As part of the SMC’s 60th anniversary celebrations a group of members travelled to Kent on Sunday 29th April 2018 to visit the club’s founder Alec Tapper. Ian, Rob, Phil, Jo, Mark and Mick made the smooth journey south to
A Young New Member’s First Meet
9-11 February 2018 So you’re thinking about joining Solihull Mountaineering Club? Before you do, here are some things you can expect from the club: *You will sign up to the club and inexplicably find yourself in the Lake
Happy Birthday To Us!
A whole year of celebratory events for SMC kicked off in style on Friday 2nd February with seventy nine members, past and present, attending our 60th Birthday Bash at Old Edwardian’s Club, Solihull. The club, then known as the Solihull
A Generous Donation of Kit!
Thanks to a generous donation of equipment from Mr and Mrs Williams of Dorridge the SMC kit pool has now been greatly expanded. In addition to more harnesses, carabiners and figure of eights we now have another five (yes count
Gwen’s Trip to the Roaches
Mummy took me for a walk last weekend. She and Daddy belong to this group of weird people called Solihull Mountaineering Club. They believe that it is nicer to go outside on a windy Sunday with temperatures just above zero
2018 Solihull Meets
Sunday 14th January Day Meet to the Roaches for some winter bouldering and walking. Winter is a great time to go bouldering with the friction on the gritstone at its best. The Staffordshire moorland provides some excellent walking. Note, if
60th Birthday Celebrations
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