On Saturday I had an early start to walk on Schneeberg, taking the opportunity of the rest of the family being on a lazy holiday at the Adriatic beach.
 

On July 5th, I attended a course at the university of Innsbruck. So, I took the opportunity being so close to high mountains, and on my way back, I had a night's stay in Salzburg city with my son Peter, who is living there.

The long and anticipated wait for the launch of the next issue of The Lost Sheep is now here.  Issue 7 is a veritable feast of articles which again have lifted the quality of the publication to a heady height which belies our humble roots.  The OFC should really be proud of ths publication especially after the £700 raised for AW's charity Kapellan from issue 6.  If you would like to get your hands on a copy or 10 then please do read on...

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.

OFC member Lance Tucker has just had his first tick in five years on one of his dogs, Bernie.  After having it removed by a vet he asked what other members did by way of tick prevention, and whether it was easy enough to remove ticks yourself.  Here are some of the replies from other OFC members.

I arrived promptly for 10:30 to meet a very well looking Lorraine who kindly showed me her scar.  We were followed shortly by Angela and John, Kev and Les (who'd come all the way from Milton Keynes) and Simon.  Not a large group, obviously some had been detered by a less than promising forecast.

Michael Wood mailed me a while back to ask if I would write a review of his book for the OFC site.  The title seemed appropriate and although having little time to read for pleasure took up the offer to review the thriller.  I have to say I really enjoyed the book, probably due to my links with the fells and can heartily recommend it to anyone here.  If you would like the chance to win a copy of this book then please read on....

In a recent book review of Great Mountain Days in the Lake District by Mark Richards, Cicerone the book's publishers donated a copy of the book as a competition prize to be offered on the site.  Interest in the book has been good and this short link reveals the winner of the competition as well as a preview of Michael Wood's book, The Fell Walker, which is now being offered as a prize via The Lost Sheep and the OFC website.