Last of the Summer...

...or to be more correct, first of the Autumn.

Thursday saw four of us setting off for what will probably be our last 2009 evening gallop (!) up the climbs. We started at 6:30 sharp (ish), and attained Two Lads in reasonable light, where we met Albert, Tony V and Colin Jones. Then a border collie arrived, closely followed by Doug Hayes. We chatted only briefly as we were on a mission.

Dusk was already falling as we stopped for a photo-shoot on the Pike. At this point TF turned for home, leaving the Good, the Bad and the (very) Ugly to continue Noonwards.



Not much light on Noon Hill, and even less as we descended to Georges Lane and thence up to the trig point, where yours truly managed (eventually) to master the technology and use the timer on the camera.


Then it was down the motor road with the aid of headtorches and back to the cars in just about two hours. A good outing, marred only by JtE arriving home a little later than had been hoped and thereby risked missing the start of New Tricks.


But don't fret John, here's one I took earlier.