Some formal news will be posted here but much of the most up-to-date news and useful information can be found on our Facebook Page or our Twitter feed.
4th January 2021
It will come as no surprise that the Winter Mountaineering trip to Snowdonia will not take place in February. The reasons are, we hope, obvious and entirely Covid-related. Apart from the fact that restrictions are currently being tightened, the Scout Activity Centre at Yr Hafod also remains closed until further notice (our booking has been moved forward to February 2022). As for the rest of 2021: we don't intend to publish a programme as we have no idea whether it can be fulfilled but hope that the situation will improve as the year progresses. If that should be the case then we will plan trips as-and-when restrictions allow, according to the usual timetable: Late May Bank holiday long weekend, including wild camping (probably the Lake District)Mid September hill walking (possibly a joint trip with the County Climbing team)5th7th November Training and Assessment (Cornel SAC in Snowdonia is booked) We will, of course, inform you of any events that can take place via email as...
3rd August 2020
2020 has been a disastrous year, not just for IMC events but also for hills and scouting activities in general: For the first time ever IMC were forced to cancel a trip in advance our ever-popular winter trip to North Wales in February because of the atrocious weather forecast. A very wise...
8th July 2020
We are doing out best to stay on top of developments regarding the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions. The rules differ considerably between, England, Scotland and Wales and we also have to abide by the Scout Association advice, which is currently still Red in some areas. Whether the situation is...
14th April 2020
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions the late May bank holiday trip will, inevitably not be taking place. Our next planned trip is in September which we hope, by then, will be able to go ahead. We will continue to monitor all advice on the situation and if the event is allowed to take place,...
16th March 2020
We're obviously keeping a very close eye on what is a constantly changing situation and a decision about whether the May trip goes ahead will be made by Easter. That decision will be informed by the latest advice from the UK Government and the Scout Association. ...
13th February 2020
Email to applicants, 10.00 am, Thursday 13th February. The other group leaders have been very closely monitoring the weather forecast and ground conditions in Snowdonia and have reluctantly decided to CANCEL THE TRIP this weekend. Weve given it every chance but the forecast has...
12th February 2020
We're keeping a very close eye on the weather forecast for our trip to Wales this weekend. It is possible that #StormDennis might force us to cancel unless things change substantially over the next few days. As the forecast stands, it will be impossible to get safely onto the hill and even...
1st February 2020
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1st January 2019
In some sort of record for applications, the February trip to Snowdonia has been fully subscribed within 30 hours of applications opening! Any further applications, received after 21.00 on 1st January will be put on the stand-by list in case of drop-outs. Anyone applying after this time...
31st December 2018
The IMC programme has been updated for 2019. Further updates will occur as and when locations are confirmed. Stay tuned! ...
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