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thesweetcheat Dec 30, 2011 19:54:09
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Dunkery Beacon on the Friday before Christmas. The weather was awful - pouring rain and a incredibly strong wind on the Beacon itself - and got progressively worse the further I got. I would have turned back but the trip was quite a long one and would have been a waste of train fare if I had. I had picked up a blister on the Stiperstones two days before and on this walk I managed to get a blister on the blister. Lovely.

By the time I got off the moor and took shelter in Luccombe church, I was entirely soaked through my waterproofs, including my boots. My gloves were wringing wet and the supposedly dry spare socks and t-shirt in my rucksack had also got soaked. (Mr Monkey did manage - somehow - to stay dry though).

The five mile walk back to Minehead was horrible and I sat soaking on the bus back to Taunton as well, trying to dry out on the rubbish heater on board. Yuck!

D drewbhoy
drewbhoy Dec 30, 2011 20:04:35
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Tried going out of the hills near Laurencekirk on the way down to the game v TFOD, torrential rain and very high (emphasis on high) winds postponed the idea. Still, there will be other days!

T tjj
tjj Dec 30, 2011 22:45:31
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thesweetcheat wrote:
Dunkery Beacon on the Friday before Christmas. The weather was awful - pouring rain and a incredibly strong wind on the Beacon itself - and got progressively worse the further I got. I would have turned back but the trip was quite a long one and would have been a waste of train fare if I had. I had picked up a blister on the Stiperstones two days before and on this walk I managed to get a blister on the blister. Lovely.

By the time I got off the moor and took shelter in Luccombe church, I was entirely soaked through my waterproofs, including my boots. My gloves were wringing wet and the supposedly dry spare socks and t-shirt in my rucksack had also got soaked. (Mr Monkey did manage - somehow - to stay dry though).

The five mile walk back to Minehead was horrible and I sat soaking on the bus back to Taunton as well, trying to dry out on the rubbish heater on board. Yuck!

That sounds grim tsc ... total respect to you. Truly intrepid!! Glad Mr Monkey survived the ordeal.