Midnight Madness 23 June 2001
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what I thought was a fairly mad idea on wednesday night I sent out an Email
suggesting the Penland Skyline at night on saturday morning (nearest weekend
to the longest day). I had a huge response, all saying "Great Idea,
pity I cant make it". The Only person to say "Great Idea, I will have to re-arrange everything but I will be there" was Alan Hogg. I had given Moira Stewart a call during the day on friday but she was too busy. But it was on. I told Alan I would call him in the evening. When I got home and saw the weather forcast I got excited about the idea. It was perfect. I phoned Moira again to try to convince her and before I could say anything she said "I will be there, Life is too short". |
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| So Moira came to My House and we met Alan at the Steading at midnight. Cali Ingham had given me a bottle of champagne for my birthday so after the climb I stashed the bottle in the cairn on Caerketton (Cali unfortunately had pulled a muscle so had a good excuse for missing the event). We headed on round the route had coffee on Carnethy, Moira ran up Scald Law we all missed out South Black Hill and we headed for Hare Hill with about an hour to go before sunrise (4:27 am according to The Royal Observatory web site). As we headed off Bells Hill the mist filled the ground between us and the Forth and Arthurs Seat could be seen sticking out of a cotton wool sea. | |||
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