UKC

I'll be first!

Thanks for the tea & coffee. Boy did I need it to thaw out! The roads were quite icy in places.

Nice to meet friends old & new, & to hear great compliments about my bike. Sorry it was a flying visit. Next time.....

In reply to Franklin the pedantic cat:

Nice meeting you mate if just a flying visit.


(next time I will distract you long enough to get your bike in the back of the van)

In reply to Franklin the pedantic cat:

Great weekend.

Big thanks to Sutty & Marie for doing all the leg work and organising.

Round of applause for Masood's curry

And much backslapping for the cake-baker, wine providers, balloon bursters and, well, everyone really.

I enjoyed myself hugely.

Y.

Actually, it's Mrs Y here now...

Thanks to everyone for making me welcome - I've had a great weekend, and very much enjoyed your company.

Hope those who went looking for good places to climb found them, and that those who just wanted to enjoy a beautiful, frosty day did so as much as I did today.

And I managed to get the cloak nearly finished, too!

Liz

In reply to Franklin the pedantic cat:

Well it was fantastic to meet so many famous UKC names. I was hard put not to get out my autograph book...*cough*

Seriously, had a great time and very grateful to the Great Lord Suts and Ms Bing for organising and for everyone who was so nice to me.

P.S. And I want to know how Masood is going to explain to Mrs Masood how he managed to get tomato pips down the back of his T shirt....

In reply to Franklin the pedantic cat:

It was a great weekend, thanks everyone Good to catch up with mates and meet new people and generally have lots of fun! Thanks to all who provided food, entertainment etc And another thanks to Masood for driving me to and from the meet! And thanks to SCC for not letting the others make me drink absynthe!!! Hope everyone had as much fun as I did, really good getting so many people together.

In reply to Franklin the pedantic cat:

You may've seen me floating about but, sadly didn't get to meet you as, you were there and away again in the blink of an eye :oP Thanks to Sutty and Bingly for much funnage. Was lovely to meet and have fun with all of you and, i bet you'll Never look at playdoh the same way ever again muhahahahahaha ;oP

P.s...may be sickened off cake for oh, at least a couple of days!!

In reply to anansie:

Hmmm? Did someone say cake? :-D

:-p

In reply to anansie:

What amazed me most was that most of the cake appeared to be eaten! Thought that would have been impossible. What was also amazing was how good lemon drizzle cake curry sandwiches tasted.

Lemon drizzle cake? I never had any lemon drizzle cake! How is it possible that I didn't eat lemon drizzle cake?

Liz, the bereft
(Mrs Y)

In reply to Yrmenlaf:

There was a couple made, next time book a bit of lemon drizzle cake hee hee All of the food was out of this world..we ate like kings and queens

In reply to Franklin the pedantic cat:

Yeah, had a great time despite my reservations, which were totally unfounded! Really cool group of people along, and I enjoyed the saturday night chat until the early hours, somehow I didn't seem to get that pissed despite drinking plenty to (perhaps a reward for drinking sensibly on Friday).

I learnt that it's surprisingly easy to skewer one's finger with a fork (still hurts), that Fawksey navigates like a blonde (I, of course, navigate like an expert, that's why we took at least 3 wrong turnings on the way there), that whisky no longer seems to make me pull a whisky face (although that may have been because I had some brandy just before it, which *did* make me pull a whisky face!), that I still have more space for cake from a cafe in Pately Bridge on a Sunday morning despite eating plenty in the bunkhouse, and that it actually does taste nice warmed and buttered. Kudos to the guys that got on the rock at Brimham today, rather than just squeezing through various holds inside Lovers Leap Buttress (which was fun, although not as fun as posting Fawksey down the smarty tube, video to follow!)

Just sorting photos, then early to bed with a book to make up for the lack of zzzzz's last night.

Thanks to all that contributed in any way!

In reply to Sarah_Clough:



Ah, I see.... you have no recollection of what you and climbing pixie were doing in the very early hours of this morning...




Great weekend, despite the weather yesterday, still got out and about and even had a little play at Brimham today in that glorious sunshine.

Thanks to Sutty for being lead organiser, Y and Masood for the meals, and all the WI ladies for the cakes.

Not forgetting the brewery - John Lewis aided by Ice.

I don't think I have laughed so much and so hard for *ages*


Yours
Sausage, mushroom, badger.

In reply to Bingly Bong:


Of course I recall! <erm... remind me... there was so much going on!>

You stole my words!!

In reply to Sarah_Clough:

You sure you want me to do that? Mind you, the photos'll be out soon...


How can I steal my own (well used at inappropriate times) words?!?

In reply to Bingly Bong:

Let's not talk about the silly orange playdoh incident that Really Really isn't worth Even mentioning .... *gulp* lol!

And that's right, there may be photos...in my defence, whatever is in them they Made me do it .....

In reply to anansie:

Ah, but posting links to those photos will get people banned!!!

PMSL

You'll have to find a *ahem* website that will uploads photos of that sort and then we'll cryptically tell everyone where to go...

:oS

In reply to Bingly Bong:

I don't need to be drunk to be raucous and risquee (how on earth do you spell that?!)

In reply to Franklin the pedantic cat:

Great weekend, journey home was pretty good too.

Thanks to everyone that provided me with dinners, cakes, breakfasts, booze (apart from the Absynthe - Pixie I will get my revenge one day) and laughs.

Si

In reply to Bingly Bong:

Phew! ;oP

Oh that's ok, no-one will want to see them, they're so boring..honest! ;o/

In reply to anansie:

Just sorting through my photos, think you're safe from me, no orange knobs! Won't have time to upload them tonight as bed beckons, but will do soon.

