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We are an active and friendly club of around 160 members, based on the Fylde Coast, Lancashire. We offer a warm welcome to walkers, climbers and mountaineers of all abilities, who share our enthusiasm for the outdoors.
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The club meets regularly most weekends throughout the summer and winter months at venues around the UK and at the Club’s two huts, both of which are situated in the English Lake District.
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Cracking 4 hour session LancasterWall. Great venue, well set routes for all abilities. Really bad location at the wrong side of lLancaster in a crappy industrial estate with shocking roads no lighting or signposts. Mediocre coffee , lack of homemade cakes and a bad playlist. Still tempted to go back the bouldering was ace.
I'll go and have a look! But not for 4 hours!! I'd have bad elbows!😲
**TUESDAY 26th October - 7.40pm - BLACKPOOL ODEON**
Pre-release showing the '"THE RESCUE", film about the Thai cave rescue, including a streamed Q&A with the director & some of the divers afterwards. It's a National Geographic film, directed by Jimmy Chin who made Free Solo. Should be good.
I've booked a seat (F8). Anyone else keen to come? I'll be travelling from Lancaster and can probably do lifts from anywhere convenient on the way there and back.
The Rescue | In Cinemas 29 October | Get Tickets
www.therescuefilm.co.uk
From the directors of Free Solo comes a gripping account of the rescue mission that gripped the world. Get tickets for The Rescue, in cinemas 29 October.Stephen Clark Thing is.. is it 26th like you have written OR Is it 29th as it says in the link????
We are going!
Martin Bennett get thy arse into le action
All in Kalymnos got together for a gala dinner to wish me and D'Ale bon voyage home. Plus another few from the trip. 😊
Class
Wish I was there; next year!
Looks great. Maybe next year!
I think ITV failed to research how to Abseil. How not to use a figure 8 Emmerdale
That's how I always use one. "Maybe" that's where I've been going wrong
Last time I used a figure of 8, I had to stop halfway down and wrap the rope round my leg several times! Way too slick! It was at Mother Scarys!
A long time ago I thought I would try a classic abseil. With hindsight from the top of Goat Crag after doing Bitter Oasis was not my best idea, good job I was wearing sturdy trousers
Emmerdale figure 8 gives zero friction. They have just passed the rope through the big hole
I have done many classic abseil in winter just knowing the technique is so useful
Certainly a novel use of a fig 8
Anyway, none of you should be watching such tosh on TV!😂
I just love Emmerdale ❤🤣!
I found the new wall !
It is insanely close to my house 🙂
Where abouts is it? Is it near the old Laura Ashley?
Very Poor choice of location for a wall.
FMC coven hard at work this weekend...
Who was there?
Fire pit looking good 🔥
Jealous!!
Glad to see the fire pit being used😃
After the Gravel bike slides at the social I headed out to the dales on Friday. Settle, Malham, Mastiles Lane, Kilnsey, Arncliffe,Litton, stainforth and back to Settle. Mostly great quiet roads with the great off-road Mastiles Lane in the middle
Awesome 👍
Beast!😂
That's a brilliant route! It think I did it the opposite way round
You and I once did about half of that and I was knackered! I think we also did something similar with Nick Hepburn along as well?
Great photo
Mythos?
Much Mythos (probably too much eh Martin Dale?) was imbibed but I think these were Alfa on draught at the Street Food Bar, much loved of David Wood. 🤪
Hey, I'm the cover star of the latest FMC magazine! How exciting is that?
We didn't know the name or location of the route, but on seeing it enlarged, I can reveal that it is "Oktobermonde", 6c+ at Palionosis Bay, Kalymnos. It wasn't in the guide and I wasn't aware of the grade! It has since appeared on UKC logbooks. I just tried it out of interest and managed a clean ascent. It's pulling on razors!
Awesome.! Looks a little bum twitchy.?
Remember you doing it. What a great route for you Martin!!!😀
Looks tough - crimpfest?
Nice 👍🏼
Coz yer a bloody good climber nob..........well deserved 👏
Followed you up it. Glad it was you who lead it. Was bloody sharp
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-58911256?at_campaign=64&at_medium=custom7&at_custom4=D6374C...
I normally just take butties and a thermos, but there you go 😁
Lake District mysterious abandoned tea-for-two found in woodland
www.bbc.co.uk
The half-eaten food and glasses of fizz were found about 300ft (91m) from the nearest path.Saw that yesterday. There are some real idiots around.
A surprise proposal that didn’t go as expected?
Bunch of idiots out there at the minute, absolutely no respect at all.
I was never impressed by Tracy Emin anyway
www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbria-58925840 Mystery solved 😁
Working weekend at Stair. Neil cleaned the oven and I measured the bogs whilst everyone else did lots of jobs. Then a quick lap up Little Chamonix and beers in the Swinny.
Great stuff dudes
Looks like a nice day, P***ed it down in Kalymnos this afternoon ☹️. Just managed to avoid a soaking 👍. But looking nice tomorrow 😀.
Now they tell me...
So when are they bringing in mandatory risk assessments..?🙄
Well I once rescued a couple off the top of one of the pinnacles and was told there should have been a warning sign saying how it was harder to get down than up (go figure).
There's a climb at today's Kalymnos crag made just for Simon Fenna - well, phonetically anyway. Plus Claire and Ron in the lead.
You lucky lucky bastards
Fab Intro meet at Langdale this weekend! Good food (made by the intros!), great walk and pub on Saturday and and awesome climbing in perfect conditions today. Thanks everyone for coming!
Great. Shame / Sorry couldn't be there
Andy and Chris
3 lead VDiffs in trainers as I left my shoes in the car at Langdale.
found a few old caving pics 🙂
Great memories of THAT Guinness in Ireland and the madness that comes with taking Stuart Gascoyne underground
Brilliant nob - pretty sure I ain't seen some of these.
Nutters!!😂
Robin Andrews and my mate Stu going down Notts II I think. Stu was the man who succeeded in being so scared that he turned round in a place the no human being could turn round
I can vouch for that, having been the only witness.
The Alpinist Film
Simon, Carol, Stephen Clark & myself have booked to go and see this film at the Dukes Lancaster on Tuesday 12th Oct 8.30pm. If anyone fancies it and a beer after? you are more than welcome. Book online at the Dukes web site price £6.50 here
dukeslancaster.org
A breath-taking cinematic documentary about Marc André Leclerc, the most visionary solo climber of his generation.£5.50 for most of the club probably as there is discount for over 65's!
I’ve booked a ticket for 12th too 😀👍
I’ve booked as well folks, looks good. Does anybody want a lift as I’m coming up from Preston? Can easy pick folk en route.
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