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December 2001 Forthcoming Meets
All note the following small print when taking part in meets :-
"I accept that climbing and mountaineering are activities with a
risk of personal injury or death.
I am aware of and shall accept these risks and wish to participate in
these activities voluntarily and
shall be responsible for my own actions and involvement."
25th November - Winter Warmer Mk II - Craig Marsden
...or Kinder Surprise!! - Local Fell Run.
The run will start from the public car park across the road from
campsite in Hayfield, or on the road for those that don't pay for
their parking. Parking fee is £1.20 for 4 hrs.
For those that attended last year the usual format of a little hill
to get you warm will be followed. The run will be between 6 and 9
miles dependent on the weather and the success of the recent
navigation course or not!!! The conditions underfoot are likely to
require shoes with good grip, fell running shoes if you have them
would be appropriate.
Meet at the carpark on the kinder reservoir road opposite the
campsite at 10.30am.
Hopefully see you there!!!
2nd December - Bouldering Competition (indoors!) - Steve Taylor
A return to the warmer format! Balderstone Wall Rochdale 10am-12am
(or whenever the cry of beer becomes too loud). Various routes at
various difficulty levels for various difficult people.
Judges: I have selected myself out this year with a persistent finger
injury, so I am completely impartial, fair reasonable and (probably)
unbribable. There will be some kind of impenetrable handicapping
based on the peculiar KMC systems.
Ages: Jonathan Taylor (20 months) is showing definite signs of
technical skill, so he will enter.
9th December - Kettleshulme - Len Stubbs & Walk Leader Duncan Lee
Meet up at Len's (Paddock Close) at 9.30am for a 9.45am start. Please
park carefully.
The walk will be in the region of 10-12 miles depending on the
weather, underfoot conditions and apathy. The plan is to head up to
Moorside rocks via Cornfield Farm and then down to the Peak Forest
Canal by way of Redmoor Farm. Then along the canal to Whaley Bridge
for lunch (pub or park.) The post lunch leg of the walk will be a
circuit up the Goyt Valley finishing over Taxal Edge or Windgather to
bring us back to Kettleshulme for around 4-4.30pm.
Ethel is already planning the catering. Eric could also do with a
couple of little helpers to serve up the food and battle the mountain
of washing up. Non-walkers are most welcome at Len's anytime after
3pm.
15th / 16th December - Ty Powdyr CHRISTMAS BASH - The KMC
Your ringmasters for this year's KMC Yuletide feast of festive fun,
frolicks and fine food were to have been no other than Catherine
Destival and the Naked Chef. Unfortunately during the trial run it
was discovered that she couldn't cook and he couldn't climb so
alternatives had to be sought. Finally we found a couple of folk
whose culinary and climbing skills were somewhat more balanced - both
being able to knock-up a mean pan of steamed broccoli whilst
heel-hooking their way up a VD. So may I introduce Kev and his
attractive assistant Lee (no they're not from Essex) - so it's over
to them.
Saturday Day
Provisionally I'm planning to forgo the usual KMC games in favour of
two alternative events, an easy Christmas climb and relatively
gentle hill walk - both will leave from the hut on the Saturday
morning (not too early). I've successfully recruited a couple of
fully unqualified guides to lead the posses of enthusiastic KMCers
into the jaws of oblivion, one party via a medium length walk and the
other via a v.diff level mountain climb. The details of both events
will be available nearer the time, suffice to say they will both be
possible even in the unlikely event of wind, clag and rain. So go on,
break with the tradition of not being arsed to get to the hut till
grubs up on Saturday night - dig out your old, seldom used, harness
or walking boots and enjoy some hearty camaraderie out on them there
hills.
Now to Dinner
Whilst you're all out there battling with the elements and trying to
fit the contours and cracks of Snowdonia to your Dark Peak map and
Jordainian topo, Lee, myself and a handful of happy helpers will be
preparing a feast of gastronomic delights to satisfy even the most
cavernous of KMC appetites (i.e. all of the Daves).
To start with I make NO apologies for the dinner being vegetarian - I
have no objections to a meat eater knocking up a free-range Turkey or
the likes, but though I don't mind killing the beasts I've not got a
clue how to cook them. So if any of the KMC carnivores feel hard done
by, grab your pinny and your choice of beast and muck in with the
veggie cooks. Another point of issue some folk may raise, is that the
food will be, where possible, organic, seasonal & localish. I realise
that there are a lot of folk out there who consider all such concern
for the environment to be a load of old tosh, and pesticides have
done them no harm and no doubt they've an old Uncle Reg who smokes 80
fags-a-day washed down with 2lbs of drippin' and 3 bottles of rum and
he's as fit as a fiddle and recently came third in the Karrimor Elite
class. Anyway, just for them, I've arranged for the condiments to
extend beyond Salt and Pepper to include an OP grinder and a couple
of bowls of DDT and Round-up - so if you want to give your food that
wonderful supermarket flavour, you'll be able to do so. And now to
the menu - though this is just a guide and will depend on exactly
what veg' etc are available at the time - as well as our
organisational skills (probably wise to bring a pack-up just in
case!).
Toast:
- A glass of the Fizzy stuff
Starter:
- Celery and Stilton soup or Melon
Main:
- Cashew Nut loaf (more like a Pate so Ok with dentures!)
- Carrots in Butter, Honey and Ginger
- Sprouts (it is Christmas - and they're good for you Roisin!!)
- Steamed Leaks (just to keep the dorms' warm)
- Broccoli or Savoy Cabbage (ibid)
- Roast Parsnips
- Roast Potatoes & Rosemary
- Mashed Potato
- Mushroom & Onion gravy
- Bread source
- Cranberry Jelly
Pudding:
- Victoria Pudding (courtesy of Dave Shotton's culinary skills)
- Custard
Après grub:
The Bill
With a bit of judicious shopping I'm hoping to do everything for £6 -
or there abouts - if, however, I find myself awash with surplus dosh
I'll donate it to the Snowdon Mountain Rescue (or maybe a solar panel
for my van!!).
I look forward to seeing you all on the Friday evening.
Kevin Anderson.
6th January - X-Country Skiing or Walking - Chris Williamson
Come join Chris on his walk/ski across the Peak or maybe further a
field but as it is reliant on conditions, please ring or e-mail Chris first.
12th / 13th January - Ty Powdyr - Chris Thickett
Ty Powdyr Flies Again.
Remember last year: warm rock; perfect ice; Great walking in
near-Alpine conditions; wonderful weather; excellent cake. Could it
happen again? What's that? No rude answers, please! Anyway, come
along to Ty Powdyr for the weekend and do your own thing or join the
crowd - probably foe a scramble in Idwal on the Saturday.
See you there.
20th January - Local* Walk - Dave Wylie
* Local to me, that is!
Meet outside the Hollingworth Lake Visitor Centre, grid ref. SD 939
152, at 9:45am for a ten o'clock start. Parking is Pay and Display,
unless you happen to know somebody who lives nearby...
The plan is to do an anti-clockwise circuit starting out South, then
East, past the Piethorn and Readycon Dean reservoirs. We'll then head
up to join the Pennine Way to for a few miles, North over Windy Hill
and on to the Blackstone Edge. Depending on conditions (of both the
Weather and the Walkers!) we can either make it a short day and head
down via the "Roman road" and Lydgate, or continue North to the
Warland reservoir before dropping down to the valley to return along
the canal towpath. About 12 or 16 miles, depending on which of the
alternative finishes we choose.
If you're very good, you might get invited back to my place
afterwards for a cup of tea!
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