By Gill Stephens and Alastair Govan Note from editor: This article was submitted for inclusion in our journal Relative Matters. Unfortunately, it wasn't included due to a mistake on my part. Apologies to Gill and...
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RHSoc ContributorTrip report: Exploring islands around Skye
Our boat trips visited 17 islands around Skye with members climbing to the highest point of each Most will have heard of the Islands of Rhum or Raasay, but there are many more islands around Skye. At the end of May...
Jenny_Hatfield@hotmail.co.ukTwo new classification criteria for the hills and mountains of Britain
Introducing Jut and On-Top-Of-The-World Mountains Editor's Introduction. Kai Xu, a researcher from Yale University has been in touch via the website to share two new (to me at least) measures we thought might be...
Dave ChaffeyRHSoc Annual Photo competition 2022 shortlists and winners
This blog post gives an update for Members and Subscribers on where we are in the selection process and to give some feedback on photos that may help if you enter next time around. For the 2022 entries, which we're...
New Y Marilyns app for the Welsh hills
Now live on Apple's App store and Google's Play store is our new free new mobile app which gives an interactive guide to all of the Welsh Marilyns. Search on Y Marilyns to download the app or download from each app...
Moffat Autumn Bagger Rambles trip – October 2022
Trip report from Dave Chaffey As Steve Smith said over on the Facebook Relative Hills group, this was a cracking RHSoc weekend, with great company and some smashing walks. I couldn't have put it better myself! The...
Completing the Simms
Jenny Hatfield explains how and why RHSoc members Michael Earnshaw and Rob Woodall climbed the Simms At the Relative Hills Society Dinner in May 2022, Rob Woodall was presented with the “Mad Bagger” trophy for 2021, in...
Summer Isles Trip Report 13-14 June 2022
Report from Denise McLellan and Peter Dinnage Peter Dinnage writes, ‘When the opportunity arose to join the trip, I thought, why not? I am in my 2nd year of RHSoc membership, and it was about time I found out who...
Denise McLellanFinal Report on the 2021 Annual Photo Competition
The shortlisted photos and winners The final judging of last year’s photo competition took place at the Annual Dinner at Shifnal. Thank you to all the attendees who took the time to view the shortlisted photos and to...
Baggers without Borders and Thoughts of Ukraine
As I review data for the Baggers without Borders 2021 international tables, my thoughts inevitably drift to the terrible situation in Ukraine today and the contrast with our two trips there. In 2013 we flew to Kiev and...