8 p.m. Tues. 3rd Oct. 2023, Royal Oak Ockbrook The first lecture of the season will feature Paul Gardiner, Oread and one ofonly two surviving original members. This talk, (which sadly had to bepostponed in March due to illness) will look back at the very start of theOread, (before it was Oread ) There will […]

Fri. 27th to Sun. 29th Oct. 2023 The weekend Curry Meet will be at Tan yr Wyddfa this year. Most of youwill be familiar with our Welsh hut and with the curry meet format, but forthe few who are not, the hut is based in Rhyd Ddu just south of Snowdon.This gives easy access to […]

Sat. 21st. Oct. 2023 Meet at Lyme Park NT car park at 10:15 for a 10:30 departure. BringPicnic.OS Map OL1 GR 963 823 (aka W3W topic.homelands.reboot)This is a circular walk partly on the Gritstone Trail and linking with ourprevious stage. It’s the last one in the series. It goes something like this:Lyme Park car park […]

14th to 29th Oct. 2023 A few members from the Oread are heading to Siurana in Spain 14-29thOctober for some sport climbing. Small apartments can be found inCornudella. There is also a campsite just outside Siurana village. Me andLuke are staying in apartment Chenin Blanc-Priorat. If you want to join in,find yourself a climbing partner […]

6th to 7th Oct. 2023 The Fylde club’s delightful hut is well situated for a variety of crags – inLangdale itself are Gimmer, Raven, White Ghyll and Pavey Ark and there’smagnificent quarries close at hand too. Plus great mountain walking in alldirections.This is a hut swap so we only pay our own members’ rates £5.00 […]

4th Oct. 2023 Meet at Curbar Gap car park (SK262747) with an aim to depart at 10:15.This walk takes in Curbar and Froggatt edges, Grindleford, Padley Gorge,Longshaw Estate and White edge.The route is approximately 11 miles long with around 1,200 ft of ascentPlease let me know if you are attending. Charlie Taylor

Thur. 21th Sept. 2023 We will park at SK313610 the Wilson residence, Plantation Lodge, UpperLumsdale Matlock DE4 5LB for an 11.00am start. The route takes in SandyLane, Cuckoostone Lane, Matlock Forest (a mix of trees and openmoorland), Wirestone Lane, Eddlestow Lot, more forest, Wayside Farm andback through fields, lanes and woodland to Lumsdale where tea […]

Wednesday 20th Sept. 2023 Normally, this would mark the end of summer, but since we haven’t hadone this year, think of it more as a reason to avoid going to the climbingwall for another week! IF it’s dry, we’ll probably climb at Wild Cat, now thatwe can and abseiling in of course. The table’s booked […]

Saturday 16th Sept. 2023 Meet at the Peak District National Trust car park (Buxton road, SK 149829)for a 10 am start.We follow the narrow limestone gorge of Cave Dale that leads steeply uphillto the high pastures above the village. Level walking along tracks provides abreather before we climb to the summit of Mam Tor and […]

10th September 2023 BARMY, or Best All Round Mountaineer of the Year, puts theemphasis on fun, on interesting ground covered rather thandifficulty. The goal is a good day out in the Peak. Points will beawarded for, amongst other things, crags visited, climbs done,triangulation points reached. The format will be similar to previous years, with categoriesfor […]