Shock, horror! It transpires that nobody completed Coope's Dozen last Saturday, as we missed the true summit of Old Adam's Hill. Despite the dreadful weather this morning, EtU, TF and I reached the true summit, marked by a small cairn, which we missed last week by about 20 metres as we didn't cross the fence that runs along the summit ridge. The irony is that last Saturday the visibility was perfect and this morning the clag was right down - but of course this morning we had the TF who is a brilliant navigator.
Anyone for a re-run?
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...and who can be sure exactly who, if anyone, hit the true tops of the uncairned Counting Hill and Spitlers Edge?
Ed, Can that comment apply equally to all previous attempts? t'Yorkshireman took us off the main path to attain Spitlers Edge.
Matt,
Old Adam's - haven't a clue what happens when I'm not there.
Counting Hill - we've never been sure where this is, but as there is no cairn, we can be excused for not finding it. Similar with Spitlers, but for both of these we have tended to wander around a bit in the vicinity, so like the early polar explorers used to say "We must have got pretty damn close, so that will have to do." Not so with Old Adam, as there is a cairn, and there used to be a big doll's leg in it to make sure folk could spot it.
… but it would appear that on that Saturday, there wasn't even a big girl's blouse on it.
I remember a big doll's leg on Old Adams from years ago. I'm not surprised that's gone. There might have been a big girl's blouse close to it on Saturday if you are to believe my companions.
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