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Meet photos in 2020
2020 Meet Reports
Autumn in Zermatt, October Southern Day Meet, Corfe Castle, 26 September Northern Day Meet, Derbyshire, 26 September Day trip to Patterdale, 13 September GSH Meet, Patterdale, 23 August St Luc in the Time of Coranovirus, July New Members Virtual Meet, March Annual Dinner, Glenridding, February
Committee whos who Development and Training package
The latest report on the training completed by members is available.
Our Data Privacy Policy is available to view. 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 Photo Archive 2001 to 2019 We continue our pdf archive of books and Journals that give an insight into the Association in its earlier days. One of our members, James Bogle, has written up the History of the Association and this was published in 2005. We have a copy of the "Inauguration of the Cabane Britannia, 1912. There are also Journals from 1909 to 1919, 1920 to 1929, 1930 to 1939, 1940 to 1949, 1950 to 1959, 1960 to 1969 and 1970 to 2020. I hope that you enjoy dipping into the archives. The chapters from the Centenary DVD are now loaded on YouTube. Please let Mike Goodyer know if you change your address or e mail to ensure that you still receive Newsletters. |
A mountaineering club with a strong interest in UK and alpine activities
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. We are using the BMC plan for England for organising our meets.
The next North/South Day Meet is on May 11. further details will be given out soon.... To fit in with the governments roadmap of relaxing restrictions we have had to move the following multiday meets:
A date for later in the year - George Starkey Hut Maintenance Meet on 26 - 29 August. Book with Marian Parsons. The Braemar Meet scheduled for May has been postponed to next year. Should any further meets change then the attendees will be contacted by the meet organiser and information will also be placed on the club website. The North/South Day Meet took place in good weather on April 13. Twelve members meet up for the Nothern Meet and seven attended the Southern meet. Photos and a summary are on our Facebook page. Reports will be posted on the website soon. We are using the BMC plan (issued 14 April) for England for organising our meets.
To fit in with the governments roadmap of relaxing restrictions we have had to move the following multiday meets:
A life member of the Association, Timothy Smith, passed away in July 2020. He was a member of the SAC (Monte Rosa, Sion Section) since 1956. His exploits included many alpine ascents from the 1950s through to visits to Tibet, Lhasa and the Himalayas through to the 1990s. BMC multiple membership refund form is now available for this year.
The "Who's who" profile has been updated to show the new appointments The Annual General Meeting was attended by around 30 members on Saturday evening, 6 February, via Zoom.
The Committee has produced some advice to club members attending club meets during the current Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak. Please read the note.
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. We are pleased to inform you that the hut will re-open to members from Thursday 15th April. Bookings are for ‘1 bubble’ for Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. Stays can be extended by one more night either - Thursday night or Monday night subject to the previous or following booking. In the first instance a gap of 72 hours will be left between each booking. Watch the hut website for changes in this dynamic situation. More bed nights will become available as lockdown restrictions allow.
Advance booking is absolutely essential. To book go to the hut website and click on Member Bookings.
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. |
Last Updated: 16 April 2021
