CUHWC Trip InformationCUHWC Trip InformationYou will need to be a member of the club to come on any of our trips (apart from the Freshers' Day Trip). You can simply add the cost of membership onto your first trip fee. Membership is £17 until the end of September, or £26 until the end of your course (or three years, if longer). If you have any questions about membership, contact our Membership Secretary.
People dropping out of trips creates both organisational and financial difficulties, and so refunds are not usually given to those who drop out after signing up. However if the Trip Leader is given enough notice it is sometimes possible to fill the place on the trip, in which case a refund will be given.
Please note trips will go ahead whatever the weather!
Sign-up for weekend trips takes place on the Monday before the trip at 0800 outside St John's College Great Gate (map). Spaces are allocated in the order you arrive. The aim is to ensure that the keenest people get on trips - it's a tried-and-tested system, and we haven't thought of anything that works better!
Payment will be collected at sign-up - cheques strongly preferred (payable to "CU Hillwalking Club"), with your name and email on the back. If you must pay by cash, put the correct amount in an envelope with your name and email on it. Please don't pay by cash unless you have the exact amount in change.
Don't worry, we've thought of that! Sign-up by proxy is not allowed, but a small proportion of the total trip spaces will be allocated in advance to those who have a genuine reason for not attending sign-up.
If this applies to you, please request a pre-sign by emailing the President before midday on the Friday before sign-up, giving your reason. If more requests are received than the number of pre-sign spaces, names will be drawn out of a hat, with the outcome emailed to all applicants on Friday afternoon. Those not successful in gaining a place will be added to the bottom of the reserve list after sign-up. If you are given a pre-sign, you must get a cheque to the president by 0800 on Monday morning unless otherwise agreed, or your place may be given to someone else.
Sign-up for day trips (except the Freshers' Day Trip) is by email and cheque. Spaces are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Email the President by midday on the Tuesday before the trip (at the latest) if you want to come, and follow it up with a cheque (payable to "CU Hillwalking Club", with your name and email on the back - or exact amount in cash in an envelope if you must). Once you have emailed, your place will be reserved for three days, and will be confirmed by email when payment is received. If you haven't paid within three days, your place is not guaranteed unless you have agreed otherwise!
Cheques will be collected at lunch or the pub, or you can drop it in the president's pigeon hole.