Happy New Year. We are now through the worst of the pandemic and have put together a programme of events for the coming year.
January
The Long Mynd in Shropshire on the 22 January kicked off our walking programme for the year with an 11 mile walk, 580 meters of accent and a Pub half way round, what a great start to the year.
Loch Lomond29th January – 5th February
Loch Lomond was the venue for our “snow” meet 29th January -5th February, although this year unfortunately, there was not much snow to be had. Staying in Holiday lodges on the shore of loch Lomond gave us a good base to explore the surrounding mountains. The weather was very wet and windy, having two named storms during the week, but during the week we did managed to get out every day either on the mountain or on a lower level walk according to conditions.
Although any snow we had was restricted to the higher mountains crampons did have to be deployed at the summit of Ben Vorlich. Although the weather was not the best, the lodges were warm and comfortable making it a very enjoyable trip.
February
Hartshill Hayes and Oldbury quarries was the route for our walk on the 12th February. The weather forcast was not too promising but the rain held off long enough for us to complete the 8 mile circuit. A little bit of everything on this walk, woods, canal tow path and some open hilly land.