Snowy Ambleside form Milesotnes

This is a live posting from Chunda Tours 2010. We have had two full days of low cloud and rain. During the night the rain changed to snow and now we have a winter wonderland scene.

Despite the weather, we have been walking every day. On Sunday Angus, Steamy and Haydn went to the Coniston Group and climbed the Old Man. The ascent was not without incident as Steamy slipped on ice and dislodged a snooker table sized slab of rock which threatened the existence of Haydn. Fortunately everyone lived to tell the tale. The only casualty was Steamy’s boxer shorts , which like the shroud in the temple were ripped from top to bottom. The have been offered to the Ambleside museum to augment their mountaineering memorabilia, We have not heard yet whether they need to be washed first.

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Grasmere and Dunmail Raise

Just to wet your appetite, here is a beautiful photo taken by Ian during the 2009 tour.

Chunda Tours hits the fleshpots of Ambleside on Saturday 13th February. Larger stocks of XP and pork pies are being marshalled ready for dispatch to the Golden Rule. Ian and Howard will be arriving at around 1pm and then, as this is the second week end of the Six Nations Rugby,  hurrying over to the Sportsman Bar to watch Wales v Scotland. So Pete, we need you there for your impartial match appraisal.

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I was struck when reading Wordsworth’s guide to the lake district, that he refers to Windermere as Winandermer. Where did this extra syllable come from and where did it go? Continue Reading »

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We often think of philosophy as a head in the clouds activity. As some one once said to me “It’s like f**rting ‘Annie Laurie’ backwards through a key hole- all very clever, but what’s the point!”.
Well you will see that I do think there is a point ( in fact more that one). So I will use these pages to put forward some reasons for bothering with the ideas of people in most cases long dead. Continue Reading »

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