In reply to Sarah_Clough:

You just Had to say it didn't you? lol! Oh, did you leave a next long sleeved top behind? as, if so, Rose has it ok ?

In reply to anansie:

I don't think so, I'm too much of a cheapskate to shop at Next (plus I can't fit into my size there), I shop at Tesco and Matalan!!

In reply to Sarah_Clough:

Ha ha!

No excuses for you then!

;oP

I hardly drank any alcohol all weekend and I'm glad the absynthe disappeared by the cunning 'enter the kitchen, you have to drink a shot' trick

In reply to Sarah_Clough:

Ooh, hark at you with yer fancy schmancy labels I just thought it may be yours as it looked as if it was for an ample bosom me dear and, as the glowsticks showed..yours was fairly ample honey

I'm sure it'll find it's owner soon enough

In reply to anansie: Bet it's Waterbaby's!

I do not wish to infer anything about her bust size, but think it may be hers.

In reply to Franklin the pedantic cat:

Yep, great w/e - though I'm worried - I didn't do any climbing today (my fault for getting so cold acting as photographer for poor James Oswald)! "Enuf Respec" for those ho did make it onto routes today!

Top do - great food - great company - got some top shots at a wild Gordale to boot

All together now: cheese - cake - boobs!

PP.

PS. Whatever I decide to put on my Flickr site will be up around next w/e.

In reply to PontiusPirate:

Oh, and we had snow - which was cool :-D

PP.

In reply to anansie:

I was popping the glowsticks with my belly, never got around to the boobs!

In reply to Sarah_Clough:

I think you mean 'they never got around the boobs'...

In reply to anansie:

Thanks to everyone for coming and making it go as well as can be exoected when you lose all power for 16 hours, the emergency lights showed they were up to the task by remaining on all night.

Special thanks for the linesmen and tree surgeons who worked in that horrendous weather to get the power back on, anyone who saw Wingnut soaked to the skin and maybe beyond will realise that we had it easy.

Another thanks to Andy for managing to make sausage bacon and mushrooms and eggs for breakfast on Saturday on a pocket rocket and another stove, great work from him and his helpers.

To anyone else who helped make the event the success it was by washing up cooking food, cleaning the hut, thanks as well.

BTW, in the humongous pile of food I have collected there is a lump of Anansies lemon drizzle cake, Mrs Y should have looked more closely, there was a lot left last night till the younger still growing scavenger descended on the kitchen eating like locusts.

I also seem to feel one young person may be hungry today. I found a packup with KFS, bread, salami in a plastic box. Left in the fridge, it is now here if they would like their bits back. Unfortunately I detest salami, I even tested a bit to see if my dislike had subsided over the last 50 years but no.

In reply to sutty: Waterbaby made the lemon drizzle cakes!

In reply to sutty:



That is Ice's! He was asking about it at Brimham and told him you'd probably got it

In reply to Bingly Bong:

Indeedy and they were lovely. I made the funky biscuity/cake things Sutty and the fruit loafs, chocolate cakes and jam and coconut topped ones. All the baking and indeed all the food was just perfect! (still say the chesses smelled like feet though :oP) You all ate feet! lol! I seem to have aquired a bottle of mulled wine, now, if anyone wants it back, send a stamp addressed envelope to, wherever ye like cos i'm drinking it! ha ha!

In reply to anansie:

And I made the carrot cake!


Yup, they were!


pmsl

In reply to Franklin the pedantic cat: I probably have more people to thank for my whole weekend than most, but Im not going to! Those people I got the time to have a chat with over the weekend know who they are. I got to eat other peoples food, drink their booze and they provided entertainment all for free.

I'll make one exception, the youth of today are often much maligned. I thought James Oswald's attitude over the weekend was commendable. Held his liquor, still climbed and was good company.

In reply to Franklin the pedantic cat:
WOW.
What a fab weekend.
Just got back.
El Terror is still not on form...poor thing.
Ta Sutty & Bingly for organizing this one.
Wonderful company. I've nearly lost me voice from gabbing so much.
Thabks for the lift Sutty (AGAIN!!)
& thanks for the vino, John!
Thanks for all the cake, food & cheeses, everyone.

In reply to Franklin the pedantic cat: Thanks all for a great weekend! see you all again soon

In reply to Fawksey: Well thankyou for coming anyway Fawksey! Good to meet you.

In reply to John Lewis: You made it home safely I presume. Thanks for letting me drink lots of your scotch and for being good company.

In reply to Fawksey: Reasonable presumption I'll presume the same for you then. Bike good? no worries on the scotch, your not such bad company yourself.

In reply to Sarah_Clough:

At least I only stuck them up my nose and in my ears....erm....

In reply to John Lewis: I had to go via Harrogate on fumes though to get petrol, but Sarah and her cohorts road shot gun to ensure I got there.

My hands warmed up when I binned the bike gloves and put on my winter ice climbing gloves to ride home with. Ive had a warm bath and got a glass of wine, electric blankets on and Im about to catch up with some sleep.

In reply to Fawksey:

Your making a bit of a habit of that then


Same here think I need it now.

In reply to John Lewis: She's always following me around, I think she fancies me.

In reply to Franklin the pedantic cat: Cheers people for a great weekend. Really good fun and nice to meet so many of you.

Did James get up Central Crack in the end? He was still sitting there when I left earlier.

In reply to Liam M: I have your hat Liam - I'll wash it and stick it in the post to you if you email me your address

In reply to Liam M:

Sorry I did not get down to the routes to encourage/take the mickey but someone had to be on babewatch duties while the mother came to see you. Wish we had fould the butties earlier, they were just stuffed in the coolbox and only found when I arrived home.

