Members present: Kevin Anderson (Roisin's #1 favourite), Colin and Roisin Maddison, Al Metelko, Dave Dillon, Duncan Lee (Roisin's least favourite), John Evans, Dave Whittingham, James Richardson, Sheena Hendrie, Roger Dyke, Peter Walker, Lester Payne, Michelle Harvie, Mark Garrod, Lorna Marsland, Sabina Cosulich (Roisin's # 3 favourite), Jim and Judith Symon, Mark Wiltshire.

Guests present: Dave Swindlehurst, Jo Farringdon, Anna (?).

Uninvited guests: Steve Bowker, Marcus Payne.

Saturday morning offered a typical Welsh welcome with uninspiring weather, but a number of intrepid KMC teams headed off in numerous directions. A grumpy president woke up to find I had arranged to go to sunny Tremadog with Roger Dyke and was refusing point blank to go ice climbing with him. Al and Mark were on their way from Scotland (!), Colin is a sensible chap, Dave Whittingham had brought the wrong kind of boots, rope and gear, and everyone else scuttled off quickly before they could be asked. The president had no 'victim' for the day.

Tremadog was, in fact, so sunny that Roger and I managed to climb over 10 routes. Upon returning to the hut, it emerged that unbeknown to us, Dave W, John E., James and Anna had climbed Creagh Dhu Wall in the rain, so Roger and I were forced to admit that all the routes we had done had been on coloured holds and pre-placed quickdraws (Beacon Climbing Wall). Meanwhile, Mark and Michelle had run up approximately 10 peaks, whilst Jo and Kevin had been climbing on Gogarth (Pel VS 4c, Blanco HVS 5a). Duncan, at this point, had climbed Shallow Gully, Parsley Fern, and Parsley Fern left hand before grumbling (!) his way down as he had nobody to climb Sinister Gully with.

As the evening went on, more and more people started arriving at the hut, so more and more ingredients were added to the soup (where is Ken when you need him? There was some serious chopping going on!). The result was a compulsory three bowls of soup for everyone present (including Roisin!), together with compulsory tasting of Kevin's freshly baked bread and John's date slices.

The slides were a mixture of shots from all over the world, with the complete world tour from Wavey and Kevin, Alpine shots from Colin, Duncan and Pete W. (who had brought the wrong set with him), some African landscapes and even a guest slot from Steve Bowker.

Sheena (Ed - page 3 pinup) and Michelle managed to sleep through most of it, though I have to admit the warmth and darkness conditions of the lounge made me fall asleep too after a long day on the errr?hills.

The next day, the weather was so inspiring that a lot of people headed straight back to Manchester. Colin, Duncan, Al and Kevin played on the steep stuff on Pen Trwyn (Green Flash, Hom Rescue, The graduate) for a couple of hours, whilst Roisin, Wavey and I intrepidly headed off looking for candy floss on the pier.

In all, a great meet with some inspiring slides and tales of club members adventures. I hope we will be able to do it all again next year (perhaps without the compulsory three bowls of soup).

Come along and do as you please during the day.

On Saturday evening, I will provide home made soup and bread (not home made, Kevin!- unless you are offering), £1.

Bring along your holiday photos and slides to share your holiday experiences.

See you there.