This meet is definitely ON.
There is no long write up extolling the virtues or otherwise of Snowdonia in January as you have all been there before, so anyone wishing to attend this meet is cordially invited to give me a ring and book their bed space. No promises about the weather but I'm hoping for snow and ice.
This will be a happy return for the Oread. We had an excellent meet here two years ago. An earlier weekend this year promises more reliable snow and ice conditions which were disappointing in 2004. All the usual Glencoe attractions but attacked from the southern side instead. Remarkably, two years ago, it was Hereward and I who found the best conditions (first class cramponing snow) in sight of the hut up the obvious snow gully (II) with interesting chimney exit on the NW face of Stob Dubh. If the sun shines and the ice melts, the Trilleachan slabs are very near, so rock boots recommended on this winter climbing meet.
Map reference is NN 158507. The hut is situated 7 miles down the Glen Etive road from its junction with the A82 Tyndrum - Glencoe road. No gas. Composting toilet. Electricity from £1 coin meter. No running water. We need to take our own coal or wood to fire the stove in the common room. Full info sheet available electronically from me. £4 per person per night. Daryl and Jackie have promised to have the hut warmed for us on arrival!
"The Land of the Long White Cloud". Gordon Gadsby will talk about the trip he made with Margaret just a year ago. They visited both north and south islands and will show slides of mountains and other landscapes. Expect the usual immaculate Gadsby standard.
This years AGM will be held at the Bear Hotel Alderwasley at 8p.m. on the 25th March. Under Rule 17 any proposed alteration to the rules must be notified to the Hon. General Secretary at least 28 days before the AGM (i.e. before 25 February). Derek Pike
It's not too early to be thinking who you want to be on the club committee next year. The president, Tony Howard and vice-president, Michael Hayes are obliged under the constitution to stand down. The meets secretary (and newsletter editor) has already indicated his intention to stand down. By some constitutional quirk, the outgoing president is automatically and without election entitled to become vice-president, but all the other posts are subject to re-election. Please step forward, push your friend or nominate someone already in post! Names to Derek Pike by 11 March. Rob Tresidder
Dawn's coffin was carried into Markeaton Crematorium to the strains of Dolly Parton and an assembled throng of around two hundred relatives and friends -
many from the Oread. Dark Peak Fell Runners and Derwent MC were also represented. The ceremony was conducted by a humanist who gave a warm account of Dawn's life. Tributes to her
memory were made by Hannah and Phil Larkam and by Judy and Jerry from the Derwent. There were readings from Chekhov and Steiner, music from Lee Ann Womack and Rod Stewart and this
message from Dawn herself, written in October, in anticipation of her death:
We were invited to sing along to Simply the Best by Tina Turner. None of us did. Dawn would have done AND she would have got us singing too! We missed you then Dawn and will go on missing you.RT
Many thanks to the majority of the Oread who have already paid their subs for 2006. Can I remind the rest of you that subs are now due and cheques should be rushed to the below address (failing that, the post will do, as long as you put a stamp on the envelope!)
Full Members £26, Senior Members £13, Family Members £39, Senior Family Members £19.50, Prospective Members £13.