Well the summer programme has started reasonably well, after the let down of the first evening. All the other Thursday meets have come off and been well attended, particularly Tony Morely's evening at Shepherds....even Tony was there, which made the evening that bit more special. Even the often chilly winds have not kept people away and I am sure that everyone has been having a good time.

Tuesday evenings have been equally successful, and in all our meets we have only managed to clash with another club once, The Keswick Club at Castle Rock.

Helen Costelloe's Newcomers meet, at Shepherds on April 18th drew a good crowd, with everyone meeting up as planned at Shepherds Café, where we were joined by Chris and Ellen Mothersdale and their children, who disappeared for a family walk after saying hello, Chris at least has since been along to an evening meet, and by Simon Morehead, who

Well the winter continues to be kind to us, members have been out individually all over the Lakes and some have made regular forays into the Scottish Highlands, notably Phil and Sue who disappeared for about a week and knocked off a number of outstanding ice routes, well done them.

Jan 29th to 31st. Newtonmore, Cairngorms meet.

Our annual Cairngorm weekend was dogged by a poor forecast for much of the week leading up to the trip, with heavy snow forecast in strong Northerly winds. True to form this arrived on the Friday, blowing out John's day working in Aberdeen and making it impossible to get up to Elgin and Inverness for his afternoon appointments.

Meanwhile, over in Aviemore, Dan Bulman, Pete Sowerby and Martin Smith made it up by lunchtime and spent the afternoon, in a fine ‘ Sneachda, enjoying a quick solo of Aladdin's Couloir, and bumped into Tim (The Terminator) Millen who had just popped up to solo Red Gully, The Runnel and Aladdins Mirror Direct, his first Scottish grade IV! And so, the theme was set for the weekend.