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This weekend saw the Mercians head up to the Low Hall Garth hut, in Little Langdale, for some outdoor adventures. Getting there proved to be the biggest adventure as we slammed on the brakes just in time to avoid a couple of rocks which were blocking the road to the hut.  Had I  been travelling […]

On January 2nd, Karl, Tom and Sarah L walked up into Stob Coire nan Lochan above Glen Coe to see if we could get some winter climbing done. It had snowed to quite a low level over night, and as we got into the corrie we were wading through two foot drifts, an indication as to just

Okay, so we all chickened out of going on a dip in the Loch but in fairness it was bloody freezing – and that was inside the hut! Instead, after seeing a number of Mercians off on their way home a group of us went on a stroll up to Inchree Falls.  It was still

  Having had enough of the bad weather, some of us decided to guarantee we had a dry day by heading over to the Ice Factor, in Kinlochleven, to climb.  Two different groups went and so I got to spend a very happy five hours there although I was forced to sit through two lunches

The 30th of December saw a small group of Mercians attempt the Ballachulish Horseshoe but again bad weather forced a retreat and again the summit was not reached.    Corbetteer tried to get up Tom Mheadhoin and Beinn Na  Gacaig but didn’t get up either because of the miserable weather and solid rain.   The

  29th Mam Na Gualaine A small group of Mericans attempted Mam Na Gualaine. The morning started bright and relatively dry but half way up it appeared that someone had turned out the lights and we were plunged into darkness as the blizzard descended. We made a brave attempt to push on for the top,

The New Year meet gets off to an early start in Aviemore! Alarms set for 0630, leaving the ski centre car park at 0800 we climbed Ben Macdui and Caringorm Mountain, we walked about 17km, returning to the car park by 1430 in time for some gear shopping!

With the promise of nice weather, and the need to keep away from spending money in the shops, a plan was hatched to take the bikes on a bimble. (Why should it only be people with cars who get to annoy people with Sunday driving?) We set off from Hollywood and took the lanes and

Last weekend saw two intrepid Mercians tackle the ‘Follow the Dog’ mountain bike route at Cannock Chase. One whizzed round, barely getting out of breath, whilst the other battled around getting thrown off left, right and centre. Black and blue is the new black, right?