Bedtime said zebeddee, two late nights have worn me out, and no siestas.

In reply to sutty: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzz


A room with no snorers fantastic!

In reply to Franklin the pedantic cat:

Nice to meet you if only fleetingly.

I had an ace weekend, laughed like a drain, played catch with eggs and tomatoes, was plied with drink by someone on friday, which resulted in hangover from hell all day Saturday (don't try and deny it, you know who you are:op).

All the food was great, never got to eat ICE's bangers, as too ill

Cakes were great, especially liked the chocolate refridgerator thingys and the coffee and walnut, ta Bingly.

Everyone was fantasticly friendly, loveliest bunch of people you could ever wish to meet, it was a rench to leave. Hope to see some of you again soon

Thanks Sutty and Bingly.

In reply to waterbaby:

I enjoyed our wee scramble at Brimham and for someone who was nervous..ye did great lass! Was a great weekend wasn't it? and nice to see so many folks being just like you'd imagine them to be, all nuts lol! Hope you got home early enough and we can all do it again at some point soon!

In reply to Bingly Bong:

They really aren't that big, they shrank with weight loss
Top's not mine. How about Kate's?

In reply to Franklin the pedantic cat:
Great weekend . . . boots and daysack still wet from Saturday, drip drip squelch squelch. Can recommend Masood's curried spuds as a cure for incipient hypothermia! :
Yrmenlaf and Mrs Y clearly drive some sort of tardis . . . you can fit a double bass, northumbrian pipes, a guitar and a huge sewing project in and still have room for people???!
Many thanks to all concerned - top weekend and, despite both the weather and the power/water problems, much fun had!

In reply to Wingnut:

But (from the video posted earlier), it looked like quite a small double bass?

In reply to Fawksey:


<steals guffaw from CJD> To follow, you have to be behind

In reply to Sarah_Clough: sorry I know my place 'gay non threatening friend' x

In reply to Fawksey:

Mate, was good to meet you - hope to catch up with you again soon.

I think Masood is soon going to be inundated with recipe requests!

James Oswald coped brilliantly with a bunch of people alternately encouraging / taking the p1ss while he was climbing. A real star.

Si

Thanks to everyone who organised - it was a brilliant weekend. Apologies to anyone I offended!

I managed to leave my pillow at the bunkhouse - anyone know who to speak to to try and get it back?

In reply to Franklin the pedantic cat:

Had an awesome time this weekend. Thanks a lot to everyone who cooked stew, curry, cakes and breakfast and to the contributors of all the cheese (particularly the huge wodge of dolcelatte). Couldn't have had a better weekend, we even had snow! And I managed to get rid of my bottle of absinthe on some poor unsuspecting souls, heh heh. Was great to meet some new people and catch up with some mates, even the ones who put snowballs down my back, and I've managed to acquire a big link of black pudding to munch through this week - yum

In reply to Franklin the pedantic cat:

It was lovely to meet you all Saturday, even if it was only a brief visit and put faces and names to 'posting names'. Shame about the weather, although we still managed to do a walk of sorts, getting very wet in the process!! Thanks to Flicka for navigating in the driving rain!!

Sorry i missed out on the chance to climb at Brimham yesterday, although i was there working all day. I did manage to pop down and say hello to a few of you but the majority had already scarpered!

AND i never got to taste test any cake....how did i manage that?!?!

In reply to Leelogs:

Did I chat to you on Friday night? I can't remember the name of the person that wasn't staying over!

In reply to Franklin the pedantic cat: Ditto, good weekend, put some pics up under the secret password in the pub. I got a snow massage on sat night. Thanks to Y and M for their food efforts. Absynthe makes you miss breakfast.

In reply to climbingpixie:

Just in case you go shopping for Dolcelatte, the round one you liked to start with was Cambozola. The Dolcelatte was a bit stronger then the Stilton.

I avoided the Absinthe, obviously still had a couple of brain cells still working at that time.

The garlic bread and pizzas seemed to go quickly for late night snacks as well, and nobody seemed to want to eat healthy food like salad as the lettuce, tomatoes, spring onions, olives, orange and apple juices were largely untouched. So much for climbers having a healthy diet, full breakfast rules.

In reply to Sarah_Clough:

No i wasnt there Friday night. Came over bout 10am Saturday morning but never got to meet you. I was the stranger that turned up at Brimham yesterday afternoon when James was doing Central Crack.

In reply to sutty:

I love apple juice, raided what I could find on Sunday morning, which was just the remains of the open carton.

In reply to sutty:

I remembered that. The Cambozola was the blue brie stuff, very delicate and nice, and the Dolcelatte was the one in a big block and a fair bit stronger. Didn't have much of the Stilton but was impressed at the Yorkshire Blue, very creamy. Mmmm cheese...

In reply to Leelogs:

Ah right. Met Chris Sampson briefly at Brimham, but think that was it? Hope you enjoyed your day!

In reply to Fawksey:

Was nice to finally meet you me dear and , think you were the only one i actually got to warble at ha ha! Hope to see you again soon

In reply to anansie: what were you supposed to remind me to buy besides Free? Something about feel like making love.

In reply to Fawksey:

Bad Company honey, "Feel like making love", there was also the "I can't get enough of your love" too

In reply to highaltitudebarista:

Try giving them a call or drop them an email:

Tel: 01423 755084
E-Mail: [email protected]

I did read somewhere that they kept lost property for about 3 months before sending it to a charity shop.

