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.
If you would like to find out more, please explore the rest of the website, come along to one of our meets, including winter social meets in Poulton-le-Fylde.
You can contact us here or find us on Facebook here.
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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FMC Trail Bike meet this weekend 24th & 25th at stair.
Bring your gravel and cyclo cross bikes! Routes around North lakes, we will probably decide on the day where to go but likely start and finish at stair. Also possiblity of a bike packing wild camp.
Likely to be room for climbers and walkers.
Please get in touch this week and let me know if you would like to attend.
Myself and Joanne are interested! If Jo is allowed to hire an ebike?
We're hoping to come up for the Sunday, what sort of route were you thinking of?
Did somebody mention cake?
**FMC EVENING CLIMBING - THURSDAY 23rd SEPT**
Evening climbing meets will now move indoors for the winter. First regular meet is at the newly refurbished PrestonWall at West View Leisure Centre in Preston. The facility looks fantastic and it would be good to support it.
**The wall currently closes at 9pm, so suggest we meet at 7pm or earlier. **
You will need to register with the wall in advance online.
There are options for purchasing an individual entry, a 5 or 10 entry punch card or a monthly membership. Prices are due to increase on 1st Oct so it may be worth buying now if you are thinking of going regularly over the winter. The entry is valid at Preston, Kendal & Lancaster bouldering when it opens.
All intro members & anyone new to climbing is welcome to come along. There will probably be people travelling from various parts of the Fylde and surrounding areas. **Please post up here if you need a lift. **
www.prestonwall.co.uk
All our new customers need to register prior to using the Centre. To speed up the process you should register online before arrival. Please note: If you have already registered at KendalWall, you will...I’m going to try and get there if anyone wants a belay partner. Not too heavy though lol 😂 as I have a new belay plate and the ropes are new 😂😊
I'd be there for sure but will still be in Scotland.
Another afternoon at Twistleton Scar. 5 routes.
OMG Twis' VS's 😳
Stephen & Graham - just must reiterate: I had a GREAT afternoon out at the crag. Thanks mateys. Plus, that Black Sheep bitter was bloody fantastic too.
"That's me!" (I just realised I made an inadvertent climbing joke)
Chasin' the light!
mental misfits?😅
Craig's Lockdown Locks Mowhawk
Craig's Lockdown Locks Mowhawk
www.justgiving.com
Help Craig Hargreaves raise money to support Climbers Against CancerThanks to Simon and Ellie Lady J's
Judith has now officially retired ... and is getting into climbing again! So, it was Attermire for a bit more practice ...
Me n Nick Hepburn were there yesterday!😉
Beautiful spot. Been a favourite since 1965 (even if it did collapse on me 0one day!) and it was hardly mentioned till the bolts went in. No bad thing - I've enjoyed 2 afternoons on those bolts already. The flattering grades help!
When are you in Kalymnos? and are you staying at Pegasus???🙂
ps. Glad to hear of retirement lucky you 😄
Managed to complete the Helvellyn Triathalon on Sunday, quicker than last year so quite pleased. Who wants a go next year? Mile swim, 38 mile bike ride and 9 mile run with a few hills thrown in 🙂
Brilliant going Steve
Awesome work, would love a go but no it the strongest swimmer...
Well done Steve! 💪
Not me lol 😂
Great effort Steve! Not me either! I'd struggle with the hills😂
Every credit Steve.
Fantastic....no skinnie tyres for you....
Great effort mate, been thinking of attempting one myself but this looks a bit much for a novice!
Nice one Steve, in answer to your question, eerrrr......we'll see🤣🤣
Awesome effort well done......
Shiny new bolts and lower offs on a roadside crag in the Lakes, 18 routes from 4a to 6c. Beck Wythop. Full of deceptively sloping massive jugs apparently! 😅
Looks as if you'd be able to reach the top while standing on the ground Dave Ball!
And if it rains (like😅) you have a new cafe just round the corner bassenthwaitelakestation.com/
Many thanks to the small but mighty team that laboured at Little Langdale hut this weekend...even Howard Barrowbreaker 🤪
A lot got done though some seemed to be sitting down on the job...
Avoid the use of plastic wheel barrows, it’s not a sustainable material,contributes to global warming,interferes with the eco system, pollutes and damaging to health,creates a waste disposal problem and is not up to the job when subjected to the moderate impact of big rocks.
Good work everyone, thank you all 🤗
Thank you everyone for your efforts, so sorry we couldn’t make it.
Thank you everyone. Xx
Get well soon folks
Yeah thank you all - apologies - couldn't do this weekend
Some members might be interested in this!
