…and another!

Date: October 18, 2015 Author: Webmaster

These quiz victories would be embarrassing – if we were given to being embarrassed, that is!

Last night saw the Dream Team of John, Shirley, Kelvin, Caroline, Margaret, Angela and Chris clean up at the Church Quiz Night. Not even Pat Maltman’s deviously cryptic questions fazed them. Who but Pat would have thought up the following:

RS  –  RWG  –  RENL  –  SML

…and who but The Stumblers would have recognised these as the initials of the Big Four railway companies in reverse? There’s a fine line between being clever and being just sad!

Anyway, the whole event raised around £400 for church funds, everybody had a good night out, and we carried home (almost) as much booze as we drank, so well done to the Maltmans for organising it.

Yorkshire Gold

Date: October 11, 2015 Author: Webmaster

Well, we promised ourselves a return fixture after last year’s visit to the Yorkshire Dales and we weren’t disappointed.

The forecast could hardly have been better, so we agreed to tackle Ingleborough from Clapham. A solid but rewarding trek, with a photo opportunity at every corner. And athough the high pressure and lack of wind stopped the fog from clearing properly, Stumblers’ Luck ensured that we had half an hour of sunshine for our rest break on top of the peak.

Special mention to Sarah, who found it tough going but refused to give up and came back with a real sense of achievement.

Double celebrations at dinner then, as we toasted Mike & Chris’s 40th anniversary.

Sunday saw us splitting up to do our own things. The more energetic of us completed our round of the three peaks by romping up Pen-y-Ghent, while those still recovering from Saturday’s exertions did some gentle sightseeing at Fountains and Middleham.

Now the problem is where to go next year!

 

Pictures by John B and Mike F