Arrangements are gathering pace for the Great Stanwix Auction of Promises .  The band is booked and  there will be a mini auction at Stanwix School's Christmas Fayre on the 27th November.  Offers of services to be auctioned and goodies are starting to come in steadily. 

 The article in this week's Cumberland News will have raised the event's profile considerably.  

Just found an interesting post about BB which gives me hope that the Northern Development Route is likely to succeed, and thereby reduce the unbelievably heavy traffic on Scotland Road and the Eden Bridge areas.

 Looks like they are doing very nicely and picking up a welter of other big contracts according to a report in Building 's online magazine.

Just found an interesting post about BB which gives me hope that the Northern Development Route is likely to succeed, and thereby reduce the unbelievably heavy traffic on Scotland Road and the Eden Bridge areas.

 Looks like they are doing very nicely and picking up a welter of other big contracts according to a report in Building 's online magazine.

You can't beat a bit of wacky harmless weirdness.  Ever been on eBay?  Then you'll NEED to watch this - listen very carefully

Nigel did warn me not to play around with the backend administrative tools of the stanwix.info site .

I'm not a programmer or web designer so I should have known better thanto try and be a smart@>> and try and juggle a new bit of content. 

Funny how a name and an issue can crop up almost as if in a mirror; on different continents.

I happened to stumble across an article about Carlisle Airport in Cumberland.  Thinking it was some local news, I had a quick look and it was actually a neoCarlisle: in Cumberland County, just outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.  

The dust has finally settled and the smelly clothes are clean.  Daughter dear is back into her old routines and grafting hard to complete coursework.  Son one is trying to enjoy a bit of Dad time now I'm back; but the weather has scuppered our Ben Nevis plans and he's struggling with some sort of gut rot that has him firing at both ends.  Sometimes there's no justice when you're the young one!

So what has that got to do with Stanwix scouts you'll be wondering?  Just over a week ago we retuirned from a trip to Switzerland: Kandersteg International Scout Centre to be precise.  The "we" is the 13th Carlisle (Trinity) Scouts.  16 young people and 6 relatively sensible adults enjoyed a week of non stop activities in that fantastic alpine environment  where the little hill walks might take 10 hours :-)

 

Fridays Euro Millions has rolled over again
and stands at a mega £52,000,000.00.

The 13th Carlisle Scout Group based at Trinity School is the natural scouting destination for children from the Stanwix community.    As a pretty regular group parent helper, I like to do my bit and make sure that I'm not just dumping my kids off for a spot of entertainment at the hands of other willing folk.  So what has this got to do with a "Sponsored Open Boat Expedition:
Rannoch Moor to Perth. Monday 20th April 2009 (Probable 5 days)"? ... you may very well ask!

I thought I ought to put finger to keyboard to let my kind sponsors know how the Scottish paddling trip went.   I can't believe another month and a half has gone by without getting this written.

Well we had a good go!  Having set off a day late because of Rob's other commitments, we arrived at Ballinluig to drop a car off at what we hoped would be a staging post on the way to Perth.   From Ballinluig on the confluence of Tummel and Tay, we then had to drag all the gear in Rob's van, across to Bridge of Orchy for the night, to be in position for the next morning's logistical juggling.