Friday 26 April: Hywel Lloyd – The Alpine Cclub  Exhibition at the Frenchay Village Museum – the story of alpine adventure mountaineering Hywel is Chairman of the Alpine Club Library and will tell the story behind many of the items in the exhibition. T… more »

We know that lots of you plan ahead so, to help you manage your diaries, these are the proposed dates for our next season: 2013 October 2nd, 16th 30th2013 November 13th, 27th2013 December 11th2014 January 8th, 22nd2014 February 5th, 19th2014 March 5th,… more »

If you are remotely interested in tidal energy from the Severn Estuary you may like to attend a Greenpeace public meeting on Monday April 15th in The Library, Quaker Meeting House, 126 Hampton Road,  BS6 6JB. Two proposals will be discussed, a Barrage an… more »

Our 2013 Award has gone to Jamie Maddison from Whitminster. Jamie's first expedition was to climb Mt Kenya as a 16-year-old. In the subsequent 8 years he's travelled widely across the world including visits to Cuba, Czech Republic, Hungary, Croatia, Slov… more »

Applications have opened for the 2014 Rolex Awards, which will be exclusively devoted to young candidates. This means only those aged between 18 and 30 years are eligible to apply. Applicants are asked to submit projects that tackle the world’s most pres… more »