Photo Archive for 2009
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- Thames Valley starters at the Wessex 100 - 23 May 2009
- Linda's Trip to Morocco - May 2009
- The Oxon 40/20 - 2 May 2009
- 20-23 March 2009 - Snowdonia Weekend
- A Recce of the 40 - 4 Jan 2009
| Thames Valley starters at the Wessex 100 - 23 May 2009. Photos by Yvette Burnell | ||
| All these photos featuring the Thames Valley participants in the Wessex 100 were taken before the start at Eggars School, Alton, Hants. | ||
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| Linda's Trip to Morocco |
Linda organised a trip to the High Atlas mountains in Morocco, trekking away from the usual tourist areas with the help of local guides and a mule or two. The high point (literally) of the journey was the ascent of Jbel Toubkal (4167m), the highest mountain in the Atlas and in North Africa.
| Photos by Steve Singleton | ||
 View over the Ourika Valley |
 The High Atlas mountains from the Oukameden Plateau |
 Crossing the col of Tizi n'Taccheddirt - Anushka, Barry, Linda, Steve, Duncan, Wim |
 View up the valley from near Aroumd |
 Down the valley from near Aroumd |
 Moroccan 4x4 luggage transport |
 Approaching the summit of Toubkal |
 Toubkal summit view 1 |
 Toubkal summit view 2 |
 Group summit photo - Barry, Linda, Anushka, Duncan, Steve |
 Toubkal summit view 3 |
 Looking to Toubkal West from Toubkal summit ridge |
| Photos by Anushka Howell | ||
 The journey begins |
 Four-leg drive |
 Berber village |
 Hamman bathroom inspection |
 Bedtime |
 Morning in Berber village |
 Cypress |
 Cypress 2 |
 "How much do I have to carry?" |
 Mule passage |
 Lunch stop (humans) |
 Lunch stop (mules) |
 Dining de luxe |
 Toubkal refuge - base camp |
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| Photos by Duncan MacGregor | ||
 Action picture 1 |
 Action picture 2 |
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| The Oxon 40/20 - 2 May 2009. Photos by Tony Turton | ||
 Early morning calm at Henley HQ |
 The check-in desk |
 40-milers gathering for a 7 o'clock start |
 Quick off the mark |
 Only 40 miles to go |
 No need to rush |
 20-milers' start, 8 o'clock |
 Pre-start briefing |
 They're off! |
 ... and so are they ... |
 ... and them too. |
 Ivan in Mission Control (No problem here, Houston) |
 Laid back entry desk |
 Runners' start at 9.30 |
 Roadside repairs (Stoke Row CP) |
 There's more food inside |
 Steve wondering where all the food went |
 A walker shows Yvette how to pour water without spilling it |
 Martin looks on as Michael, clipper at the ready, looks anxiously for the next entrant |
 A moment of tranquillity in the spring woods at Swyncombe Down CP |
 Hilary Farren - first arrival at Sonning Common CP |
 Back at the finish |
 Happy customers for the catering team |
 Is it pain or pleasure? |
 Definitely pleasure! |
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| Snowdonia Weekend - 20-23 March 2009 |
Nick and Gerry announced they would lead a weekend’s walking in Snowdonia and painted such an exciting picture of what would happen they soon had a full complement of eager participants.
To ensure everything went well they checked and re-checked the weather forecasts, went to recce the walks and also sorted out locations for our evening meals. As a result everyone set out on the Friday with plenty of sun cream and in high spirits believing nothing could go wrong. We met the first evening in the local pub for a meal and spent much of the time discussing whether or not to wear shorts the following day. Following Nick’s advice that although sunny and reasonably warm at ground level there might be a slight breeze higher up all except Nicole opted for trousers.
We set off on Saturday in pleasant sunshine for our Snowdon Horseshoe walk and enjoyed perfect walking weather until around 2000 feet when the clouds descended and we walked in mist, poor visibility and cold for the next few hours. Paul’s summit group photo must have been taken with a wonderful camera as it was able to pierce the mist and produce clear pictures. Despite the weather, it was a great day with a lot of camaraderie culminating later that evening with a communal meal at the Ty Gwyn. The only downside was Gerry badly twisted his ankle and was unable to walk for the rest of the weekend.
This had a potentially serious impact because Gerry was the route expert and on Sunday we were due to walk over Tryfan and onto the Glyders. Fortunately Steve was with us and was able to step into the breech and, with Nick, lead us through the mist and gloom so that at lunchtime we could all enjoy the whisky and port which Linda had secretly brought with her to celebrate Mothers’ Day. Never have so many men been willing to volunteer as honorary mothers! So another good day despite the weather again rounded off with a well organised communal meal this time in the Pont y Pair.
After 2 days of dodgy weather the forecast for Monday was more of the same but worse. As a result the walking plan was amended and a low level alternative devised. Just as well as the rain came down in straight lines enabling Nick to empty a pint of water out of his boots when we arrived at the Pinnacle cafe.
So what of the weekend? On a scale of 0-10 I suppose the weather gets about 4, the walks despite the weather about 7, but the friendship and evenings a 10. Thanks to both Gerry and Nick for planning the weekend and for their efforts in ensuring its success.
Chris Lloyd
Here are some pictures from the trip. The first six are from Paul. Nic has put a large set on Flickr which you can see here: I've chosen four for this page. Chris has added some of his photos to Nic's Flickr set including the picture of some of the group which I've copied here.
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| A Recce of the 40 - 4 Jan 2009. Photo by Paul Lawrence | ||
 A Frosty Day in the Chilterns |
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