Category: Member Posts

We received this very kind review for the 2024 Calendar: “Having been lucky enough to identify a photo of “Long Tall Sally” on UKC  I won a copy of the CAC / Rucksack Club 2024 calendar, and with it a request to write a review, so here goes. How do you review a calendar? Well, does it work? A quick check indicated that there are seven days in every week, 2024 starts on a Monday and February 29th is a Thursday, all good so far. There’s also enough room on each day to write in the family’s appointments, so it succeeds in its primary function! What else would you want from a calendar: interesting and inspiring photos? There’s plenty to choose from, one large and three small for each month plus the cover and a few at the back. The cover photo of “Ancient Art” at the Fisher Towers is impressive but for some reason does not tempt me to travel west for an ascent! My personal favourite is October’s “Long Tall Sally” not since it won me a copy, but because it makes me want to go back and re-climb it (last time was 1983) even though it’s probably[…]

Just a reminder – Beudy is fully booked this weekend. Dan irons has a group in the following weekend (8th-10th). Other than that, the hut is available right up to Christmas and beyond. Its a nice place to get away from it all! At present, the next booking is Gareth Llewellyn’s Club Meet on 12th – 14th January. Seasons greetings from Bill and Steve!

Retiring member Colin Weston has a set of journals from 1980 to 2022 available to anyone willing to pay a few quid postage or to pick them up. Colin’s contact details are in the handbook.

Due to travel plans we’ve had to postpone Dave Palmer’s Alps 4,000s show, so there won’t be a Zoom indoor meet on November 14th as planned. Fear not – Dave’s talk will be rescheduled later on this season. Watch this space! Cheers, Dom

Audrey has asked me to let you all know that the Meet is now full.

Its a reasonably busy November at Beudy. This coming weekend (4/5) Lewis Ashton is running his running meet, although I’m sure Lewis would be happy to welcome you even if running isn’t your thing. Contact Lewis for details. The following weekend (11/12) sees the return of the Powsers MC (a Glossop based club) who enjoyed Beudy so much last year. They have booked 11 spaces so there is room if you want to join them. Audrey Russell’s meet (18/19) is always an enjoyable weekend – contact Audrey if you would like to go. Gary Noble has booked six spaces for the following weekend (25/26) so there is availability. In December, Guildford MC have booked the entire hut for the first weekend (2/3) and intend having their Annual Dinner around the dining room table in front of the logburner – what a good idea! Apart from that, the rest of the month is available. Why not spend the run up to Christmas (or even Christmas itself) away from it all? January is shaping up to be busy. Get your booking in to avoid disappointment! As ever, contact me or Steve Gregory to make a booking.

The winter season of Wed evening climbing wall meets is starting today at BlocHaus, Openshaw, a good bouldering venue. As with last year, there will be a 3 week cycle between BlocHaus, Summit Up in Oldham, and Awesome Walls in Stockport. All meets are in the calendar. If you are thinking of attending a meet, it’s best to contact me and others on the Rucksack Club Climbers whatsapp group. Otherwise you can contact me, John Jefferies, via CONTACT US which is in the About menu on this web site. P.S. If you haven’t been to one or more of these venues before, it’s best to pre-register yourself with that venue on their website before turning up, otherwise you’ll have spend 10 minutes registering at the reception.