The weather was not kind for this trip, so our planned jaunt up Seat Sandal had to be postponed in favour of Latrigg, a hill that we looked at every weekend we spent in Keswick as it overlooks the hotel. Firstly though we decided to revive a tradition that seemed to have died as we expanded the group beyond four - breakfast at a cafe.
So it was bacon barms all round before the (surprisingly easy) walk up Latrigg. The best thing about the walk, aside from the views, is that it can be done as a circular route from the hotel entrance and back again. Latrigg itself is a lovely hill and the views, when the cloud cleared, were outstanding.
The rest of the weekend was taken up with the usual events and rewards. Yours truly kept up his fantastic run of winning the Rees trophy and has now been awarded it to keep. It will be replaced by the magnificent Nyahoe trophy. Oh, and Nigel won some piffling thing...
Great weekend again. Thanks to all involved.
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| The mighty hill to be conquered. |
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| Peter, Nigel and Steve part way up. Blencathra in the background. |
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| Peter, Nigel, Marcus part way up. Blencathra in the background. |
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| Blencathra from Latrigg |
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| Concentration during a fiercely contested game of bowls. |
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| Nigel happy with his trophy. |
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| The famous Rees trophy is coming home. |
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| The trophy winners together |
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| The trophyless (or losers). |
