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    Paul Rooney
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    I parked at Little Town in the dark, and saw the outlines of all the surrounding fells grow clearer
    as it grew lighter. Not a cloud to be seen - yet. I wandered around the valley for a while until
    full light, then made my way up Hindscarth by a route I made up as I went along. There were clouds
    bulging out of distant valleys, as well as over the higher peaks to the S, but barely a wisp over
    Skiddaw and Blencathra. I loitered about trying to identify some of the peaks I'd climbed over 30
    years ago, looking unfamiliar from this angle. Then a nice walk over Dale Head and down to the tarn,
    where I coaxed a greeting out of a southerner who tried to slip past me unnoticed. Then on over High
    Spy and Maiden Moor, briefly in the interesting company of a woman who'd walked the lot. She told me
    to expect lots of people on Cat Bells, and she proved correct. Nice views, but the sky much duller
    by now. I got the best of the day, I reckon.

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  2. Dave Brown
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    Sounds like you had a nice day Paul.Due to family restrictions I was uable to get away till after
    10am and just went up to Arnside & Silverdale for a 11 mile wander around. Beautiful day though in a
    lovely little corner of SE Cumbria. Dave All Wainwrights completed Looking across Morecambe Bay to
    the Cumbrian Fells

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  3. Roger Chapman
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    The message <[email hidden]>
    from Paul Rooney <[email hidden]> contains these words:

    Quoted message said:

    I parked at Little Town in the dark, and saw the outlines of all the surrounding fells grow
    clearer as it grew lighter. Not a cloud to be seen - yet. I wandered around the valley for a while
    until full light, then made my way up Hindscarth by a route I made up as I went along. There were
    clouds bulging out of distant valleys, as well as over the higher peaks to the S, but barely a
    wisp over Skiddaw and Blencathra. I loitered about trying to identify some of the peaks I'd
    climbed over 30 years ago, looking unfamiliar from this angle.

    Very nice too. (I can't always recognise peaks I climbed 30 days ago. :-(

    There was a heavy frost last night. What were the hills and minor roads like early on?

    --
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  4. Paul Saunders
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    Paul Rooney said:

    I parked at Little Town in the dark, and saw the outlines of all the surrounding fells grow
    clearer as it grew lighter. Not a cloud to be seen - yet. I wandered around the valley for a while
    until full light,

    Nice one.

    Quoted message said:

    duller by now. I got the best of the day, I reckon.

    Often the way of things. Early morning is the best time of day.

    I noticed on today's BBC weather report they forecast miserable fog and cold weather for tomorrow.
    Reading between the lines that means a potentially fantastic mountain sunrise situation above the
    fog. Seems to me that weather forecasters these days are all "glass half empty" people.

    This week was forecast as being changeable, with a mixture of rain and cold weather. Not once did he
    mention glorious clear sunshine, preferring to depress us with the term "cold instead".

    After the Countryfile report on the island of Herm, John Craven remarked on the wonderful summer and
    said "it will be a long time before we see sunshine like that again".

    Yeah right! A long time until we see crappy hazy sunshine again, long live clear winter
    sunshine I say!

    What is it with people? Where do they get this idea that the sun only shines in the summer? Why is
    it that cold temperatures seem to blind people to wonderfully clear sunshine?

    I'm not in a bad mood by the way, I'm pleasantly [censored] in fact. It just seems strange that so many
    people associate sunshine with summer only and moan about the cold on brilliant winter days (okay,
    technically autumn).

    Read between the lines folks. When they moan about fog and cold temperatures, make an early start
    and get up on those hills! Most likely an excellent day in store.

    Paul
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  5. Mark Manning
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    I was in Eskdale over the weekend (TR to follow), and Saturday was a magnificent winter day; low
    sun, cloud occasionally just brushing the fells, just a touch of snow on Scafell and the Pike. A
    cold night, with brilliant stars before the cloud came in. More mist on the tops on Sunday, but
    still a lot of sun. And I got in the stream twice. In November! Mark
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  6. Paul Rooney
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    On 23 Nov 2003 15:52:47 GMT, [email hidden] (Dave Brown)

    Quoted message said:

    Sounds like you had a nice day Paul.Due to family restrictions I was uable to get away till after
    10am and just went up to Arnside & Silverdale for a 11 mile wander around. Beautiful day though in
    a lovely little corner of SE Cumbria. Dave All Wainwrights completed Looking across Morecambe Bay
    to the Cumbrian Fells

    That's a nice spot. We've had lots of days out there, and a couple of longer stays. Brilliant for
    anyone who is interested in birds or autumn colours!

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  7. Paul Rooney
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    Roger Chapman said:


    Very nice too. (I can't always recognise peaks I climbed 30 days ago. :-(

    There was a heavy frost last night. What were the hills and minor roads like early on?

    The hill paths were frosty until I reached High Spy. The roads were OK though. I had to de-ice the
    car windows before setting out from home, and my first 30 miles driving was through thick fog. Even
    allowing for frost, I thought my new boots would be grippier - I went on my backside at one point on
    a damp rock. First time I've done that for a long time. The frost shows on a few of my pics - I'll
    update my site tomorrow probably.

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  8. Paul Rooney
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    On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 19:34:44 -0000, "Paul Saunders"
    <[email hidden]> wrote:

    <snip>

    Quoted message said:

    Read between the lines folks. When they moan about fog and cold temperatures, make an early start
    and get up on those hills! Most likely an excellent day in store.

    Paul

    It's all very variable though. Where I was, there was no cloud. Other ridge systems were completely
    enveloped in dense cloud. Had I started a walk in another valley - maybe only 5 or 10 miles away - I
    would have had a miserable day view-wise.

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  9. Paul Saunders
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    Paul Rooney said:

    It's all very variable though. Where I was, there was no cloud. Other ridge systems were
    completely enveloped in dense cloud. Had I started a walk in another valley - maybe only 5 or 10
    miles away - I would have had a miserable day view-wise.

    Oh yes, mountain weather is "interesting" to be sure.

    Paul
    --
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  10. Pete Bland
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    On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 16:56:08 +0000, Paul Rooney <[email hidden]>

    Quoted message said:

    Even allowing for frost, I thought my new boots would be grippier - I went on my backside at one
    point on a damp rock. First time I've done that for a long time.

    And yet we saw a trio - two blokes and a woman - taking a skinny dip in Angle Tarn, above
    Patterdale. This was around 13:30 on Sunday, but the water can't have been much above freezing.

    We cheered, but did not join in.

    --
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  11. Paul Rooney
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    pete bland said:
    Paul Rooney said:

    Even allowing for frost, I thought my new boots would be grippier - I went on my backside at one
    point on a damp rock. First time I've done that for a long time.

    And yet we saw a trio - two blokes and a woman - taking a skinny dip in Angle Tarn, above
    Patterdale. This was around 13:30 on Sunday, but the water can't have been much above freezing.

    We cheered, but did not join in.

    But did you get her photo?

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  12. Pete Bland
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    On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 22:37:05 +0000, Paul Rooney <[email hidden]>

    Quoted message said:

    But did you get her photo?

    Yes, but at a distance of a couple of hundred metres you would need a better telephoto than the one
    on my camera.

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  13. Paul Saunders
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    pete bland said:
    Quoted message said:

    But did you get her photo?

    Yes, but at a distance of a couple of hundred metres you would need a better telephoto than the
    one on my camera.

    You need one of these; sigmaphoto.com300 800ex.htm

    Paul
    --
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