Seasons Greetings! We are organising the NYE meet at Rawhead and are planning on an impromptu climbing meet at Kendal Wall on Saturday 30th December. Probably arrive between 10 and 11. A good opportunity to try out some of the new bits of climbing kit that you received at Xmas and catch up with friends […]

Eden Meet 2024 Info

Climbing and walking meet to the Anti-Atlas area of Morocco. Dates are Saturday 2nd to Saturday 16th March staying in the Hotel Salama in Tafraout. The plan is to fly to Agadir and hire cars from there. EasyJet flies from both Manchester and Gatwick to Agadir. I have a block booking at the Hotel Salama, […]

Every year as the sun heads south, the snowbirds flock to the Calpe area of Spain to sun themselves on the warm rock of Costa Blanca.  Over December and January there is a migrant group who come together to drink coffee, climb, walk, share lifts, drink beer, ascend Via Ferratas, descend canyons, scramble ridges  and […]

A week in the sun, climbing glorious Cornwall Granite (and other varieties!) Based at the Climbers Club’s fabulous Count House hut, which has just been refurbished, an ideal spot with local crags at the bottom of the garden and many, many more just a short drive away. We mix and match a bit on this […]

Do you want to give a little back to the Fells we love? Join a group of FRCC volunteers working on footpath repair and erosion control work with “Fix the Fells” Rangers for 19th and 20th October based at Birkness Barn. Precise project to be decided nearer the time but likely to be in the Northern […]

Programme as revised I July 2023 The revised closures and restrictions are set out below: 3/7/23 for 2 weeks – engineers lights will control traffic on narrow sections and the road will be fully closed overnight from 9.00pm to 7.00am (some reports say 7.00pm to 6.00am!!) (11/09/23 onwards 2+ weeks Full Road Closure – now […]

Rock Climbing and Walking in Donegal Much of the climbing is single pitch although there is a good range of multi-pitch climbs mainly on the mountain crags. The rock is a mix of sandstone & granite. There are three main concentrations of climbing. The first is the Peninsula west of Killybeg out to Malin Bay […]

This meet is aimed at those taking their first steps into trad climbing techniques or those wishing to advance or refresh their skills in building effective, efficient and reproducible belay systems. We’ll also look at abseiling set-ups and multi-abseil techniques, multi-pitch belay systems and setting up top rope and bottom roping systems for beginners. This […]