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[30^^ April 1955] 
May 1^ 1955 
(?) 
T 
(51) 
turned in fairly comfortably at about 
8.0 pm. 
We all woke at 5.45 -it 
had been a mild night fortunately, and 
we were to be blessed with the perfect 
autumn day - cloudless, windless and 
mild. We got away from camp 
fairly early and by crossing the 
stream and 150 yards or so of heath 
we came onto the track which had 
previously led Max and I so far 
astray. We turned right and walked 
up stream to the weir (9.30) and then 
on the route we took previously to 
the lunch-time ledge (where we had 
thought of camping) at 10.30. After 
a beer we left our packs and walked 
up the stream, eastwards, on the south 
bank. It became almost gorge-like 
in parts and we eventually climbed 
to a rocky outcrop and surveyed our 
position. We were I suppose 2/3 of 
