Ping`s exams - late April - CA1 and ST2 - apparently we are not to be too optimistic about thje results especially the ST2 where there were 4 fire alarm announcements during it which seriously disturbed Ping.
Lake District
Ping and I went down at the beginning of May on Saturday the 1st . (Friday evening went for curry at Kushis next door to the Peartree in Edinburgh for Grahame`s leaving do) Saturday picked Ping up from Edinburgh Park and then drive down on a lovely day to Keswick and thence onto Stonethwaite. Camp site beyond the Langstrath? Inn. Took lots of photos and they can all seen by clicking on the picture. On the Saturday evening had a lovely meal at the Langstrath - Ping had Turbot and I had Lamb - the latter was definitely the best option - superb.On Sunday walked round Buttermere - well down and back one side - lovely and then back to campsite - barbeque using one of those disposable sets but with wine - very civilised - then another walk up towards the head of the valley in the evening. That night cold - and frost in the morning.
Missing out lots of news - and onto today! - went to Hillend first up the hill after work at least and last off it - Charlie Silverton and Tim Jackson make it look just so easy. Either way I eventually did take off on the SE face and had my best flight for probably a couple of years - at over 20 minutes. Here is my phone generated kml file which as usual displays a higher than expected altitude but gives a general gist. Landing approach was looking good till it went like a lift and I ended up landing just short of the ideal spot - result wing "carressed" a hawthorne tree. Charlie and an orienteer called Marti kindly helped me to disentangle it though. Happy.
| Lake District 1st to 3rd May 2010 |
