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Re: Spring Weather 2016
« Reply #30 on: May 01, 2016, 01:04:02 PM »
You earned it tom by the sound of it.
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Re: Spring Weather 2016
« Reply #31 on: May 01, 2016, 04:44:54 PM »
First went up Ben Lomond in 1992, or was it 1993? Came down and drank four pints of Draught Bass in short order in Drymen.
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Re: Spring Weather 2016
« Reply #32 on: May 01, 2016, 08:11:38 PM »
That's my sort of climbing (the down bit, not the up) ;D
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David Nicholson
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Re: Spring Weather 2016
« Reply #33 on: May 01, 2016, 09:23:54 PM »
When We came down from Ben Nevis I collected our certificates then had a sleep in the tents for an hour or so to recover, then had a few pints.
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Re: Spring Weather 2016
« Reply #34 on: May 02, 2016, 11:28:57 AM »
You get certificates for Ben Nevis?
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Re: Spring Weather 2016
« Reply #35 on: May 02, 2016, 11:35:44 AM »
Quote from: David Nicholson on May 01, 2016, 08:11:38 PM
That's my sort of climbing (the down bit, not the up) ;D

You'd be surprised David.  The older I get the more I find coming down the problem (knees).  Sticks help with shock-absorption.
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Re: Spring Weather 2016
« Reply #36 on: May 02, 2016, 11:52:18 AM »
Ashley, I have to say it was Ralph's pints of Draught Bass that attracted me ;D
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David Nicholson
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Re: Spring Weather 2016
« Reply #37 on: May 02, 2016, 06:27:25 PM »
Hi Ralph you did do in 2001 when We climbed it, I don't know if that's still the case though.
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Re: Spring Weather 2016
« Reply #38 on: May 04, 2016, 04:06:12 AM »
When a friend of mine climbed Ben Cruachan, his last Munro, his friends took the beer to the top for the celebration. ;D
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Re: Spring Weather 2016
« Reply #39 on: May 10, 2016, 07:46:29 PM »
Crossed the mountains on my way home yesterday. Although the thermometer showed 25C in th lowland it was just 5C up here and still a lot of snow.

The old road is not open yet. It is at least one month till you can drive here.

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The new road is always (or almost always) kept open all year.

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Somebody still go skiing!

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Re: Spring Weather 2016
« Reply #40 on: May 21, 2016, 11:23:02 AM »
Typical Devon Spring day here today. Grey, misty and chucking it down. It's the last day of the Devon County Show today and I doubt if the sun has graced it with it's presence on either of the three days, again fairly typical :(
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David Nicholson
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Re: Spring Weather 2016
« Reply #41 on: May 21, 2016, 01:49:01 PM »
Variable day here - sun earlier and now clouds crossing which may have rain in them - I'm not bothered- it's a beautiful day in the Dolomites and Il Giro cycle race is on TV!
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Re: Spring Weather 2016
« Reply #42 on: May 21, 2016, 07:15:31 PM »
A little gentle rain today - for the 3rd day in row - but it was getting pretty dry so I do not complain! The next week will be very warm and dry if the forecast is right.
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Re: Spring Weather 2016
« Reply #43 on: May 21, 2016, 09:55:54 PM »
Sun peeped out about 1845, rest of the day was total dreich. Be watching the Giro highlights later.
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David Nicholson
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Re: Spring Weather 2016
« Reply #44 on: May 22, 2016, 09:45:05 AM »
Quote from: David Nicholson on May 21, 2016, 09:55:54 PM
Sun peeped out about 1845, rest of the day was total dreich. Be watching the Giro highlights later.

171 years without sun :o ;)
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