CUHWC Edale Trip (15th October 2006)

This was my fourth freshers’ trip to Edale in the Peak District (and my last as an undergraduate). Michael and I led a group on a route I hadn’t taken before, ascending Grinds Brook then crossing the Kinder plateau and following its northern edge before descending past the reservoir to Hayfield. I also enjoyed the journey there and half way back in Gordon’s car (before switching to the coach to save him the 20 mile drive from Fen Drayton to Cambridge and back)!

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Westminster College (1st October 2006)

This year my room is in Westminster College – it’s just off the Queen’s Road / Madingley Road mini-roundabout for anyone who wasn’t sure. Renovation of some staircases in Christ’s during the Bradwell’s Court redevelopment meant they had to look elsewhere for fourth-year accommodation. Here are a few photos of the College and my room, taken the morning after I moved in.

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CUHWC Unofficial Colorado Trip (14th-26th September 2006)

For this year’s summer trip (well, one of this year’s summer trips!) five of us flew out (and Emily drove) to the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. Emily’s mum’s Suburban provided spacious, luxurious, 4×4 transportation. After a day in Denver, we visited and camped in Rocky Mountain National Park, the Elk Mountains, and then Leadville. Snow on the ground meant that our walks were a bit different to what we’d planned, but gave lots of fantastic views. Then it decided to snow properly, with two feet falling on the mountains, and a foot in the valleys, over a couple of nights! We therefore moved to warmer accommodation at a condo Emily’s parents had rented in Breckenridge, and did some exciting winter walks including, for four of us, Quandary Peak (a fourteener!).

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The group below Maroon Bells: Emily, Jonny, Ruth, Gordon and Alex

Dartmoor and the Cornish Coast (5th & 9th September 2006)

Ruth and I went for a couple of local walks in preparation for the upcoming trip to Colorado: one on Dartmoor and one on the North Cornwall coast.

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Two walks in the Dark Peak (27th-28th August 2006)

A couple of friends from the Hillwalking Club joined me over the bank holiday weekend for two walks in the Dark Peak. On Sunday, I walked with Alex and Simon, doing a long, boggy ridge walk starting and finishing near Howden Reservoir in the upper Derwent valley. On Monday, it was just Alex and me for a walk around Ladybower Reservoir, including more classic Peak District edges.

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Family day out in Matlock Bath (20th August 2006)

I met up with my uncle Jonathan and his family for a day out in the Matlock Bath area, including meeting my cousin Xavier for the first time. We took the cable car up to the Heights of Abraham and visited a mining museum in the town. Then we went to Haddon Hall, where, by pure coincidence, we met my uncle Michael and his family, on holiday from their home in Dorset!

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Xavier, Jonathan, Bethany and Julie at Haddon Hall

Walk west of Buxton (12th August 2006)

This week’s walk was a circular route from Buxton, exploring some moorland to the west and north of the town. There were some fine views to enjoy and the weather stayed dry despite some ominous-looking clouds!

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Circular walk from Bakewell (5th August 2006)

I did another fairly long Saturday walk in the White Peak, this time starting and ending in Bakewell. The highlight was a series of interconnected dales northwest of Bakewell: Deep Dale, Monsal Dale, Upperdale and Cressbrook Dale.

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Monsal Dale, and its viaduct, from Monsal Head

Walk from Buxton to Matlock (29th July 2006)

I made a day trip to the Peak District by bus, for a long-ish walk from Buxton to Matlock. My route took me along parts of the Midshires Way and Limestone Way, and passed scenic locations including Deep Dale, Lathkill Dale and Robin Hood’s Stride.

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CUBB Barbecue at Chris’s house (15th July 2006)

While his parents were away on holiday, Chris invited the band to his house in Grove (near Wantage, in Oxfordshire) for a barbecue. Only seven of us actually attended, however. As well as the barbecue itself, we enjoyed driving trains around Chris’s garden (and this seems to have been the subject of most of my photos!).

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Derby (8th July 2006)

Two weeks into my summer internship at Rolls-Royce, I spent a Saturday afternoon exploring Derby, including the Cathedral, riverside, and Markeaton Park.

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CUBB: May Week (20th-23rd June 2006)

The band met for numerous events in May Week – here are a few photos of a punting trip along the Backs, curry at the Kohinoor, and Wolfson June Event.

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Wolfson June Event. The first of many rides on the dodgems

CUHWC: Emily’s last day in Cambridge (23rd June 2006)

A few hillwalkers decided to make the most of Emily’s last full day in Cambridge, starting with an uncomfortable night in Alison’s very own bunkhouse! This was followed by sunrise-watching on Castle Mound (no photos), a trip to the University Library (again, no photos), punting along the Backs, and fajitas in Alison’s kitchen.

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Ruth, Alison and Emily in a punt near Magdalene

Walk and Barbecue in Fen Drayton (19th June 2006)

Gordon invited the hillwalkers to visit his house in Fen Drayton for an afternoon walk around the surrounding fens and nature reserve, and a barbecue in the evening.

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CUHWC Garden Party and Punting (17th June 2006)

This year’s CUHWC Garden Party was held at Newnham and was followed, as usual, by night-punting to Grantchester and a barbecue on the meadows.

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A group photo by the fountain in Newnham gardens

CUHWC Glenridding Trip (9th-15th June 2006)

A few hours after handing in my third-year project reports, I was off to the Lake District for five days of fantastic walking. We stayed in the Gillside Farm bunkhouse in Glenridding, and climbed most of the hills in the surrounding Eastern and Far Eastern Fells, boosting my Wainwright count to 161!

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Alex and Emily on Froswick, with Caudale Moor and Thornthwaite Crag behind

Little Barford Power Station (1st June 2006)

As part of the third-year ‘Advanced Cycle Power Generation’ project, we went on an afternoon trip to Little Barford Combined Cycle Power Station, near St Neots.

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Little Barford Power Station from the footbridge linking the two halves of the site

CUHWC Stiperstones Trip (14th May 2006)

Having finished my exams the previous afternoon, I enjoyed a relaxing day trip to Stiperstones in Shropshire. We walked along the main Stiperstones ridge, returning at lower level and having a pub dinner in Stiperstones village before the journey back to Cambridge.

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CUBB Annual Dinner 2006 (29th April 2006)

This year’s Brass Band Annual Dinner was held at Churchill College, with pre- and post-dinner drinks in the college bar. Unfortunately being midway through my exams meant that I couldn’t/didn’t stay too late, but it was a good evening nevertheless!

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Buttermere and Keswick (24th-28th March 2006)

I took a long weekend off from revision for a Wainwright-bagging trip to the Lake District with Michael (throughout) and Dave (for the first two days). Wet and windy weather wasn’t ideal for camping but didn’t prevent us from bagging 18 new summits in the Western, North-western and Northern Fells!

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