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  My early years living on the fringe of the Peak District and within a short drive of Snowdonia, meant that walking was always something to be enjoyed. My first job was in Cheshire (with the Min of Ag, Fish and Food) where I joined the local climbing and caving club. Whilst in Cheshire I discovered winter climbing in Scotland which in turn led to four summer trips to the Alps where we climbed many of the classic (ie easy) snow and ice routes including the Matterhorn, Eiger west face, Aiguille de Chardonnet, Mt Blanc and Monte Rosa. Unusually for climbers at the time, we enjoyed our walking as much as our climbing.
In my mid 20s I moved Departments to Wolverhampton VAT where I did little walking but carried on skiing. Following my divorce in my 30s I applied for and got, a job with Customs in Plymouth - probably the first place I moved to because I actually wanted to live and work there. Dartmoor was on my doorstep and holidays in Scotland, North Wales, Europe and America gave me regular fixes of walking and/or skiing.
All my family (on both sides) come from the north of England and when my parents left me a bit of money I had no hesitation in buying a cottage in the Lakes ten years ago, which I would let out for seven years before moving up when I took early retirement three years ago. Today I still walk and ski with the odd gentle scramble. I have a season ticket for Stoke City (someone has to do it) and I shoot grey squirrels when they venture into my garden; this took a bit of psyching myself up for but it has to be done if the reds are to survive. I count myself lucky to live in one of the most beautiful and mountainous areas of Britain - especially as it is full of people (such as OFC members) who feel the same way about it as I do.
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Friday, 01 August 2008 |
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 Six of us and three dogs had a good walk yesterday over ground which was largely new to me. I have, of course covered the ground from Goat's Hawse to Walna Scar pass many times. But the walk from the bottom of the Walna Scar track to Goat's Hawse via Seathwaite Tarn and Far Gill was new to me.
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Tuesday, 22 July 2008 |
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 Wainwright climbed Skew Gill on Great End "with the help of the publisher's rope". I have always thought of Wainwright as a bit of a wimp so I thought that I might manage it without a rope.
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Monday, 14 July 2008 |
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 Today Ann and Roger and Jo arrived at Fornside for an afternoon walk. Jodie has a bit of back trouble (on the mend now) so she would be left at Fornside for the afternoon. The weather refused to clear up (damp but warm) so we had a slow lingering cup of tea before driving to the big laybay on the A591 at Shoulthwaite to start our walk.
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Saturday, 12 July 2008 |
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 Today Jayne Hill and I had a walk from the Old Dungeon Ghyll to Bowfell and Rosset Pike. A word of warning to anyone who wants to park at ODG on summer Sundays: we arrived at 0920 and just got parked. By 0930 the carpark was full and cars were having to turn round and head back down the valley to New Dungeon Ghyll.
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Sunday, 15 June 2008 |
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 Yesterday Jo, Angie, Jill and myself parked at Stoneycroft in the Newlands valley with the intention of adding three new peaks to Angie's Wainwright count. In the event Angie, together with Jill, added six peaks although Jo and I ducked out of the last one.
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Friday, 13 June 2008 |
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 I have just written a long report on the walk Jill, Jo and I did from Dunmail Raise over Dollywaggon Pike and Nethermost Pike yesterday. Unfortunately after being asked by the Yahoo! Message Board for my password, the Chronicle never appeared!!!
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Saturday, 31 May 2008 |
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 Today's walk was very different. We parked in grey conditons at Martindale Church and bumped into David Hall (OFC member) who had just finished his walk having started at 06.30!
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Friday, 30 May 2008 |
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 This weekend, Jo and I have had two walks in very different conditions. The first was from Chapel Bridge in Newlands.
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Wednesday, 07 May 2008 |
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 I will be joining Helmut on Blencathra (possibly with Jayne Hill) and it is possible that Helmut will descend via Sharp Edge if the conditions are dry. Polly has climbed Sharp Edge before but never descended it so, as conditions were superb today, I decided we would climb the mountain by Halls Fell ridge and descend by Sharp Edge to see if Polly was going to be fine.
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Monday, 28 April 2008 |
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 A linear walk with Frances and Roger and Ann Hiley from Lanthwaite Green to Cinderdale Common via Grasmoor
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