Category: News
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 […]
15 April and 13 May 2023 Nigel Berry has again generously agreed to offer some training to Oreadmembers. These will be one day sessions on skills for Alpine mountaineering, theday will include moving together, short pitching and crevasse rescue. The venuewill be at Black Rocks, Cromford, making great use of the gullies and crevicesthere.Nigel can […]
Tan yr Wyddfa Working Party, July 2016 by Snod Helliwell Even before the working party officially started Nodge was in there, slashing, strimming and burning so the garden was pristine by the time most of us arrived on the Tuesday evening. He’d spared our lovely spotted orchid, flowering for the second year at the top […]