Photo Album

Here are various photographs (all in JPEG format) that the club has accumulated over time - please email Toby if you have any contributions - or if you can supply any of the missing credits.

Pictures of people in the club are kept separately.

Other people's collections can be found elsewhere.

Photos of the Lake District

(with preview pictures)

• In a blizzard [36.9K]
  A blizzard on Skiddaw hides (L to R) Dom Strogen, Rachel Lovelock, George Sankey, Claire Gilbert, Peter Bell and Lottie Kelley. [Toby Speight]
• The Helvellyn range [292K]
  The Helvellyn hills, seen from High Spy to the west. [Toby Speight]
• Snow scene near Black Sail [60K]
  Peter and Lottie in the snow. [Toby Speight]
• Descending by moonlight [21.3K]
  Peter and Lottie heading back home. [Toby Speight]
• Crinkle Gill [92.4K]
  Scrambling in Langdale. [Toby Speight]
• Wetherlam in winter [39.4K]
  Lottie and Pete properly equipped for real snow conditions on Wetherlam. [Toby Speight]
• Grey Friar [83.2K]
  The misty summit of Grey Friar in winter. [Marion McMillan]
• Levens Water [67.2K]
  Posing on a big stone above Levens Water. [Marion McMillan]
• Blencathra [41.1K]
  Blencathra seen from Catbells in the morning. [Toby Speight]
• Stickle Tarn [197K]
  Stickle Tarn and Pavey Ark, Langdale. [Bernd Kaestner]
• Wild Langdale [171K]
  Moraine landscape near Langdale. [Bernd Kaestner]
• Feuerzangenbowle [276K]
  Evening entertainment in the bunkhouse at Blea Tarn. [Bernd Kaestner]
• Boot from above the Eskdale Centre [189K]
  The village of Boot, as visited on many January trips. [Sarah Miller]
• The Burnmoor Inn [45.4K]
  The centre of social life in Eskdale. [Yvonne Groot]
• A snowy summit [57.8K]
  Typical Eskdale weather. [Yvonne Groot]
• Hilary in snow [107K]
  A president caught in action! Hilary McMillan demonstrates ice-axe arrest. [Toby Speight]
• Katherine Falconer [60.6K]
  Katherine Falconer in front of Ennerdale water on the Ennerdale trip in February 1996. [Toby Speight]
• Ennerdale Water [65.5K]
  This is the view from near the Ennerdale bunkhouse, looking north-east across the lake, with Great Borne behind [Toby Speight]
• Ennerdale, seen darkly through the trees [56.6K]
  And Ennerdale itself, looking suitably gloomy. [Toby Speight]
• A Wasdale sunset [55.9K]
  The end of a beautiful day, looking over Wast Water, after descending from a beautiful day's walk up Kirk Fell and Great Gable in the snow. [Sarah Miller]
• Grasmoor stands high above the rocky stream [30.6K]
  When we reached Scales Force, Grasmoor dominated the view across the valley. [Toby Speight]
• Skiddaw and Newlands [66.3K]
  This was the view northwards from the Red Pike ridge, north of Ennerdale.
• View from Red Pike [61.3K]
  Another view from Red Pike.
• Bleaberry Tarn [97.4K]
  Having a rest by Bleaberry Tarn (below Red Pike) [Sarah Hammond]
• The descent from Pillar [51.6K]
  Descending from Pillar into Ennerdale .
• Katherine, Toby and Sarah by a sign that now says 'Becky Smith Trail' [34.9K]
  When we found this sign, it said Smithy Beck Trail; we couldn't resist changing it for Becky. [Toby Speight]
• Harter Fell summit [57.8K]
  Some idiots (who will remain anonymous) climbed Harter Fell one dark night on the 1996 Eskdale trip. [Toby Speight]
• Birkhouse Moor [77.6K]
  Helvellyn from Birkhouse Moor - Striding Edge is on the left. [Keith Stribley]
• Buttermere [33.2K]
  Fleetwith Pike, seen across Buttermere. [Lizzie Kennett]
• Rannerdale [52K]
  Bluebells in Rannerdale. [Sarah Hammond]
• Skiddaw [50.6K]
  The summit area of Skiddaw. [Keith Stribley]
• Scafell Pike in snow conditions [70.1K]
  Pete Wilson, Simon Molyneux, James Campbell and Jane Strange on Scafell Pike, January 1993. [Toby Speight]

