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Talisman

Cian — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:15:17 +0000

She turned me into a toad in the valley of fire. You know howe bad that is right. How to fight the ice queen as a toad with no objects. Damn.

Comrie, UK Trip 2010

Cian — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:17:39 +0000

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Edinburgh, UK Trip 2010

Cian — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:15:19 +0000

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Via Ferrata

Cian — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:07:50 +0000

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Ambleside

Cian — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:29:50 +0000

Ambleside is in the heart of the lake district. Its a small town that is mostly for tourists and weekend warriors.

Starting to check in at lakes lodge, we were off to a bad start. They could not find the booking from ebookers.com….and they were full. They called their parent, the Ramada, and eventually they found the booking. Apologizing, they told us the only room available was the 600 sq ft executive. Darn.

The adventure really started when we met one of Bonnie’s livejournal friends Cathy. We all decided to go on a tour of a slate mine called Honister near Keswick. It was still raining. A lot. While on the miner tour we found out about something called the Via Feratta. Instantly we all decided to do it. It basically ended up being a climb up the face of the mountain using clip lines and iron rungs that were drilled into the shear rock. We climbed through waterfalls and over lots of wet rock that was pretty dodgy at times. Then a zip line across a gorge and more climbing. All in all one of the best experiences I’ve had, even though we were soaked through.

Nice view of london

Cian — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:12:18 +0000

Found a random park with a view

Catchup

Cian — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:16:35 +0000

So I’ve been a little delinquent with posting because we didn’t really have much internet access in comrie, and we were way too busy in the lake district. And too wet.

I’ll start back in Comrie. The first day there we started with a bunch of geocaching in the area. The Comrie croft had actually hidden a bunch of their own so we just did it while we waited for our….uh…”tent” to be ready. Just checking now and I don’t seem to have any pictures of it. It was more of a teepee with a very small stove in it.

Simon then picked us up and we started the real adventure. We ended up doing a lot more geocaching, and he showed us a bunch of historic sites, including standing stones.

At one point we were looking around a nuclear bunker and found a building that had a big red shiny button….i pushed it but nothing happened because I didn’t have the key There was some interesting writing on the walls, and some prison cells lined with what once was electric windows.

After a few days of wandering it started to rain. That’s when we broke out talisman…we played it a total of 12 hours or so over the next two days. We even managed to break the game by causing an infinite loop. For a board game that’s pretty impressive.

Then goodbyes and the train to Ambleside.

Hotel Mixup

Cian — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:14:49 +0000

Due to a booking mix up at the lakes lodge we ended up getting an executive suite at the Regent Hotel in Ambleside! Very nice after basically camping for a week. Oh how I love air jets in my bath

This sign rocks

Cian — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:55:46 +0000

Yay tourist towns! So far the lake district is awesome.

Travel day

Cian — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:53:26 +0000

After a week in Comrie we are off to the Lake District. Now the real fun begins!! Traveling by train is really nice, they are so organized, and comfortable.