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BB2434 : K-E-N-T-M-E-R-E
Thursday
14th November 2024
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Those of you of a certain age
will no doubt remember Radio Luxembourg broadcasting on 208
metres medium wave. This was in the days before
pirate radios.
If so, two names are probably
etched into your minds. One is that of a
certain wrestler, hospital porter, charity worker, seat-belt advocate and pedophile
with his “Under the bedclothes club”.
The other would be Horace Batchelor for his "Infra-Draw Method" of winning
money on football pools, memorably turning the previously obscure
Somerset town of
"Keynsham, spelt K-E-Y-N-S-H-A-M"
into a household name throughout the country.
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Click
above to hear an audience with
Horace Batchelor
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After a chilly start, it was a
glorious morning but bad weather was expected in the early afternoon so, rather
than visit the Pike, we opted just to head up to the reservoir. You know,
the one that's K-E-N-T-M-E-R-E.
To make it more interesting we approached by
Hallow Bank and Smallthwaite Knott, there to take lunch.
Then, to make it even more interesting, we took
the direct descent to the reservoir as my Rectus Femorii continue to remind me.
At the reservoir we met some
ladies. “Who are you?” they asked. Of course we answered in true Horace fashion,
“We are the BOOTboys. That’s spelt
B-O-O-T-B-O-Y-S”. It never fails to impress.
The threatened bad weather
never materialised but the sun is low in the sky these days so we returned to
the western side of the valley to make our way back to the cars. Where then to go? Isn’t the answer obvious?
To the Eagle and Child at that
place spelt S-T-A-V-E-L-E-Y.
Don, Thursday 14th November 2024
Thanks
to TV Mike for several of the photos
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Relive:
to
see Robert's impressive Relive of our adventure,
click on the picture below.
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Comitibus:
Don,
Stan, Keith, Ian, Robert,
Martin, Mike
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Map:
OS 1:25k
Missing
at the moment!
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| STATISTICS
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BB2434
: K-E-N-T-M-E-R-E
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| Date:
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Thursday
14th November 2024
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| Features:
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Kentmere
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| Distance
in miles:
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5.4 |
| Height
climbed in feet:
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1,132 |
| GPX
track:
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BB2434.gpx
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| Comitibus:
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Don, Ian, Keith, Martin, TV Mike, Robert,
Stan,
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