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A farewell on Wetherlam

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  Sadly someone i knew left the fells behind,some of us who knew her decided to spend the night on her favorite fell,in memory of the crazy woman    I met Ste and Dan in the afternoon and we walked up together, Jilly sherlock met us on the summit   We were treated to a great inversion,which seemed poignant and then a lovely big moon too  Someone had been up and left some flowers too.... It was a lovely evening to be camped up high and reflect and remember  The morning started wet but was dry as we walked down to visit the cafe we all like in Coniston,Meadowdore Pictures before are from Jilly If anyone wants to make a donation,she wanted her collection to go to Coniston and Langdale mountain rescue teams or Cumbria Ore Mines Rescue 

MLD Duomid

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  Mountain Laurel Designs Duomid,my love for my Trailstar is well known and wont fade in time,nor will i rush on to leave it for the new kid on the block. But ! Id seen Matt Hollands duo and it looked very nice, so i begged a first refusal when he sold it.But late Dec 2014 saw me order the silnylon version,it only made one trip before Matt then decided to sell me his Cuben version,the Sill one sold in hours,so all was good Pics above are from a camp on the Arrochar Alps in Scotland  It landed at my house and was in its rightful element two days later,i was very impressed, took more pitching than the sill, but that soon went with practise  First camp in Cuben on Grey Friar and below on the Rosset pike ridge line Knoydart and below the 3 tarns pre storm camp This camp near 3 tarns was to be one of the worse storms my old Duomid took,think it kicked off around 4 pm..winds from several directions and swirling around the crags..mixed in w