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BB1344
: Happy Crimbo !
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Thursday
19th December 2013
I
thought that Crimbo was a slangish word
for Christmas; festive but not religious.
If
you had asked me, I would have said it was invented
by The Beatles. However, according to Wiktionary
(quoting the OED), my understanding of the meaning is
correct but the first recorded use of the word
was in 1928 whereas the Beatles word, introduced by John
Lennon in 1963,
was actually, as I now remember, Crimble.
The
Guardian,
in 2012, reported a different meaning for Crimbo.
Crimbo
now stands for the
Criminal Behaviour
Order
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that the government is seeking to introduce
to replace ASBOs, the AntiSocial Behaviour Order. No
doubt our legal minded members knew that but I didn't.
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The
Guardian went on to explain that a Crimbo is a preventive
ban on anyone over the age of 10 which could carry
a prison sentence if breached.
To
the question "What is the actual difference between
a Crimbo and an Asbo?" it says that the full answer
is long, boring and complicated so I will say no more
other than ask a different question:
Why
not bring back the pillory?
The
Guardian concluded by observing that if Asbo is
supplanted by Crimbo, a whole generation of pitbulls
will have to be renamed!
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Today
was the day for the last BOOTboys outing before Crimbo.
To put us in the Christmas spirit, the Mountain
Weather Information Service predicted conditions to
be "appalling
or near zero visibility on the fells". Just
the sort of day that Bryan enjoys. But as Bryan
was in his warm and dry home, we could take a softer
option. But what happened, you will have to wait
to find out. Christmas time pressures prevent processing
pro-tem. As the Bellman almost said in the
Hunting of the Snark:
"The rest of my speech" (he
explained to his men)
"You shall hear when I've
leisure to speak it.
But Christmas
Pud is at hand, let
me tell you again!
'Tis your glorious duty to
eat it! All
I can say for the moment is that,as
far as I am aware, no felonies were committed on today's
outing. Nonetheless, to
misquote from the Guardian:
There are only 5 shoplifting
days left.
Happy
Crimbo !
Don,
Thursday 19th December
The
Rest Of My Speech
The
forecast was for a blustery morning and a wet afternoon
so all thoughts of walking over Whitbarrow, lunching
at the Derby Arms then walking back were curtailed to
the first two parts.
At
least that was the intention. The second part
was scuppered before the first began.
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Outmanoeuvred
at the Derby Arms
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On
seeking to leave a car at the Derby Arms,
it became apparent from the mass of parked
vehicles from which walkers were being disgorged
that a very large group might have similar
plans.
Martin
approached them to find out.
Walking
groups are normally very friendly but not
this lot. Or at least, not the ones
to whom he spoke. Nonetheless, he
did ascertain that our fears were right.
They had already booked for lunch.
We moved to the lay-by near the Gilpin
Bridge Inn instead.
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Logistics
now demanded that we travel in one of the cars to the
north end of the Scar where we started off up the hill,
passing a caravan that had been blown over in the recent
gales.
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Wind-blown
caravan
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Comitibus
: Lord's
Seat, Whitbarrow Scar
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The
trees grow like this thanks to the wind!
Although
today it was blowy, walking conditions were not unpleasant
and we were able to progress along the full length of
the Scar at good speed without problem.
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Howgills
in a glimpse of sunshine
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The
Kent estuary
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Christmas
decorations?
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The
boys examine the cliff face
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The
descent was via the great slab below the huge limestone
cliffs then along to Gilpin Bridge.
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Panorama
of the cliff
We
didn’t fancy eating there, it didn’t look particularly
welcoming, so chose the revitalised Hare & Hounds
in Levens. Only it was shut. So on we went
to the Wheatsheaf at Brigsteer, arriving just as the
heavens opened.
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That
includes you, Rudolph
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You
too!
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Tony,
see what you missed!
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I
do hope the Derby Arms group reached their destination
in time!!!!
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Joined
at the Hip
Mike
thought that last week's festive photo
of the boys in red trousers bore a strong
resemblance to the well know Siamese twins,
the
JohnDonConjoins
Joined
from shoulder to hip.
Note
the large wraparound shirt and the one belt
circling both waists.
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| STATISTICS:
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BB1344
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| Date:
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Thursday
19th December 2013
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| Distance
in miles:
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5.8
(Garmin GPS)
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| Height
climbed in feet:
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761
(Memory Map / OS)
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| Features:
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Whitbarrow
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| Comitibus:
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Don,
James,
John Hn, Martin, Mike
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