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The Howgills
22 - 24 March 2002

 

We met in the Kings Head in Ravenstonedale,  Friday night. We camped at Greenside Farm. Saturday was a wild pitch. The weather was fine with no rain all weekend. We walked over the Calf, the highest point of the Howgills at 676 metres, arriving at the wild pitch site about 4pm

 

Joe Donegan laughed when Graeme Boydell told him how far Joe was going to walk

Ross, Frank and Joe from Northampton. They got going a lot earlier than the rest of us!

     

The first pause. To see a  larger version, click on the picture

Lunch; at the time Newcastle United were losing 3 nil to Arsenal in the F.A. cup

     

It is not all hanging around

The wild pitch at spot height 401. This was taken on the Sunday morning after everyone had left