Surf / kayak trip – beach at Westward Ho! 25 people headed down to Skern Lodge, Appledore, which is at the opposite end of the beach from Westward Ho! Half […]
BEC was well represented today at the Peaslske MTB orienteering event. Well done to Adam who came 2nd in the male solo category and BEC teams came 1st and 3rd […]
Lovely day for our Sunday MTB ride, taking in Standean, Wolstenbury Hill and Devil’s Dyke
BEC ride the Trans-Cambrian Way (and back), 21-26 August 2016
Fresh back from an unaided ascent of Mont Blanc via the Mer de Glace, Vallée Blanche and 3 Monts route. Descending to valley floor via the Gouter route. Total ascent […]
If you didn’t come, look what you missed! Elizabeth
Had a great day at the Watersport safety training course 🙂
See attached pdf http://www.brightonexplorers.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Alps-2015-trip-report.pdf
BEC Skye bank holiday weekend in numbers: 12 – number of people who met at airport at start of weekend; 11 – number of people who actually got on plane […]
Great trip, bit of canoeing, bit of climbing, bit of socialising… okay lots of that. Looking forward to the reunion next year : )
Great road cycling routes in Emilia-Romagna, North East Italy with enough big hills to satisfy the climbers up to beautiful ancient towns and villages, and many lovely miles of coast, […]
Great pool session and perfect as an intro to kayaking. Thanks!
Here’s some photos from the Cairngorm trip. Thanks Damian and everyone else who made it such an enjoyable weekend!
Early start on Monday to get to Cwm Bychan (near Harlech) to park and climb the first mountain – Rhinog Fawr 720m. We 4 then worked our way over crags […]
Early start on Friday to get to Cwm Bychan (near Harlech) to park and climb the first mountain – Rhinog Fawr 720m. We 3 then worked our way over crags […]
The best possible weather, with a breeze and some clouds to keep us cool and sunshine for amazing photos. Some of us did 12 miles, some the 14 mile route; […]
Our circular route from Amberley took in some of the higher bits on the South Downs Way, lush agricultural land, woods, overgrown areas and a river bank. This area offers […]
A few pics from our excellent trip to North Yorkshire to see the Tour De France. Thanks to Richard Smith who got us all organised in a prime viewing spot […]
Another great walk, cooler weather meant it was comfortable walking. Lots of orchids to enjoy.
A perfect day for this super walk from Seaford to Eastbourne. Clear blue skies and great views. No problems with crossing the river as tide was very low indeed! As […]
In march I went to Glenmore lodge for a 5 day winter skills course based in the Cairngorm’s. It was great! The course focused on learning about the winter hill […]
What a great trip! This stretch of the Pembrokeshire Coast is beautiful …. so unspoilt and wild. We saw seals, masses of wild flowers and all sorts of birds. The […]
Cliffs, coast and camping…. and climbing, coasteering and coves. Oh what a lovely weekend. Thank you to Jo for organising the trip, especially finding the wonderful campsite (Celtic camping – […]
The walk turned out to be more like 5 miles, so ideal for a short half day, and the weather was kind to us.
This turned out to be a great route for a short local walk; good bus connections, easy parking and a good range of scenery. EMK
Posted by : Craig Olive. 1st Nov 2011 18:56.
Posted by : Claire Des Forges. 7th Sep 2011 12:56.
