12th to 14th January 2024 The first Scottish winter meet for 2024 will be at The Cabin, Balgowan,Newtonmore. Newtonmore gives access to Creag Meagaidh, the NorthernCairngorms and even The Ben. We have the whole hut which sleeps 10people at a cost of £5 pppn for Members and £14pppn for Guests .Depending on Weather and who […]

Weekend walk, Sat. 16th Dec. A moorland walk from Shillito Wood car park to Longshaw, a mix ofwoodland and open moors.Starting at 9.30 am from the free car park at Shillito wood (Map Ref. SK29495 74973. What Three words; mats.pipeline.whimpered).The walk progresses north taking in Barbrook Reservoir, Flask Edge, TotleyMoor before the toilets and tea […]

8th-10th Dec. 2023 We rendezvous at the Duke of Norfolk pub Ringinglow (free parkingopposite) Friday night 8December. After refreshments we venture ontoBlacka Moor (Brown Edge) and strike camp. On Saturday there’ll be a walkending at the Derbyshire Pennine Club hut Stoney Middleton. A fish andchip supper or dinner at the pub are possibilities. After breakfast […]

6 Dec. 2023 Meet at the layby outside Flash bar stores café on the A53 Leek-BuxtonRoad (SK032678). Parking here is limited, so please car share wherepossible. I aim to depart at 10:00. This walk takes in Axe edge, Cheeks hill,Dane bower colliery engine house, Whetstone ridge and Three Shires head.The route is approximately 10 miles […]

Tues. 7th Dec. 2023 8 p.m. Royal Oak Ockbrook Jon Shields will talk to “Hopping Mad; adventures of a paraclimber.” Jon isa GB athlete and will talk about his climbing both before and after hisaccident.

18th – 19th Nov. 2023 Good training for winter climbing or simply a sport in its own right, eitherway dry-tooling is getting more and more popular with a number of specificvenues being developed up and down the country. Whether it’s early seasontraining for those steep winter routes; improving your ‘mixed’ skills andtechniques; or just having […]

Post Prandial Walk sunday 19th Nov. 2023, 10AM for a 10:15 start. Park beside the cricket pitch in Calver village near the Derwentwater Arms.Our route will be around 10 miles and proceed up through Curbar villageonto the end of Baslow Edge. We will then head across to pick up the veryend of White Edge at […]

Thur. 16th Nov. 2023 Meet to leave at 11:00 am at SK 3391 6924 opposite the Bull’s Head Pub,Cotton Mill Hill, HOLYMOORSIDE. There is normally street parkingavailable on both sides of the road.From the Bull’s Head we go east, briefly touching Walton Back Lane, then6turning NW across fields to Chander Hill. We then join a […]

Tues 7th Nov. 7 p.m. Royal Oak Ockbrook Cath Flitcroft is currentlyCampaigns Manager of the BritishMountaineering Council. She waspreviously their Access andConservation Officer. Herresponsibilities includesustainability and climate changework and she works with the allparty parliamentary group onmountaineering. She trained as anenvironmental archaeologist and“spent many years in the Scottishwilderness” in that field. She hasalso worked with […]

1sr Nov. 2020 Please assemble at the car park adjacent to Derbyshire Bridge at say 10.00for 10 15 ( about 1 mile downhill from Cat and Fiddle, SK018715). We shallinitially traverse the heather moorland East of the river Goyt beforecrossing a pedestrian bridge (do not wear headgear looking even remotelylike a pheasant). Thereafter we shall […]