Scafell pike

[mel b 2,509]

23 minutes ago, waltjnr said:

Can't tell if your if your being truthful about bin men ???

I was being truthful mate.

When I was training for the three peaks , I did snowdon with a few other lads, that were experienced hill walkers . I wore my council steel capped boots , and I put two pairs of socks on , as it was going to be quite a long walk( everyone else was wearing £250 boots , and £30 socks ) . I was talking to my mate about it on Monday morning,  and I was saying that I thought it would be much harder .  He said when he'd come to work for the council , he realised that theirs fit , and theirs binman fit .

Old school binmen were conditioned to just keep walking , whatever the conditions. 

He always reckoned that you wouldn't dream of expecting a young soldier to do 15 miles every day before they'd even had breakfast , because you'll just damage them.

On the other side of the coin . Some of the old lads , that had been at it since leaving school , were needing , hip , knee , shoulder , replacements , by the time they were 40 years old , as they were f****d to the point of being disabled . A few of the lads came back to work after the replacements , but the new joints would only last six months , and the hospital wouldn't replace them again( you cant blame them). , so the guys would quite often get pensioned off. 

These days , the council only use agency binmen , so as soon as they're f****d , the council just gets rid of them.

[lurcherman 887 13,185]

Enjoy mate, I done k2 last week f****n mega. 
 

stay safe. 

[waltjnr 6,860]

1 hour ago, lurcherman 887 said:

Enjoy mate, I done k2 last week f****n mega. 
 

stay safe. 

2 laps of the res ? 

[waltjnr 6,860]

3 hours ago, mel b said:

I was being truthful mate.

When I was training for the three peaks , I did snowdon with a few other lads, that were experienced hill walkers . I wore my council steel capped boots , and I put two pairs of socks on , as it was going to be quite a long walk( everyone else was wearing £250 boots , and £30 socks ) . I was talking to my mate about it on Monday morning,  and I was saying that I thought it would be much harder .  He said when he'd come to work for the council , he realised that theirs fit , and theirs binman fit .

Old school binmen were conditioned to just keep walking , whatever the conditions. 

He always reckoned that you wouldn't dream of expecting a young soldier to do 15 miles every day before they'd even had breakfast , because you'll just damage them.

On the other side of the coin . Some of the old lads , that had been at it since leaving school , were needing , hip , knee , shoulder , replacements , by the time they were 40 years old , as they were f****d to the point of being disabled . A few of the lads came back to work after the replacements , but the new joints would only last six months , and the hospital wouldn't replace them again( you cant blame them). , so the guys would quite often get pensioned off. 

These days , the council only use agency binmen , so as soon as they're f****d , the council just gets rid of them.

Probably many a labourer keeping 4 brickies loaded out with muck and bricks /blocks fitter than your average squaddie

[Bush Rummager 4,745]

Well that's that done! All went to plan. Even set off walking 2 minutes earlier than I expected! Lol. Drove 354 mile. A longish day but well worth it. The bath is running and I'm diving in it!!

[lurcherman 887 13,185]

6 hours ago, waltjnr said:

2 laps of the res ? 

2.5!

[tatsblisters 9,978]

17 hours ago, mel b said:

That's true enough Walt,  some folk are just amazing mate.

An old boss/mate of mine , used to do snowdon as part of a marathon that he did every year.   Snowdon was the last few miles.

He'd spent most of his life in the army( staff sgt , rmp) , and marathon running was his passion.  He always said that he was amazed that binmen were fitter than young soldiers . 

Remember an old mate telling me when he worked on the bins for the council in the 70s which back then was easy to get set on due to lads giving it a go and some not lasting a day never mind a week. All the job's I have had have mostly been physically demanding even the job i do know sorting parcels and with a walk out in the mornings before I start work in the afternoon most days i clock up over 30 thousand steps though i curse it with the aches and pain's i get its probably a benefit to me keeping me reasonably fit for a 64 year old especially when I see the state of some lads I went to school with at the same age. 

[mel b 2,509]

1 hour ago, tatsblisters said:

Remember an old mate telling me when he worked on the bins for the council in the 70s which back then was easy to get set on due to lads giving it a go and some not lasting a day never mind a week. All the job's I have had have mostly been physically demanding even the job i do know sorting parcels and with a walk out in the mornings before I start work in the afternoon most days i clock up over 30 thousand steps though i curse it with the aches and pain's i get its probably a benefit to me keeping me reasonably fit for a 64 year old especially when I see the state of some lads I went to school with at the same age. 

30,000 steps is a tidy walk tats , you're certainly covering some ground mate.

