Joel
Thanks for putting a Subject in - I'm sorry that I forgot.
Yes, we could all go berserk with 25 tons of hurtling aluminium and titanium;
but they treat us for it you see. Now where did I put those pills... I can feel
a bad turn coming onnnnnnnn!
Only joking ;-). There's no treatment for persistent immaturity.
I have 2 months off in Jan/Feb, perhaps I'll try Hellvellyn if I'm feeling fit
enough - well done for your trek.
Chris
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Chris Barker
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>From: Joel Wilcox <jowilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [OM] Reveries over Yorkshire
>Date: 10 Nov 1999 04:27
>
> At 07:46 PM 11/9/1999 +0100, Chris you wrote:
>>Dear Zuiko Lovers
>>
>>I have decided to tell you part of today. It is a soppy tale
> snip
>> You may not know the area, but be assured that
>>Yorkshire is a lovely county in the north of England.
>>
>>Went flying today over Yorkshire and there was proof positive that God
> provides us with a a beautiful world.
>>
> snip
>>I do envy you Stateside Zs who are visiting Yosemite (prior to the Master
> Plan) and Zion, Arches and Bryce. But I treasure some of the flights
> during which, while carrying out training that I would be doing anyway, I
> and my nav see God's world in all its glory.
>>
>
>
> I've had the good fortune to spend some time in Yorkshire, and even on the
> ground it's a pretty nice bit of country.;-) Loved nearby Derbyshire as
> well.
>
> Best of all in my remembrance was hiking through the Lake District and up
> Helvelyn (sp?), which tops out at about 3000 ft or so I believe. It was a
> good trek. I learned somehow that Wordsworth had made the climb in his
> 70's. Altitude is not an issue, but it's not an easy, Dantesque switchback
> hike: rather, more or less straight from bottom to up. When I came to know
> Wordsworth's poetry, I could never dissociate those memories from his
> imagery or his thought. A photographer's poet. I felt my kindred spirits
> draw me in all across the north of England (which is more than I can say
> for the keepers of the hostels I frequented, oh well).
>
> No one in the UK need feel bested by any other scenery on the globe. And if
> you don't like the scenery in one place, you can simply go 20 miles and
> it's all different.
>
> Before I close, Chris, please promise us all that you'll not go berserk in
> the future. Sounds like you could do a lot of damage.<G>
>
> Joel Wilcox
> Iowa City, Iowa USA
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