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After arriving on the friday night we had dinner then set out on a night walk from Hawse End back to Derwent Hill, when it proceeded to absolutely lash it down.
Saturday morning dawned with more rain and after a cracking breakfast and some light naps (Chris)
We headed outside to do some orienteering in more rain which was really enjoyable (if very wet)
We then were fortunate enough to have a talk on what we could expect on Kilimanjaro by one of the course instructors who had done it the previous year.
This was really helpful and everyone in the group found something from the presentation and certainly gave us plenty to think about.
After some warmup teambuilding excercises we then went out to "the High Ropes" and set about challenging the Derwent Hill record of 16 milk crates.
Jackie getting ready
Getting a safety briefing before we went to the high ropes course
First view of the ropesAfter the safety briefing one aim - get the milk crates higher and higher
Nearly off....
Done record broken!!
Sunday saw us split into 2 groups and we headed out up to Haystacks - final resting place of Wainwright.
Weather was interesting with horizontal rain and sleet and I then decided I needed to invest in some waterproof trousers! Highlight was the flask of hot chocolate on top of Haystacks provided by one of the instructors and it was almost magical when we go to the top, as the rain stopped and the clouds parted for maybe 2 minutes to show us the view.
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