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England went into a National Lockdown on Wednesday 6 January. On Monday 22 February the government published its plan on how England will exit lockdown and the restrictions that have limited our activities over the past year.
Here is an update (23 February) from the BMC on how the plan in England affects climbers and walkers.
In addition here is the latest info for Wales (24 February) and Scotland (updated 23 February).

The New Members meet has been moved from March until later in the year - August. Contact Mary if you want to attend.

BMC multiple membership refund form is now available for this year.

The Annual General Meeting was attended by around 30 members on Saturday evening, 6 February, via Zoom.
Andy Burton was elected President for the next three years, with Ed Bramley becoming Treasurer and Julie Freemantle the Membership Secretary. We wish them all success in their new roles.
The Treasurer reported that the finances were in good shape.The proposed amendments to the Rules of Association were passed.
James Baldwin, as Director of GSHL, gave an update on the Hut agreement and the maintenance work currently being carried out. In addition, Heather Eddowes has agreed to be Chair of the Hut Management Committee. 
James was thanked for his last three years as President. Both James and Belinda have a long relationship with the ABM, going back to the 1960s, between them they have served 29 years on the Committee and organised meets. A big thank you to you both.
The minutes of the AGM will be circulated to members in the next month via email.

The "Who's who" profile has been updated to show the new appointments

The last lecture in the winter lecture series is on Tuesday 2 March - Desert Island Climbs by Martin Whitaker. Martin re-visits some of his favourite climbs from a mountaineering and climbing career that spans 50 years and 11,000 different routes. The plan is to keep the selection to 8, but this may get stretched, as choosing only 8 from 11,000 is going to be tough. Varied venues, including Africa, Europe, USA and even the UK.
The talks are held via Zoom and all members have had an email invitation to watch the presentation.

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News

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England went into a National Lockdown on Wednesday 6 January. On Monday 22 February the government published its plan on how England will exit lockdown and the restrictions that have limited our activities over the past year.
Here is an update (23 February) from the BMC on how the plan in England affects climbers and walkers.
In addition here is the latest info for Wales (24 February) and Scotland (updated 23 February).

The Committee has produced some advice to club members attending club meets during the current Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak. Please read the note.

Worth a read before you venture out for a day on the hills.

Pamela has sent me details of a new guidebook of the Lake District from Lesley Williams, co owner of Cicerone and a guest at our annual dinner in 2019. Lesley gives an insight in preparing a guidebook for publication and a short video promotes the new book, out in April.

Past news

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George Starkey Hut

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From Wednesday 6 January England has once again gone into a National Lockdown. From this date the hut is shut to all members. Reopening details will be posted on the hut website when lockdown restrictions allow. Once the hut is reopend advance booking is absolutely essential. The Hut will only available for weekends or long weekends only, leaving 72 hours between visitors to allow any Covid-19 risk to be absolutely minimal.

The hut is in Patterdale near Ullswater, at the heart of the Lake District’s Eastern Fells. It is ideally placed for the High Street range to the East, whilst from the front there is a splendid view of Helvellyn and its neighbouring fells: to reach them, all you have to do is put on your boots and walk from the hut.

There are rock climbing and mountain biking opportunities from the front door, canoeing and sailing on Ullswater and pony trekking locally.

Since mid 2016 we have had a new hut partner, the Alpine Club. The hut is run on behalf of both clubs by a limited company, George Starkey Hut Limited. The Hut warden is Marian Parsons. The hut has a Members Room with eight beds and a further 20 beds in two rooms. Under current Covid-19 restrictions clubs and groups are not allowed to book into the hut. Members can book directly through the Hut website. Before booking for the first time please register on the system.

From 1 October 2020 the overnight rates were increased to £9 per night for members and £16 for non-members/guests.

For any questions about registering or booking please email the Hut Booking Secretaries on george.starkey.hut@gmail.com.

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Last Updated: 24 February 2021