A brief report for the record! Bikes&Backpacks pt 2. Rich,Jim,Lisa,Aggy,Tom,Guy,Mike. Day1: Ambleside – High Street – Patterdale – Helvellyn YH. Pushing up High St, misty summit, big descent. Jim over […]
Long weekend climbing at the Roaches, near Leek in Derbyshire for climbers of mixed ability. The group also included people who walked and cycled off road. Vicky and Sally climbed […]
As a new comer to the group:- What a wonderful trip. We were spoilt by the weather of course, sun, sun, sun, beautiful sparkling sea and the views. The climbing […]
Winter it may of been but there was no snow for this trip (bar some patches that were on the northern facing slopes). However it was a good two days […]
Another fantastic weekend in the Mendips with a mixture of caving and walking! As usual we all met in The Hunters on Friday night …. Mat, Ali, Richard, Mike R, […]
Another great weekend caving. The Ogof Ffynnon Ddu (OFD) cave system is immense! 50km of passageways below the mountain, some formed before the last ice age! Saturday was split into […]
A wonderful weekend of caving. I’m a complete novice for ‘real’ caves but this really opened my eyes! Some panic moments but the BEC caving guru’s got me out and […]
Great trip into Snowdonia. The bunkhouse was a real bargain and huge shouts to Marie, Damien and Richard for organising and leading the trips. Posted by : Michael Cooper. 9th […]
All thanks to Damian for organising yet another fantastic wild camping weekend in the mountains. We had “interesting” weather ranging from glorious sun via rain to hail, sometimes all in […]
Another fantastic May Bank Holiday weekend. It seemed on the first night, that Jo’s chat with Mother Nature hadn’t worked as a fierce storm came across the camp site, ensuring […]
The weather forecast looked good so off we went for a couple of days of climbing and beer. A success on both fronts! Posted by : Mark Day. 31st Aug […]
We (Craig & Viv) got up to Clapham on Wednesday to be met 30 mins later by Simon Kay who had come down from Scotland by motorbike, how about that […]
The best bouldering on the planet? I dunno, I’ve never really felt the need to go anywhere else as Font’s sooo good. The weather did it’s best to justify my […]
A quick update from a 1st timer! Had a great trip – really enjoyed chatting with all as we completed the 32 miles over 2 days. Harder on the feet […]
Salisbury YHA is a great base for a winter weekend trip. The youth hostel is really comfortable with an annexe you might get exclusive use of if the hostel is […]
South Wales (Swansea Valley) staying at the SWCC Hut (nice and warm)!! Well this was a bit of a non starter as far as trips go….It didn’t! It took four […]
Great company, Great food, Great place, = Brill time. Thanks to all involved. Posted by : Craig Olive. 11th Jan 2010 21:52. This was a fabulous week full of good […]
So here we are 9.30pm on Sunday night it’s snowing outside the hut and we have a lovely warm wood fire crackling away as I type. So another successful weekends […]
Yet another weekend when the sun was shining on a BEC trip while it rained on the rest of the country, including Brighton Edale YHA is good, although a bit […]
For our 2009 summer trek we went to Norway?s Jotunheim National Park, about 200 miles northwest of Oslo. It was late August, towards the end of a six week walking […]
It’s Friday afternoon and the sun has come out! All packed and ready to go, have even found some good local pubs to check out. Will let you know how […]
A great weekend and a great campsite with fantastic views. Well done to the trip leader whoever he was!!! On Saturday 4 of us Matt, Ali, Viv and Craig walked […]
Had a great time walking to Bude from Appledore with a few mad people before meeting up with the rest of the gang in Bude. Our stay in the garden […]
This was an arrangement to meet in Derbyshire at the Orpheus Caving Club hut for a prosecution of three venues in the area. These venues all had in common bottomless […]
So another yet another great weekend away this time staying at the Dan-Y-Ogof showcaves campsite (recommended) Quite a gang turned up including David H, Simon L, Suzie L, Viv O, […]
An intimate valentines weekend for …15! Hurrah, finally my first club trip (and trip report – aren’t I good!) So we all made our way westwards (with varying amounts of […]
The forecast was dismal but the cycle ride on Saturday was sublime- not a cloud all day, and chocolate-box village after village. Managed a stop in a pub for pudding […]
Fantastic Cave on the Saturday and v impressive bunk house (well fantastic cost, good nosebag and nobody snored so :))) Posted by : Maisie Pettifer. 26th Mar 2009 09:24.
