He a bit of a card
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:It's called Blencathra in the guide books, but locals call it Saddleback..I still call it that
yes agree with the local stuff dammeeee 
- same with somethings from home
@Baz posted:
yes
it's ages since I have been to Threlkheld, lovely village
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:yes agree with the local stuff dammeeee
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:it's ages since I have been to Threlkheld, lovely village
How far from you is it Dame ?
trouble is if you fall or something when you are on your own
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:
you want to see the nutters that hang glide off it
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:trouble is if you fall or something when you are on your own
My thoughts exactly Ros .....and I bet phone reception isnât that good up there if you got into trouble
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:
you want to see the nutters that hang glide off it
can imagine dammeee -they do it here - I think its scary
@Baz posted:How far from you is it Dame ?
about 23 ish miles Baz, it's about 4/5 minutes going out of Keswick on the left hand side, it is the first fell you see 
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:can imagine dammeee -they do it here - I think its scary
they come off above the sanatorium all summer, bloody loads of them
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:about 23 ish miles Baz, it's about 4/5 minutes going out of Keswick on the left hand side, it is the first fell you see
@Baz posted:My thoughts exactly Ros .....and I bet phone reception isnât that good up there if you got into trouble
exactly bazzy -to run alone in a deserted place is irresponsible
oh that's it
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:oh that's it
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:they come off above the sanatorium all summer, bloody loads of them
terrible always looks dodgy to me
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:exactly bazzy -to run alone in a deserted place is irresponsible
not many geography trips now
@Baz posted:My thoughts exactly Ros .....and I bet phone reception isnât that good up there if you got into trouble
signal is ok when you're up the fell, down in the valley it atrocious and so is the car radio reception 
awww hope we get back to school like this but can't see it happening for months
thought he looked familiar - its Ed Byrne
@Baz posted:He mentioned the sanitarium
did he say he lived in it, I have no idea what it is now...I always thought it would make a cracking hotel, like La dor Falls
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:did he say he lived in it, I have no idea what it is now...I always thought it would make a cracking hotel, like La dor Falls
I think he works in it Dame ....I think he said itâs some sort of science place
@Baz posted:Ros ....itâs him that got kicked out of Home Cooks yesterday
yes Ed Byrne
that guy really should be up there, he is so nervous
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:awww hope we get back to school like this but can't see it happening for months
stuff that - climbing that
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:yes Ed Byrne
Yes
@Baz posted:
@Baz posted:I think he works in it Dame ....I think he said itâs some sort of science place
ah right, I missed what he said it was...thanks
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:that guy really should be up there, he is so nervous
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:stuff that - climbing that
Yes
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:awww hope we get back to school like this but can't see it happening for months
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:that guy really should be up there, he is so nervous
yes - bonkers doing that
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:yes - bonkers doing that
he was a wreck
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:he was a wreck
yes
stunning views
lovely song
gorgeous night sky
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:lovely song
I was thinking that Ros
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:stunning views
My son-in-law is up them most weekends with the boys when you could travel, obviously not since lockdown
OMG it's Eric. I know him
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:My son-in-law is up them most weekends with the boys when you could travel, obviously not since lockdown
They are very lucky Dame
@Baz posted:
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:My son-in-law is up them most weekends with the boys when you could travel, obviously not since lockdown
aww shame how is their Gecko /lizard dammeee?
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:OMG it's Eric. I know him
He used to be a presenter at Border TV, I knew his dad too...he worked for BT and installed our new switchboard many moons ago Not seen him for about 15 years 
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:OMG it's Eric. I know him
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:He used to be a presenter at Border TV, I knew his dad too...he worked for BT and installed our new switchboard many moons ago
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:He used to be a presenter at Border TV, I knew his dad too...he worked for BT and installed our new switchboard many moons ago
Heâs quite tasty
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:aww shame
they are waiting until they get some older ones in, they are giving him one for free
@Baz posted:Heâs quite tasty
He was/is ..sadly he was just a friend
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:they are waiting until they get some older ones in, they are giving him one for free
aww that's lovely dameeee
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:aww that's lovely dameeee
he's a proper Cumbrian farmer
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:he's a proper Cumbrian farmer
yes
our weather even makes the fecking news
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:our weather even makes the fecking news
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:our weather even makes the fecking news
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:He was/is ..sadly he was just a friend
aww their bridge was swept away
@Baz posted:What a shame , poor woman
her son was proper Cumbrian....spoke nothing like his mum
those views are stunning
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:her son was proper Cumbrian....spoke nothing like his mum
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:aww their bridge was swept away
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:those views are stunning
Yes
sod that
fancy climbing that in the snow and ice -bonkers
I think there are five fell tops on Saddleback, Sharp Edge being one of them....I must have been up at least one, but not that route
this man is mad -it looks so dangerous
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:I think there are five fell tops on Saddleback, Sharp Edge being one of them....I must have been up at least one, but not that route
don't blame you dameeee
@Baz posted:And if you fall the poor mountain rescue teams have to risk life and limb to rescue you !
yes - agree
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:don't blame you dameeee
we did the walking routes Ros, I was never into climbing
not keen on this choirs uniform
@Baz posted:And if you fall the poor mountain rescue teams have to risk life and limb to rescue you !
a mountain rescue guy fell the other day, rescuing someone who broke lockdown I'm sure he's got a heavy fine and rightly so
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:
a mountain rescue guy fell the other day, rescuing someone who broke lockdown
Yes, I saw that Dame ....the rescue guy was badly injured I think
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:
a mountain rescue guy fell the other day, rescuing someone who broke lockdown
it was ÂĢ200 dameeee - 2 boys in a tent
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:not keen on this choirs uniform
no...it's a bit naff
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:no...it's a bit naff
yes black and matching scarves for women /black jackets/trousers and bow ties for men when performing
I'm sure I have just seen an ex teacher of mine, she turned into a very close friend but moved to Carlisle and not seen her since, she wasn't much older than me...her first job and I was in the 6th form
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:I'm sure I have just seen an ex teacher of mine, she turned into a very close friend but moved to Carlisle and not seen her since, she wasn't much older than me...her first job and I was in the 6th form
Awwwwww
gorgeous lake
@Dame_Ann_Average posted:I'm sure I have just seen an ex teacher of mine, she turned into a very close friend but moved to Carlisle and not seen her since, she wasn't much older than me...her first job and I was in the 6th form
awwww -bet it was dameee
I enjoyed that ladies, pleased you found it Baz