Friday 30 October – Sunday 2 November 2026

There’s no better place for a Halloween meet than the spooky Roybridge, set deep down in the woods of Glen Spean. The autumnal colours of the trees are truly spectacular right now, making for a very scenic arrival at the hostel. It was great to spend the evening in the cozy living room discussing plans for the next day with a group of people for whom the whole area is a huge chocolate box full of tasty mountain treats. We settled on the Chno Dearg group of Munros because the weather forecast wasn’t especially wonderful, but as it turned out there wasn’t a drop of rain at all. Back at the hostel everyone really enjoyed Jenny’s communal meal – I think a Greek theme must be a first for a DMC meet. Sadly, later in the evening, Yasmin was spirited away by a ghastly ghoul but thankfully rescued later by our Damsel Jenny. In the pumpkin carving department, Beck did us proud with a rendering of the Three Sisters of Glencoe mountains. The weather was perfect on Sunday so we split into a couple of groups, one tackling Ben Nevis via the Carn Mor Dearg arete, and the other group up Coire Ardair and onto the Creag Meagaidh mountains.

• Report by Andrew