In reply to Bingly Bong: Thanks for that. I'm in the dog house at the moment as the pillow case is part of the best bed sheets set!

In reply to Bingly Bong:

I just sent this email to them, to thank them for the use of the place.

Just a note to say thank you for the use of the centre, everyone enjoyed
themselves and said what a nice place it was. Clean and warm with
excellent facilities, and your lending us the stove when the power went
down showed you were not just people who book a place and then forget it.

There were 26 people staying by my calculations, I enclose a list of the
people there, unfortunately Rob Naylor never made it due to work pressures.


I hope my calculation as to fees is correct, if not let me know and will
sort it out.

I hope everything was left clean and tidy, I did a quick check of most
things but forgot the oven, though I did see someone cleaning things in
the kitchen, and warned them the place had to be left ready for someone
else to be able to move in in the condition they found it. We did check
nothing was left in the fridges and freezer apart from the ice.

I tried to shut the heating off as we left but it did not shut down so
surmised that it was running to heat water. Hope we left no lights on, I
went round most of the place but may have missed one somewhere.

Thanks again for a good if eventful weekend, hope we can use you again.

Keith Sutcliffe.

In reply to Franklin the pedantic cat:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/-anansie-/3110410726/

I have added a few photos to my flickr..feel free to have a quick shifty.

And, thanks to Kyle for taking this photo as, it came out lovely..( although i look a Little the worse for wear ha ha!

In reply to anansie: *high fives*

In reply to highaltitudebarista:

* And to the side, now way down low,too slow!* This photo is a keeper *grins*

There's one of you Almost smiling! ;oP

In reply to Franklin the pedantic cat:
I think I must have had the last laugh of the meet.
Sutty had just finished filling up wi fuel en route to Harrogate station when...
A bloke in a posh car tried to block us in so he did not have to join the big queue at garage. Sutty asked him to go & join the correct queue. An exchange of words followed, eventually leading to Keith saying he would move the car himself. I pmsl ehen he started to 'bumper' the posh car backwards...I don't think the bloke could believe it either!! We escaped soon afterwards laughing loudly!!

In reply to anansie:

It's important I never smile in photos because it looks like there's something wrong with me. =o/

In reply to highaltitudebarista:

A ha, something to do with your choice of topic on Friday night perhaps? ;oP

In reply to Rose:

We were just moving off from the pumps, and his stopping us going meant you arrived home over an hour later due to missing the train. It is not the first BMW I have hit head on when they go the wrong way on one way systems, and then say they did not see the no entry sign. I did mention to the audi quattro driver who did it that perhaps he should have an eyesight test before driving.

In reply to anansie:

Good photo's anansie Looking forward to seeing all the others that are out there champing at the bit, waiting to be released from confinement, on to the eagerly waitng ukc'ers

In reply to waterbaby:

http://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=333158

In reply to highaltitudebarista:

You kinda reminded me of Droopy ( and don't you dare take that as an insult as i Love Droopy cartoons! Can just imagine you saying 'I'm happpeee" with a petted lip hee hee Can i add to this before the urge to kick my a*se is too overwhelming for ye that..was a pleasure to meet you lol!

In reply to sutty:

Thanks Sutty, my head is very foggy again today, can't imagine why

In reply to waterbaby:

*snigger*

In reply to Bingly Bong:

lol. That did read badly, didn't it

In reply to waterbaby:

I linked to mine here: http://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?t=333146&v=1#x4913091

In reply to anansie:

That's dented my male pride a little. =o(

In reply to sutty:

Crumbs, guys, was this The Gathering of the Goatees? :-P

In reply to Sarah_Clough:



http://www.esnips.com/doc/84cbcd0d-1cef-486e-98e5-b402988687b2/IMG_9968-Low...

Darren Jackson - you have a lot to answer for!!

Not only is Sarah a brilliant sculptor when making Owls out of playdoh, I guessed it within seconds!

In reply to highaltitudebarista:

Awww honey i didn't mean it in That way you! :oP Just meant you had sad, soulful eyes like Droopy is all Sorry my flower

In reply to anansie:

'Droopy'

*snigger*

LOL

In reply to Bingly Bong:

You behave young lassie hee hee Oh, hope whoever the skis were for was dead chuffed with them! They looked like a right bargain

In reply to anansie:

I'm sure Liam still has indentations across his chest and chin... :oS

In reply to Bingly Bong:

I know..he did look a might uncomfortable :o/ Didn't complain or make a peep really though, lovely wee soul

In reply to anansie:

He couldn't though could he?! The skis were balancing precariously across his throat!

In reply to Bingly Bong:

Ha ha! I know Just aswell ye never had to brake hard ! :o/

In reply to Franklin the pedantic cat:

Just to add my thanks to Sutty for organisation, all those who provided cakes, booze and breakfast, Matt for the special shampoo with fruit extracts (because I'm worth it!) and everyone for great company.

An excellent weekend, was in tears of laughter on more than one occasion. Those who want either of the curry recipes please email and I'll respond as soon as I've typed them up.

In reply to SCC:

Remember, Si, absinthe makes the heart grow fonder...

In reply to Masood:

Shouldn't that be 'the fart go Honda'?

In reply to Bingly Bong:

Who did the blob that i guessed as Chrysalis during 'Dough time' ? I mind Sarah getting a teeny bit miffed if anyone guessed it before she could finish moulding it ha ha! Still remember her wee housey thing with the wee man inside..can't mind what the word was now though..? Was a cool one though.

In reply to anansie:

IIRC, It was a plant... and it was in a greenhouse (which I think I eventually got)

In reply to anansie:

It was me! Can't you remember my rather verbal and physical type gestures/movements (of sorts) and satisfaction at someone guessing it?!

