Description

This meet will be primarily a way to meet members of the club, either due to not climbing for the last year or to welcome new members!

As usual we will be going to Box Bay. If you’ve never been before this is a great venue to try out trad climbing as there is easy access and the routes tend to be beginner friendly.

The climbs are tidal but can be accessed at around 3 hours either side of low tide.

For parking, the easiest place is Rest Bay pay and display car park. Head back along the coast line towards Porthcawl town centre and you should find the crag.

For more info have a look here https://swcw.org.uk/wiki/Box_Bay 3

Location

Box Bay, Porthcawl

Meet Leader

Pete Sheppard

As is traditional, the club hut in North Wales has been reserved for the Easter weekend.  The plans are flexible, and weather dependent, but would hopefully include anything from walking and scrambling to climbing and mountaineering. You could even bring your bikes for a bit of on or off-road riding.

Any help would also be appreciated with hut cleaning and maintenance - we will almost certainly be doing a "spring" clean and several jobs have accumulated since the last hut maintenance trip.

As usual, check the message board for more information and to sign up.

The second meet and greet event of the year, or “turn up and tie on” as BMC like to call it, is planned for Sunday 11th May

This meet will be primarily a way to meet members of the club, either due to not climbing for the last year or to welcome new members!

Usual format - meet in the National Trust car park in Southgate, find new/trial members and fill in any paperwork if no done online beforehand, then amble down to the beach and do some climbing. If there’s plenty of leaders and experience belayers then we can lead/second, but if not we’ll be looking for the more experienced members to set up top ropes and be available to teach.

Low tide is just before 12:30pm and the main cliffs gets at least 3 hours either side, so 9:15am meeting time at the car park for a walk down at 9:30am

Location

Three Cliffs Bay, Gower

Meet Leader

Abi Davies