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I have put the full text of Lin’s messages in Club News
http://www.castlemountaineering.com/category/club-news/I very much endorse John’s comments.
I joined the Club in 1973 aged 28 and was one of the younger
active Club members, organising Club meets and events, and
enjoying ourselves in the mountains, walking, climbing and
mountaineering in the 70s and 80s. I joined the committee
1980, when the then “old lags” were becoming less active in
Club affairs. I was president in 1984 and Secretary 1985-88.
Now, more than 30 years later I am one of the oldest of old
lags. So I encourage newer active members to get involved
and develop the Club in the way that meets your needs.
Joining one of the Working Groups would be a way to do this.My logbook has nothing to say about the 2018 Thursday
Christmas walk to the Grouse, as I wasn’t there. Your meet
report states 27.But I can tell you that there were 27 Thursday walkers out
on 8th August 2019. On that day there was a long walk and a
short walk starting from the same place at the same time.
Dick and Lin led a party of 19 on the short walk of about 6
miles. Meanwhile 8 of us, led by Linda, did the long walk
of about 12 miles, the second half being the same as the
short walk. The weather was lovely: warm and sunny with no
wind. Both parties convened at the Grouse afterwards for a
drink/ meal. You can read the reports on the Thursday Walks
page. AndyAccording to ,my logbook, 29 on a Thursday walk is not a record, as there were 32 on the Christmas walk Thursday 19th December 2019:
Andy & Rosy, Pete H, Frank & Jennifer, Dick & Lin, Rob & Freda Green, Andrew & Ali, Paul & Vanda, John P, Ian Mateer, Gavin Moore, Marian, Marianne, Hazel & Steve Laddiman, Steve & Sue W, Mike D, Mary R., Dave C, Kathy B, Sue Miller, Sue Allenby, John & Lynda Hawley, Kial Wright & Gemma Scougal. Several more joined us at the pub.Great walk, apart from . . . .
The attached map shows our GPS track (red line) for part of
the walk which included the one-mile-long unpleasant bit.
We came over Longstone Edge (A) and dropped down the other
side – steep but OK. All went well until we left the road
comong up from Rowland (B). There was a footpath sign but
the way soon degenerated into something between an
indistinct patb and no path at all.We scrambled through brambles, long grass and tree branches, over
rocks, and minor ups and downs until at point C we left the line
of the lower contouring path on the map and headed uphill to join
the higher (theoretical) path, abandoning this too at point D.
Eventually at point E we reached the top of the edge, joining
the path dotted green on the map, along the top of the
Disused Workings, which would perhaps have been easier than
trying to go below them. From here an easy track led
back to the start.Yes mountaineers should be able to cope with this sort of
thing easily, but some of us are not as agile as we were 50
years ago!Andy.
Attachments:
There are roadworks at Hathersage and there may be delays so if you are coming through there on your way to the Thursday walk, please allow extra time for your journey. If you are going to be a little late, let us know via Rosy’s moble (on Club address list). Andy
From responses to my message of 13th October I have
established that a handful of members (they will know who
they are) have not been receiving messages from the domain
castlemountaineering.com
For this reason they were not receiving messages from the
Message Board. After consultation with Digital Nomads, our
website provider, I have established that the most likely
reason for this is that at some point those members
identified a CMC message as Spam or Junk. This was probably
done inadvertently, assuming that the member affected still
wanted to receive CMC emails. I won’t go into the technical
details (though I will pass these on to anyone who is
interested) but the result is that if you do that, you will
be banned from receiving any more from the CMC. Digital
Nomads are able to reverse this ban if requested and this
has been done for those members currently affected by this
problem, so they should receive this message.The two points to remember are:
(1) Take care not to mark any CMC emails as Spam or Junk.
(2) If you become aware that you are not receiving messages
from the Message Board, let me know so that I can notify
Digital Nomads for them to rectify the problem.Andy
Please don’t post the password on the Messageboard, which can be viewed by the public. It is available to Club members on the Members only page. Thanks. Andy
I have put the password on the Members Only page of the website, You need to be logged in to see this. Andy
You can join a test meeting to try things out.
Details at:
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115002262083-Joining-a-test-meeting
Andy. 28 Mar 2020Zoom has a facility to Share Screen. You have the slide show
running on a different screen (or window). Click Share
Screen select the slide show screen. Everyone in the meeting
will then be able to see it. Andy. 28 Mar 2020There are a few tips about using Zoom at the end of this article by Jane Wakefield, BBC Technology reporter.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-52033217
AndyLast Thursday I took part in a teleconference using Zoom
and it worked very well. There were 12 participants
(including one in Australia). 10 were on video, one audio
only and one on telephone. (It was a of the meeting of the
committee of the British Antarctic Survey Club). I think
it could work for a virtual clubroom. Andy. 23 Mar 2020I couldn’t resist chipping in. It was 25th January 1986. Here is the account from my log:
“25 Jan. Brilliant day. Best in the Lake District for some time. Bright, sunny, clear, no wind, warm for January. Fair bit of snow on the tops. Good crampon snow, icy in places. Wore crampons virtually all day. Not enough for skiing. With John Barnard, Frank & Jennifer, Andrew Hindmoor, Mark Robinson, Simon Cook. Striding Edge, at the end descending into Nethermost Cove. Up Nethermost Gully. Enjoyable but quite easy snow, a little soft. Two interesting ice pitches. Steepest at the top but no cornice. Up to Helvellyn summit (crowded). Lunch. Simon and Mark stayed to do another gully. Helvellyn Lower Man. Ridge walking to Whiteside. Excellent view: Galloway, Lake District Peaks, Cross Fell, Ingleborough. On to Raise, Stybarrow Dodd, Watson’s Dodd. Retraced to Stybarrow Dodd admiring views on the way. Greenside. John stayed to photograph the sunset. The rest of us to Hartside and back. Down to Nick Head, then down the path to the lead mine. Back to Glenridding in full moonlight. Both pubs shut!”
Have a nice weekend. Andy
