Manchester Pedestrian Club Saturday Walking Around Greater Manchester - Courtesy and Companionship

Some Older Photographs

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- 1997, 2002 -
	Carn Mor Dearg, Ben Nevis Festival - See Story below 24th June 1997 ? (c) David Chadderton
	Two atop Ravenstones Walk 4528 4th May 2002 (c) David Chadderton
- 2012 - 2014 -
	Frodsham woods Walk 5035 22nd September 2012 (c) Geoff Orsler
	Sandstone trail Walk 5073 13th July 2013 (c) Geoff Orsler
	Marsden Moor Walk 5103 8 March 2014 (c) Geoff Orsler
- 2015 -
	Castleshaw Walk 5145 24th January 2015 (c) Geoff Orsler
	18th August 2015 (c) Geoff Orsler
	Marple - Hayfield Walk 5186 7th November 2015 (c) Geoff Orsler
	Macclesfield Forest Walk 5188 21st November 2015 (c) Geoff Oesler
- 2016 -
	Above Ladybower Reservoir Walk ? 10th February 2016 (c) Geoff Orsler
	Overlooking Derwent Valley ? Walk ? 10th February 2016 (c) Geoff Orsler
	Sunrise over Chew Reservoir ? 24th February 2016 (c) Geoff Orsler
	Edale Circular Walk 5212 4th June 2016 (c) Geoff Orsler
	At the start of the Pennine Way Walk 5212 4th June 2016 (c) Geoff Orsler
- 2017 -
	Longdendale start: Glossop station Walk 5281 4th November 2017 (c) Geoff Orsler
	Longdendale end, in pub Walk 5281 4th November 2017 (c) Geoff Orsler
	Overflow at Torside Reservoir Walk 5281 4th November 2017 (c) Geoff Orsler
- 2018 -
	Longdendale trail Walk 5293 17th February 2018 (c) Geoff Orsler
	Guess where! 5th August 2018 (c) Geoff Orsler
- 2019 -
	Montgomery moorland is almost as good as Pennines! 5348 Festival 14th April 2019 (c) Geoff Orsler
	Slaithwaite Brewery ? Reccy 28th October 2019 (c) John Procter

Stories and Notes

Re. Ben Nevis

Alan,

One of the photos in Andrew's e mail is of the crossing of the Carn Mor Dearg ridge on Ben Nevis. I remember we met you on the ridge as you had come across to meet us.

Can you remember the date of that happening as the weekend is not mentioned in any of the MPC handbooks that I have kept! Andrew can't find it either.

It was quite a hard day too!

Best wishes,

David

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Hi David et al,

It was good to be reminded of that excellent MPC day on Ben Nevis.

The date was 24th June, 1997, and details of the walk, as entered in my diary, are attached. On the day, John Renwick led the 'A' party ascent via Carn Mor Dearg and the arrete.

I led the 'B' party (only myself) on the Tourist Route ascent. But as you say, having gained the summit, I went on to meet the 'A' party.

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the trip to Scotland was an official Club enterprise, though it was arranged too late to go into the Handbook. The stimulus for going to Fort William to climb Ben Nevis was Reg Redfearn who stressed to me that he had always wanted to do that climb. I did check with the President, Peter Mallinson, that he had no objection to this trip. He held the view that the trip would have limited appeal to members, and would not clash with our Saturday walks.

We set off, on train tickets kindly booked by Stan Price on Monday, 23rd June, 1997.

A failed locomotive at Motherwell seriously delayed our arrival in Glasgow but the railways laid on taxis (yes, taxis!) to take us all the way to Fort William! The meter in my taxi registered £96 on arrival at the Alexandra Hotel where we were staying. On Tuesday, 24th June, we climbed Ben Nevis, the 'A' Party going via Carn More Dearg and the arrete. On the following day we took the bus to Kinlochleven and walked back to Fort William via the military road and the Lairig Mor valley another excellent walk. On Thursday, 26th June, ewe travelled home without incident.

We were again in Fort William, climbing Ben Nevis for the Club June weekend during my first Presidential year: 2000. We climbed Ben Nevis successfully on Saturday 10th June, 2000, but during that weekend most of our party were laid low by some tummy bug. I was unable to lead the walk on the Sunday and John Renwick kindly stepped in.

This latter MPC extravaganza is mentioned (Page 52) in my book "TOWARDS THE CENTENARY: 1975 to 2000"

I hope that these further details help to explain what went on in 1997.

The irony was that after the 1997 trip, Reg Redfearn admitted that it wasn't Ben Nevis that he had been thinking of. Actually, he'd had Cairngorm in mind! The Club did successfully mount an assault on Cairngorm, in a later year, but that's another story.

Kind regards,

Alan

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