The next Sollihull day trip is on Sunday 9th July, though this may move to the Saturday (8th) if the weather is going to be better that day. We will be having a bouldering day at Cratcliffe that is situated
SMC Diamond Jubilee
On the 2nd February 1958 the first committee meeting of the Solihull YHA Club met. This club later changed its name to the Solihull Mountaineering Club, and so in 2018 the SMC will be celebrating 60 years of hitting the