Northumberland Meet 19 – 21 May 2012 – Dave Helliwell This meet was held at the same venue as in 2010 –  the Demesne Farm Bunkhouse in Bellingham – and delightful it was. In this poor summer the forecast was changeable and this may have kept numbers down a bit. However eight Oreads and a Local […]

Snakes and Ladders – Spenser Gray and Chris Hartshorne The March meet to Tan yr Wyddfa has not been blessed with the good weather Snod claimed he had ordered, looking out of the window I huddle down further into the chair, the rain feebly beating against the window. “We could go to the Beacon and […]

Climbing the Needle – Gordon Gadsby.   March 2011 It was a warm sun dappled day in the mountains of central Lakeland with great fleecy white clouds drifting slowly above the towering rock spires of Great Gable. With Colin Hobday and George Reynolds I was climbing Napes Needle, the most famous rock pinnacle in England. Although less […]

Holiday on Ice? – Tony Howard. March 2008 ‘Good lead Youth.’ ‘What?’ ‘Good lead Youth’ came the words from below.  I thought I’d check that I’d heard correctly.  I don’t hear that much nowadays.  It was the penultimate pitch of the last route of our holiday, and the best pitch of the week ……. so far!  Simon joined me […]

Tuesday, 5th March 2024 at 8 p.m. in The Royal Oak, Ockbrook DE72 3SE Admission: £3 (Oreads); £5 (non-members) Nigel and Janet will give an illustrated account of a four week trek, last autumn in the Langtang area of Nepal

Tuesday 30 January: Nigel and Janet Briggs Last summer a group of six of us spent an enjoyable two weeks walking the Tour du Mont Blanc. Join us on zoom where we will talk about the walk. Zoom details will be emailed to all members.

2012 – My Climbing Year Simon Pape. March 2013          All the books suggest that setting objectives is a good thing to do to guide one’s climbing (or any other) activity. I’d done it once or twice before, and it does seem to help. It’s also recommended that if you tell others about your objectives you […]

Moonlight Symphony – An Ascent of Centre Post Direct, Steve Christian.  Feb 2011 So there we were Phil, Stu and I, three and half pitches off the summit of Creag Meagaidh, 300 metres up Centre Post Direct, at 4pm on the 6th of January. Darkness is falling as I set off on a grade V icefall, […]

Picos de Europa – July/August 2017, Mike Mowbray and Roger Gibbs As the summer tries to establish itself against the vagaries of our English weather, and the mixed blessings of school holidays loom closer, it is time for Oreads to prepare for Alpine adventure. This year the meet leader appears to have had little schooling […]

Who’s the ‘Barmy’est in 2000? I’ve finally been persuaded to give a result, much against my better judgement and principles!  The point of the exercise being to have an enjoyable day out and perhaps do one or two things that you wouldn’t normally do.  However, I’m pleased to report that the scoring system worked almost perfectly […]