Coniston Coppermines. Day 2

[Mick]

Day Two. May 2nd

A surprising amount of non-faffing saw the Smeggies queueing outside Grizedale Visitor Centre BEFORE 10am eager to get in and buy orienteering maps.

A multi-activital day followed which saw us do a short orienteering course; a hard orienteering course (backwards); a picnic on a rug with fresh earl grey; a game of frisbee; a game of catch-ball (drop-ball for Steve and chuck-ball-hard-at-little-kid-making-him-cry for Geoff); a cup of tea and an ice cream; a scramble up a wet gorge (more later) AND time for a shower before tea. FAN-BLOOMING-TASTIC. (Even better, Ipswich lost to Birmingham thus leaving Bradford City in pole position to claim automatic promotion to the Premiership).

[Martin]

Following the morning orienteering session, those of us with a thirst for a few more miles purchased trail maps from the visitor centre and did a sculpture crawl around the western Grizedale forest. This of course, was after lunch!

[Mick]

Our evening meal was supplemented by un-nervingly accurate budgie impressions from Mr Free (ding) which made Eddie laugh his orange juice through his nostrils. Steve was so busy serving extra basil soup to the others that he ran out before he got to himself. Ian played with whipped cream and Micj managed 3 bowls of soup (including 1 of Steve's) a HUGE leek and apricot casserole AND apple crumble and custard and is now pregnant.

[Jane]

After dinner the pub called and we walked down the long dusty road to the Black Bull. Seating proved to be a bit of a problem and we resorted to 'one buttock forward and one buttock backward' on two benches. Martin and Ian complained bitterly about crushed nuts and then changed the topic of conversation to tongues with graphic demonstration.

[Mick]

Stop Press Weather Report

Skies are clearing which means COLD night so I am now on the whisky to a)keep me warm and b)reduce the need to wee naked outside like last night.

The question we are all asking now is How Pissed Is Sophie? Also, How Did Sophie Get So Pissed?

Ian has just asked her if she is all right and Steve replied she'd be better after a damn good scratching. This scribe feels there is no response to such a statement.