TGO Challenge - in, in, in!! :-)

"Peewiglet" <[email hidden]> schreef in bericht
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Joy! As there were only 320 applicants for the 300 places, they've
decided to accept all the entries in the expectation of some natural
wastage between now and next May. How extremely exciting! :-)

Incidentally, on the website it invites people who might like to go to
submit names to a standby list. See http://www.tgochallenge.co.uk/ if
in any way interested.

Hehehehehehhe! :-)))

Best wishes,
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Congratulations ! Don't become wastage !

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Theo
www.theosphotos.fotopic.net
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On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 21:34:37 +0100, Peewiglet <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Joy! As there were only 320 applicants for the 300 places, they've
decided to accept all the entries in the expectation of some natural
wastage between now and next May. How extremely exciting! :-)

Incidentally, on the website it invites people who might like to go to
submit names to a standby list. See http://www.tgochallenge.co.uk/ if
in any way interested.

Hehehehehehhe! :-)))

Congrats....

Now settle back and enjoy your planning.

Good luck!

Richard Webb

On 21/10/04 9:34 pm, in article [email hidden],

Peewiglet said:

Joy! As there were only 320 applicants for the 300 places, they've
decided to accept all the entries in the expectation of some natural
wastage between now and next May. How extremely exciting! :-)

Incidentally, on the website it invites people who might like to go to
submit names to a standby list. See http://www.tgochallenge.co.uk/ if
in any way interested.

I feel quite jealous. Better get some good training in!

--
Andy Howell
Birmingham, UK

[email hidden] said...

Quoted message said:

Joy! As there were only 320 applicants for the 300 places, they've
decided to accept all the entries in the expectation of some natural
wastage between now and next May. How extremely exciting! :-)

Gulp! Llongyfarchiadau! (Congratulations!) Enjoy yourself
keeping fit and well between now and then - and make sure you're
not one of the 'wasted' ones. :-)
--
I try to be a good example to my children, but they just see me
as a dire warning.

(RJ Webb) said:

Congrats....

Now settle back and enjoy your planning.

Good luck!

Thank you v. much :-)

Best wishes,
--
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(**)PeeWiglet~~
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On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 21:18:04 GMT, Andy Howell

andy.howellNOSPAM@ecotrendDOTorgDOTuk said:

I feel quite jealous. Better get some good training in!

Absolutely! I'd decided not to go away this w/e as the forecast is
penc again and my bum's still sore from fighting tussocks through the
mattress last weekend, but now I'm wondering whether to go after all!

Best wishes,
--
,,
(**)PeeWiglet~~
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Fran said:

Gulp! Llongyfarchiadau!

Wow, what a word!

Quoted message said:

(Congratulations!) Enjoy yourself
keeping fit and well between now and then - and make sure you're
not one of the 'wasted' ones. :-)

Thank you :-) I'm hoping to have my little feet all toughened up and
ready to go, so's they're not sore like they were this time.

Heheheheehe!

Best wishes,
--
,,
(**)PeeWiglet~~
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Peewiglet said:

On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 21:18:04 GMT, Andy Howell
<andy.howellNOSPAM@ecotrendDOTorgDOTuk> wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I feel quite jealous. Better get some good training in!

Quoted message said:

Absolutely! I'd decided not to go away this w/e as the forecast is
penc again and my bum's still sore from fighting tussocks through the
mattress last weekend, but now I'm wondering whether to go after all!

Well, sounds like you shouldn't go with this Tussocks person, whoever
he is.
--
Chris Malcolm [email hidden] +44 (0)131 651 3445 DoD #205
IPAB, Informatics, JCMB, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK
[http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/]

In article <[email hidden]>, Peewiglet
<[email hidden]> writes

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On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 21:18:04 GMT, Andy Howell

andy.howellNOSPAM@ecotrendDOTorgDOTuk said:

I feel quite jealous. Better get some good training in!

Absolutely! I'd decided not to go away this w/e as the forecast is
penc again and my bum's still sore from fighting tussocks through the
mattress last weekend, but now I'm wondering whether to go after all!

Have you used that Balloon Bed in anger yet Ms Gear-Junky junkie?

--

Dominic Sexton
http://www.dscs.demon.co.uk/

"Peewiglet" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Joy! As there were only 320 applicants for the 300 places, they've
decided to accept all the entries in the expectation of some natural
wastage between now and next May. How extremely exciting! :-)
(**)PeeWiglet~~

I was looking forward to the letter from Roger Smith saying "Dear Gordon,
Welcome to GOC26" but you've gone and pre-empted it!
Ah well, congrats anyway. Enjoy the experience. May see you somewhere
along the trail.
Cheers!
Gordon.

In message <[email hidden]>, Peewiglet
<[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

Joy! As there were only 320 applicants for the 300 places, they've
decided to accept all the entries in the expectation of some natural
wastage between now and next May. How extremely exciting! :-)

Incidentally, on the website it invites people who might like to go to
submit names to a standby list. See http://www.tgochallenge.co.uk/ if
in any way interested.

Hehehehehehhe! :-)))

Well congratulations and enjoy it, but the whole idea rather puzzles me.

If you don't get on why not just go there, do it and (admittedly) fail
to get the teeshirt. You could even have a teeshirt printed yourself..

