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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.
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.
Latest News
- Evening SPORT Climbing!!! – Thursday 17th Sept – Warton Main Terrace – 5pm onwardsSince the weather is so good this week, we are going to try another evening climbing meet on Thursday with the … Read More
- Photos from Denham Meet – 10th Sept 2020
- IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM OUR CHAIRMAN
In light of the government’s latest announcement I thought it appropriate to write to you all regarding our position as a … Read More - IMPORTANT – To ALL FMC MembersIMPORTANT MESSAGE from Dave Hicks (Chariman) Following the latest guidance from the Government we believe it is now necessary to formally … Read More
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I can see how this could be useful for those high up crag walk ins...
Jet suit paramedic 'could save lives'
www.bbc.co.uk
The kit means a paramedic can "fly" up a fell in 90 seconds rather than go 30 minutes by foot.8 hours ago
Never mind the walk ins.....is it ethical to use it on a route??
This will keep the fun police occupied for years to come. Now....where's my Hilti drill?
What's the range like? It would cut down on parking & congestion in Ambleside. I could fly from my house direct to the ledge on Gimmer.
I saw this tonight and was amazed.
Another excellent magazine Christine Fry! Received my copy this morning. Any members who have actually managed to get any trips in over the last few months, please consider writing a trip report for the next issue.
2 weeks ago
Thanks Steve! Yes please send me some articles guys-we will have a mag i am determined!x
Saw your doppelganger out walking today, then we saw June and then had a nice long chat with a Mark Lambert type chap!
Very nice! Must contribute in future! Not sure it's the right season for that front cover though?
Well done Christine, great job
great stuff, Looking forward to reading on our return. An article will ensu on our return x😀
thanks you guys!
It's snowing!
www.facebook.com/178035725541508/posts/3660169970661382/Good evening folks,
Some of the team out and about today have passed on a summit photo from Cairngorm.
Significant change from last weeks temperatures and a good covering of snow across high plateau.
Certainly time to be digging out the thermals, honing the navigational skills and adding those winter essentials to the rucksack like hat, gloves, head torch etc
2 days ago
3 days ago
The campsite, midges!!
Looks like Torridon 🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟 must admit I’ve never worn a midge hood .. we are tough up in Wester Ross 😂
3 days ago
The Bug, Upper Tollie
my scottish home just over there ... hope to see some of you in the future when things level out 😊
Some Torridon memories from the archives!
3 days ago
For you, Simon Fenna!
Gods own country 😃
Correct one this time! Electronic version of the latest club magazine. This is only possible if people send in lots of articles to our Editor Christine Fry
email : magazine@fyldemc.org
1 week ago
Well done Christine you have made an excellent job of Magazine 😊
Thank you guys!x
Thursday meet splinter group for those with all day to go at saw me, Nick and Wriggers at Pavey Ark on what can only be described as "the perfect climbing day". Weather perfect; sky without a cloud; air temperature ideal; breeze gentle; rock warm; chosen routes free of others; all this and in the company of younger chums who carried ropes and rack and did all the leading. Close to heaven! Pics limited but show strangers on Cruel Sister and Steve on Capella and Golden Slipper, Seems as though the romantic candle light in The Eagle and Child is a feature, not a power cut. Any way we got more of it, realising that to join the others in The Malt Shovel would have contravened "the rule of 6".
2 weeks ago
My Thursday Meet splinter group was stuck all day on a Disaster Recovery call at work.....if you think really hard Martin Bennett you'll remember that horrible W word
Wouldn't have contravened rule of 6 cos only 3 of us went to the pub! However, very jealous of your day out! Possibly the best enchainment of routes up one of the best crags in Lakeland!!
Capella and Golden Slipper thats a proper day out Simon on the rock😀😀
And where are we this week?
1 week ago
I think I recognise it but I'm probably wrong
In hell for rubbing it in that you can get out whilst some of us are stuck working 🙁
Bram Crag.
I don't know where I am😃😃😃😃
Without me! How dare you!
...rowling end? 😁
And I couldn't come out to play 😕
Who was "we" today? And... Did you have another candle lit pint? 😉
I was told you went to Gimmer! If it was Bram Crag you could have called me - I live about 15 minutes away!
We were heading for Gimmer Rob Lewis but at the ODG there was mist in the valley and also higher and a cool breeze. it was a hard decision - might it all burn off and be glorious up there (again!) or might it be belay jackets (I didn't have one with me) and white fingers (I already had those standing by the car!)? In the end we had coffee in Chapel Stile after which it was much the same so ended up in the warm sun at Bram. I didn't know your gaff was so close by.
Pleased you had a good day Martin - always difficult to know with Gimmer- have retreated to avoid being blown off in the past. We live about ten minutes north of Hesket Newmarket which has The Old Crown -listed in the Guardian as one of the best 50 pubs in England and a cooperative with its own micro-brewery. From Hesket it's easy to get to Mungrisedale and then on to Bram.
Great climbing day at Orpierre, Château - Les racines du ciel 🧗🧗♀️🧗♂️ I'm sure it qualifies as FMC meet: Dave & Karen Hicks, Andy Dunhill plus my partner Nicolas Larderet 😁 and I've been recognised as international mountain rescue for Dave 🤣🤣🤣 amazing day with many routes accomplished, from 5a to 6a 💪💪💪
1 week ago
Great to meet you both.😄
Superb 😉👍🏼
Great to see you've all met up!
Glad to see Andy is still displaying his satorial elegance 😊
yes good to see you have met up-bet you have had a fab time!
35, THIRTY FIVE years in this club and not one of you insisted I immediately went to Torridon.
Call yourselves friends hrrrmph 🙄
2 weeks ago
I'm sure I've been a few times whilst you've been a member? You just didn't want to come with me!!
You finally got there 🤗
Every credit buddy, too many secrets, or is it just too many places to see .......???
I've always said Torridon is amazing but then I'm relatively new to the club so boo hiss to the others!
It is awesome! When the weather is ok!
Any midges?
Been. Walked up one of the summits - I think - it were right misty and wintry. Never climbed on the triple buttresses but had designs on the big huge classic and also those upper East walls but... Only thing I know about it is a tip on pronouncing the name of Coire Mhic Fhearchair - apparently if you say "Corry f*ck Erica" you're not far off. 😏
I'll take any offers to go and do Angel Face or Seeds of destruction!!
Simon, make the most of it! Met Office have given snow on high ground on Tuesday!!
Save WestView .
🔥Act now: Save WestView Leisure Centre in Preston from permanent closure.
chng.it
Let’s get to 254 signatures by the end of today - can you add yours?1 week ago
I’ve signed this and put a post up on UKClimbing on the club’s behalf.
Signed 😉👍🏼
Up near Gairloch.
Fabulous Assault Slab VD 3*
T-shirt climbing in the September sunshine. Not bad at all
2 weeks ago
Oh yes, I've done this one! Great route! Check out the easy routes near Mellon Uldridge, sea otter action!
😀 Great to hear weather great and climbing too. Have a great time 😃
I fancy that, me.
Geoff Brindle and Alec Peacock climbing at Noggarth this morning
2 weeks ago
Brizza reckons he could cycle up it??