Our weekend meet at The Roaches, led to a few epics… There was bloodshed by the first team on Valkyrie, a single tear shed for the second team, and amarooned leader with two ropes jammed on the Mincer. Many brave parties then took on The Sloth 💪🏻. Perhaps fuelled by good food, great cheesecake and […]

Tuesday 27 February The ‘Iceberg Trail’ on the remote east coast of Greenland, was abackpacking trek, requiring food drop offs and boat rides between thevarious sections and crampons for crossing snowfields and ascendingmountains. It was a great adventure, in a true wilderness, withbreathtaking scenery.The Laugavegur trek of Iceland stood out for its magical and diverselandscape, […]

A small group of Oreads travelled up to the beautiful (but rather midgey) Isle of Skye in May. There were grand intention to do the full ridge traverse across 2 days. The weather and peoples tired limbs never quite worked aligned for that attempt however plenty of adventure was still had on the Cuillin! Days […]

A select group of Oreads enjoyed a mostly hot and sunny two weeks in the Chamonix valley. After prolonged hot and dry weather throughout July the high mountains were out of condition; though Mick and Kasia managed to grab an ascent of the Tete Blanche at the start of the trip. However with plenty still […]

Oreads on the Benidorm trip enjoying a dose of February sunshine and lovely limestone at Guadalest (2284) and Las Cerezas.

Seven Oreads plus a couple of friends gathered at Whatstandwell on 20 Jan – a fabulous crisp, clear winter’s morning – for a circuit around Crich. We passed below Chasecliff crag – bigger and more impressive than I remembered – before leaving the woods to enjoy fine views all round as we made our way […]

An intrepid group of Oread Mountain Bikers met at The Spotted Cow, Holbrook at 7.30 on Thursday , on a calm dry evening, under an almost full moon. After the others waited for me to find the pub I had nominated, we five set off down Shaw Lane on our searchlight equipped bikes and descended […]

A group of 15 Oreads and guests set off from Ticknall Village Hall in the South of the county on a dry but cloudy morning. Fortunately the same group, still dry, returned later in the afternoon after a 22km tour of some of the local highlights. We were pleased to welcome Pete Amour’s brother in […]

The rules favour those looking to cover a distance collecting crags, pinnacles, trig points and monoliths in addition to climbs. On the day heavy showers and high wind made teams concentrating on crags a routes uncompetitive. The best strategy by far was to have a plan and to know where to find monoliths (stoops and […]