Liam's Adventure

Liam was a very dedicated mountaineer, who despite being on placement in a terrible place known as France, went to extreme lengths to attend the 2024 club trip to Wales.

Luckily for him the club was staying in Penmaenmawr, a small town on the North coast which conveniently has a train station. Liam's attendance had been kept secret from all but a few and it is said that upon showing up at the hostel on the Friday evening he sent several people into shock.

Liam went climbing both days, suffering a grievous injury on his knee in the slate quarry which he insisted on patching up himself getting blood all over his white tracksuit in the process.

On the second faithful day of climbing in Castle Inn Quarry Liam was climbig hard when suddenly he realised... his phone was in his pocket. He realised too late however, and all watched as it fell in slow motion, it's fall terminating in a sharp "crack!". It landed hard on the ground. He didn't even need to pick it up, he knew there was no hope for it.

Now for most attendees this would be pretty bad, but for Liam it was much worse. He needed to get back to France for work on Tuesday; and crucially he needed his boarding pass and train tickets to get there, both of which he kept on his fhón póca.

Despite having a train station, Penmaenmawr did not have any phone shops or even a second hand shop with old phones for sale. Liam was surely doomed.

But in his time of greatest need, the club was there for him. The club had brought the club iPad primarily to play subway surfers on the bus. The club lent Liam the iPad and after some work he managed to access his email with tickets and boarding passes.

On Monday morning Liam boarded a train from Penmaenmawr headed to Manchester. His trip is documented in a vlog he recorded on the iPad. It's there as a lesson for all club members to learn from for many years to come.

Liam returned from France later that year and swore to never go back. The iPad was reunited with the club and balance was restored to the UGMCverse.