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BB2407
: Say The Word
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Thursday
22nd February 2024
Do
you remember the Beatles song
from the
Rubber Soul album?
Say
the word and you'll be free
Say
the word and be like me
Say
the word I'm thinking of
Have
you heard the word is: ??????
Well,
what is the Word?
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for The Word
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The
word you don’t want to hear when Bryan is
with you is “Interesting”. From anyone
else, it generally means something to look
forward to. If it’s Bryan, for lesser
mortals the opposite might be the case.
His
route started from Coniston and headed up
the Coppermines Valley. We might well
have used that word in its conventional
sense about the scenery- the remains of
the mining industry with the Old Man of
Coniston and his pals as the backdrop.
And
also about the Herdwicks parading for us.
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So
far, Bryan hadn’t used that word. He just
said that we were following the way that
he had taken a group recently.
Leaving
the valley and heading up Hole Rake was
simple- I remembered it as the first leg
of the easy way to climb Wetherlam and it
held no terrors as long you didn't venture
too far into the caves created from the
old mining activity.
Lunch
stop, after the col, was very relaxed, if
a little late for Tony. It was after
we restarted that we heard that word. Interesting.
High above Tilberthwaite Gill, the
drop to the left of the traverse was somewhere
between a right good mauling and instant
death. To be fair, the path was reasonably
wide and (mostly) in good condition with
a few awkward rocky bits to negotiate where
streams were starting to tumble down in
the gorge. I just don’t like traverses.
They don't seem to bother Robin and
Martin.
Once
past the terror, or so I thought, we turned
off the main path to head back alongside
Goat's Crag towards Coniston. Bryan
then confessed that this was a route that
he had not used before but wasn’t it “interesting"?
Well, it was much the same as before
except that the crossing of tumbling becks
proved even more challenging as very awkward
rocks had to be negotiated.
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Fortunately,
we all survived the ordeal and made it safely
down to the valley. Tony then had
a different type of “interesting” suggestion
but that was put on hold. Instead
we headed away from Coniston to Glen Mary
Bridge then up to Tarn Hows Cottage.
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The
winding trail down to Boon Crag Farm was
interesting in the conventional sense with
a fine view down the length of Coniston
Water.
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We
emerged at the head of the lake and set
off back towards the town. It was
then that Tony reverted to his idea of “Interesting”,
singing:
Say
the word and you'll be free
Say
the word and be like me
Say
the word I'm thinking of
Have
you heard the word is …..
Yes
of course we had heard the word he sang
about. You don't need me to tell you
other than it was duly supplied at the Black
Bull. Very interesting.
Don,
Thursday 22nd February 2024.
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