In reply to Bingly Bong: After Kate's 'Leaf Storage Facility'!

In reply to Liam M:

Oh yeah! LOLOL

In reply to Bingly Bong:

Noisy bint, shouting out greenhouse like that. Never knew that playing with plasticine could cause such intense feelings, watching 6 supposedly grown up people staring at the lump taking form.

In reply to anansie:

Wasn't that Bingly's? I would have been too busy being amused at Misha's interpretation of the clue as Chrysanthemum to be too miffed. He did mould a very nice flower

In reply to Sarah_Clough:

It was - and wasn't my Chrysalis just the greatest piece of moulded plasticine you have ever seen?

Better than Anansie's 'leaf' on Saturday night... well, it looked like a leaf... :oS

In reply to Masood:

Pleasure mate

In reply to Bingly Bong:

I do remember now ha ha! The big "YES!!!!" in my face that made me laugh!

In reply to Sarah_Clough:

Lol! Yeah, his butterflies preferred flowers to cocoon in

In reply to Bingly Bong:
It Was a leaf, remember? *ahem*

In reply to Franklin the pedantic cat:

It was good to meet a few of you briefly on Sunday. Unfortunately I arrived spectacularly late after sliding off a road backwards down a hill on sheet ice on the way there (tip - don't trust the sat-nav to take you a sensible way when it has been snowing). It took a while to get on the road again.

Still at least I arrived in time to get a climb in - thanks Wingnut for the belay!

Next time I'll try and make it for the weekend.

Chris

In reply to Chris Sansum:


Eeeeeeeeeeeeeee, glad you arrived all in one piece and were ok!!

Sorry we had to leave as soon as you arrived (it wasn't personal, honest), I didn't want to be too late back in Leicester.

In reply to Masood:

I was thinking the same thing, until I woke up, Ouch.

In reply to ICE: Oh, I have just found two gloves thinsulate ones, must have scooped them up off the floor. Oh and my vote for the most fun person of the weekend is for climbing pixie.

In reply to Franklin the pedantic cat: Thanks to everyone for a great weekend. Thanks to Sutty and Bingly for organising it and everyone that came with food. I didn't take many pictures, but I'll upload what I did take soon.

In reply to anansie: Baby, if I think about you I think about love
Darlin if I live without you I live without love -

Just bought the album and listening to it now, cheers.

In reply to ICE:

Do the gloves have blue and white squiggly bits on a basic black glove? If so they're mine (Quicksilver ones if i recall?) . Also left something else behind in the bunkhouse but can't ask for it back as, oh just can't! lol!! Was one of my favourites aswell :o/

In reply to Fawksey:

Ahh good stuff, enjoy honey!, and, anytime

In reply to anansie:

I dread to think...

Maybe the noises from sutty's bunk weren't him talking in his sleep...

:oS

In reply to anansie:

I'm curious! A teddy? A bra? A vibrator?

In reply to anansie: Was it a pig's heart in a jar?

If so I picked it up by mistake.

In reply to highaltitudebarista:

Just a pity you missed yer own pillow!!

In reply to highaltitudebarista:

You think she has several pig's hearts in jars, and that one was her favourite??

In reply to Bingly Bong: It was an easy mistake to make!

In reply to Sarah_Clough:

Thanks Sarah

Here's mine i hope
http://www.flickr.com/photos/waterbaby21/sets/72157611300731260/

In reply to waterbaby:

Says it's private / no permission to view...

In reply to Sarah_Clough: worked ok for me, just tried it again.

In reply to Sarah_Clough:

B*llocks, i hate computers. Help anyone please

In reply to Fawksey:

Yes but you are a contact.

In reply to waterbaby: you need to get them out for everyone to look at

In reply to Fawksey: i've got private as well- are you special or something?

In reply to waterbaby: Click on the arrow beside You -> scroll down and select Your Account -> second tab is Privacy and Permissions. Can change your settings from there x

In reply to Bingly Bong:

Just thought, why did all the young lads flee to the room away from the older, more experienced females? What did you say to them?

In reply to morphus: correct and check : )

In reply to Alyson: are you gonna give us your special cake recipe, or what?

In reply to Alyson:

Okay just play amongst yourselves why i try and wotk this out

In reply to morphus: I emailed it to Dilys. You want it too? Happy birthday by the way. This one's on the house...

http://doctorwhocollector.com/images/categories/seven-of-nine.jpg

In reply to waterbaby:

Anansie would but she left *something* at the bunkhouse...

It was her favourite...

In reply to waterbaby: Eew, do I really have to play amongst this lot?

In reply to Alyson: you're a rotten tease;(

In reply to waterbaby: That's worked, I can see them now!

In reply to Alyson:

Gave up trying to make the set available and just opened it all up, thanks

In reply to Alyson: i reckon i could bake better cake than you, even without your puny borg attachments, so there..

In reply to morphus: You know you love it. Chin up birthday boy.

In reply to sutty:

Listen some of us had young lads on top of us, made a change and very nice it was too

In reply to Fawksey:

Er hum, pardon

In reply to morphus:

Happy birthday! Now you are all special

In reply to waterbaby: your pictures of course, one cant say anything without it being turned into something smutty : )

In reply to waterbaby: If he's special I dont want to be : (

In reply to Fawksey:

Filthy mind, what can i say.

In reply to waterbaby:

Cheers for those.

In reply to Fawksey:

If who's special, the whole internet is special now, purely cause i can't figure that Flickr out

In reply to Sarah_Clough:

Ther are some lovely ones of you and Ava.

