Solihull Mountaineering Club

For our October weekend meet, we returned to South Wales, this time to hit the beautiful coastline of Gower. The area offers a range of climbing across the grades in a selection of beach-level and non-tidal crags and we got

Shots from the expedition to the incredible Old Man of Stoer sea stack during our Scotland trip in late summer 2021

Following on from our camping weekends in the Lake District and Snowdonia in June & July, August brought on a belter of a week-long trip to Scotland! Some highlights of the Reiff adventure were:·First multi-pitch climb (Melpo)First outdoor leads, with

The weekend obliged – excellent mountain weather on both days, with clean, dry rock and blue skies – plus dry tents and few midges!Several of us headed to Glyder Fach Main Cliff – an impressive setting for some great climbs

Thanks to everyone who put in bids for our charity auction, for items donated by Jo Jones, on behalf of her late husband Colin, a keen hillwalker and mountaineer. We have found welcoming new homes for a range of books,

For the August bank holiday weekend, we actually had a successful outdoor meet, camping near Land’s End. In hindsight, it looks like our last of 2020.Photos and text to follow…

24th – 26th July 2020 A grand gathering of members had a great weekend in Yorkshire, once we all managed to find out where the camping field was hidden out the back of the caravan park. Helen, Phil and a

Undeterred by poor weather during the week, we moved the Baddesley evening walk from a rainy Wednesday evening to the following Sunday when the weather was sunny and warm all day, good enough for a few shorts to be donned

Possibly a first for the club, on 1st July 2020 we held an al-fresco committee meeting. This was our first face-to face meeting since Covid-19 lockdown started in March. Many thanks to Richard for offering the venue of his amazing

Following the easing of lockdown, on 17th June 2020 we were finally able to arrange one of our scheduled club events, an evening country walk round the Lickey Hills. Audaciously braving the rubbish weather forecast, a team gathered in Barnt