Attendees:

Andy Stratford 

Jo Stratford

Ian Crook

John Castick

Steve Lopacki

Caro

Greg Nunn

Izy

Jo Macey

Mich Harrison

Stuart Hurworth

Jared Kitchen

Emily Thompson

Lewis Stonehouse

Leah

Jess Bailey

Dave Wylie

Rory Marsden

The combination of working meet, bonfire and a birthday generated a great attendance for this meet.  Sadly a lot has happened in my head since the meet (including a bout of covid), so I'm struggling to remember who was present and who did what.  The above list of attendees is broadly accurate, although there were a few members whose names I sadly didn't catch, and I may have added a couple of people who weren't actually there!

I further excelled as 'joint meet leader' by accidentally giving Steve L a dairy intolerance as a result of a whatsapp mix up.

Lots of jobs were completed on Saturday including:

Porch window replacement - Steve L (with verbal assistance and advice from most passers-by)

Kitchen cleaning and food prep - Jo and Izy

Gutter cleaning - Greg and (a very wet and dirty) Ian

Mowing - Stuart

Strimming - John, Jared, Rory

An amazing start to the steps up to the knoll - Mich, Lewis and others

Door painting - Emily

Roof tile replacement - Ian and Greg (looking very nervous stood below)

Clearing and bulb planting - Jess

Power washing - Leah

In the afternoon Jared snuck off for a climb whilst others built the bonfire for the evening's entertainment.

Luckily my memory is bad, so I can't name and shame the people who were VERY DRUNK, but I'm certain there was some drinking involved!

Apologies to anyone I've branded 'dairy intolerant', miss-named, erroneously added or straight up forgotten!

Autumn Working meet

There are some heavy-duty jobs at this one and we are looking for a really big turnout. Please sign up and commit as early as possible - it is much easier for us to plan what to do. It's also a couple of people's birthdays, plus we are doing what would have been the bonfire night a couple of weeks early. Please don’t bring any fireworks though as we have neighbours with horses and other animals quite close to the hut.

Food will be provided for Saturday lunch as usual. 2 nights accom free in return for a full day’s work on Saturday.

Main jobs (Outdoors)

For all budding stonemasons, step builders and would-be volunteers on ''fix the fells'' and ''mend our mountains''….here is a brilliant chance to gain some experience and tips. We have an experienced waller and step builder volunteer, Pete Attwood who is looking for three volunteers (we can’t really have more than that) who want to work for the day on the ‘’steps to the knoll project’’. It is heavy and dirty work, but rewarding. If you are interested drop me a line. We’ll need a solid commitment for a long day….!​

• Strimming and mowing paddock and round the hut
• Spring Bulb Planting
• Steps to The Knoll
• removal of old tree wire protection and posts
• strimming Padarn approach track and side ditch clearance as needed
• Gutter cleaning and repairs to brackets
• New porch window frame installation and painting
• Gathering windfall and timber for the bonfire.
• Gathering the dead bracken.

Indoors

• Changing all the sheets on all the mattresses in all dorms, hoover, dust and de-spider of all dorms.
• Changing all the inner pillow slips in all dorms
• Complete the new Hut user's A to Z ‘’how to’’ book.
• Kitchen extract fan deep clean.
• Ovens and grills deep clean
• Lounge deep clean
• lounge Wood floor cleaner-protector 

Sunday

This will be a climbing or scrambling day somewhere, so bring your gear….. and some ideas….