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OK ...................... who was out walking in all this 'lovely' weather
today?

I was. But only *very* briefly. Here in south Wales it's been very wet
and windy and not at all pleasant.

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I was. But only *very* briefly. Here in south Wales it's been very wet
and windy and not at all pleasant.

Pretty much the same on the south coast of England (Portsmouth). Spent many
years in the Royal Navy, sailing on a Monday morning into these stormy
conditions. Not much fun for the tummy! Tot of rum at lunch time soon used
to liven things up though .........

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Fran said:

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OK ...................... who was out walking in all this 'lovely' weather
today?

I was. But only *very* briefly. Here in south Wales it's been very wet
and windy and not at all pleasant.

Out yesterday.. 23rd, hit dry weather in Glen Gairn and settled for
Carn a'Bhacain and surrounding tops. Rather good in the end.

Richard Webb

sandy saunders said:

Spent many
years in the Royal Navy, sailing on a Monday morning into these stormy
conditions. Not much fun for the tummy! Tot of rum at lunch time soon used
to liven things up though .........

Surely you weren't at sea before 31st July 1970, Sandy?!

Judith

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I was. But only *very* briefly. Here in south Wales it's been very wet
and windy and not at all pleasant.

Pretty much the same on the south coast of England (Portsmouth). Spent
many years in the Royal Navy, sailing on a Monday morning into these
stormy conditions. Not much fun for the tummy! Tot of rum at lunch time
soon used to liven things up though .........

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'Mountains or Mole Hills ... summiting still
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Hi Sandy, did you by chance do a spell in the RAF too?

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OK ...................... who was out walking in all this 'lovely'
weather
today?

I was. But only *very* briefly. Here in south Wales it's been very wet
and windy and not at all pleasant.

I walked to the car several times and then drove home through it. But
then I had always planned to escape from South Wales on Monday. :-)

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New - 28 (Marilyns 14, Nuttalls 5, Outlying Fells 10)
Repeats - 34 (Marilyns 16, Nuttalls 24, Wainwrights 12, Outlying Fells 0)

sandy saunders said:

Pretty much the same on the south coast of England (Portsmouth).

Been raining steadily/heavily for 12+ hours here. I was surprised not
to see any mention of floods on the local news. Maybe tomorrow.....

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Spent many
years in the Royal Navy, sailing on a Monday morning

Good God sounds very predictable, I thought the forces were masters of
unpredictability. What did you do ?

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sandy saunders said:

Pretty much the same on the south coast of England (Portsmouth).

Been raining steadily/heavily for 12+ hours here. I was surprised not
to see any mention of floods on the local news. Maybe tomorrow.....

Floods we got in Worcestershire .. minor so far (~12" on the Worcester
to Tenbury road near Witley (?) around midday today .. low slung sports
cars bottling out, heavy metal rolling through OK). Expect we'll have
some more interesting ones once the Welsh hills drain into the Severn
(and it's still raining).

The technology of road drains (as once seen near kerbs) appears to have
got lost during the recent dark ages. Or even ditches (I guess the EU
must have banned them or something). I mean very few roads are
=actually= below river level in this part of the country.

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Fran said:

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OK ...................... who was out walking in all this 'lovely'
weather
today?

I was. But only *very* briefly. Here in south Wales it's been very wet
and windy and not at all pleasant.

Out yesterday.. 23rd, hit dry weather in Glen Gairn and settled for
Carn a'Bhacain and surrounding tops. Rather good in the end.

Richard Webb

Yep, yesterday was wonderful on the Pembrokeshire Coast.

Now i'm back in Eryri, it's too windy to go walking. The rain i'd cope with,
but i'm not too happy being blown off my feet!

And, i definately don't fancy a low level route in this weather instead.
(For low level , read muddy/boggy).

Lets hope the timings for the forecast on thursday are right. It's meant to
be a passable, sunny but windy day.

T Dave R

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Surely you weren't at sea before 31st July 1970, Sandy?!

Well ....................... yes I was. All the fresh air of the sea and
subsequent walking does wonders for the complexion.

Had my first tot on my 20th birthday on a ship-visit to St Naziare, France
in 1969, and the last, as you state, 31 July 1970. However, that was my the
last 'official' tot, but I acquired a gallon of the stuff some years later
when the RN auction a batch off. Didn't last too long, but it was very very
nice.

