Author: Gary Bunting

The Wednesday Walk 7 June will be from Beudy at 10am as follows: Beudy, Nant Peris, Elidir Fawr, Carnedd y Filiast, Foel-goch, Y Garn, Llyn y Cwm, Beudy – 9.5 miles 4200ft. Hope to see you there, some of us will be staying on at Beudy. Gary

The Skye (GBMH) meet for 2023 has been cancelled as interest in it has declined to a low level, making it not viable as a club meet. However, the good news is that Gill has stepped forward to organised a replacement. The replacement meet will be at the Cairngorm Club hut, Muir Cottage, Inverey, Aberdeenshire from 1-6 October (5 nights). Come along and do your own thing – there’s plenty to go at. Within a 12-mile radius, there are 37 Munros, 8 Corbetts and a Graham. There are many sub-600 m Marilyns (for those so inclined) around Aberdeenshire, Angus and Moray, and literally dozens of excellent low level walks. There’s also climbing up in the hills, at the Pass of Ballater and at the coast, plus brilliant mountain biking on the hill paths and tracks and new purpose-built MTB trails around Tarland, going up onto Pressendye. Details of Muir Cottage are at https://www.cairngormclub.org.uk/muircottage/muircottage. The location is OS grid reference 076896, 1.5 km downstream from Linn o’ Dee and 8.5 km from Braemar. There are 18 places available at a cost of £12 per night, so the cost will be £60 per person. It should be noted that everyone would need[…]

The annual Skye meet is 1 to 7 October this year spending 6 nights in the Glen Brittle Memorial Hut at a cost of £120 (£20 pppn). At the moment there are plenty of spaces spare but they can’t be guaranteed for the club for much longer as confrontational payment is required soon. If you’ve been meaning to book but haven’t got round to (or haven’t received an email asking you to confirm) or would like to come and enjoy the many highlights of Skye and the isolation of Glen Brittle then please contact me (as per the hand book) ASAP. As well as the Cuillin there is much else to do on Skye – walking at all grades, cycling, climbing, kayaking, scrambling, chilling, etc. Gary Bunting

There will be a mid-week walk on Wednesday 22/06: Moel Siabod from Capel Curig (meet Capel Curig car park SH720582 at 10 am). Those who wish can then stay overnight at Beudy Mawr for another walk on Thursday (to be discussed but probably in / around the Glyders from the hut). If you are interested / would like a bunk booking then contact me by emailing wednesday.walks@rucksackclub.org. Gary P.S. If you stay on at Beudy for Thursday night then you can go straight onto the Gogarth meet.

The Skye Meet at the Glen Brittle Memorial Hut on 2 to 8 Oct is going ahead. (Circumstances could of course change dramatically between now and then). Although the numbers are restricted to 14 this year there are still a couple of places available. The cost is £120, or slightly less, for the 6 nights. If you’d like a place then please let me, Gary Bunting, know – contact details as per handbook.

Kayaking Scotland Meet 18-19 Sept is planned to go ahead. This will be based on Loch Long, with an overnight stay using / by the Mark Cottage bothy and camping before / after on the East side of Loch Long. Activities in the vicinity include exploring Loch Long and Goil by water, various Corbets and crags. For more more details contact the organisers as per hand book.

For those who aren’t aware of this, there is a proposal to build a tidal power plant off Holy Island (Anglesey) – which as planned will curtail / change sea paddling there. If you have kayaked off Anglesey last year please complete the following survey: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/YFX7S85?fbclid=IwAR1XLXWFqTOF9K_A2FzhBp3fjKb6NkwQJPJIaWV7X2lLndnyMB-3vyMjlDI For more info look at: https://www.snowdoniacanoeclub.org/single-post/2019/12/18/Morlais—Marine-license-application

As usual the Skye meet is at the Glen Brittle Memorial Hut. The deadline for confirming the hut booking is at the end of June – at the moment we are 6 short of filling the hut – so it looks like I’ll have to cut back the booking to only the number that have confirmed they are coming. (I’ve sent an email to those who’ve already booked asking them to confirm). The consequences of not filling the hut are: * The cost for the 6 nights goes up to £90 each. (£72 each was for taking the whole hut). * I’m asking for a deposit of £45. (As there isn’t a waiting list people who book and cancel later will still have to pay the full amount if there is no one to take their place.) * We won’t be guaranteed to have exclusive use of the hut, or that any later bookings will be available. So if you are thinking of coming to enjoy the highlights of Skye then don’t delay and contact me now. Gary Bunting