23rd Apr. 2020 Peter Amour has kindly agreed to lead the New Members’ walk on Saturday 23 April 2022. All members welcome of course. Quite a few folk may be away as it’s the tail end of the Easter holiday; those who aren’t away will no doubt appreciate Peter’s event. Mike Hayes has reserved Heathy […]

25th adn 26th Mar. 2022 This is the Carn Dearg Mountaineering Club hut in Glen Clova (south east sideof Cairngorms, Scotland).find more details at https://carndearg.org/club-hut/We can have up to 16 people, 8 people have signed up already. Cost is £10 pppn.Please book your place with Christabel Goode

24th March 2022, 8 p.m. The Annual General Meeting of the Club will take place at 8 pm on Thursday 24thMarch 2022. We will be holding the meeting virtually on Zoom.See the February newsletter page 9 for full details regarding the business of the meeting and how itwill be conducted.

15th March 2020, 20:00 The final Oread Zoom of the winter features a footpath that traverses themountains of Corsica from north to south and is said to be one of the finestwalks around. Jan and I walked it in 2017 and wouldn’t disagree. Many Oreadshave first hand knowledge of it and it was the subject […]

2nd March 2022 Starting from Crich village centre at 10.30, we will walk out to the Memorial ofthe Sherwood Foresters, then traverse Cliff Quarry and drop to Wakebridge. Afurther drop to Wakebridge farm will see us continue to Holloway (Fuel Café), Lea5Hurst, Lea Wood and the Derwent Valley Heritage Way to Duke’s Quarry. FromCrich Carr […]

15th Feb. 2022 20:00 Scotland summer 2021With an aim of completing 60 Corbetts this year, I headed to the far north westof Scotland. I was joined by a couple of fellow Oreads for my ‘significant’birthday. Activities included cycling, kayaking, sightseeing, overnight bothy stay,and of course, those all important Corbetts. The joining link will be emailed […]

19th Feb. 2022 The walk will start at 10.15am at the carpark opposite St Peter’s church inEllastone (Church Lane, Ellastone, Ashbourne DE6 2HB.) It is next to the villagehall and a tennis court, on the road to Wootten. The walk will be approximately10 miles taking in Wootten and the Weaver Hills. Bring a packed lunch […]

1st Feb, 7.30 p.m. Rob Tresidder will give an illustrated talkabout the Alpine Passes Walk, fromSargans to Montreux via eighteen passesand below the north face of the Eiger.This talk is in honour of Kev Reynolds,walker and writer extraordinaire 1943 –2021.Admission, as usual £3.00 Oreads, £5.00others.Please note earlier start time toaccommodate the pub’s current closing timeof […]

4th and 5th March 2020 22 beds are booked at the ABMSAC George Starkey Hut in Patterdale for thenights of Friday 4th and Saturday 5th March. However as usual we have theoption of extending our stay by a day or so if required.As this is a long established Oread meet I think everyone will be […]

11-12 February 2022 This is the Ochils Mountaineering Club hut, with more details at:https://www.ochils.com/club-cottage-for-letWe have a booking for 10 beds at £12 pppn. Michael Hayes is meet leader –Fully booked but contact him if you would like to be on the reserve list.