Carlisle & District Rambling & Fellwalking Club
Combined A, B & C Walk, Brundholme Woods, Latrigg
Sunday 15th September 2013
Combined A,B & C Walk
Brundholme Woods - Latrigg
With two great walks in a row, Heather was going for her “hat-trick” but the weather and the resulting poor turnout thwarted her. There were only 12 walkers who were prepared to brave the elements. Perhaps it’s time the club was renamed The Carlisle & District Fairweather Ramblers & Fellwalkers. Joe & Kathryn decided High Stile would be no fun so the decision was taken to have a combined A,B & C walk in the Keswick area, led by Joe, and we settled for Brundholme Woods. Despite having only 12 passengers the decision was also taken that the coach would still go.
Basically the weather was awful, torrential rain from the start and the wind grew stronger as the day went on. By the time we reached the end of Brundholme Woods we were all drenched. I was suffering from a considerable pain in my hip so decided to take the flat route along the old railway path back to Keswick and forego the pleasure of going up Latrigg. Two other members decided to join me. We parted company with the main group who headed off to conquer Latrigg. The three of us stopped for lunch in the little stone shelter on the railway path and then strolled leisurely back to Keswick where we met up with the others who had called it a day at Latrigg. With the lure of coffee and cakes I don’t blame them. Joe and Kathryn carried on bravely and completed the walk. A great day and many thanks to Joe for coming up with a walk on the spur of the moment, which we all thoroughly enjoyed despite the weather.
John McKay
An alternative report sent in by an unknown member
"Drake is in his hammock and a thousand miles from home ,
"Cap'n art thou sleeping thar below ? " " Sir Henry Newbolt
Despite the devastating deluge a small , dauntless and intrepid band of Ramblers consisting of amalgamated A , B and C Groups set sail from Keswick this morning lead by that veteran Rambler of great renown Cap'n Joe Bligh- Birney . The storm worsened and their experience got even more immersive as Latrigg stood gaunt, misty and forbidding across an ocean of rain . Sadly the good old Cap'n got into early navigational difficulties and mistook a path he had previously only known in deep snow and consequently could not follow in the "wrong type" of rain . His grumbling crew back tracked but their disgruntlement was as nothing in comparison to the mutiny which then ensued 3 miles off the coast of Keswick . First of all Mutineer McKay took unilateral leave of the party down to the railway line waving goodbye to the man he christened " Captain Cock - Up ". Then Fletcher Frank Grant Christian beguiled them all with a quick way back to Keswick . The exotic promise of enticing cakes , tarts and dancing girls at Bryson's Bakery and Coffee Shop proved too much for each one . Cap'n Joe Bligh - Birney was set adrift in an open boat on The Straits of Portinscale with only his loyal cabin girl for company . They were last seen bobbing up and down on a rainy ocean . Ahoy there skipper !
