We set off to The Lake District, Glenridding to be precise, to climb Helvellyn. We all worked for Russell Tiles except Geoff’s brother Mike, so for Micky and me this was the first time we had met Mike! The journey up to Glenridding was nothing special, an overcast wet morning! We got parked up in the car park and started to get our walking boots on, it was at this point we noticed that the river running next to the car park was only just flowing under the bridge! Although it was raining we set off. After only doing about half a mile or so the rain was getting heavier, in fact at one point we were sure that it was coming down so hard that it was bouncing off the ground and back up! We had a quick chat about what we should do? We came to the decision to turn back, we got back to the car and changed our boots and found a pub! Colin used to have a saying whenever he ordered a drink he would add in a tough sounding voice "In a durty glass", (this saying so I am led to believe comes from a Bob Hope and Bing Crosby film called The Road to Utopia, Bob & Bing go into an Alaskan saloon and orders a lemonade, then Bing notices all the tough looking locals, so adds in a tough sounding voice "In a durty glass"), this seemed very apt as Micky was only 17 and the landlord wouldn't serve him for a beer, especially as Micky was looking not very confident and counting out his change in his hand! (I think you had to be there). We had a chat about our day so far over our drinks and started to make plans for our next excursion, and then we headed home!