Events Diary
Munro Legacy Exhibition
Monday 27th May 2024 - Friday 21st June 2024
To mark the 100th anniversary of Sir Hugh Munro’s death, The Munro Society presented ‘The Munro Legacy Exhibition’, at the A.K Bell Library in Perth in March 2019. The exhibition told the story of the exploration of Scotland’s mountains from the 19th century beginnings to the present day and in particular the contribution of the man whose name is used to describe Scotland’s highest mountains.
The exhibition comprises pull-ups (roller banners), posters with text, maps and photographs, several display cabinets and 2 mannequins demonstrating clothing past and present. All of these tell the story of Sir Hugh’s life, the birth of the Tables, the growth of completers, the pioneers, the working class movement, the post war years, recent times and, of course, the Munro Society and its role today. Items on display include: Sir Hugh’s aneroid barometer, the ice axe used by the first Munroist, the Rev A. E. Robertson, and a copy of the original Munro’s Tables.
Such was the success of the Exhibition that it has been touring Scotland since 2019 and has been displayed at, amongst other places, Torridon, Portree, Birnam, Glasgow, Glenmore Lodge, Glen Doll, the Scottish National Parliament and Central Library in Edinburgh, Stirling and the Dundee and Fort William Mountain Film Festivals. Dates of future displays will be published once known.
Annual Dinner and AGM 2025
Saturday 25th October 2025
This year's annual dinner was held at the Grant Arms Hotel in Grantown on Spey on Saturday 25th October 2025.
Following the passing of the resolution at the AGM on 5th April to combine future AGMs with the Annual Dinner, an AGM covering the eight months from January to August was held between 2.30 and 3.30pm in the Osprey Suite at the Grant Arms Hotel.
36 members were present at the AGM. Apologies had been received from 18 members. Reports were given by the President: Oliver Bartrum, the Membership and Meets Secretary: Anne Butler, the Treasurer: David Campbell-Kelly, the Archivist: Irene Leckie, the Webmaster: David Fraser and the Mountain Reports Coordinator: Shona Marshall. A presentation on the proposed new website was given by David Solomon.
The committee was reappointed for the forthcoming year as follows:
President: Oliver Bartrum
Vice- President: Shona Marshall
Membership and Meets Secretary: Anne Butler
Treasurer: David Campbell-Kelly
Meeting Secretary: Maggie Kift
Members: Andy Wightman, Phil Massey, Keith Mathieson and David Solomon
Membership subscriptions for 2026 were held at £30.00, the due date for payment: 1st May 2026. Subscription notices will be sent out to all members with the mailing of the Spring Newsletter (No 66) in April.
The Robin Campbell Memorial Lecture followed the AGM at 4.00pm. The speaker, Lorraine McCall, gave an illustrated talk about her Continuous Round of Munros, Corbetts and Grahams.
Next year's AGM, Lecture and Dinner will be held on Saturday 24th October 2026 at the Grant Arms Hotel in Grantown on Spey.
Dundee Mountain Film Festival
Friday 5th December 2025 - Saturday 6th December 2025
The 41st Dundee Film Festival will be held at Abertay Universtity, Bell Street, Dunndee on Friday 5th and Saturday 6th December 2025.
NB: This is a different venue from Dundee University where the Festival has been held in previous years.
Many mountain and hillwalking organisations, clubs and related activities will be represented at the Festival and, as in previous years, the Munro Society be supporting the Irvine Butterfield Lecture on the Saturday morning (6th December).
We are delighted that the Lecturer will be TMS member Shona Marshall. She will be talking about her four year (2021-25) Full House round (282 Munros, 227 Munro Tops, 222 Corbetts, 231 Grahams, 140 Donalds and 22 Furths) with her Kerry blue terrier Betty: "A Dogged Full House".
Full details of all the talks and films and ticket booking for the Festival can be found on the DMFF webiste.
The Festival is well worth visiting and, if you haven't attended before: do try and attend this year.
Early Summer meet Glencoe June 2026
Wednesday 3rd June 2026 - Saturday 6th June 2026
We will have exclusive use of the Youth Hostel in Glencoe for the early Summer mid-week meet: 3-6 June 2026.
The hostel has a large kitchen, lounge area, car park, bike storage and drying facilities. Dogs are allowed. The hostel is well placed for Glencoe, Glen Etive, Ballachulish and the Mamores. The Clachaig Inn is within walking distance of the hostel.
The cost of the meet is £181.50pp
The booking form for the meet can be found here
Midsummer meet Corran July 2026
Tuesday 30th June 2026 - Friday 3rd July 2026
We will be returning to the 5* hostel at Corran for the Midsummer meet 30th June - 3rd July 2026.
We will have exclusive use of the hostel. All rooms are en-suite. There are two well equipped self-catering kitchens with dining areas and a large conservatory sitting area. The hostel is dog-friendly. The cost is £215.00pp
Corran is ideally situated for Fort William, Grey Corries, Glencoe, the Loch Arkaig hills and, via the Corran Ferry, the Ardgour hills
The booking form can be found here
Autumn meet Ullapool September 2026
Monday 14th September 2026 - Thursday 17th September 2026
We will have exclusive use of the Youth Hostel in Ullapool for the early Autumn mid-week meet: 14-17 September 2026.
The hostel has a large self-catering kitchen, two lounges, car park, bike storage and drying facilities. Dogs are allowed. The hostel is well placed for An Teallach and surrounding hills, Assynt, Coigach and the Fannaichs.
The cost of the meet is £150.
The booking form for the meet can be found here
2026 AGM, Robin Campbell Memorial Lecture and Annual Dinner
Saturday 24th October 2026 - Saturday 24th October 2026
The next AGM, Lecture and Dinner will be held on Saturday 24th October 2026 at the Grant Arms Hotel in Grantown on Spey.
Details will be published in the 2026 Summer Newsletter and on the website in August 2026.