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From Birthday Dinner
Year: 2007
Yeah – “We are family, I got all my sisters with me…” Well, that’s how the song goes, so me and Caroline made our way over to Bedfordshire to Saskia’s place for a weekend of sibling fun. Wine tasting, a huge pavlova, gossiping and Jonathan Ross on Friday night, and Nick’s golf on Saturday morning, …
After two days of hard gardening it was time to do some hard climbing to justify calling ourselves climbers! But with a poor holiday forecast (thundery showers!), where to go? The answer, the south facing sheltered limestone of Trowbarrow. We’ve been here once before to tick the easier classics Jean Jeanie (VS) and Assagai (HVS). …
We've tackled everything in two mad days of full-on 'extreme gardening'. That is, getting it all done to minimise the number of climbing days used up.
Being confined to barracks is pretty dull, but Anna managed to get away from the asylum for a couple of hours on Saturday afternoon, attending the Aspatria Flower Festival at St. Kentigern’s. Lots of colourful displays, craft and cake stalls. At least it got Anna away from a grumpy old git for a few hours…. …
Kath completes the 10 km BUPA Edinburgh run with a personal best.
It was our turn to pay back some of the sweat Dave had suffered digging the ground for our patio a couple of years ago; today we helped lift the turf where the new green house is due to rise from the ground next week. It was hard work, lifting the turf whilst keeping the …
After the wonderful dinner and wine last night we felt a little tired this morning and so we headed up to Quayfoot Buttress, Borrowdale for a short approach to a not too long climb...
When a woman of a certain age hits that certain age, I'm sure she's supposed to be very mature and responsible. Looks like I missed out on that gene, but I thought I'd dress up to try and look the part...
