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Ravenscar 8.7.12

pics by Les Atkinson (final two), Phil Trafford (seal) and Harry Whitehouse

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Why did the leader need an ice axe and a rope for a Sunday walk?  All will be revealed.

 


The rope comes into play to help strugglers up a shale bank from the beach...

(Close-up.  The axe was never unsheathed, so its purpose must remain a mystery.)

Bob Clutson nurses his ankle, in obedience to the first and fourth parts of Phil Trafford's authoritative mnemonic.
Rest Ice Compress Elevate.
So now you know.
UPDATE:  Two days later, Bob discovered that he had broken a bone in his ankle, and was facing six weeks in plaster.