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17This man has a distressing medical condition....The condition is dandruff.
The treatment is a trip to the hills with Super Droopers.
Slightly smelly with an orange underbelly.
Darlings! Angels! Herdwicks! Droopers!
Greetings all ye air-tight washers in the plumbing consortium that is Super Drooper!
If you couldn't make it over the sea to Dublin, the news is... we actually made it up some hills as well as tasting the local brew and partying almost all night. The lack of sheep in the Wicklow Hills is almost worth investigation...so that one over and done with, it's time for details of the next two calamitous adventures.
28th Feb. The courtesy of UEA Fell and Cave Trip to Bryn Hafod
For those who have never been to this utopian delight of a Mid Wales mountain hut, sheltered in the relatively untouristed side of Snowdonia, the Arran mountains, it's Ace (and a bit more). We have been trying to get a weekend in this hut as long as Super Droopers have been in existence, and thus we have Mr. Roy Middleton Msc to thank for arranging a hut share with Fell n' Cave.
The downside/upside is... there will be some beds but most Droopers will need to sleep in tents around the back... If you want to come please get in touch with Steve.
The hut is in a dead end valley, 15 mins walk up a track (don't drive up it or the Sons of Glendower will block you in with a JCB). From the M54: drive Shrewsbury - Welshpool - towards Dogellau and turn right at the village of Dinas Mawddwy, then take the second lane junction (the road to Bryn Hafod). Park on some boggy ground near the farm at the end...Alternatively find it on the Cadair Idris OS Map (can't give a grid ref now coz we've not got the map in front of us).
See you up Brown Pants Gully (well maybe not).
Easter Skiing Trip to Stranda, Norway.... where the skiing is miles better than the Alps or even Tamworth.
This is by invitation of Land Fjellsportsgruppe (Erik and his mates all dead good skiers but that's life) from lumberjacks paradise (the small town of Dokka, north of Oslo). Last year we had deep powder snow, no lift queues, and even some sunshine. The skiing and snowboarding was excellent as was the ice climbing and the illegal whisky drinking in public. We had to sleep in tents and an igloo too but it all added up to a classic doss. This year we aim to be a bit more organized so that the expense will be cut to a minimum.
There are three ways of getting there:
Accommodation this time will be a specially converted tent, with extra warm floor, so bring your own Mega warm sleeping bag, and karrimat, air bed or reindeer skins. Alternatively you could build your own igloo.
We will be doing all the Scandinavian things like go for saunas and all the British things like be crap at skiing, so if this hasn't been sold to you yet then you're a sad drittsekk og dra til helevete!
Lift pass costs £12 per day, ski and boot hire works out at £16 per day, but we will be working on some cheap deals in advance. Ring MJ on 00 47 920 36 512 in March if you're definitely coming.
Extra Trip!
For those not able to make to Stranda, our young Roy is thinking about organizing a trip for the last weekend in March, probably to the Peak District. More info to come later.
Lost Property!
If you've lost anything other than your life savings in an Albanian Government Investment Scheme: Mike has innumerable socks, boots, personal stereos, y-fronts, wonder bras... and the amount of shite left over from Drooper trips is growing at an alarming rate (if it was growing any faster the vice squad would get called in), so if you don't claim your share by, say, next Christmas - the whole lot will get turned over to Oxfam or buried in concrete, depending on Skid Risk.
Where's yer membership money.
If you've not already paid we'll be sending the boys round, know what I mean, like. So if you want kneecaps, get sending that cheque (£10 waged / £7.50 students) to Dr. Simpson's right noo.
Some small nuggets of info to tell your pet squirrel:
Squatter say's the Now That is What I Call Bollocks compilation is almost finished...
The chap gear deal advertised last week is still on, the price list will be out soon, but as a guide prices are Cotswold/Field and Trek minus 15%.
And it was longer in post-production-than Waterworld - Drooper The Movie is allegedly nearing completion, Remember that, well maybe not. A classic of post modernist avant gard film noir, with a touch of Ingmar Bergman and a zest of Welsh Blackface, no doubt it will assault your senses soon.
SDMCC Newsletter no. 17, 5 February 1997
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