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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, 5th March 2024 at 8 p.m. in The Royal Oak, Ockbrook DE72 3SE Admission: ÂŁ3 (Oreads); ÂŁ5 (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.
As those winter blues set in don’t forget to check out the latest newsletter for stories of drier days and the meet list for next year!
for July and Aug… 28 June Stoney Middleton then the Derwentwater Arms, Calver 5 July Tissington Spires then The Dog at Thorpe.12 July Harpur Hill then the Church Inn, Chelmorton.19 July Earl Sterndale then the Royal Oak, Sparklow.26 July Horseshoe then the Derwentwater Arms, Calver.2 August High Tor then the White Lion, Starkholmes.9 August Intake […]
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 […]
Alpine Meet: Val Ferret – August 2012, Pete Lancaster It was twelve years since the club last visited Val Ferret for its summer alpine meet so a return trip to this beautiful valley was due. I was determined not to hassle Sally about booking and might have succeeded had the online booking form performed…however, after only […]
These are the eeningcrags and pubs for the next couple of months. Keep and eye on the social media, especially oread@groups.io | Topics , there could be changes due to the weather. 10 May Birchens then the Wheatsheaf, Baslow.17 May Froggatt then The Grouse.24 May Stanage then The Grouse.31 May The Roaches then The Rock.7 […]
Walk & Climb the Edges Meet – 22 September Gil Male. Let’s start at the beginning. Simon Pape, Chris Wilson, Roger and Tom Larkam, Mike, Helen and Tom Hayes and Gil Male (meet leader) were surprisingly on the starting blocks at High Neb at 8.45. Correct me if I’m wrong but this must be a […]
This year we will choose a venue in advance – it can still be changed if theweather is unsuitable but at least there will be a starting point for discussion.5 April Colehill then the Boat, Cromford.12 April Birchens then the Wheatsheaf, Baslow.19 April Wildcat then the Boat, Cromford.26 April Burbage North then The Grouse, above […]