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Craghyrax
What's a 'munro'?

Thought you were into climbing and hiking :p:

A munro is a mountain in Scotland higher than 3000ft. There are 284 of them. Some people with too much time on their hands try and "bag" them all, ticking them off on a big list as they reach the summits. I'm not a bagger, I think I've done around 10 in total.
Reply 1581
Heh, thanks.
I'm only half from this country, so I'm exempt :p:
Slumpy
Hill over 3000 feet.
Either just in Scotland, or the UK, I tend to forget.


Just in Scotland.

It is very popular to go 'munro bagging' which basically involves climbing them all. There are just over 300 I think (?), although I know some got upgraded to munro's last year when they were remeasured. Hacked a lot of people off as they thought they were done and they happen to be in awkward places in the North-West.
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abstraction98
Just in Scotland.

It is very popular to go 'munro bagging' which basically involves climbing them all. There are just over 300 I think (?), although I know some got upgraded to munro's last year when they were remeasured. Hacked a lot of people off as they thought they were done and they happen to be in awkward places in the North-West.


Well, I knew all the ones I'd done were in Scotland, but that could've been by the happy coincidence of where I live, so I wasn't sure:p:
lavalse
I went around Jordan and Syria, from the Turkish border down to the Red Sea and stopping off at everywhere in betwen.

If you are interested in archeological sites I can't even begin to emphasise how amazing the Middle East is. You can see the most spectacular Roman Ruins in the middle of nowhere with barely a tourist in sight.... Not to mention the fact that there's no public transport to most places, so you need to use a variety of taxis and hitch hiking (the latter being the best option - cheap and great fun :biggrin: )

asides my year abroad which will be in the Middle East my next travel project is def going to be Central Asia, im itching to check out the 'stans, especially Uzbekhistan (Samarkand!!), hopefully going to travel there overland sometime in my year abroad....

I hope you're enjoying your travels, I am jealous of you, im back at home now and its not fun. off to cambridge tomorrow though! I think I might do another summer in the YHA next year to save up a bit more money for travelling. Or does anyone know how easy it is to find work as a bedder in various cambridge colleges?!


I know I know I know :p: The middle east is going to be my next port of call if I ever get any more money. Might go with someone else though, as I'm not sure that I fancy all the hassle on my own. Did you go solo?

Actually I might do a short trip at some point through Spain/Portugal to Morocco and back. Tick off some more of Europe before I switch continents.

Which YHA will you try? I can recommend Buttermere, good hostel. Not as good as Helvellyn, but I don't know how that has changed.

leala4628
I'll be coming down to Cambridge on the train as we don't have a car. It should be fun as I have a violin amongst my clothes, books and electrical items (laptop, radio etc) :s-smilie:


Nice. I would never be able to do it by train. Last time I had a duffle bag full of duvet, large suitcase full of clothes, small suitcase full of books, a rucksack or two full of stuff that I couldn't get into the others, a couple of suit bags and 12 instruments...

thefish_uk
Thought you were into climbing and hiking :p:

A munro is a mountain in Scotland higher than 3000ft. There are 284 of them. Some people with too much time on their hands try and "bag" them all, ticking them off on a big list as they reach the summits. I'm not a bagger, I think I've done around 10 in total.


I'm ticking off the Wainwrights, which are much better than the Munroes :smile: Much easier to get to. I haven't made my list yet, but I reckon I've done about 25% of them.
I've written my letters and an eight-stanza poem for my college children :woo:
Reply 1586
ukebert
Actually I might do a short trip at some point through Spain/Portugal to Morocco and back. Tick off some more of Europe before I switch continents.


Morocco's pretty cool, and walking in the atlas is just amazing...going from lush, intricately-irrigated greenery on the valley floors to absolutely arid red scree slopes to a snowline above them :biggrin: Loved it and will definitely go back at some point. Plus amazing food.
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Ooh Ooh! I climbed Toubkal in the Atlas mountains just a few weeks ago - awesome!
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I've written my letters and an eight-stanza poem for my college children :woo:

*prod* have you finished your epic Cambridge song btw? That would a fantastic way to welcome them to the bubble... :biggrin:
lavalse
Do you have any experience of this or know anyone who has? Am just wondering if they would give you accommodation. And how do you go about finding the work? is it simply a matter of emailing the housekeeping staff?!


