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Kingfisher log. Seagull log.

When Easter eggs were awarded to Cormorant patrol, parents and boys started to arrive. We began to pack everything into cars and trailer and set off for home. At the end of a most enjoyable and tiring camp we were also very lucky with the weather. Signed Paddy, Andrew Adey.

21st-22nd April '81

Day Lord of the Roches (PL's visit to Rudyard Lake)

On the Wednesday morning we left the youth hostel at about 9:10am. No. 1 told us we were going to climb the Roches. On the way up No. 1 told us the story about an old hermit that lived in a house at the bottom of one of the cliffs. This man is known as Dirty Ernie to the climbers and he is said to be as black as coal. No. 1 told us he would show us the photos he had of him as no one believed the story.

Then we were told that at one time the whole area was closed to climbers because this hermit had killed one, but still no one believed the story. As time went on we came to a road that went around the hill, but we took the road only a little way around. When we came to a gate post we found a note on it. It told us to keep clear of the house.

We went on up the steep bank and at the top was an unexpected sight: a big house with a tall brick wall around it, and lots of warning signs painted on old pieces of wood. In the garden was a grave of his wife who was supposed to have been murdered. No. 1 didn't want to read the signs by himself without stopping. He was scared, but to this day nobody really knows whether they believe it. David Ashton.

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