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email: saunders.sandy at ntlworld.com

'Mountains or Mole Hills ... summiting still
brings the same excitement'

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Hi Sandy, did you by chance do a spell in the RAF too?

No ..... , but did plenty of flying in helicopters, mainly as passenger!
Used to love watching the fixed-wing flying on my last ship, HMS Invincible.
Some show the pilots used to give the ships crew.

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'Mountains or Mole Hills ... summiting still
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Spent many
years in the Royal Navy, sailing on a Monday morning

Good God sounds very predictable, I thought the forces were masters of
unpredictability. What did you do ?

Well, after 29 years in the RN, there was an awful lot of Mondays to sail
from Portsmouth.

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email: saunders.sandy at ntlworld.com

'Mountains or Mole Hills ... summiting still
brings the same excitement'

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I walked to the car several times and then drove home through it. But
then I had always planned to escape from South Wales on Monday. :-)

Anything to do with PS!

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OK ...................... who was out walking in all this 'lovely' weather
today?

Not I ..... work was required.

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I walked to the car several times and then drove home through it. But
then I had always planned to escape from South Wales on Monday. :-)

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Anything to do with PS!

No. I was visiting friends who have retired to a smallholding on the
lower slopes of Fan Hir. I (and a good number of other old
acquaintances) have been going several times a year for about the last
20 years which might be why I have climbed Fan Hir and its near
neighbours somewhere between 50 and 100 times. Went over the summit of
Fan Hir 3 times last weekend but I don't usually manage so many
traverses on a single visit.

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New - 28 (Marilyns 14, Nuttalls 5, Outlying Fells 10)
Repeats - 34 (Marilyns 16, Nuttalls 24, Wainwrights 12, Outlying Fells 0)

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I walked to the car several times and then drove home through it. But
then I had always planned to escape from South Wales on Monday. :-)

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Anything to do with PS!

No. I was visiting friends who have retired to a smallholding on the
lower slopes of Fan Hir. I (and a good number of other old
acquaintances) have been going several times a year for about the last
20 years which might be why I have climbed Fan Hir and its near
neighbours somewhere between 50 and 100 times. Went over the summit of
Fan Hir 3 times last weekend but I don't usually manage so many
traverses on a single visit.

Fan Hir is at least 1 metre lower than 1985 - most of the deficiency
taken away on Roger's boots :-)

Last weekend - you had some decent weather then?
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Last weekend - you had some decent weather then?

Mostly yes.

Friday was a bit of a disappointment. What with the traffic delays and
the heavy rain all I managed on the way to S Wales was an eponymous golf
course and a visit to a club hut I hadn't seen since 1982.

Saturday was dry. A short walk back from the Usk reservoir on which I
struggled to keep up. Only 7.6 miles and 1590 feet of ascent. Moving
average 2.3, overall average 1.7. After a 2 and a half month lay-off my
body had forgotten what was expected of it.

On Sunday I slipped away on my own for my usual circuit of the Black
Mountain. Fan Hir was in clag most of the time and there was a cold wind
but the rest of the ridge was mostly clear. It started to rain as I
approached Waun Lefrith and it was soon raining heavily. I had a late
lunch in the shack by Llyn y Fan Fach (which now has a new tin roof) and
was joined by a family group who had walked up from the carpark. I must
have looked famished as the young toddler in the party offered me one of
his sandwiches. My hands had got so cold in the rain that I decided I
would have to wear my Dachstein mitts but they had shrunk since I last
wore them and I could only get one on. Even using my teeth I couldn't
get the other on but luckily the father of the family helped me out. The
rain had ceased by the time I started the climb up to Bwlch Blaen-Twrch
and there was even a bit of sun as I dropped off Fan Hir for the final
time. 13.5 miles and 3800 feet of ascent. Moving average 2.8, overall
average 2.5. And I didn't feel any more tired than I had the previous
day.

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New - 28 (Marilyns 14, Nuttalls 5, Outlying Fells 10)
Repeats - 34 (Marilyns 16, Nuttalls 24, Wainwrights 12, Outlying Fells 0)

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Saturday was dry. A short walk back from the Usk reservoir on which I
struggled to keep up. Only 7.6 miles and 1590 feet of ascent. Moving
average 2.3, overall average 1.7. After a 2 and a half month lay-off my
body had forgotten what was expected of it.

