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... Certainly whetted mine Geoff, but you confirmed one thing - better leave the dogs begind for this one !! We're up in the summer - last 2 weeks in Aug - and...
... I agree with Geoff about this spot being the most daunting part of the route, the exposure out to the left tells your brain to switch on and be careful....
Good news for me and bad news for Cumbria? I will take early retirement in April 2004 (possibly earlier) and move to Fornside Cottage. The cottage will take...
Lucky you, retirement, one should not wish ones life away but no work has a definite appeal. Do you really lease your cottage out? What accomadation etc. ie ...
Hi Frances I thought everyone knew I let Fornside out - must be slipping up in my old age! The link to the cottage website is on my profile but I have put a ...
... time ... Hi Happy John ! Great news - glad you've got a date to work towards. As you say, once next summer arrives and the building starts in September,...
I'll be there as well! Sorry for the absense I've been stuck in the Midlands all week due to a family illness. What's this about Outdoorsmagic sending a mob to...
... OM had already pencilled in Sept 7/8 as a meeting date that I didn't know about when I started a thread about the MRT fundraising weekend but then Wasdale...
... didn't ... weekend ... Andy that's great the more the merrier! the total value of goods to auction and sell of is now £10,898 so everyone should get a...
Yesterday's forecast in the Lakes was for rain in the afternoon but clearing up in for the evening. Anne and I therefore decided to chance it and after work...
Can beat you there John! My 'Earliest Date of Release', sorry, earliest date of retirement, is the end of September THIS year after completing 30 years service...
Hi Dave, You might have the best of it! Ok, I've got the cottage, but by April 2004 I will have worked for 38 years for Her Majesty (catching all those nasty...
Hi Andrew and Anne Great photos again tonight -what lovely evening weather -seemed almost summery ! Hope the weather will be as good on Saturday when we plan...
Wasdale Gazette 24 June-5July Sorry for the late and shorter than normal edition, in my defence it's not due to lack of trying but I've spent most of the week...
Guy, Congratulations on another great issue. Your musings are far too good for us - you really ought to submit them to the Times or the Guardian - they are...
Saturday 6th July, I'm hoping for reasonable visibility today as I explore a corner of the Lake District that I have not been to before. I parked the car on...
Our very own mountaingoat, masquerading under his real name has written an article, published on www.outdoorsmagic.com that paints a picture of what the 3...
... to ... state ... in ... Guy, I have to agree. The solitude on an empty fell is an extraordinary feeling of freedom but the company of people who make the...
... a ... A very frank report and every statement totally correct. I have to admit that in 1997 and 1998 (I think), I was involved in two 3 Peak challenges,...
... This is the great danger of opposing a 'charity' event;who can dare oppose something which supposedly has it's roots in a good cause? I still believe that...
Now that's a great walk! I last went up Haycock 2 years ago by ascending Middle Fell first.I'm glad you found the acsnt of the grassy rake up Haycock as tiring...
Out on Saturday to do Beinn Mhanach in the Bridge of Orchy area. We parked the car on the main A82 death defying as we tried to park the cars on the grass...
... Frances, get your priorities right, everything else can wait. You said June wasn't seasonal either but I thought it rained all year round in Scotland. :o) ...
... permitted ... I agree in principle Ian, but I fail to see how it can be managed, without placing restrictions on every walker. For instance, if a group...
dream on boy, things are normally a bit warm even in bonny blooming Scotland than this. Oh for some warm weather and hopefully at the weekend as well. - In...
... I must admit that there has been only ONE weekend this year when I haven't had to put my gloves on at some stage, I'm still looking forward to a good...
Hi Geoff, Thanks for the detailed description! I really enjoyed reading it ,,, I think that's probably as close as I will get to doing it! Don't mind steep...