In reply to sutty:

eh?

In reply to waterbaby:

Did young James manage to get up that crack then or retreat defeated.


























At Brimham I mean of course.

In reply to sutty:

Yes, i know what you meant. I don't know we left early

In reply to sutty: I think he dove off

In reply to waterbaby:

Is James brandishing Wingnut's No.6 in that picture? If so it makes a change from seeing her brandishing it around a bunkhouse ...

In reply to waterbaby: He's not still sitting there trying to get that size five friend in is he! ;-0

In reply to waterbaby:

Are there? I could only see 5 of Brimham!

In reply to Sarah_Clough:
"(I, of course, navigate like an expert, that's why we took at least 3 wrong turnings on the way there)"

Map freak! :P

And i was great at adjusting the wingmirrors............ :P

In reply to Sarah_Clough:

You should beable to see them all or it didn't work. In which case Fawksey can stop sulking, since he's the only one who can see them.

In reply to Bingly Bong:
"I hardly drank any alcohol all weekend and I'm glad the absynthe disappeared by the cunning 'enter the kitchen, you have to drink a shot' trick "

Ah YES

In reply to james oswald: We had Liam, knows every major and minor road of Yorkshire navigating :oD which was just as well... :oS

I think at every turning, I must have said, do I turn here?

'No, carry on until I *tell* you to turn...'

In reply to james oswald:

Have you repeated the bracelet trick or was it just a fluke

In reply to james oswald:

You exceeded my expectations at adjusting wing mirrors, I didn't know it was possible for anybody to be so bad. I was so relieved when it ended up back where it started

In reply to james oswald:

Errr

Yeah

Ummm

You liked it though, yes?

Please say yes...

In reply to waterbaby:

I can still only see 5 photos, no matter what I do. I even added you as a contact!

In reply to waterbaby:

p.s. Can see DSC00507, Brimham Rocks, Snow at Brimham, James and John Lewis.

I'm off to bed now, hopefully will be able to look at the rest tomorrow! x

In reply to Sarah_Clough:

You should beable to see them now.

In reply to anyone:

Who brought the bottle of Marsala?

It's very nice

In reply to Fawksey: yeah, who'd want to be involved with a club like this..
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/12/hubble_space_telescope_advent.html
losers..

In reply to morphus:

Those are really cool photos, could look at them for hours

In reply to waterbaby
http://www.flickr.com/photos/waterbaby21/sets/72157611300731260/


Ok try again everybody.

In reply to Bingly Bong:

The half bottle I gave you or the full one? I brought the half, it goes very well with cake and mince pies. Remember it is sherry, not wine so a lot stronger.

In reply to waterbaby:

SUCCESS, give the girl a banana.

In reply to waterbaby:

Some really nice shots there! I think Bingly looks particularly fetching here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/waterbaby21/3110811477/in/set-7215761130073126...

:oP

In reply to sutty:

Yes, the half bottle! Many thanks


>Remember it is sherry, not wine so a lot stronger.

Yeah, I've just learnt the hard way :oS <hic>

In reply to Masood:


Oh




my





fooking




lord....


:oS

In reply to Masood:

I like that one too.

In reply to Bingly Bong:

And why are most of the pics of me when I'm eating? It's not as if I ate *that* much over the course of the weekend!!

In reply to Masood:

LOL, I decided not to mention that one for fear of what she might do to me.

In reply to Masood:

You got mail

In reply to waterbaby:

Yup, can see 23 of them now! Not sure I think the ones of me are lovely, that's not a criticism of your photographic ability, but I appear to be pulling faces in all of them but the last!

In reply to sutty:

I couldn't help it! And she'll never manage to find her way to London!

In reply to Bingly Bong:

It's a great picture

In reply to Sarah_Clough:

They are full of expression though. Personally i hate all photo's of me. Although i think Sutty tried really hard to get one i liked, bless him

In reply to Sarah_Clough:

There are some really nice ones of you in there and the other sets.

Of course everyone has some they would rather censor at times, in fact most of mine at times.

In reply to waterbaby: It may be a great picture, but I am disgraceful in it!

Awful... truly, truly, awful!

In reply to waterbaby:

I will win with getting pictures on the web one day, wonder if tomorrow will be the one?

In reply to Bingly Bong:

Sorry i did edit another one cause it wasn't good. I'll see what i can do for you

In reply to Franklin the pedantic cat:
Thanks all for the cake, food and the absynthe.
The abuse/encouragement on central crack was brilliant.
Must go back and do it direct!
Thanks to Sarah for the lift and all those who gave me a lift to Brimham.
Had a great weekend and much fun inspite of the weather on Saturday!
Keep fist jamming Kyle
Thanks

In reply to Bingly Bong:

Sorted

In reply to waterbaby:

Great photos...looked like you all had fun :0)

Did you manage to get your first play on rock on Sunday?

I managed to take 900mb of photos on the new camera over the weekend! =o/

Here's part one which covers our days climbing at Almscliff on Friday.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kyledwood/sets/72157611226923169/

Warning: There are move by move pics of Pigott's Stride which would blow your onsight! =oP

In reply to Leelogs:

I played, it was enough for me at the moment. Nice to meet you. Keep in touch, let me know all the details of your caving exploits

In reply to waterbaby:

Will do. Lets just hope i dont get concreted in on my next excursion!!

In reply to Bingly Bong:

I look like a rabbit caught in the headlights in the one with all of uswearing helmets :o/ lol!




Good photos Waterbaby honey!

In reply to Leelogs:

No no, i can't stop thinking about that either.

