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Author: Anna
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Once again I think I would prefer the weather in Antarctica
Some interesting post arrived today...
As usual this event was held at the Old Crown, Hesket Newmarket, preceded by a walk up some of the nearby Northern Fells. The previous few days had been thick with freezing fog and nil visibility (though apparently there were great cloud inversions for those of us who could get out from work to see …
The (remaining) girls are doing well.
... and the greenhouse came off worst.
The Newlands Valley walk of 2 January was billed as “An ascent of Dale Head”. OK, I thought, tick off a fell, not too tough, good way to start the year. Of course I should have known better: since John was leading it was as usual rather more than a stroll. After some stress over …
It’s the other stuff that wasn’t so much fun. The week before Christmas I found myself sitting in an aeroplane at Manchester airport for 2 1/2 hours, with frozen WCs and no water for hot drinks, while it was deiced sufficiently to take off. We thought we were lucky to be on one of the …