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Contributed by Simon Kennedy
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Saturday, 03 September 2005 |
We had all seen the weather reports and the pictures of Carlisle under water...
Bonscale Farmhouse, Ullswater
January 14 – 16, 2005
By Mim Chapman
We had all seen the weather reports and the pictures of Carlisle under
water but, desperate to walk off some mince pies, there was a large
group waiting on Ian’s word that we could go ahead with the
meet.
Finally, Friday morning, we decided to go. We didn’t know if
there would be any electricity or roads still flooded but we were
undeterred.
Bonscale is a large holiday house ( rather than bunkhouse). So
many people booked onto the meet we also had another house half a
mile down the road. With both houses sitting right on the
banks of Ullswater we could all see the damage from the storms:
trees sawn up and pushed to the side of the road and flood damage
everywhere. There had been no electricity for a
week but the log fires soon took away the chill and the
alcohol and humour warmed our insides!
On Saturday morning most of us decided to walk a circular route
to Patterdale along the scenic Ullswater banks. A good choice for a day
with low cloud and fortunately the rain held off.
Everyone was in the party mood in the evening celebrating Ian
Stuart’s 50th birthday. We had an excellent meal in Pooley Bridge
followed by wine, port, some other fairly dubious-looking beverages
and, of course, balloons and cake - (still haven’t walked off the mince
pies !)
Any more birthdays coming up ?
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 03 September 2005 )
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