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BB1821
: We Few, We Happy Few
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Thursday
5th July 2018
Lots
of people had excuses this week.
For example,
I had gone to Crete for some cool weather.
Only Tony provided an honorable reason.
He told me:
"I
doubt if I'll be available; it's my first
blood bike shift tonight, 7pm to 2am,
and I'll probably still be asleep at 9 am."
Stan,
Stuart and Mike T, however, were prepared
to brave the heat.
Mike
relates what happened:
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We assembled at The Rifleman’s at 9.15 am,
but we hadn’t accounted for so many parking restrictions
for Stuart’s car, so after Stuart and Stan had intrepidly
circumnavigated the green it was decided to park just
below Serpentine Woods before setting off up the “Tram
Way” towards Kendal golf course circa 10.00 am. There
was only one golfer spotted; we did however, on the
walk, see one greater spotted and one green woodpecker,
plus two people who apparently used to work at Provincial/Prolific;
there again hasn’t nearly everyone! The views from the
Cunswick end of the scar were so captivating we all
forgot to take a photo and so then proceeded south,
deep in conversation about all the usual, but none the
less enthralling, trivia of life and quite often about
how friends and acquaintances had dodged inevitable
demise from some affliction. There was little chance
of us dicing with death on this intrepid adventure,
even the dogs we encountered were generally ambivalent
to our presence.
The
Mushroom was reached with little trauma and again we
admired the view and discussed how parched the landscape
is, the conversation being too deep and meaningful to
take a picture of a view, with which you will all be
too familiar. We then pushed onto the summit (trig point)
and the elation was such that cameras still didn’t emerge.
The descent was via the old racecourse and Stan recanted
all the past winners. We then received Robin’s email
saying he wasn’t able to make it, due to the pressure
of gardening. Suddenly we decided some pictures were
worth taking, of less familiar views whilst walking
The Scar.
The well trodden route of Brigsteer Road was
taken back into Kendal and we eventually gravitated
to The Mason’s Arms, Stramongate, at 1.00 pm, for a
pint and burger, (the Loweswater Gold was off; what
horror) in the now quite tedious sunshine, before wending
our separate ways.
Mike,
Thursday 5th July 2018
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Comments:
Don
When
Mike first told me his title for the report,
I though the heat had got to him and that
he had said:
"We
Phew, We Happy Phew!"
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Comitibus:
Stan, Mike, Stuart
Map
: OS 1:50k
| STATISTICS
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BB1821
: We Few, We Happy Few
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| Date:
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Thursday
5th July 2018
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| Features:
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Cunswick
Scar, Scout Scar
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| Distance
in miles:
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7
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| Height
climbed in feet:
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870
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| Comitibus:
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Mike T, Stan, Stuart
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