A celebration of nothing in particular was organised for a Wednesday night WMCEG meeting at the Savanna Restaurant, which specialises in Ethiopian, Eriteran and West African food. Only Richard recognised the items on the menu, but we soon worked out that the basis behind the menu was that it probably came with pancakes...
We don't class ourselves as novice cavers anymore, so we thought we should take a trip underground on our own. Rachel knows half of Oxlow Cavern pretty well, having been there several times to dig, so we thought we'd go and discover the other half...
A through trip from Ogof Ffynnon Ddu I to OFD II was planned with Brendan (DCC), Richard and I. In the end a metallurgy professor from Oxford also joined the trip. A really fabulous trip it was. We started off at the bottom of the hill and went through various places, some of which I …
The weekend of September 29th and 30th was the Rab Mountain Marathon in the Lake District. We drove up Friday night after Richard had arrived back from Boston that morning. Perhaps not the best preparation...