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Be ete 0) es a TIM, aa WPtibie:: in the series co Miss Margaret Laundy, The Lake District in ine North week is one of England's beauty spots - between the rain dropsithat is, For,of the week we were there not' one day did the skies fail to open at one time or another, The cottages here were stone with slate roofs, partly' due to: the heavy rainfall and partly because the: hills wore full of slate quarries, The district is ideal for a walking holiday as the lakes are small, villages dotted within several miles of each other and footpaths galore, It was necessary to learn a completely new vocabularly for small mount- ains were known.as "fells", small lakes as "Carns", mountain streams as "forces" and so on, We made our, headquarters at Amble-- side and the evening of our arrival took.a walk to,.the top of the "Pike", a fell.over- looking the town and so steep that. we had to go up zig zag style. Near.the top we met four long haired sheep - momma, poppa and two kids with black faces... As we attempted to get close enough to make their acquaint+ ance off, they scooted,: and we, not.being nearly so sure, footed at that steep angle decided not to, kesp.up the chase, The even- ing air was'fresh after the days rain.and, the view peaceful, + te the east. glossy Lake "indemere, to the west the green: Ambleside Valley with a decp pass running: off at an angle, The village directly at our:feet was already dark*cut off from the setting sun by the high fells,;, While the chino of he town clock floated:up: to us. 'In the yillage church yard at Ganenine is the grave of William Wordsworth: and near- by the setting for his immortal "Daffodils", One of our longest treks we took.,leaving the Lake District - an & mile hike, packs and all through the Kirkstone Pass. -.3.miles zig zagging up (the double S had nothing on shis), the. fells,on either side-w re treeless and very stoney with many forces careening down from great heights. joining in. fast flowing streams along the roadside. The sheep had a busy time trying to get a good sguare meal from the sparse grass, . Near the top we ran into a heavy mist which: completely obliterated the view, turning into a heavy rain which continued for the rest of the hike soaking us right through. After four miles, my shoes already on the verge of capsizing developed a slow leak which rapidly developed into a fast one with a scuish- squash musical accompaniment at each step, We arrived at the hostel in Patterdale late (cont. on next col.) just weren't up to walking it. "aS luck would have it, . the heavy snow, att Edinburgh. : Page A TRIP TO EUROPS (cont.) net Sa tome in the afternoon, tired and wet, only to find that it was full so we had to take a bus 12 miles further to the next one. We However on the bus we met a Canadian who had lived in England more than 15 years (and was really much more English than Canadian) who most graciously disregarded our drowned rat appearances and invited us to a delicious chicken dinner at his hotel tkat evening, Talk _ about a morale builder, Heading north to Carlisle we crossed the Scottish border to Dumfries renowned to all Scotsmen as the home of Bobby Burns. The next day we rode with a lorry driver to the Devil's Beef Tub, a deep narrow valley surrounded by high grassy hills. We got out at the top to have a-look down a 1500 foot almost sheer drop: downto the grazing sheep below, It was dotted with stone folds used by the shepherds to_ protect their flecks in winter: against: Driving in this aréa was quite. a slow and dangérous process. for ° 'theres were no fences dlong the 'roadside and sheep meandered across the road at their leisure aften bringing traffic to a stand still, No amount of' 'honking would make them 'change their course: or 'move. more quidkly; At 3:30 that. afternoon we arrived: wie pea MEN'S 'CORLING DRAW' 3 Fri .Mar.5th-6:45 Ice Allen vs MeInnis ~ oes 825" 65 #2 Icé' Sinkins vs Welling: 9:00 #1 Icé J,MacDonall"vs Olse* 9:00 #2 Ice Duauette vs Marsh Sat.Mar.6th-1:00 #1 I¢e Baillie vs Farrov 1:00 #2 Haughn vs McLeod 3:00 #1 Ice- Ladies! -) 6)! - Es Ice Boudréau vs Olson "6:5 #1 Ice Ladies ° '45 #2 Ice Ross vs Haughn :00 #1 Ice Ostling vs Olsen 300: #2 Ice Craig vs J.MacDor. * thE * vf Oo © 3 dD poor oes #1 Ice Duquette vs Farr: 2 Ice Dodge vs Allen #1 Ice Sinkins vs McInnis #2 Ice'Latour vs Baillic '#1-Iee # Sun. Mar. 'Teh Mon.Mar. 8th- 2 Ice A.MacDonald vs Garv' -#1 Ice Craig vs Boudreau fe '6e Ostling vs J. 'MacDonald (adn, on page 5). BSURSS5S6 Se "S6FEOSOSS