not made it into the FLM - again.

[El Gordo]

Bad luck, SW.

Tim is right to say that most clubs get FLM places but (in my admittedly limited experience) clubs tend to have rules saying that the FLM places aren't open to members who haven't been in the club for x amount of time (usually a year). The rule is there to stop, well, to stop people like yourself joining the club just to get the FLM place. Your only chance here would be if you found a club who received places but didn't have enough members who wanted them. It's probably not that likely though, particularly as if they are the sort of club who don't have FLM-type members (e.g. a fell running club in the north of Scotland), then they'd be unlikely to apply for them in the first place.

So the prognosis isn't that good. AFAIK, there are some charities out there who ask for as little as £800 (cf the normal £1500), but this might still be too much in your situation. Did you bequeath your cheque? If so, you still have the chance of one of the extra 1000 places for bequeathers.