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The Lost Sheep 7 - Available Now |
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Written by Peter Burgess
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Wednesday, 25 June 2008 |
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 Issue 7 of The Lost Sheep is now available which is raising funds for Duddon and Furness Mountain Rescue Team . If you would like a copy then please e-mail Peter Burgess, the Club Founder directly (
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) or even use the submission form at the bottom of every OFC webpage. Please ensure to include The Lost Sheep 7 in the subject line and don't forget to include your address. I am happy to post issues off and await payment on arrival.
Buy the Lost Sheep online at eBay using Paypal/cheque (£3 inc.p&p*)
The Lost Sheep 7 - some images
If you do have a Paypal account then please feel free to use the eBay system. If the available link below is not working then please use 'The Lost Sheep 7' in the search bar. I do hope you enjoy issue 7 as much as I enjoy putting it together. Again there are some excellent articles and I hope you might feel inspired to send in your writings for next issue which will be focusing on photography. It would be interesting to hear what cameras people use on the fells or any techniques you can share. We will be posting an online survey very soon asking for people to state which cameras they use.
The contents of issue 7 include:-
‘Waking With a Slug In My Ear’ by Michael Fox Wasdale to Wasdale, Borrowdale to Borrowdale—with John Burland 20 Questions..... Spotlight on...? Peak Weekend with Neil Haslewood More 214 Completers—Get your accomplishment in print! COMPETITION: Book Review—The Fell Walker by Michael Wood Lakeland—Land of Migrants and Foreign Tongues! Article by David Keys ‘Living the Dream’ by Jayne Hill Edmund Hillary—In Memoriam with Dave Dimmock Scafell, Portrait of a Mountain by Bill Birkett Andrew Mason describes ‘Remembrance 2007’ An Alaskan Adventure with Roger and Ann Hiley “We’ve Got Mail!” - message of support from Chris Bonnington ‘Fell Fun!’ - the lighter side of the O.F.C
 On a final note, although I have already acnowledged them in print, I would like to thank Liz Lemal, Tracy Ward and Jill and Nigel Batchelor for proof-reading the journal. Greatest thanks should go to Stephen Siddall, our shining knight in armour, who tirelessly prints the journal for the OFC. If it wasn't for the efforts of Stephen the quality of the journal would be paltry and I am certain its success would be far less.
Ad altiora! Thanks for your support. *All the cover price after the costs of carriage go to the Duddon and Furness Mountain Rescue Team |
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 As a child growing up, I was always proud to be Lancastrian. On one of my earliest trips to Lakeland I remember stopping at the summit of Wrynose Pass in my friend's Volkswagon camper. I guess the year must've been about 1979, but it was the monolith of limestone near the summit of the motor road that caught my interest. Seeing LANCASHIRE emblazened across it was obvious to a child, but it was the L, W and R embedded in the grass that had me intrigued. "They stand for Lancashire, Cumberland and Westmorland", I was told by my friend's father. With hindsight, it's the first recollection I have of taking note of that word. I'd been to Kendal and of course driven through the old county of Westmorland on many an occasion, but this piece of limestone at the summit of the infamous pass has become somewhat of a pilgrimage point for me - a kind of qiblah whilst I'm exiled in London! |
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 Having a brand is the new buzz word and I am afraid that AW has become a brand. Sadly, and I am sure he would hate this, when people mention AW in fellwalking circles, their ears prick up. Of course AW is to be admired, but when people start to abuse this name many years after his death I begin to feel that they might just have lost the plot. Although for anyone unfamiliar to AW, this book might be useful, however to most of us I think that investment in a very large barge pole will be the order. I don't want to slate the company that saved the Wainwright guides but come on Frances Lincoln, let's have some originality if you are going to use the great fellwalker's name to sell a book! |
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"A big thank-you too to Peter for piecing together the latest Lost Sheep, I feel honoured to find a place in this extra special issue and serve AW's dearest cause." Mark Richards
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