Photos of Scotland

(with preview pictures)

• A Highland stag [47.9K]
  A Highland resident displays his credentials. [Jeff Slater]
• Easy Route on Gearr Aonach [48K]
  Don't look down! Hilary scrambling on Gearr Aonach, on the 1999 Glen Coe trip. [Toby Speight]
• The Cobbler [38.5K]
  Sunset at the summit of this rocky peak (yes, Toby and Hilary had to descend in the dark!) [Toby Speight]
• An Teallach [54.6K]
  Reaching the summit of Bidean a' Glas Thuill, on An Teallach. [Toby Speight]
• Sunset over the Fisherfield peaks [28.7K]
  A beautiful sunset seen from the top of An Teallach - pity we had to descend in the dark afterwards! [Toby Speight]
• Fisherfield panorama [517K]
  Looking in the opposite direction (from Beinn Tarsuinn) in summer. From left to right:
  1. Slioch
  2. Beinn Eighe & Torridon (distant)
  3. Beinn Làir
  4. A' Mhaighdean
  5. Ruadh-Stac Mòr
  6. Beinn Dearg Mòr
  7. An Teallach (behind John Keene)
  8. Beinn a' Chlaidheimh
  [Toby Speight]
• Beinn Dearg Mhòr [30K]
  The great corrie of Beinn Dearg Mhòr, seen across Srath na Sealga. [Toby Speight]
• Loch Torridon [67.8K]
  The view from near Diabaig, looking back towards Torridon. Liathach is on the left. [Dave Jones]
• Highland sunset [12.8K]
  A spectacular sunset, seen across Loch Torridon. [Dave Jones]
• A lochan to the south of Torridon [84.1K]
  I'm not quite sure where this is, but it looks good... [Dave Jones]
• Nick sat on a pinnacle [104K]
  Nick Spedding on the Aonach Eagach. This was a private trip in September 1991; the weather was like this every day, and we had to carry lots of water on those dry Highland ridges. [Toby Speight]
• A sunny view from the head of Loch Leven [71.8K]
  Looking down Loch Leven (from the same trip). At the beginning of an exhausting traverse of the Mamores (which saw us finish in Fort William through over-enthusiasm - we hitched back). [Toby Speight]
• The view from Seana Bhraigh, near Ullapool [23.6K]
  North-west Scotland. From left to right:
  1. Beinn Mòr Coigach
  2. Stac Pollaidh (Stack Polly)
  3. Ceol Mòr & Ceol Beag
  4. Suilven
  5. Canisp (Canasp)
  6. Cuinneag (Quinag)
  7. Beinn Mòr Assynt
  8. Adam Nelson (not a hill)
  9. (I think) Morven, in Caithness
  [Toby Speight]
• Corriemor bothy, in the north-west Highlands [29.9K]
  A well-built high-level bothy, from the same trip. [Toby Speight]
• Culra bothy in front of a snow-clad Ben Alder at dawn [72.8K]
  Ben Alder, in the Central Highlands. The picture was taken at dawn; sometime I'll scan it in colour so that we can all appreciate the dawn glow on the Ben. [Toby Speight]
• Loch Coruisk and some of the Cuillin hills [70.5K]
  Loch Coruisk, from Sgùrr na Strì (Skye). Note the recent rockfall at lower right. The prominent ridge slightly left of centre is the Dubh Ridge and gives hard scrambling or easy climbing all the way to the top (though you need to descend quite a bit to continue to the main ridge). [Toby Speight]

Photos of Wales

(with preview pictures)