I'm no fitness expert,  but I'd say that it's really good for you , right up to the point that you go a bit too far .

I watched an old fella one day. He was on the woodland next to ours in Wales,  and he was setting up part of a course for a trial bike event . He was using a chainsaw , and moving huge logs and rocks around .

I made the old guy and his mate a brew , and I was talking to the younger fella about the old lad , and how hard he was grafting , the young lad said , I know , you'd never guess that he was 85 . I couldn't feckin believe it . He was going at it like a 20yr old.

Doing something you enjoy , certainly keeps you young mate. 

[Greyman 28,651]

5 hours ago, tatsblisters said:

Remember an old mate telling me when he worked on the bins for the council in the 70s which back then was easy to get set on due to lads giving it a go and some not lasting a day never mind a week. All the job's I have had have mostly been physically demanding even the job i do know sorting parcels and with a walk out in the mornings before I start work in the afternoon most days i clock up over 30 thousand steps though i curse it with the aches and pain's i get its probably a benefit to me keeping me reasonably fit for a 64 year old especially when I see the state of some lads I went to school with at the same age. 

The younger generation are pretty f****d I had a lad in his early 40s working in the home and we got locked out in the secure courtyard, I said not a problem we can just walk round and hop the gate, it was quite embarrassing watching someone 20+ years my junior floundering about for 10 mins trying to climb a 6 ft gate which I hopped in two mins they are either full of energy drinks and Macy’s or pumped right up on the juice covered in tats looking like peacocks but pretty useless either way, don’t we sound like our dads lol 

[WILF 47,243]

Sherpa Tenzing was on the dust…..a little know historical fact !

[Bush Rummager 4,745]

I'd strongly recommend going up from the Wasdale side if ever us lot off here get the opportunity to do Scarfell. It's a much more straightforward and direct route. Only just over 5 miles total there and back. I went up from Seathwaite and put a loop in around some tops to add some different terrain and spice it up a bit. Make it a bit more challenging and worthwhile for travelling up for. Got no summit views whatsoever. It was a bit underwhelming if I'm honest. I've no idea what the temperature was up there, especially with the wind chill. It was absolutely freezing! I already had my 'big' gloves on but I could feel my fingers starting to go! 

This boulder field was a good 400 metres long. The rocks had a covering of ice making it lethal. I only fell down about 300 times! Lol..

That's a work mate that came with me.

Up there somewhere!

No idea why he took his hat off!! Lol..

 

[Bush Rummager 4,745]

Didn't take many pics to be honest. Too cold to be messing about taking the gloves off.

This is the feature thing on the summit. A rare, and I mean very rare, glimpse of blue sky.

This little climb here is called the 'bad step'. It's on the corridor route so if you come up from Wasdale you avoid it. It's nothing too major but probably out of some people's comfort zones. I like the arrow that's been etched on there. Probably by the Mountain rescue people. Very handy!

[mackem 26,859]

4 minutes ago, Bush Rummager said:

Didn't take many pics to be honest. Too cold to be messing about taking the gloves off.

I was up a hill a few weeks back,higher elevation than any english peak,but no rocks,I underestimated the cold,took my gloves off for a minute and I could feel the intense pain in my fingers,I think it was -30 with windchill,not the sort of environment to mess around.

[Bush Rummager 4,745]

This is Piers Gill. Apparently alot of people decending on the corridor route mistake this for the path down. The actual path goes off to the side at 90 degrees and is easily missed. When people go down this gill they get stuck at the bottom and can't climb back up the shale or climb up out of the steep sides. A few have died in there over the years. 

I didn't get a pic yesterday so this is one off Google.. Nasty!!

4 people have died in there over the last 8 years!

Scafell Pike signage to warn of treacherous ravine blackspot - BBC News

Scafell Pike signage to warn of treacherous ravine blackspot - BBC News

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

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Signage will be built on England's highest mountain, warning visitors of the descent via Piers...

Again.. this is avoided if you come up from Wasdale! 

I'm no expert at all. But that's about all I can tell you!! Lol..

[Bush Rummager 4,745]

8 minutes ago, mackem said:

I was up a hill a few weeks back,higher elevation than any english peak,but no rocks,I underestimated the cold,took my gloves off for a minute and I could feel the intense pain in my fingers,I think it was -30 with windchill,not the sort of environment to mess around.

Absolutely not mate. I don't mind admitting it, but I do feel the cold. Especially in the fingers. 30 years of using power tools and or inheriting circulation problems. Who knows. It is what it is though as they say!!