Below are the dates and venues for the Annual Dinner, Hotel Alpine Meet and the Autumn Trek.

ABMSAC Annual Dinner and AGM, Saturday 4th February.

Brooke Midgley has once again organised our club dinner at the Inn on the Lake, Glenridding, Saturday 4th Feb. 7:00pm for 7:30pm, after the AGM at 5:00pm.

•Dinner at the advantageous rate of £28.50 (same as last year) for a 4 course menu with coffee/tea.
•Rooms: Brooke has again arranged a reduced price of £65pp per night for B&B (but extra for lake views).
You are responsible for arranging your own accommodation. If you want a room, ring the Hotel: Tel no. (Freephone) 0800 840 1245, mentioning ABMSAC for the reduced rate.
Alternative accommodation in various guest houses and B&Bs, or the Glenridding Hotel which should be fully re-opened if anyone wishes to stay there for old times' sake.
•The George Starkey Hut is available as always, please book with Marian Parsons preferably by email
•The dinner booking form will be sent out along with further details in the autumn Newsletter.

The Hotel Alpine Meet will be from Friday 30th June to Friday 7th July will be based in Selva Gardena, situated at a height of 1566m in the Val Gardena, in the Dolomites of South Tyrol. Accommodation has been reserved in the 3* Hotel Astor which is in a central yet quiet location close to the shops, bus stop and lifts.
The Hotel wants to have an idea of numbers by the end of September 2016. If you wish to attend please contact Pam Harris before end of the month.

The Autumn Alpine Trek/Meet will be on 9th to 16th September in the Pirin Mountains, Bulgaria - based in Bansko. Judy Renshaw is the meet organiser. Pirin Adventures will do a tailor made package, including accommodation and transport etc. We intend to organise day hikes, some overnights in huts.

The full 2017 Programme will be be published by the end of October.