tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983057519799689883.post8863545294138324742..comments2024-03-29T08:20:36.244+00:00Comments on Great British Escapades: That's no way to treat an Old Man.Cumbrian Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03372624872224851441noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983057519799689883.post-6619532972470760232012-12-14T08:59:19.491+00:002012-12-14T08:59:19.491+00:00Just wondering if you made it up there in the snow...Just wondering if you made it up there in the snow this past week or so?Cumbrian Ramblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03372624872224851441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983057519799689883.post-69666566719171814112012-11-19T12:29:01.906+00:002012-11-19T12:29:01.906+00:00Dow Crag was amazingly good! Really enjoyed and I ...Dow Crag was amazingly good! Really enjoyed and I always like fells that require a little light scrambling to get to the top. Pity there was no snow but cant have everything :)colpeakbaggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03164533802406397203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983057519799689883.post-58200272518965331262012-11-18T19:05:03.882+00:002012-11-18T19:05:03.882+00:00Thanks - they drive me nuts! How was Dow Crag?Thanks - they drive me nuts! How was Dow Crag?Cumbrian Ramblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03372624872224851441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983057519799689883.post-43152554535402750992012-11-17T15:47:26.112+00:002012-11-17T15:47:26.112+00:00Hi Beth,
Great blog! Im off up Dow Crag tomorrow ...Hi Beth, <br />Great blog! Im off up Dow Crag tomorrow and hope there will be a dusting (or more) of snow. I will be wearing my converse trainers, jeans and a t shirt or, far more likely, will be doing my impression of the michelin man. Honestly these people who just wander the hills unprepared ... grrrrrrrrr.<br />Anyway about coming down, I agree it is far worse. One of the scariest things I have ever done was come down a frozen Rigg Head Quarry (off High Spy) it felt like if we had slid wqe wouldnt hae stopped until we reached the bottom. colpeakbaggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03164533802406397203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983057519799689883.post-75394259229461327602012-11-09T12:10:18.773+00:002012-11-09T12:10:18.773+00:00Thanks for that Nick - I know it's best to sta...Thanks for that Nick - I know it's best to stay quiet but it's hard sometimes...<br /><br />Also good to know I'm not alone in my slow descents. Most of my trousers have holes in the backside! :-)<br />Cumbrian Ramblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03372624872224851441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983057519799689883.post-75379745412835275952012-11-08T17:33:09.688+00:002012-11-08T17:33:09.688+00:00Walking on Sunday was superb! You're absolute...Walking on Sunday was superb! You're absolutely right about having the correct equipment and it's amazing how many people don't carry it. You're quite right not to bother challenging them about it, you never know what the reaction will be.<br /><br />MRTs rarely dish out scoldings these days because they don't want people to be afraid to call them out. Even so, they give the rest of us a bad name.<br /><br />Sliding down snowfields on one's backside is a perfectly acceptable mode of descent, closely related to the rather more graceful glissade. Recommended that the slider wears waterproof trousers though! If it's any consolation, I must be the worst downhiller in the world, or very nearly. Ascents are no problem, at least not until the thought "How am I going to get down this?" pops into my head anyway!<br /><br />Happy walking!<br /><br />Regards<br /><br />Nick RoseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983057519799689883.post-56975015857147102452012-11-04T21:43:44.844+00:002012-11-04T21:43:44.844+00:00Thanks. Bum slides have cost me plenty of clothing...Thanks. Bum slides have cost me plenty of clothing in the past. Was lucky today. Cumbrian Ramblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03372624872224851441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983057519799689883.post-47580094385317760892012-11-04T19:47:59.601+00:002012-11-04T19:47:59.601+00:00So jealous! I've seen plenty of great photos o...So jealous! I've seen plenty of great photos on FB & Twitter of superb conditions - winter is my favourite season - it's a good time to bag the boggy outlying summits!<br /><br />Lucky your bumslide didn't cost you some new clothing!Wainwrighteerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17670302642054924691noreply@blogger.com