Bank Holiday Snowdonia Tick Frenzy
May 7th, 2019 by rob s
Not the nasty little buggers wot bite ya legs (which are out in force) but those climbs that have been on your list for a while... in my case nearly 30 years !
North Wales Nav weekend
May 1st, 2019 by Mike Shaw
On the weekend of the 6th of April six YAC members headed to North Wales to attend a Navigation course at Plas y Brenin. We based ourselves at the Dolgam campsite near Capel which I would highly recommend, really nice clean site with great facilities.
Saturday dawned and for a change we were hoping for low cloud and poor visibility to make the most of the Nav course, the sky […] Read the rest
Ogwen Valley – March 2019
March 30th, 2019 by Carmen
Last weekend we had a trip to the MCNW hut in North Wales. Always keen to try a hut we haven't stayed in previously. It proved a bit of a squeeze but we all fitted in. We were rather lucky with a Spring like Saturday and a more wintry feeling air on Sunday – but dry both days.
On Saturday Dave W, Karl and Russ went for a […] Read the rest
Sumer is a-cumen in
February 26th, 2019 by Simon CNo cuckoos yet, loude or otherwise, but the skylarks were singing their hearts out on Sunday as 6 of us drove down to Stanage for the day.
Warmer than most summer's days, it was great to be out climbing (and occasionally failing to climb) in the sun. Various routes were led, a few were backed off, Karl surprised himself by leading an HS before collapsing in a heap, Mike led […] Read the rest
Snowless in Elphin
January 3rd, 2019 by Simon C
For the 2018/9 New Year meet we returned to the excellent little hut in Elphin, up in the far northwest of Scotland. One of these days we'll get there to coincide with some good winter's weather, but not this time, mild weather through December led to largely snow-free conditions.
Of course, that didn't stop us 9 of us making the long journey north, and it's a fantastic place to […] Read the rest
Costa de Langdale
November 30th, 2018 by rob s
Langdale in November, pack your waterproofs and hope for the best. Except we should have packed our shorts and vests cos this was incredible weather. YAC Autumn Ariege trip
October 23rd, 2018 by CarmenLast October 7 YAC members (me, Simon, Ann, Peter E, Peri, Dave D and Mike) plus James and Sara went to the Ariege (foothills of French Pyrenees). It is a lovely area that Simon & I were keen to return to. Peter and Ann hired bikes for a couple of days and were doing a mixture of cycling and walking and even the occasional rock climb. Sara was also doing […] Read the rest
Tremadog September 2018
September 26th, 2018 by CarmenOnly 7 of us stuck with the plan and went to Wales on Friday night. A few cried off due to poor forecast – but the forecast turned out to be ever changing.
Saturday morning was meant to be dry but it started spitting soon after we went to the upper 
tier of Craig Pant Ifan. Jayne came up with us – but then headed off for a walk/scramble up […] Read the rest
Newlands Valley August Bank Holiday
September 2nd, 2018 by Carmen
For the August bank holiday we headed to the Newlands valley (Stair) to avoid the crowds in the Lakes. Good turnout for the trip – 15 of us present at some point over the weekend.
Saturday – Simon & myself walked from the hut up towards the head of Newlands Valley to climb Direct route with bolt finish (allegedly S **) on waterfall buttress and then grey slab (VS 4b
[…] Read the rest Dolomite adventures
September 1st, 2018 by Jamie B
Due to an imminent change of lifestyle, I was desperate to get in a big climbing trip whilst I still had some freedom. The plan had been to get a core group of 4 together to simplify decisions and arrangements, then open it out to the rest of the club. Unfortunately due to my inability to organise a piss up in a brewery, there were still no firm arrangements a […] Read the rest