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Development and Training package. The aim is to provide financial assistance for training courses to increase members skills.
Heather Eddowes, Vice President, is coordinating the scheme.

The latest report on the training completed by members is available.

Our Data Privacy Policy is available to view.
Please take time to read the policy and make sure that you give your permission to show all or some of your details in the Journal and to send you electonic news updates.

Child Protection Policy and consent form.

The web site for the Swiss Alpine Club has links into pages for the separate Sections.

A source for all types of climbing information, access and insurance in the UK is the BMC

The George Starkey Hut has reopened for members from the end of lockdown, Wednesday 2 December. See below for more details.

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

Here is the latest info (2 December) from the BMC on lockdown restrictions in England and Wales.
In addition here is the latest info (25 November) for Scotland.
Worth a read before you venture out for a day on the hills.

The walk North and South Day Meet took place on 26 September, as planned. A report and photos of the walk from the Peak District are now available.

The winter series of London lectures have now been scheduled until March 2021. The talks will be via Zoom and we are giving all members the opportunity to watch the presentation.
As there is a limit to the number of people at the Zoom meeting we need to know in advance if you want to be included (registered). Details of how to register for each talk will be emailed to members about one week before the talk and registration is on a “first come first served” basis. The limit is 25, after which members will be put on a waiting list.
The first lecture was on Tuesday 1 December. There were over 120 attendees to hear Steve Kentish's interesting account of his traverse of the Pyrenees on ski and foot.

Pamela Harris has written an article for Cicerone Press about her travels to the Cevennes.

Pamela Harris visited Zermatt in October and has written about the trip in Autumn in Zermatt.

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News

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The Membership Secretary has added "How to" guides for accessing the Current Members Database. Thanks Ed for these guides.

The 2020 Journal has now been published and sent to members.

The walk North and South Day Meet took place on 26 September, as planned. A report and photos of the walk from Corfe Castle are now available.

Ed has written a short account of a day visit to the George Starkey Hut in September.

Judy has written a short account of her visit to the George Starkey Hut in August.

There is a light hearted gallery of photos of members using their buffs around the world, which has been updated. If you have any photos please send them to the Editor.

The final batch of Journals, the 1960s are now available. They show several far reaching changes to the Association. Membership was at a high with over 700 members annually. Many members were now from outside London and wanted more than the London centric activities that the Association provided. Weekend meets in huts were started and organised outside the usual venues. In the mid 60s the Journal was totally revamped.
The Journals from the 1950s include insights into the pound devaluation leading to the currency crisis in the mid fifties, curtailing trips to the Alps to the Jubilee Celebrations in 1959.
The Journals from the 1940s include insights into the drastic reduction in membership during the war with a great recovery afterwards and the setting up of the summer Alpine Meet from 1947.
The Journals from the 1930s include insights into the effect of the financial crash on the Association and the expansion of activities in the UK.
I hope that you enjoy dipping into them.

Past news

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George Starkey Hut

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From Wednesday 2 December the George Starkey Hut is reopened for members only. Only a member of the ABMSAC or AC, and their family or household group or "bubble" can stay. Advance booking is absolutely essential. The Hut is only available for weekends or long weekends only, leaving 72 hours between visitors to allow any Covid-19 risk to be absolutely minimal. Reopening details are on the hut website.

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 Chair is Tony Westcott (AC) and Marian Parsons is the Hut warden. 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 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: 3 December 2020