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These are the latest trip reports from our club trips around Swansea, the UK and beyond. You can also have a look at the archive of older trip reports.
Trip report Written by Matt Everett: Trebanog trip 7th March The day started out dispondently; only 5 people turned up, the slight breeze that was blowing was bitterly cold, James had lost his guidebook from the day before on the gower, and I had just paid Tom for various payments. Ed turned up, we got the minibus, and squeezed all 5 of us on. After a pit stop at tesco's, we got to Trebanog in sunshine! Then we opened the minibus door and felt the wind again, still cold. Layering up, except for Tom who only had shorts-(fail) we started climbing, and getting over the cold. 2 climbs later the wind had dropped dramatically and the true glory of Trebanog (lets face it, 'glory'…
WUMC Bangor Round/North Wales Trip The last club trip of the year to North Wales passed successfully, and saw the club compete against other Welsh universities at the Bangor round of the WUMC series, whilst those not competing headed out to the mountains. Friday saw us meeting on campus, with some nursing hang-overs from the Christmas Dinner the previous night. We set off after the usual delays, and were soon heading up through Mid Wales. After stopping for the usual chippy stop in amazing Rhayader, we arrived 5 hours later at the Snowdon Inn, which was surprisingly quiet compared to the other times we’ve been there. With an early start ahead of us, it wasn’t long…
The first club weekend of the year to Portland passed succesfully, and despite expectations of a wet and miserable weekend, those of us who hadn’t wimped out had a thoroughly enjoyable weekend, complete with unexpected climbing in the hot sun. We left Swansea after the usual delays, and after a promising start, soon got bogged down in traffic jams. We eventually arrived at our Scout Hut in Weymouth a few hours later than expected, and after unpacking; went for some food in the only place open at that time – a kebab shop next to a lap dancing club in Weymouth! Once unpacked, we settled down to the usual habit of staying up late drinking, and after far…