Bbrcc

BBRCC was formed originally in Birmingham and grew through the introduction of friends and family to quickly become a national club.

We currently have two properties, one of these is based in Llanwrst, North Wales (Cae Groes). The other is based in The Langdale Valley, Lake District (Raven Crag). Please read below for a full description.

CAE GROES

Location - Cae Groes House (LL26 0SD) is situated on the Nebo Road, half a mile from the centre of Llanrwst in the Conwy Valley. Llanrwst provides a good range of shops, pubs and hotels, has an indoor swimming pool and is an excellent centre for access to the Snowdonia National Park - ideal for all grades of walking and climbing. Next door to Cae Groes is a sports centre with a climbing wall.

Travel - It is four miles from Betws y Coed along the A470. As soon as you enter Llanrwst (from Betws y Coed) take the first right (before the bridge) and then immediately (only five yards further! ) right into Nebo Road. The drive to Cae Groes is on the left after about half a mile immediately before the high chain link fence of the Leisure Centre.

Description - Cae Groes consists of a converted farmhouse and four self-contained flatlets, a barn with table tennis table and space for mountain bike storage, a drying room and male and female shower /toilet block. There is a large grassed garden and adequate space for car parking.

Accommodation - The house has 34 beds in five separate rooms (one room has four beds, two have six beds, one has eight beds, and the attic has ten beds). Three bedrooms have bunk beds and the attic and one of the six-bedded rooms have alpine sleeping shelves. The house is centrally heated and has a kitchen, lounge and dining room.

The four flatlets are in a separate two-storey block. Each unit is centrally heated and has its own toilet and lounge-diner-kitchen with a fridge. Each unit has accommodation for five people: A bed-settee provides two beds and a small separate room has a two-bedded bunk. There is a campbed for the fifth bed.

Beds - All beds have dunlopillo, or interior sprung mattresses, with pillow and blankets. You must bring your own pillow-cases and sleeping bag or sheets.

Availability – Cae Groes may be used only by members of BBRCC, their family and their guests. Guests must be accompanied by a member. There are no rules about ‘lights out’ etc but all members are expected to show respect for other members staying there. Cae Groes is available for use throughout the year.

RAVEN CRAG

Location - Raven Crag ( LA22 9JU) occupies a superb position adjacent to the Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel in the beautiful Great Langdale valley eight miles from Ambleside. It is ideally placed for enjoyment of the Lake District with excellent walking and climbing from its doorstep.

Travel - From Ambleside take the A593 towards Coniston and turn right at Skelwith Bridge onto the B5343. Continue along this road through the villages of Elterwater and Chapel Stile, past the New Dungeon Ghyll hotel, and one mile later turn right into the drive leading to the Old Dungeon Ghyll hotel. Follow the drive to the right of the hotel which leads up behind the hotel to Raven Crag.

Upon arrival – You may drive up to the cottage to unload cars but only three cars may park there – a restriction imposed by the National Trust. Additional parking is available a hundred yards away in the National Trust car park beside the Old Dungeon Ghyll hotel. Four free-parking passes for this car park can be obtained from the window sill beside the telephone in Raven Crag. Please remember to return these passes when you leave.

Accommodation - The property is a typical Lake District Cottage set against the fells including the buttress of Raven Crag itself. The cottage has considerable character with white rough cast stone walls and a slate roof, and exposed beams and timber panelling inside. Inside there are four bedrooms, a lounge, a kitchen /diner, a drying room, toilets and showers. Twenty-four bunk beds are provided in the four separate bedrooms (one room has four beds, two have six beds, and one has eight beds). All beds have pillows, blankets and Dunlopillo mattresses. You need to bring your own sleeping bag or sheets and pillowcases. Storage radiators centrally heat the cottage and there are separate heaters in each room.

Availability – Raven Crag may be used only by members of BBRCC, their family and their guests. Guests must be accompanied by a member. There are no rules about ‘lights out’ etc but all members are expected to show respect for other members staying there. Raven Crag is available for use throughout the year.