Welcome
LSU Hiking club is one of the most active clubs at the students union, running trips and socials weekly throughout the year. Our recent trips have included days out in the Peak District, weekends in the remote hills of Wales and the Lakes, and holiday in mountainous snow covered Cairngorms. Not forgetting our vibrant social calendar, which has this year seen paintballing, go-karting, greyhound racing and of course, themed nights at the union.
The upcoming year promises to be better than ever, and with more new trips and socials, LSU Hiking club is a great way to meet new people, visit new places, see amazing sights and have a laugh!
Membership is open to all members of the Students Union and our trips cater for all abilities. Our members include hikers, walkers and scramblers. It doesn't matter if you are an experienced mountaineer or new to hill-walking, all you need are some walking boots, a waterproof (more often than not) and bring on the bant!
News
Most Successfully Managed Club
Thursday night (29th May) was the 9th Annual Societies and Associations awards, held in Loughborough Students Union. The awards formally acknowledge and celebrate the club and it's contribution to the student experience at Loughborough. Not to mention all the hard work and energy the committee put into running it.
Hiking club entered the category for "Most Successfully Managed" club in recognition of the success this year - more events organised and members than in a long time! I'm delighted to say we beat our rivals the Flying club to clinch the honour, one of the most prestigious to be awarded from the whole evening.
Congratulations to last year's Chair Tom Farmer and the whole committee. A fantastic result and one of which we are very proud. You can now say you are a member of the most successfully managed club at LSU.
Read all about it!
Check out the Summer 2008 Newsletter, which has reviews and photos of the trips and socials this term!
Download it from the newsletters page, where you can also find an archive of all newsletters published. Especially good if you're procrastinating from exam revision...
30th anniversary
This year hiking club has reached it's thirtieth birthday! The club is now both the oldest and largest out of all the societies section. We've gone through our archives and dug out some old photos and documents from the last from the last three decades to create a display in the students union. Go and see it - it's outside the board room in the union building - go into piazza, up the stairs, turn right at the top, follow the balcony right and go through a set of doors.
I'm currently in the process of collating more photos over the years to create a photo archive. If you have any old photos you would like to contribute, please contact me on chair@lsuhc.org.uk!