What’s On
Non-members are very welcome to attend events as guests. Just contact the event organiser and let them know. All we ask is that if you wish to join us on future events, please apply for membership within 3 months of your first event as this ensures you will continue to be covered for 3rd party liability.
November 17th – 19th 2017
Annual Dinner: NORTH WALES: Capel Curig
Activites: Walking / Mountain biking
Accommodation: Tyn-y-coed Inn
Cost: TBC.
Contact: Simon and Lorna Nicholson lornamnicholson@gmail.com
9th December 2017
Southern Christmas Walk: Brecon Beacons or Black Mountains: Location to be confirmed
Join us for a sociable day walk in the hills before Christmas. This is a good opportunity to introduce people to the club, so bring your friends! Afterwards we will be returning to Richard Pomroy’s house in Cardiff for food.
16th December 2017
Northern Christmas Walk (Family Friendly): Yorkshire Dales
Day Walk
Contact: Jessica Friend jfriend2005@yahoo.co.uk
On the menu: bacon butties and mugs of steaming coffee for second breakfast at Ye Olde Naked Man Cafe in Settle; a shared picnic of sausage rolls, samosas, crisps, scotch eggs, party selections, yule log, Christmas cake and various different mince pies all washed down with a tasting of home-made mulled wines. Afternoon tea in the cafe again, followed by more mugs of tea and toasted teacakes at the Friends’ in Leeds, then a fantastic curry with popadums, chicken tikka masala, lamb rogan josh and prawn madras with pilau rice and Peshwari naans. Croissants for breakfast followed by church and a Sunday roast before heading home at the end of a perfect weekend. Oh, and we even climb a mountain (Pen-y-Ghent, one of Yorkshire’s magnificent Three Peaks)!
Anyone is welcome to come and enjoy all or as much of the event as you wish.
December 28th 2017 – Mon 1st Jan 2018
New Year Event: PEAK DISTRICT: Hope Valley
Activites: Walking / Mountain Biking / Indoor Climbing
Accommodation: John Hunt Base
Cost: TBC
Contact: Alice Williams a.williams.chester@googlemail.com
This is a family-friendly venue with some small dormitories available
January 26th – 28st 2018
Burns Night: LAKE DISTRICT: Langdale
Activites: Walking / Mountain Biking / Indoor Climbing
Accommodation: Raven Crag
Cost: TBC.
Contact: Dave and Ginny Brookes
This is a new venue for the club. Raven Crag occupies a wonderful position in the beautiful Great Langdale valley in The Lake District. It is nestled in front of the buttress of Raven Crag just eight miles from Ambleside. The cottage is ideally placed for the enjoyment of the area with excellent walking and climbing from its doorstep. On Saturday evening we will be celebrating Burns Night with haggis and singing.
March 3rd – 10th 2018
WINTER WEEK SCOTLAND: Fort William
Activites: Winter Mountaineering / Climbing
Accommodation: Calluna
Cost: £82.00 plus food
Contact: Richard Pomroy
We have booked one of the 8 bed self-catering apartments bunkhouses at Calluna. Fort William offers easy access to Ben Nevis and Aonach Mor for climbing and mountaineering as well as the Mamores and other hills so there is plenty to do. If there is sufficient demand we will try and book another apartment but this is not guaranteed. If you want to come please book early. The Scottish mountains and weather can be very demanding in winter so you need to have crampons and ice axe and appropriate skills in their use if you are going to venture into the ice and snow on the hills.
Event Ideas
Any ideas for future events? Places to go; places to stay? Or is there somewhere you’d really like to visit but have never got round to it? If you fancy a Saturday local day walk or climb, why not offer it to the club? We are on the lookout for members who would be willing to organise such events. Please contact crmcsecretary@yahoo.co.uk.
Booking on Events
If you plan to come on an event, please book early to avoid disappointment (event is full, or cancelled due to lack of early interest). Your place on an event, where the Club arranges accommodation, is only firmly booked on payment of the full amount due. Camping events are generally more flexible, although sometimes we book camping space in advance. Again, speak to the event organiser to find out whether you will need to make a booking. Once the event leader has confirmed a place is available for you, it will be held for 7 days pending payment. Please forward a cheque made payable to the “Christian Rock and Mountain Club” to the event leader. If you would like to share transport to the event, let them know and they will try their best to put you in contact with somebody who is travelling from roughly the same direction. Please note that cheques will be banked before the event as this assists with the Club’s cash flow.
