Re: Porthclais, Pembrokeshire - 25-28 May
Posted: 28 May 2018, 21:56
I'd like to clarify what happened with regards to the this meet from my perspective.
I spoke to Adam on Thursday night about the deteriorating forecast in Pembroke, and we agreed to see what the forecast was like mid morning on Friday.
With a poor forecast for Pembroke at mid morning on Friday there was a discussion via whatsapp to get a quick consensus on what people thought. An effort was made to get as many people added to add to the group as possible. It is incorrect that that discussion took place on whatsapp and not on the forum is a fair comment that has been made by a couple of people and I agree. It will not happen again. However, with a poor forecast in Pembroke and a very good forecast in the Lakes Adam and I, and a majority of committee members, agreed that we should move the meet. This was posted on the forum at 4:22pm (don't be fooled by the timing logged as 3:22pm, it is not on British summer time, or something like that).
Whilst that is late notice we did notify people via the forum and people can then make a decision regarding what they want to do. The majority of members depart for meets after 6pm. It is rare, but not unprecedented for meets to be cancelled or moved and a poor forecast is usually the culprit - especially those meets involving sea cliffs. I apologise to Murray that the meet did not take place when he had driven down on Thursday. But even had the meet remained in Pembroke it was clear that no one due to drive down on Friday evening would have attended. On a sea cliff meet to Pembroke rain leaves very little option for rock climbing, hill walking, or scrambling - the usual fayre for a mountaineering club. To me it seemed better to move the meet rather than cancel it as everyone was keen to enjoy a long weekend and there we other options.
I would like to thank Adam for spending a good portion of his day on Friday researching camp sites, phoning for availability, and ensuring we had an alternative venue. I accept responsibility for moving the meet.
I spoke to Adam on Thursday night about the deteriorating forecast in Pembroke, and we agreed to see what the forecast was like mid morning on Friday.
With a poor forecast for Pembroke at mid morning on Friday there was a discussion via whatsapp to get a quick consensus on what people thought. An effort was made to get as many people added to add to the group as possible. It is incorrect that that discussion took place on whatsapp and not on the forum is a fair comment that has been made by a couple of people and I agree. It will not happen again. However, with a poor forecast in Pembroke and a very good forecast in the Lakes Adam and I, and a majority of committee members, agreed that we should move the meet. This was posted on the forum at 4:22pm (don't be fooled by the timing logged as 3:22pm, it is not on British summer time, or something like that).
Whilst that is late notice we did notify people via the forum and people can then make a decision regarding what they want to do. The majority of members depart for meets after 6pm. It is rare, but not unprecedented for meets to be cancelled or moved and a poor forecast is usually the culprit - especially those meets involving sea cliffs. I apologise to Murray that the meet did not take place when he had driven down on Thursday. But even had the meet remained in Pembroke it was clear that no one due to drive down on Friday evening would have attended. On a sea cliff meet to Pembroke rain leaves very little option for rock climbing, hill walking, or scrambling - the usual fayre for a mountaineering club. To me it seemed better to move the meet rather than cancel it as everyone was keen to enjoy a long weekend and there we other options.
I would like to thank Adam for spending a good portion of his day on Friday researching camp sites, phoning for availability, and ensuring we had an alternative venue. I accept responsibility for moving the meet.