In reply to waterbaby:
Okay.....I'm gonna delete ALL the photos that were took wi MY camera of me wi me tongue up me nose!!

In reply to:

Okay, two videos are up here (and my photos are linked on another thread, somewhere!):

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=WiQnNeSmyRI
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3cl2Oa8Cr5w

The Fawksey one is also on my facebook if any of my fb buddies want to comment on it. I put it there first then remembered you would be able to view it without installing the video ap, so went for YouTube instead.

In reply to waterbaby:

>Sorted

Ha, too late. I got a copy for posteriority. If Bingly does not believe me I will mail her a copy.;-O

In reply to Franklin the pedantic cat:

Thanks for all the organising - I had a great weekend and even climbed despite the weather!
It was all good untill Kyle tried to leave me ontop of a Rock at Brimham on sunday!

In reply to springything:

Aw, it does get lonely up there when you don't know how to get down.

A tip for all those planning a harder route on a pinnacle, ascend the easy way down first to avoid not knowing how to do it. A couple of months ago two lads got half way down but could not see how to do the next move so set up an abseil. I soloed up to get their rope down for them

May I add my thanks to everyone for the various organisational, food and transport contributions and the great company.

When shall we all meet again, in thunder, lightning or rain?

anansie, I found your gloves at Brimham, email me your postal address (will also email you).

In reply to Misha: Ooh thank you honey! Thought id lost those forever and, they were a gift from my munchkins Will e-mail you my address asap !

*Skips off knowing she'll no have freezing hands this winter!*

In reply to Misha:

Glad you enjoyed yourself. You looked a bit bemused at first with all those strange mad women but soon got into the action and made some contacts I hope.

And you never taught us any Russian swear words either.;-0

In reply to Misha: Good to meet you at the weekend fella. The sight of you and James shoe-horned into the back of my car, fast asleep on each other's shoulders was one of the funniest things I've ever seen! =oD

In reply to Masood:


Heh, is that Bingly's sex face? Who was under the table?

In reply to highaltitudebarista:

And you didn't take a photo?

Jeez, you're slipping!

In reply to Toby S:

F O

:oP

In reply to Bingly Bong:
>F O
As Graham is not around, paaarrp.;-P

Bingly Bong: I was driving whilst Martin was squegeeing torrents of condensation from the inside of the windscreen - there wasn't a hand free for photos!

In reply to highaltitudebarista:

And here is the proof that men cannot multi task ;oP

In reply to highaltitudebarista:

Good set of photos you

I'm grinning here as we speak at the lack of playdoh photography too! *phew!* ;oP

In reply to anansie:

They'll be coming later...

*snigger*

In reply to Bingly Bong:

But, but, i gave him a tenner not toooooooo! *sulk*

Did you get some too? :-O! Will give you the last half of my jammy piece and an assortment of odd buttons in their own wee box to not show them? Can't say fairer than that! hee hee :oP

In reply to highaltitudebarista:

After the mince pie thread, I forgot to thank all the bakers for their cakes and mince pies, just finished off the last of the lemon drizzle cake left at the clean up. burp.

In reply to anansie: That's only part one. Hoping to get part two done this evening which covers all the bunkhouse drinking, odd faces and your creative playdough modelling. Bo)

In reply to highaltitudebarista:

Oh! :o/ lol! In my defence, umm.....(can't even make anything up!) ha ha!

In reply to anansie:

In your defence, you were drunk!

Oh hang on, no you weren't.. You were stone cold SOBER!!

In reply to Bingly Bong:

Well, i'd had a couple of glasses of wine so that's not Strictly true :oP

But yeah, not drunk, just nutty! ha ha! Meh, can live with that

In reply to highaltitudebarista:
I didn't fall asleep!! :P

In reply to james oswald:

I don't fall asleep either, it is just resting my eyes.;-P

Personally, after seeing all the pictures of you on that ledge and none on the last ten feet I was wondering if you bivied there or finished the route;-0

No, of course not, you hadn't fallen asleep James, even though you were still acting very much asleep after we had arrived and I proposed to just leave you in the car. I on the other hand usally fall asleep in cars on the way back. The journey back to Stockport was an exception.

Here's part two of my photos - drunken bunkhouse antics! Bo)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kyledwood/sets/72157611337556050/

In reply to highaltitudebarista:


<Waits for Anansie to see them and reply>

PMSL!

*pulls innocent face*

In reply to highaltitudebarista:

This is Kate, not Wingnut.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kyledwood/3113576281/in/set-72157611337556050/

In reply to sutty: Ah, that explains why she's awake! =oD

In reply to highaltitudebarista:

Sutty and Wingnut are the dormice most likely to be found hiding our eyes behind light shields.

In reply to highaltitudebarista:

Nice photos

In reply to highaltitudebarista:

They are really lovely photos, you got the playdough shots then?

In reply to highaltitudebarista:

Ah, forgot to say a nice set of pictures well captioned as well.

In reply to anansie:

I don't believe that is all you've got to say! :oP

In reply to Bingly Bong:

Well at least Anansie did not pose for her picture but just gave her natural look she gives her kids.

In reply to Franklin the pedantic cat:
Misha looks very happy in one of them.

In reply to sutty:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kyledwood/3113576563/in/set-72157611337556050/

EEEK! That's one traumatised set of kids!

;oP

In reply to james oswald:

I noticed you had shaved with a blunt razor as well. ;-P

In reply to sutty:
Haha had been a little while since I'd shaved :P
Have now though and nice and clean shaven :P

My final set of pics, from Brimham Rocks this time. Will put a larger version of the pano in my UKC gallery.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kyledwood/sets/72157611265238403/

In reply to highaltitudebarista:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kyledwood/3114633384/in/set-72157611265238403/

Did you try the low level traverse on there or the dyno for the high hold on the left? I noticed that water, it is the most I have ever seen by a long way and will stop the boulderers for a week or two.