--
Michael Farthing
Aardvark Ltd

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Well congratulations and enjoy it, but the whole idea rather puzzles me.
If you don't get on why not just go there, do it and (admittedly) fail
to get the teeshirt. You could even have a teeshirt printed yourself..
Michael Farthing
Aardvark Ltd

That's alright if you're a bit of a loner. But the Challenge is a social
event too. It becomes something of a club as you make more and more new
friends over the years, enjoying a pint with them in the pub, bantering in
remote bothies, bedding down in bunkhouses, giving advice or help to
newcomers along the way and sharing experiences at the Park Hotel when it's
all over. Believe me, it becomes quite addictive. The T-shirt is just
something clean to wear on the train journey home.
Cheers!
Gordon.

On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 21:34:37 +0100, Peewiglet <[email hidden]>

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Joy! As there were only 320 applicants for the 300 places, they've
decided to accept all the entries

N1 pw!!

SteveO

NE Climbers & walkers chat forum;
http://www.thenmc.org.uk/phpBB2/index.php

NMC website: http://www.thenmc.org.uk

In message <[email hidden]>, Runningfox
<[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Well congratulations and enjoy it, but the whole idea rather puzzles me.
If you don't get on why not just go there, do it and (admittedly) fail
to get the teeshirt. You could even have a teeshirt printed yourself..
Michael Farthing
Aardvark Ltd

That's alright if you're a bit of a loner. But the Challenge is a social
event too. It becomes something of a club as you make more and more new
friends over the years, enjoying a pint with them in the pub, bantering in
remote bothies, bedding down in bunkhouses, giving advice or help to
newcomers along the way and sharing experiences at the Park Hotel when it's
all over. Believe me, it becomes quite addictive. The T-shirt is just
something clean to wear on the train journey home.
Cheers!
Gordon.

Yes, I see. I've experienced something similar with the Coast to Coast,
where a camaradie soon builds up with the others doing it in sync with
you. But I think I've actually changed, and indeed at heart I am a
loner, at least during the walking. The pint in the pub with others
still attracts, but even that not as much as spending the night alone in
the hills.

--
Michael Farthing
Aardvark Ltd

"Michael Farthing" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
The pint in the pub with others

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still attracts, but even that not as much as spending the night alone in
the hills.
Michael Farthing
Aardvark Ltd

Indeed. There's nothing I like better than being alone in the hills in my
wee tent for in spite of all I said I only met two other Challengers
throughout the whole crossing this year. But I speak for the majority. A
lot of Challengers derive a great deal of pleasure sharing their evenings
with other like-minded people at various stages of the crossing -
particularly at the halfway point at the so-called 'Braemar Gathering'. And
for first timers in particular it's re-assuring to know there are old
stagers around to offer advise, help or moral support if the need arises.
Cheers!
Gordon

On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 12:31:10 GMT, "Runningfox" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Well congratulations and enjoy it, but the whole idea rather puzzles me.
If you don't get on why not just go there, do it and (admittedly) fail
to get the teeshirt. You could even have a teeshirt printed yourself..
Michael Farthing
Aardvark Ltd

That's alright if you're a bit of a loner.

Speaking as one who has done an independant crossing, the support and
benefits from the challenge are useful. Also if you havent spent years
memorising where all the bridges are etc... and spend little time in
the Highlands the route vetting is a godsend.

Richard Webb

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Fran said:

Gulp! Llongyfarchiadau!

Wow, what a word!

Wonderful, isn't it. It's one of my favourites, along with
llyfrgell (library) and others.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

(Congratulations!) Enjoy yourself
keeping fit and well between now and then - and make sure you're
not one of the 'wasted' ones. :-)

Thank you :-) I'm hoping to have my little feet all toughened up and
ready to go, so's they're not sore like they were this time.

You could always try suing TGO I suppose... ;-)
--
I try to be a good example to my children, but they just see me
as a dire warning.

On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 08:22:41 +0000 (UTC), [email hidden] (Chris

Malcolm) said:

Peewiglet said:

On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 21:18:04 GMT, Andy Howell
<andy.howellNOSPAM@ecotrendDOTorgDOTuk> wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I feel quite jealous. Better get some good training in!

Quoted message said:

Absolutely! I'd decided not to go away this w/e as the forecast is
penc again and my bum's still sore from fighting tussocks through the
mattress last weekend, but now I'm wondering whether to go after all!

Well, sounds like you shouldn't go with this Tussocks person, whoever
he is.

:-)

Best wishes,
--
,,
(**)PeeWiglet~~
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Dominic Sexton said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I feel quite jealous. Better get some good training in!

Absolutely! I'd decided not to go away this w/e as the forecast is
penc again and my bum's still sore from fighting tussocks through the
mattress last weekend, but now I'm wondering whether to go after all!

Have you used that Balloon Bed in anger yet Ms Gear-Junky junkie?

Erm...

<wriggle, wriggle...>

Soon!

It's just that blowing up those balloons seems like such hard work!
D'you wanna try it? Just say the word and I'll send it along with a
big supply of balloons. I laid in a supply for the whole Pennine Way!
:-) (Seriously, let me know if you'd like to try it - I'll happily
send it.)

Best wishes,
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(**)PeeWiglet~~
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