Buttermere Meet-Up In Pictures
Lots of piccies from the weekend's OM record Meet-Up at Buttermere in the Lakes, thrill to the murky views, gasp at Operation Certain Death and marvel at what you can do with balloons :-)
Posted: 13 May 2004
by Jon
It was the biggest OUTDOORSmagic Meet-Up so far with around 35 OM
members plus one OM editor and a couple of the guys from gear company
Montane getting together for two days of walking, scrambling, eating,
drinking, socialising and, erm, sleeping, at Buttermere in the Lake
District.
Day one started with intermittent rain and clouds covering the
tops, so obviously we mostly went for a stroll over the likes of
Haystacks unfortunately with zero views to see. Sunday was a little
brighter and most OMers either took part in 'Operation Certain
Death', which was, I think, a local scramble, or wandered up the very
sharp Sharp Edge on Blencathra.
Probably most memorable were the evenings - Friday night started
slowly, accelerated gently in the pub then exploded into memorable
life in the special jumbo-sized partay tent. Saturday was a little
more sedate, probably due to the aftermath of Friday, but saw OMer
taking over half the pub for a relaxed evening of drinking and
talking about mountains, gear and pretty much anything else you can
imagine.
And then there were Roger's incredible balloon creations... Some
of them are suitable for public view, one or two, well, let's just
say this is a family site.
It was great to see so many people brought together by a mutual
addiction to the outdoors and, of all things, a web site. The next
Meet-Up is already taking shape in the forum, in the mean time
though, here are some pics from Buttermere. Thanks to everyone who
sent in their snaps.Enjoy...
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Prayer flags? On a campsite, what
sort of muppet would, erm, that'll be the editor then. -
Jeannie Conley
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Saturday visibility reasonable
low down... - Jeannie Conley
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... but discintly murky on the
tops - Jeannie Conley
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Nice day for a stroll round the
eponymous lake though - Jeannie Conley
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OMers engaged in hardcore
strategic planning meeting - Julie
Stephens
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Sorry, who was supposed to be in
charge? - Frank Adams
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Baaaaaaa... - Jeremy
Hadall
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The nicest - car park we've seen
for ages - Jeremy Hadall
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Team Montane Sleep-In and guide
Phil Newing - Jon Doran
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Julie from Montane testing her
own designs in ideal conditions - Jon
Doran
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Magnificent summit panorama... -
Jon Doran
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Go on then, look triumphant will
ya... - Jon Doran
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Hurrah, finally we escape from
the clouds via the slippiest footpath on earth- Jon
Doran
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It's amazing what you can do with
balloons... - Mike Bell
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Wishful thinking from the balloon
maestro himself, Roger made his very own getaway
machine on Friday night in t'pub - Frank
Adams
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A relaxed Sunday morning on Sharp
Edge - Dan Tovey
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Brooding view from Blencathra -
Dan Tovey
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More Blencathra broodiness - Dan
Tovey
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Team Operation Certain Death in
pre-op pic - Hayley Dyer
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And in scary grass-scrambling
action - Hayley Dyer
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And finally, the enduring image
of the Meet-Up - Cara Lynn emerges from her camouflaged
kennel ;-) - Mike Bell
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