They do give you accommodation at Pembroke. They email us all at some point in the year and invite applications. Obviously in typical Cambridge style all the colleges will do it differently. You might want to try Ozymandias, he wasn't a bedder but I'm pretty sure he worked as a waiter one summer at Catz. I'm sure emailing housekeeping will give you all the info you need :smile:
ukebert
I'm ticking off the Wainwrights, which are much better than the Munroes :smile: Much easier to get to. I haven't made my list yet, but I reckon I've done about 25% of them.

Well... the Wainwrights are generally smaller but were selected on slightly more arbitrary criteria than the Munros (ie. if Alfred Wainwright thought it was a nice hill, it got on the list). Which arguably means they are nicer walks than the Munros as a hill can easily be a boring rock in the middle of nowhere and still be a Munro (and some are).

I can't see myself being a Wainwright bagger. I often went to the Lakes and walked up a lot of hills with my parents as a kid. Firstly this means I have no idea which I've actually done, secondly this means that now to me the hills in the Lakes seem quite small easy and give me nowhere near as much excitement as the ones in Scotland.

You should all come to the CU Hillwalking Club :smile:
Can I ask for some advice? Its just to save starting a new thread which can be quickly answered.

My question is would I be better buying a black suit or tux for all formal occasions such as Formals, Matriculation etc. I already have a Charcoal pinstripe suit, and almost think that I would be better getting the tux so I have one of each. The tux is also cheeper than the suit.

Thanks :smile:
Reply 1592
Dress codes for some events will require black tie rather than a lounge suit, so if you already have the latter, getting the former as well makes a lot more sense (especially if you plan to go to plenty and wouldn't want to hire regularly)
Tom
Dress codes for some events will require black tie rather than a lounge suit, so if you already have the latter, getting the former as well makes a lot more sense (especially if you plan to go to plenty and wouldn't want to hire regularly)

I am rather confused as to what black tie entails? What all do you need for black tie? Is it just the black tux and black bow? :confused:
Reply 1594
It could be lupus
I am rather confused as to what black tie entails? What all do you need for black tie? Is it just the black tux and black bow? :confused:


We call tux's dinner jackets here y'know!:p:
And yeah, dinner jacket, dress shirt, and black bow as far as I'm aware.
Slumpy
We call tux's dinner jackets here y'know!:p:
And yeah, dinner jacket, dress shirt, and black bow as far as I'm aware.

:facepalm: I feel like such an idiot now :frown: That means a tux will do me for black suit :woo: Thats me sorted :smile:

Thanks for letting me know, and sorry for bothering you with such a, now obvious, question :smile:
Reply 1596
It could be lupus
:facepalm: I feel like such an idiot now :frown: That means a tux will do me for black suit :woo: Thats me sorted :smile:

Thanks for letting me know, and sorry for bothering you with such a, now obvious, question :smile:


I knew none of this until about a year ago, but I've had to ponce up!:p:

I think I wikipediaed for the answer though:biggrin:
Reply 1597
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I'm not sure if I'm amused or disturbed by my distro's choice of "server down" page...
Slumpy
I knew none of this until about a year ago, but I've had to ponce up!:p:

I think I wikipediaed for the answer though:biggrin:

:smile: I have now been informed my tux ie dinner jacket, shirt and trousers is not enough and i need a waistcoat and cumberland as well? Is this true

Thanks for the help :smile:
Reply 1599
It could be lupus
:smile: I have now been informed my tux ie dinner jacket, shirt and trousers is not enough and i need a waistcoat and cumberland as well? Is this true

Thanks for the help :smile:


Very strictly speaking, you need a waistcoat or cummerbund, but it doesn't actually matter.