WALKIES 23-25 MARCH 2007

Seatoller, Lake District

A few reminders of our weekend

THE USUAL SUSPECTS...

- Barrie "Hey! I'm not asleep - I'm listening to the England game (which finished an hour ago) " Astbury
- Charlie "iPod Quiz-master" Grant
- Pete "These boots aren't right - they're digging in... to my wallet" Smith
- Simon "Two-mile torch" Piercy
- Dave "Sharing a room with 11 flies & 'Quiet-as-an-Elephant-Pete' ... it's the best" Noble
- Tim "It's ok, I've got my glasses for map reading (although I can't be bothered to wear them)" Spate
- Steve "Don't burn this top - it was a present!" Barker

Friday

To ease the journey for Simon, Charlie, Tim & Steve there was the usual - sweets and a music quiz. The sweets seen here are ALTOIDS - "The Original Celebrated Curiously Strong Peppermints". The music quiz this time was provided by Charlie's iPod which, due to the position of Simon's car's power outlet, meant that Simon could only use the odd-numbered gears.

Amazingly, for the first time in recorded history, Steve actually won the music quiz! (OK, so it was based entirely on music from the movies but even so, still a major achievement).

While the first 4 awaited the arrival of the other 3, Charlie & Simon 'shuffled up and dealt' (by the way Simon - quad 6s on the river! Nice hand mate) whilst Tim & Steve sussed out the bus times for Saturday's proposed 'linear-walk-with-bus-ride-home'.

Down the pub, Steve reveals yet another doubt-I-would-ever-have-worn-that-even-in-the-70s, really naff shirt... and by the way Steve - saying, "But someone gave it to me as a present!" does not make it right.

Pete shows us his new 'slim-line' brick - thus demonstrating that, when it comes to mobile phones anyway, he has finally reached the 20th century (wonder how long it will be before he joins the rest of us in the 21st though?)

Saturday

After one of Barrie's big & beautiful breakfasts, we set off on a glorious sunny day for our 'walk-across-the-top' to Keswick.

(Editor's note: surely there is a typo or it's the wrong photo... a sunny day in Borrowdale?)

Clear waters

Three 'old men' with their walking sticks

Onwards and upwards

Hmmm... dead end. Who's map reading today? ...

... ah, it's Tim "No Specs" Spate!

Bumpy bits

Our friends from Falkirk

A look back

Mine shaft

Cave entrance

Natural graveyard?

Hazy view

Lunch

And now time for one of our regular features ...

the Piercy Pot Noodle Pic! ("FAJITASTIC !")

On top of the world

Three F.T.Bs ... (Fit Trim Blokes? Nah! Fat Tubby B**tards!)

This photo was kindly taken by a nice bloke who, apparently, because he is a doctor, was once asked to stay with a mate who had a heart attack on the mountain in the background, whilst others went for help. It wasn't until his mate was safely down that the bloke told him he was a gynaecologist. (OK, that last bit was made up!)