Posted by Ian E-N on October 22, 2000 at 19:18:36 from 195.147.216.28:
In Reply to: Re: Pigeon Post Observations (not "oddities...") posted by andy bolger on October 22, 2000 at 10:03:01:
> climbers thrutch up chimneys i.e cracks in the rock just
>about wide enough to insert one's body into
and thus used even more by us cavers
[ derivation]
with connotations of squeezing/pressing/cheese making. c.f. "the cheese press" squeeze in Long Churn cave.
>I've always assumed that Dundale was the Duddon Valley
> also known as Dunnerdale
reached by Ransome from Coniston by the Walna Scar Road.
( camp at Turner Hall Farm, eat well and drink fine ale at The New Fields Inn, look at the water buffalo and Dark Angels at Wallowbarrow )
Ian