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Reply 1620

generalebriety

It could be lupus

It is dark, so happy enough :smile:

I will buy a cummerbund when I get over there, I am getting the rest on sale in my local suit shop :smile:

Must try and get some fun cufflinks... :yep:

Fun? Oh, you've definitely come to the wrong university. :woo:

Reply 1621

It could be lupus

generalebriety

Fun? Oh, you've definitely come to the wrong university. :woo:

I am thinking tractor ones or pig ones that my friends bought for our school formal. My cufflinks I have otherwise are expensive gold cufflinks.

Reply 1622

ukebert

thefish_uk

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:

Smaller - Good. Means that you can pack more scenary into a single walk. Also means that you don't spend half a day slogging up a single peak and the rest of it staggaring down again. The lakes are of a perfect scale for me.

I've never done a Munro, but I expect that as you suggest they are more variable than the Wainwrights in terms of how good they are.

I'm the same in that I have no idea how many lakeland fells I've done, so I started again once I started to walk independently. And I've walked in the Austrian and Swiss Alps, in the Picos de Europas, in northern Norway, in the Black Mountains and Brecon Beacons and in the Canadian Rockies and I still haven't found anything to match the Lakes :smile:

and I get the emails for the CUHWC, I just haven't got round to going on a trip yet. I've been too busy with CUY.

Reply 1623

Craghyrax

Melz0r

I never thought I'd attend an event where the guys' attire was more complicated than the girls. I just need a Pretty Dress and there are hundreds of those.

Speaking of dresses, matriculation. Yay/nay? (is it along the right lines)?

http://www.debenhams.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_10001_10001_72337_1039777_-1

That dress is fine.
At Peterhouse we wore Black Tie for the matriculation dinner, but the standard white shirt/black trousers/skirt etc for matriculation itself.

Reply 1624

mwiko

Magd. also did the black tie for matric dinner but just generally smart attire for matriculation photo itself..
I wish I could just buy a nice suit, rather than figuring out dresses and wondering if anyone will notice if I wear the same dress to two big-ish events...

I like bank holidays. I remembered to donate to the berlin-istanbul cycle guys from college are doing [lunatics], have been able to exercise the horse before it started raining, and now get to go paint.. I am much more suited to bumming around than working... :smile:

Reply 1625

mavoury

Melz0r

Yeah, my ECSU Fresher's Guide says black. But all the dresses I've been finding are clearly too short/have slits in them in stupid places/have giant purple butterflies attached/etc.

Ah but are they asking for black for Matric itself, or for Matric dinner as well? Because if its only the former, you can get away with black trousers/skirt and black top, and then any old cocktail dress for Matric. Its rather strange to demand all black for Matric though: i though most colleges just said suits for boys, and blouse and skirt/dress/trousers for girls...Looking at my matric photo, funnily enough its the boys who have the most variety - they've all got colourful shirts and ties while most of the girls (including me) are wearing a white blouse and black skirt/trousers!

Reply 1626

fumblewomble

Last year's matriculation photo at Downing for if you want to see what they're wearing (though much is covered by gowns) http://www.dow.cam.ac.uk/dow_server/events/MatGrad/Matric08.html

Reply 1627

Canned Door

mavoury

Ah but are they asking for black for Matric itself, or for Matric dinner as well?

For Emma:

DRESS CODE
Men: Gown and a plain dark suit with a white shirt, tie and black trousers.
Women: Gown and a plain dark dress or suit with skirt or trousers and a white blouse and black shoes.

Ties can be plenty exciting though, I'm assuming. :biggrin:

Our "formal Matriculation Dinner" is two weeks after. So that's probably just normal formal hall dress code, I imagine. I guess we'll find out in due course. It doesn't give any indication on the letter.

Reply 1628

Chewwy

guys i went to notting hill carnival

Reply 1629

Chewwy

on topic: nobody cares what you wear. this is cambridge. everyone is either a student or has no fashion sense, often both. as long as you're not clearly taking the piss, you're fine.

Reply 1630

Craghyrax

... but he is a mathmo folks :p:

Reply 1631

The West Wing

I'm officially a non-father. I had to inform my college mother today that there will be no grandkids. How tragic :cry:

fumblewomble

Last year's matriculation photo at Downing for if you want to see what they're wearing (though much is covered by gowns) http://www.dow.cam.ac.uk/dow_server/events/MatGrad/Matric08.html

Eee, I haven't seen that photo in months!

The West Wing

I'm officially a non-father. I had to inform my college mother today that there will be no grandkids. How tragic :cry:

Why not?

Reply 1634

fumblewomble

d'oh I got so excited posting about buying bikes that I've let my tea go cold.

Reply 1635

The West Wing

Excalibur

Eee, I haven't seen that photo in months!

Why not? :frown:

My wife degraded in lent term, so she's getting new parents when she comes back -> people who she used to have supervisions with. Weird system :rolleyes:

Reply 1636

Craghyrax

fumblewomble

d'oh I got so excited posting about buying bikes that I've let my tea go cold.

*highly amused*

Reply 1637

Excalibur

The West Wing

My wife degraded in lent term, so she's getting new parents when she comes back -> people who she used to have supervisions with. Weird system :rolleyes:

You could apply for a single fatherhood... though maybe single parents aren't the done thing at Clare.