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Coniston Fells Wildcamping puzzler

Posted by on July 12th 2009 in Great Escapes, Just for fun, Lakes Escapes, Pics, Wildcamping
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This weekend's wildie was excellent - a right mixed bag of varying terrain and changing weather. It'll be a few days before the write-up is ready for posting, so, to tide you over, here are a few shots of the two places where I pitched. As usual, there are no prizes for correctly identifying the locations, but it should be an interesting test of how well you think you know the fells around Coniston.

Friday evening at a tarn with no name:

 

looking East...

 

and looking West.

 

Saturday evening in the woods:

 

looking South...

 

and another from the water's edge:

 

Any takers?

Still Crazy After All These Years

Posted by on July 10th 2009 in Blast from the Past, Wildcamping
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After several hours of frantic and fruitless searching for that one indispensable item of walking gear, I came to the conclusion that my 21st Century stealth-black Lowe Alpine Mountain Cap is destined never to be found.

All was not lost, however, as I'm a gear-hoarder of dubious repute. Off I went to the "saved for posterity" kit-bags and pulled out my original cap, still resplendent in a subtle 1980s colour-scheme:

 

 

I think even ptc* would be proud of this one!

Here we go again

Posted by on July 10th 2009 in Lakes Escapes, Weather, Wildcamping
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A tarn with no name

Posted by on July 9th 2009 in Lakes Escapes, Wildcamping
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That's where I'll be on Friday night, trying out the Argos Pro Action Hike Lite 1 Person Tent somewhere around the Coniston Fells, and following John Hee's "overnighting off the beaten track" ethos. Suffice to say that said tarn is in a place with a name that's bound to attract blog-hits from all sorts of dodgy characters 😯 .

As to where I'll be pitching on Saturday night, your guess is as good as mine. I'll just make it up as I go along, I reckon. There'll be no great mileage involved, as I'm not fully match-fit after the bad-back layup, but I'd much rather be knackered than stir-crazy.

So behave while I'm away, and don't forget to feed the cat...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

to the dog.

😈

Wassat? #3

Posted by on July 4th 2009 in Just for fun

We've got these things growing in the garden. Who's clever enough to put a name to them?

 

 

 

 As usual, there's no prize for correctly identifying them, you just get some kudos for being a smartarse :mrgreen:

Fire in the sky

Posted by on July 3rd 2009 in Congratulations!
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It was Luke's 26th birthday on Monday.

Seeing as we still don't know where he is, it wasn't feasible to send a card or a pressie.

Instead, we sent his birthday wishes by hot-air balloon:

* After the pageload is complete, click on any of the pics in this post to see bigger versions in the Shutter Reloaded lightbox-style image viewer. *

 Up...

 up...

 and away!

(run yer mouse over the pic if you're struggling to find the balloon)

Happy Birthday, Luke!

Love from Mum, Stef, Ella and Anna.
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