Roped Climbing 18+ - PrestonWall
www.prestonwall.co.uk
LEARN TO CLIMB COURSES Everything you need to know about climbing! LEARN TO CLIMB: PART 1 £95 If you are wanting to learn how to safely belay, tie in and use the roped climbing areas, this course is ...Neil Gresham has completed his Pavey project! Glad to see it wasn't my Pavey project!
INTERVIEW: Lexicon E11 7a - First Ascent on Pavey Ark by Neil Gresham
www.ukclimbing.com
Neil Gresham has made the first ascent of a new line on Pavey Ark. Lexicon crosses briefly through the easier climbing on Impact Day E8 6c, but includes an independent start and finish, making it a...E11 flippin' eck
crosses through "easier" E8 climbing 😮
It was mine - chuffing heck ! 🤬🤣
E11!!!??? - please explain!
Do you like my new "orange theme"? Helmet, rope and our "Team OR" shirt?
You've been tango'd!
Tangerine dream?
Orange and Teal the colours of the time … 😀
Tangoed!
Blackpool football club🤣
Second "proper" (in my terms) climbing day in a week this time at Great Gable with Simon Fenna on Engineer's Slabs. Nothing slabby about it by the way! Was reminded that this is your practically perfect VS climb. Plus a view to last Friday's venue, Pillar Rock, and a bloke on another great climb: Jabberwock.
And, just how good was that pint in the Mary Mount????
Looks fantastic
Engineers Slab - great place to be on a bloody hot day
Amazing route … 😊
46 years to the week after I last did it! 😁
Remember our day together there Simon on 'The Tomb' back in 2003. I see it has been upgraded to E3 now! It did feel a bit stiff at the tiime
Simon Fenna I was wondering about that!
Great route and I remember a battle on the last pitch Nick Harrison, I was looking down and thinking and smiling go let's see you struggle now with this one.....
**EVENING CLIMBING - THURSDAY 9th SEPT**
Weather isn't looking good for tomorrow at Craig-y-Longridge. **Suggest we move the meet to PrestonWall. **
Martin Dale is away and I'm unlikely to make it. If anyone is planning on going, please can you post up here so any intro members have an idea of what time and who to say hello to.
There may be some pre-registration required if you haven't been to the wall since the redevelopment. Take a look at the PrestonWall website.
www.prestonwall.co.uk
All our new customers need to register prior to using the Centre. To speed up the process you should register online before arrival. Please note: If you have already registered at KendalWall, you will...Me and Kirsty McCann will be there 😁👍🏼
I will be there. A few tips.: Pre register on line to save time. Closing time is currently 9pm Check out the membership prices if you intend to visit a lot or Buy a "book" of 10 tickets (£90 or £70 consession) you can redeem them at PrestonWall KendalWall or the soon to open LancasterWall they expire in 2 years. If you are a geek and or comparative download Griptonite. Be prepared for decent route setting and lots of routes and interesting boulder problems.🙂
'Twas a misty moody Pillar Rock me and Matt Reed approached yesterday, looking like the nearest thing we have to The Dolomites (but with a longer approach than most of those!). Forecast had suggested we'd have sunny intervals to enjoy on West Wall Climb. We had one such, which lasted all of 30 seconds, but enjoyed a proper day out anyway.
Martin Bennett , I finally got round to getting my photos off the camera....here's some of you!
I’ve never been to Pillar, maybe next summer
My middle son Jamie and his partner Sarah hiked the Mamores Route yesterday to celebrate his 29 Birthday. Had me glancing back at my own record of Munro hikes and scrambles - with this from New Years Eve 1985 when a gang of us rented a house on Skye, my own first trip there and it created an impression which probably led me to go and live in NW Scotland. Memories of this winter hike on The Cuillins, Scrambling about The Quirang and The Trotternish. With our 3 dogs Tess, Huggy and Ben, and plenty mischief at pubs in Broadford and Portree and first footing around locals dwellings … wonderful memories 😊
Those shorts are totally indecent Happy Caver
Was that the year we were in The Governor's Mansion? Still got the shirt but have no recollection of having had a black sack with a blue lid.
Some very,very bad shorts guys, there may need to be a public inquiry...😲
...... and not only the shorts.
Some familiar faces here … 😊
Are we going to Wilton Festival tomorrow?
Afraid not amigos... otherwise committed (and Wilton has lost its lustre for me several years ago)
No
Our own Mark Harding in action!
It was good to see you Martin ... a fun night. Of the eight remaining gigs we are doing this year the one that might interest FMC types is at The Old Town Hall in Poulton on Saturday 13th November ... I think that's the week between the Old Lags and the Annual dinner 😉
I look a bit serious in that pic ... here's a more typical one also from Dead Uns ...
Would love to see you guys
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