7th Meet 5th April 2009

After our usual stop at Wilf's Cafe in Staveley, we set off from Hartsop in Ullswater. Made our way up the Saddleback Pass, onto the Fairfield Horseshoe, over Dove Crag (750m) and descended down Dovedale finishing at Brother's Water.
It was an eventful walk which included a bit of sledging in a very small patch of snow. We celebrated the Palm Sunday Mass with the extended readings and had our palms blessed and all got an egg in readiness for Easter Sunday (not a chocolate one though as it's still Lent). The weather was sunny but cold and Lizzie Wignall managed to brave most of the walk in her shorts and T shirt!
It was another successful Summit Day thoroughly enjoyed by all especially Diego who wandered off temporarily on a solo adventure. He returned to the flock after being found by Fr Phil and Joe.

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6th Meet 1st March 2009

Met at Coniston.

We met at the Cathedral car park, Lancaster and made our way to Coniston Village. After a welcome break in a local cafe we set off for our walk (the 6th adventure so far!) Today’s walk had 12 walkers with the girls outnumbering the boys yet again.It was a very overcast and rainy day with very low cloud and we were undecided whether to risk going to the summit of the Old Man of Coniston. The decision was made when we met another group of walkers who had been to the top. They told us that visibility was very poor and that there was snow on the peak.We celebrated Mass near a small tarn with the first reading from the Book of Genesis about Noah building the Ark and God sending the rainbow as a sign. It was rather fitting that a rainbow appeared on our walk but we didn’t have to contend with any great flood!It was St David’s Day, so we each wore a daffodil which supported the work of Marie Curie.After lunch we started our descent. It was a very very cold day and we were conscious of bad weather approaching and had to make sure that we returned to the starting point in safety.

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5th Meet 1st Feb 2009

Met at Langdale Valley

Mass was celebrated in the chapel at the Achille Ratti Climbing Club. We set off on this walk with the girls outnumbering the boys for the first time ever. Lunch was eaten in the storm shelter because of the winds and cold and we all sampled sushi brought by Lizzie C.
We bypassed Stickle Tarn, which was partially frozen and although there was snow on the tops we weren't able to throw snowballs on this occasion. It was a brilliant day but very cold and we enjoyed each other's company.

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4th Meet 4th January 2009

Our 4th walk started at Our Lady of the Wayside RC Church, Grasmere

Everyone came well wrapped up and ready for a day in the snow like the last walk but it had all gone! Instead we had glorious sunshine and although it was cold, there was no adverse weather at all.

There was however a lot of ice - icicles, frozen tarns and frozen waterfalls - and the pathways were like skating rinks. We worked well together though and helped each other along. It was slow going (except when Fr Philip accidently slid down a huge ice slide) and we just made it down in the light.

You are always guaranteed an adventure when you join us on Summit!

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3rd Meet 7th December

Ullswater

Our third Summit trip... and this time the mountains were packed with snow - great for sledging, snowball fights and fun all around. T-Boy brought his stove and cooked up pancakes for us all to celebrate Lizzy's birthday and Mass was celebrated in a barn - all very festive and Christmasy.

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Second Meet 2nd November 2008

Our second walk started in the Langdale Valley

Met at Bishops Scale, Achille Ratti Climbing Club
@10am
Finished by 4pm

I have to say I was not looking forward to this walk after Joe and Fr Philip returned from their Mountain Leader Training with tales of blizzards and freezing conditions. However we couldn't have asked for better weather. It was absolutely beautiful as you can see from the photo and when we sat down at the top of Stickle Tarn to have Mass it felt like a summers day (well almost). The wind did pick up however and by the time we had finished Mass (holding everything down to stop it blowing away) we had to retreat to slightly lower ground and enjoyed our lunch in our big orange group shelter which was cosy!

In the end it was a fantastic walk, including a new game using reeds which I was useless at (you'll have to come along to the next one to find out what we did!)

Everyone seemed to have a great time and there was already talk about the next 'Summit' which will be in December and will hopefully involve snow!

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First Meet 12th October 2008

The first walk to start our exiting new venture was in Grasmere

Met at Our Lady of the Wayside RC Church, Keswick Road, Grasmere, LA22 9RL (Car park behind the church)
@10am
Finished by 4pm

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