In reply to Bingly Bong:

They were funny lol! Can laugh at how silly i was in 'em

Found some more bloody photos! (forgot about the flying visit to Evestone)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kyledwood/sets/72157611266414243/

In reply to sutty: Didn't go near that piece of crag - the iced over lake was a bit foreboding!

In reply to highaltitudebarista:

Nice photo's of the weekend Mr K.

In reply to Franklin the pedantic cat:
Would Pontius Pirate be able to tell me when he uploads his photos please?

In reply to highaltitudebarista:

I managed to escape!

In reply to Sarah_Clough: Gah!

In reply to james oswald:

I might get oppotunity this w/e

PP.

In reply to Masood:

Yup they fear me, So much so that they tickle me when being told off, poor , poor kids eh? ;oP

In reply to PontiusPirate:
Cheers!

In reply to Franklin the pedantic cat: Here's a few of my photos here, http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=54951&l=3f7a3&id=515293861

In reply to Kate: Some great pics there Kate. Bo)

In reply to Franklin the pedantic cat:

4 of the 'artier' shots have gone up on my Flickr account this evening - some random Facebook ones to follow & then the waterfall ones from Saturday @ Gordale

PP

In reply to Franklin the pedantic cat:
Could you link to your flickr please?

In reply to james oswald: http://www.flickr.com/photos/drupka

In reply to highaltitudebarista:
Interesting photos!

In reply to PontiusPirate:

Very artsy! Unlike my own, which are very much fartsy

In reply to PontiusPirate:

Your very good at this. What happened to the frozen ice on top of cracked buttress?

In reply to waterbaby:

That didn't turn out too well - really needed a polariser - the ones I am very pleased with were @ Gordale & Janet's Foss on Saturday, but they're in RAW format and need work to get the best out of them... it'll probably take me about an hour to get them fixed and upload 'web-friendly' (down-scaled) versions.
All but one of the sequence of James Oswald on Central Climb will end up on Facebook rather than UKC or Flickr as he's very well camoflaged against the rock!

I'm just about getting good enough & well known enough to start to get worried about stuff being nicked off Flickr and/or UKC... this will never be a full-time job, but I'm hoping to at least break-even with the kit I've bought... I've got a backlog of 2 to 3 hundred 35mm film shots to scan and tweak for Flickr, FB & UKC as appropriate...

PP.

In reply to PontiusPirate: I left my B&W Kaseman at home, bugger, would have liked to use it on that lens of yours.

In reply to Franklin the pedantic cat:

Did anyone find a photo of a bunch of nurses on Harleys, i can't find it?

In reply to james oswald:

James - the good one of you at the top-out is now 'in the system' @ UKC awaiting moderation.

PP.

In reply to PontiusPirate:

...And its now up and 'reasonably' well received!

PP.

In reply to PontiusPirate:

oh, in case anyone is interested I've got some more 'arty' ones up from the w/e (and a couple of weeks ago @ Caley - they aren't climbing shots - the lighting was very flat when we were bouldering so nothing really stood out)

PP.

In reply to Franklin the pedantic cat:

Mrs Y has now finished the cloak (several of you saw it under production during the meet)

It looks very good on her.

She says that the next item of production is my "posh" (for which read "not to be used UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES for any activities that may even remotely resemble making bread") tunic, which will be (hopefully) complete for February.

Y.

In reply to Yrmenlaf:

Excellent stuff!

On a seperate note - did anyone pick up a spare set of waterproof trousers? Mine seem to have disappeared (last seen in the drying room of the bunkhouse...)

I thought I picked them up, but can't seem to find them now...

In reply to Yrmenlaf:

Excellent! She was working hard on it i noticed and it was coming together nicely

In reply to Bingly Bong:

I'm sure to have a spare pair here if you want them honey Hope you find them anyway .

In reply to Franklin the pedantic cat:
My photos should be here......
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=78656&l=f9b2d&id=663639358

In reply to Rose:

None of me again !

In reply to Sarah_Clough:

Or me:0( Then again i hate photos of me. Sutty were are yours? i think you have a good one:0)

In reply to Rose:



Lovely photos Rose Had wondered who took the ones of me sitting on Sutty's knee :oP

In reply to waterbaby:

What a faff getting them off my camera. Why does the easy transfer not work for me?

Mailed you the pics of you, will not put up one of them when I find out how to do it, you can use them now though if you wish.

In reply to Franklin the pedantic cat:
I wish there were none of me. It was MY camera so I should not be on them!!!

In reply to sutty:

Hey Sutty, thanks they are really good photos. I like the one of me and Ava. If you put that second one up though i'll be well miffed;0)

I'll try to put them on my flickr later if i get chance, if you are sure you don't mind?

In reply to Rose:

I love the sleeping beauty shot, its fab. Nice photos

In reply to waterbaby:

So you don't like the 0227 one then, thought you should see it at least to keep if you want. It will be not be one I put up anyway. As I said, use them as you wish.

Will sort a site to post them all somehow, facebook or flickr when I suss out the privacy things.

In reply to waterbaby:

I'm, intrugued, email it to me

In reply to Sarah_Clough:

No it's horrible! I might if i get wasted later;0)

In reply to waterbaby:


A little ditty to remind you, hehe

The Meet

Absinthe tricks
Tea towel flicks
Egg flight
Tomato delight!

You know what I mean