tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post1089177726623102028..comments2024-03-29T13:05:42.663+00:00Comments on conradwalks: Wainwright's Way - Langdale to RosthwaiteSir Hughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-5701127920516553532019-11-12T10:24:10.173+00:002019-11-12T10:24:10.173+00:00gimmer - on second thoughts I think it was a an el...gimmer - on second thoughts I think it was a an elaborate wall mounted tin-opener. Otherwise I don't remember turning off the water supply!Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-89076586237806945642019-11-12T09:01:42.036+00:002019-11-12T09:01:42.036+00:00gimmer - The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist is on...gimmer - The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist is one of the very few books I have given up on after reading partway.<br /><br />I reckon you probably rate our stay at YHA Torridon pretty highly. There you had great fun when our duty task was to clean the kitchen and you spent a bout an hour dismantling the kitchen tap into its component pieces to make all shiny again.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-45779594941151725732019-11-10T08:55:29.867+00:002019-11-10T08:55:29.867+00:00No, that was training for the Cullin ridge so must...No, that was training for the Cullin ridge so must have been my first and only laid full weight nylon - we used the paternal manila on grit but not by the sixties - that provided winter food for generations of moths.<br />High Close (Red Bank) YH - you must be referring to his comment about the ragged arsed mountaineers (as in 'ragged trousered philanthropists' maybe - knew nothing about that then - apropos of which i will email an obit. on a similar theme i read the other day): I think that was one of the best YH I ever stayed in - despite the warden.gimmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-64933718815876697812019-11-10T06:20:06.432+00:002019-11-10T06:20:06.432+00:00afoot - thanks, I'd forgotten about that.afoot - thanks, I'd forgotten about that.<br />Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-18109909975273073562019-11-09T19:10:29.916+00:002019-11-09T19:10:29.916+00:00Tap the AA in the top left of the search box and i...Tap the AA in the top left of the search box and increase the font size. You need the latest iOS.afootinthehillshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06670636358354420373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-89648815683358822222019-11-09T08:51:21.360+00:002019-11-09T08:51:21.360+00:00Both - Sorry about typos above - "views"...Both - Sorry about typos above - "views" and "your'" I was doing it in very bad light and size of type on iPhone is minute.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-85027132407448268552019-11-08T21:19:13.815+00:002019-11-08T21:19:13.815+00:00BC - you may (or may not) be glad to hear that my ...BC - you may (or may not) be glad to hear that my iPhone with Memory Map is back in action - no wide vows of surrounding valleys I'm afraid.<br /><br />----------------------------<br /><br />Gimmer - have you still got four father's Alpine rope, circa1930 that we used on that memorable day? I was trying to remember the story about the warden at Red Bank YHA - csn you refresh for me?Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-27081034634896178942019-11-08T18:29:15.430+00:002019-11-08T18:29:15.430+00:00As you imply, those last few stages do more or les...As you imply, those last few stages do more or less encapsulate the first half of our lives - although you, of course, have done so much more than me since then.<br />I only walked Langstrath once - the other way round - quite delightful in hot sunshine, with inviting, sparkling pools all the way along the flat bit: I think the zigzags are pony/mule track 'stages' (hence the ramping) when it was a major trade route from north to south. <br />I do think the nicer way is to stay 'high ' after Silver Howe and go over and down Greenup Gill (that spelling is for the stream, I'm told), but needs longer days and, maybe, younger limbs, although one realises that your logistics and programme precluded that option. I once did it alone on a pitch dark wet moonless night in the middle of winter, returning to RLH from a week on Lochnagar - the way down to the ODG between Pike O'Stickle and Gimmer is 'challenging' at the best of times, but this was wholly unprepared - without map, compass or torch: the arrogance of youth. But we lived.<br />I assume that the next stage is the last of this fine route: even the lowland bits sound surprisingly interesting and good walking.<br />and hope you have fine weather as the 'scenes' from that final top are some of the widest and grandest in the whole district - odd you had such dull conditions as it was a glorious sunny day 'down by the seaside'.<br />Another on my fantasy list (maybe I'll semi-retire in a few years - DV of course).<br /><br />gimmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-47812122231412726582019-11-08T13:55:00.256+00:002019-11-08T13:55:00.256+00:00I'm sure that was Cam Crag Ridge, everywhere w...I'm sure that was Cam Crag Ridge, everywhere we tried to identify seemed wrong. Must get a wider map view before our next stage.bowlandclimberhttp://bowlandclimber.comnoreply@blogger.com