• Llyn Ogwen [51.4K]
  Y Garn reflected in a placid Llyn Ogwen. [Tom Wright]
• Adam and Eve, Tryfan [28K]
  The traditional leap being made by a diminutive member! [Tom Wright]
• Cantilever Stone, Glyder Fach [49.2K]
  Group levitation session! [Tom Wright]
• Tryfan appears in a rare moment of sunlight [27.7K]
  Tryfan, as seen from the east. [Toby Speight]
• Tryfan in afternoon light [112K]
  Tryfan, as seen from further to the east. [Toby Speight]
• The Cantilever Stone [13.4K]
  Keith and Ben levitate, while Dave looks on in bewilderment. [Toby Speight]
• Cyfrwy Arête [34.7K]
  Ian Watson on a steep scramble on Cadair Idris. [Toby Speight]
• The top of the arête [33.3K]
  Toby poses on a small pinnacle near the summit. [Toby Speight]
• The view from Elidir Fawr [169K]
  A panorama from the Snowdonia trip of April 1996. [Jane Bryden]
• Crib Goch [90.9K]
  Crib Goch and Snowdon. [Dave Jones]

Photos of miscellaneous things

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• Garden party 2003 [175K]
  

  The Garden Party of Summer 2003.

  Standing: Shay Menuchin, Tamar Shahal, (Rachel's friend), Rachel Pepper, Claire Gilbert, Hazel Uppington, Fran Churchard, Peter Bell, George Czaszi, Thomas Kachel, Jaako Järvinen, Andrew Peel, Ching-Yu Hui, Toby Speight, Gordon Williams, Austin Donnelly, Russell Kempley, Paul Cook, Venetia Bell, John Tierney, Ed Cooper, Michael Ashdown.

  Seated: Kate Faloon, Rachel Lovelock, Lottie Kelley, George Sankey, Jo Walton, Sue O'Mahony, Thomas Wright, Andy Gibson.

  [Toby Speight]
• Ed crossing a stream [53.1K]
  How not to cross a Dartmoor stream, by Ed Cooper. (Also available as an animation) [Toby Speight]
• River Tees [68.3K]
  Lucia sits by the infant river Tees, high in Teesdale. [Toby Speight]
• Fancy dress [51.9K]
  The fancy-dress sponsored walk in the Peak District, February 2002.

  Back row:

  • Phillip Blakely (Zaphod Beeblebrox)
  • Toby Speight (King Arthur)
  • Peter Bell (Richard the Lionheart)
  • Lottie Kelley (a satiated snake)
  • Venetia Bell (a witch)
  • Vicky Fairclough (a mouse)
  • Sven Ostring (a magician)

  Front row:

  • Rob Baldock (Patsy, serf/horse to King Arthur)
  • Marion McMillan (a pirate)
  • Becky James (a fairy)
  [Toby Speight]
• Galloping through the Peak District [88K]
  Horseback travel in fancy dress! [Marion McMillan]
• Garden party 2001 [118K]
  The Garden Party of Summer 2001. From left:
  • Peter Bell
  • Toby Speight
  • Lottie Kelley
  • Ruth Hammond
  • Hilary McMillan
  • Susie Rayson
  • Alex Welch
  • Rosie Harman
  • Russell Goodall
  • Becky James
  [Toby Speight]
• Consulting the map [59.9K]
  Planning the next move, during a lunch stop. [Toby Speight]
• A river crossing [61.6K]
  Typical conditions in Exmoor. [Toby Speight]
• Tim wrestles with a gate near Ingleborough [145K]
  The fearless Tim has no hesitation in taking on the might of a ... gate? [Sarah Miller]
• Rainbow [37.3K]
  A rare glimpse of the sun in the Howgill Fells. [Danny Swallow]
• 1997 committee [54.5K]
  Jane, Hilary, Mary & Richard, from the 1997 committee. [Toby Speight]
• Trees silhouetted against Derwent Reservoir [78.5K]
  Derwent Reservoir through the trees, March 1996. [Toby Speight]
• Five presidents [127K]
  A full set of presidents 1993-1998. L to R, back: James and Andy; front: Hilary, Keith and Sarah. [Toby Speight]
• Ben the Bear [47K]
  The club mascot wouldn't have his photo taken until he was really drunk! [Dave Jones]
• Jane in the pub, halfway around a table [86.3K]
  It's traditional for the Club's President to make the complete circuit of a pub table. [Toby Speight]
• Andy Gibson and Sarah Hammond drinking in a punt [58.1K]
  Two past presidents enjoying a garden party. [Paul Palfreyman]

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