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Thread: 8th annual XOTF

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    Re: Xmas on the fells

    Quote Originally Posted by OneHillWonder View Post
    Ok... Where the chuff is Scales?
    Just get to the moot hall for 10:30....then we can all get lost together.

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    Re: Xmas on the fells

    Quote Originally Posted by Mountain Goatess View Post
    Right there...
    http://www.multimap.com/maps/?qs=sca...|scales|Scales, Threlkeld, Keswick, Cumbria, England, CA12 4
    Quote Originally Posted by Al Fowler View Post
    Just get to the moot hall for 10:30....then we can all get lost together.
    Right I like Al's option but am glad I have a rough idea before I get lost, thanks MG!!

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    Re: Xmas on the fells

    Quote Originally Posted by southernsoftie View Post
    More a question for Amex, but can't see why not.

    Notice some of the flies are beginning to drop now! Table for two, sir? Only joking. To those that can't make it, merry Xmas.
    Are you giving him a lift down to Scales after you've both been to drop his car off at Mungrisdale village with the surprise on board? I've already told him i'm bailing at Mungrisdale i just wanted to make sure that if it was you giving him a lift back down that you didn't drive something with only two seats.

    Emmi, Emmi, Al's getting gids and making lists in your absence.

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    Re: Xmas on the fells

    Fell-top conditions

    FELLTOP CONDITIONS REPORT from Helvellyn at 1.00pm on Thursday 17th December 2009.Fresh snow has fallen at all levels although it is rapidly thawing below 400m. Above 400m the snow depth increases with height to reach 5cm in drifts. Especially above 600m, paths and rocks are covered in verglas (thin ice). Frequently this ice is covered by a thin layer of snow making the going difficult even on well established paths such as those climbing Helvellyn from Thirlmere. Full winter clothing, footwear and equipment are essential for anyone venturing out onto the fells. For those going above the snow line and attempting steep routes or traversing steep ground an ice axe is strongly recommended and crampons should be carried in case the fresh snow gets deeper and freezes. Currently, no winter climbs are in condition and attempting them will result in environmental damage to sensitive upland vegetation. Summit statistics today (these are taken when the Fell Top Assessor is on the summit, they do not represent max/min figures for the past 24 hours). Temperature, minus 4.6C. Wind chill, minus 14.7C. Max wind speed, 30.1 mph. Average wind speed, 22.4 mph.

    literally

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    Re: Xmas on the fells

    Right this is me signing off, see you all at the Moot Hall on Saturday. Travelling from Herts tomorrow AM and snow is hacking down here, could be a long day on the roads. The original idea was a long run tomorrow in the lakes, but judging by that forecast I may have to tone it down a bit.

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    Re: Xmas on the fells

    Can the first one to the lakes make a start on the Snowman

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    Re: Xmas on the fells

    All being well I should be in Keswick by early afternoon tomorrow - was planning on going on the motorbike but that's looking rather inadvisable now! Hopefully going to go up Skiddaw if feeling energetic, Bleaberry Fell if less so, and might see the Abba-ers in the George later on.

    See you all soon

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    Re: Xmas on the fells

    I'll be in Keswick by lunchtime tomorrow. The plan is to meet up with Merrylegs early afternoon for a trot up Causey Pike, be at the Moot Hall at 8 bells to see Swiss Toni on his way then into the George to meet the ABBA crew (although I won't be ABBA-ing myself ).

    Bet I don't sleep tonight

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    Re: Xmas on the fells

    I am starting to feel really sorry for myself

    I had so been looking forward to this weekend

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    Re: Xmas on the fells

    Quote Originally Posted by Oven Gloves View Post
    I'll be in Keswick by lunchtime tomorrow. The plan is to meet up with Merrylegs early afternoon for a trot up Causey Pike, be at the Moot Hall at 8 bells to see Swiss Toni on his way then into the George to meet the ABBA crew (although I won't be ABBA-ing myself ).

    Bet I don't sleep tonight
    Might be 2 o'clock ish before i get there depending on the weather, towing a tin tent up, i'll pack my headtorch as well

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