On Sunday I slipped away on my own for my usual circuit of the Black
Mountain. Fan Hir was in clag most of the time and there was a cold wind
but the rest of the ridge was mostly clear. It started to rain as I
approached Waun Lefrith and it was soon raining heavily. I had a late
lunch in the shack by Llyn y Fan Fach (which now has a new tin roof) and
was joined by a family group who had walked up from the carpark. I must
have looked famished as the young toddler in the party offered me one of
his sandwiches. My hands had got so cold in the rain that I decided I
would have to wear my Dachstein mitts but they had shrunk since I last
wore them and I could only get one on. Even using my teeth I couldn't
get the other on but luckily the father of the family helped me out. The
rain had ceased by the time I started the climb up to Bwlch Blaen-Twrch
and there was even a bit of sun as I dropped off Fan Hir for the final
time. 13.5 miles and 3800 feet of ascent. Moving average 2.8, overall
average 2.5. And I didn't feel any more tired than I had the previous
day.

Firstly let me say I think I got my week-ends wrong - time flies! I was
probably thinking of the previous week-end.

Anyway, your walk from the Usk, although short by your standards isn't
particularly pleasant as I see it. I presume you went via Foel Tarw to
Fan Foel - a bit of a "pull-up" for us lesser mortals. If not then the
lower level past Llyn-y-Fan Fawr is quite nice if it's not so good on
the tops.

Judith and I were at the shack sheltering from horrendous weather last
November and it had a slate roof then - though we thought we were going
to lode the roof at any moment the wind was so strong. I found the
ascent of Blen Twrch quite steep but I enjoyed it when PS and I went
that way some time ago. Then the clag was so thick we could see nothing
from Picws Du.

I must have a go at Llyn-y-Fan Fach to Tafarn y Garreg sometime :-)

Nice report Roger and I'm glad you made something out of what appears to
have been a grotty weekend weather wise, even if I have forgotten about
it:-)
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Firstly let me say I think I got my week-ends wrong - time flies! I was
probably thinking of the previous week-end.

I can't even remember the previous weekend. (Memory like a sieve).

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Anyway, your walk from the Usk, although short by your standards isn't
particularly pleasant as I see it. I presume you went via Foel Tarw to
Fan Foel - a bit of a "pull-up" for us lesser mortals. If not then the
lower level past Llyn-y-Fan Fawr is quite nice if it's not so good on
the tops.

Can't place Foel Tawr. We vaguely followed the Usk but kept to the drier
ground. The final pull up Fan Foel is steep but not very long. I had
hoped to divert right and go up via Bwlch Blaen-Twrch but from the back
of the group was unable to influence the one in front.

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Judith and I were at the shack sheltering from horrendous weather last
November and it had a slate roof then - though we thought we were going
to lode the roof at any moment the wind was so strong.

The previous time I was there the slate roof had several holes in it.
The metal roof is very recent and probably isn't finished yet. (Daylight
along the ridge and water running down the chimney breast. Off-cuts of
new wood on the floor.)

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I found the
ascent of Blen Twrch quite steep but I enjoyed it when PS and I went
that way some time ago. Then the clag was so thick we could see nothing
from Picws Du.

The path is a good one considering the steepness of the ground (only one
large step-up). The first time I went up that way I mistook the path
leading right for a sheep track out onto the crag and attacked the steep
grass direct. If it had been any steeper I would have parted company
with the hillside and I was considerably miffed when I rejoined the
track near the top.

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I must have a go at Llyn-y-Fan Fach to Tafarn y Garreg sometime :-)

Eight of us were in the Tavern for a meal on the Friday night. (Not your
prints on the wall are they Bill?) A new landlord and the food was even
better than previous visits when it had merely been very good.

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Nice report Roger and I'm glad you made something out of what appears to
have been a grotty weekend weather wise, even if I have forgotten about
it:-)

Thanks Bill. Eh what weekend? :-)

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Roger Chapman so far this year 61 summits
New - 28 (Marilyns 14, Nuttalls 5, Outlying Fells 10)
Repeats - 34 (Marilyns 16, Nuttalls 24, Wainwrights 12, Outlying Fells 0)