February Snowdonia Trip
The St Valentines weekend saw the club head to Snowdonia for a hopefully fun filled weekend. The mid-February trip can often be...
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Akaash
Jan 30, 20152 min read
Ski Touring in the Cairngorms
At the weekend while the club descended on the Lake District, Nick Russell and I decided to head up to Scotland to make the most of a...
Akaash
Nov 25, 20142 min read
Glan Dwr – North Wales Trip
Last weekend the Avon Mountaineering Club descended on Capel Curig for its annual trip to Snowdonia. “Glan Dwr” (the name of the lodge in...
Akaash
Oct 15, 20145 min read
The End of the World is Nice
After my finals, my Uni club went to Cornwall for a week. From Newcastle. What were we thinking? It rained every day. In fact, it rained...
Akaash
Aug 27, 20142 min read
Alps trip 2014
The first 2 weeks of August saw the AMC return to the lovely Saas Valley in Switzerland. Unusually, this year there was no mass entry to...
Akaash
Jul 22, 20146 min read
The Staffordshire Nose
A blood sacrifice at the altar of Brown and Whillans Every climber has heard of The Nose. Perhaps the most iconic route there is, often...
Akaash
Jul 22, 20141 min read
South Pembrokeshire Trip
The trip went very well and the Met Office forecast of rain was completely wrong, the only problem we had was dealing with sunburn. Any a...
Akaash
Jul 22, 20141 min read
Dewerstone video
A delightful day out at one of Dartmoor’s finest venues, namely The Dewerstone in South West Devon, on one of the crag classics called...
Akaash
Jun 13, 20141 min read
Sacre Coeur
A grand day out on the amazing sea stack formation of Blackchurch Rock on the Culm Coast near Hartland in North Devon. There are a number...
Akaash
May 30, 20143 min read
Northern Lake District
Facing unknown and unpredictable weather and traffic, 17 souls made their way up the crawling M5 and M6 to the beauty of the Northern...
Akaash
May 19, 20141 min read
Big Black Mountain Challenge
4 AMC members made it to Llanthony Priory on Saturday 17th May for the 2014 Big Black Mountain Challenge in aid of Longtown MRT. Phil...
Akaash
Dec 22, 20133 min read
Brecon Beacons Trip, Christmas 2013
So, without further ado… The trip really begins at Temple Meads station where three fellow hikers were picked up by a little white...
Akaash
Oct 22, 20131 min read
Lundy Trip 2013
Here’s what “Lundy Virgin” Neil had to say about the trip: Well I guess I should write something as a member of the “Lundy Chastity” –...
Akaash
Oct 22, 20132 min read
Bog Walking
When I joined the mountaineering club I hadn’t appreciated I had, in fact, joined a bog walking club! Or perhaps it was just a strange...
Akaash
Oct 2, 20134 min read
Ballater Trip (Scotland)
Despite a questionable weather forecast leading to some last minute cancellations 7 people made it to Ballater for the August bank...
Akaash
May 9, 20131 min read
Lake District Trip
In May the AMC went to the Lake District. These are some of the photos.
Akaash
Jun 5, 20111 min read
Gower Trip
The Gower coast was looking its May best for the weekend trip organised by Sharon Chirrop. 18 or so happy climbers met up at the...
Akaash
Apr 17, 20111 min read
Dartmoor Trip
This weekend 3 records were broken: the biggest meet (28 victims), the hottest weekend of the year (21 degrees) and the grottiest...
Akaash
Feb 5, 20113 min read
AMC Rabble Go To Scotland
So there was Rob the mountain goat, temporary resident; Jane the permanent escapee from Bristol, Richard the dentist -later to become...
Akaash
Jan 16, 20112 min read
North Wales Trip
Last weekend saw the AMC head up to North Wales for a weekend of climbing, walking and generally good outdoor fun. A key mountain skill,...
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