Lost in the dark???

15/02/2013 17:51
by AD Ally & Dave

Was meeting a friend at Hardwick Hall Inn.Very difficult pub to find.Ended up getting very lost on a dirt track in the middle of nowhere in the pitch black..No mobile reception.Ended up flagging down 8 random mountain bike blokes who just happened to be passing!!!One jumped in passenger seat,stuck.his bike in back and helped me find it.....bizarre experience.Luckily am still alive...he was very nice but my mum said that about Harold Shipman!!!

Anyone else any bizarre tales about getting lost?

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Blue John 14/02/2013 22:51

It was packed on that day & it was a small shop! <img src='theme/emoticon_smile.png' />

MadMag 14/02/2013 20:52

I think you mean you couldn't see over the apothecary jars, in those days there weren't that many people<img src='theme/emoticon_smile.png' />

Blue John 14/02/2013 19:00

When I was small I lost my mum in Boots shop on Christmas Eve because it was so crowded & I couldnt see over the people! <img src='theme/emoticon_unhappy.png' />

JW 14/02/2013 17:55

Did we ever find the Northern Quarter Jo or was it just a random pup crawl?<img src='theme/emoticon_smile.png' />

Ultreia (Jo & Alan) 14/02/2013 10:40

Getting lost<img src='theme/emoticon_unhappy.png' /> every time I go out. Barmouth walk, Roman Rd, Yorkshire Moors, bike riding, Dovestones (every time I go there). In fact I get lost leaving my front door. Needless to say everyone who knows me will one day stop listening to me when I say it's this way. <img src='theme/emoticon_grin.png' /><img src='theme/emoticon_grin.png' />

Ally & Dave 14/02/2013 09:46

Cheers.Some of the forums are getting a bit boring.Lets get something funny/interesting on.

'Summit for a Weekendaday' 13/02/2013 23:31

Good thread u started here Ally. Well 2 stories to share. Dropped my wife off at a friends on Canvey Island in Essex, got lost and cldn't get off the Island! Story no' 2, the area that I grew up in, went for a bike ride when I was about 16, about 2 miles from home, was lost!, note of caution, I've put invites up on this site before lol

Blue John 12/02/2013 18:48

Walkey talkey....you could adapt that to walking & tell the kids its much more fun exploring!

davem 12/02/2013 17:01

I'm keeping very quiet on this topic !!

MadMag 12/02/2013 15:23

No, it's cos they're searching for the blow up doll ha ha. (or the repair kit).

BustaGut (Grant) 12/02/2013 12:50

Would that be to get away from snoring women Mag?....It isn't just blokes either, I know of women who've turned the wardrobe into a birdbath after a long night on the lash.....I'm sure all us blokes are a lot more refined than that <img src='theme/emoticon_tongue.png' /><img src='theme/emoticon_tongue.png' /><img src='theme/emoticon_tongue.png' />

jw19 11/02/2013 22:17

A mate of mine ended up lost trying to find the toilets at the Cockermouth YHA (an old water mill, pitch Black inside) in the end he desperately opened a window and p....d out onto the Water Wheel!! <img src='theme/emoticon_grin.png' />

MadMag 11/02/2013 20:35

I'm surprised some of you blokes haven't ended up in the wardrobe after a nighttime expedition.<img src='theme/emoticon_grin.png' />

BustaGut (Grant) 11/02/2013 13:09

Leaving Wasdale late one Feb afternoon, already dark and just wanted to get to the motorway. Typed in Kendal and made the mistake of ok'ing 'shortest route' on the Sat Nav. The Hardknot pass, on my own, in the dark, road covered in icy patches and an estate car that refused to go around the hairpins in one go wasn't my idea of a relaxing end to the day. Reversing towards blackness to try and negotiate the bends isn't something I want to repeat<img src='theme/emoticon_unhappy.png' /><img src='theme/emoticon_unhappy.png' />

Blue John 11/02/2013 00:06

I grew up with electric fences, always be careful how you stride over them,my grandad used to grab our hand & then the fence so it just passed through him & we got a shock <img src='theme/emoticon_confused.png' />

Little Miss Sunshine (Max) 10/02/2013 23:51

Getting lost in the dark - on my list of things to do, bring it on ha!!! <img src='theme/emoticon_smile.png' />

Blue John 10/02/2013 23:00

I missed a sign on the Teesdale Way & entered a wood which got increasingly dense as the cliffs on one side & the river the other squeezed me in & the terrain got more difficult. The poles sticking out of my bag must have got snagged on branches as I struggled through climbing over rocks & fallen trees.As I finally made it out of the woods my poles were missing & there was no way I was going back in there without an axe for revenge one day!

Ally & Dave 10/02/2013 19:35

Also did a mountain bike ride a couple of years ago with a friend on Howden moor.The man at the YH sent us completely the wrong way,ended up carrying the bikes literally up a bloody series of cliffs....took about 10 hrs....never been so tired. Good memories!!

landranger68 10/02/2013 18:07

Yes Whitbarrow Scar caught me out also a few years ago,came down 3 hous later with head tourch<img src='theme/emoticon_smile.png' />

Julian 10/02/2013 11:40

Perhaps bizarrely I quite enjoy the feeling of being lost although it's never happened to me deliberately and it doesn't happen very often. But there's one place where I always get lost every time I go there - Hutton Roof Crags near Burton-in-Kendal. It's a very jagged limestone pavement with a lot of impenetrable vegetation and the paths in the clints and grykes are like a giant maze. Try it and you'll see what I mean. (My IPad thinks clints and grykes ought to be clients and Greeks) <img src='theme/emoticon_smile.png' />

Chris50 09/02/2013 23:21

Well then I'll look forward to seeing you again on Friday Mrs McBun and I'll have to watch my back. Do you have an ice axe on your sledge?<img src='theme/emoticon_confused.png' /><img src='theme/emoticon_confused.png' />

Chris50 09/02/2013 22:42

Yes, got a shovel in the car and was going to keep it there until I get back from the Brecons. If I do get back that is.......you're going, aren't you?<img src='theme/emoticon_confused.png' /><img src='theme/emoticon_confused.png' />

Chris50 09/02/2013 22:18

Oooooh, the other side of the sweet McBunnie cottage in the wild welsh borders. <img src='theme/emoticon_confused.png' /><img src='theme/emoticon_confused.png' /><img src='theme/emoticon_confused.png' />

Chris50 09/02/2013 21:52

The big question is whether they escaped the mad woman's clutches the next day!!<img src='theme/emoticon_tongue.png' /> Great tale Mrs McBun <img src='theme/emoticon_grin.png' />

Ally & Dave 09/02/2013 21:32

Love that tale Hamish bunny!!!

landranger68 09/02/2013 14:22

did you slide on your roll top wellies to gather an arm full of wood?<img src='theme/emoticon_smile.png' />

Blue John 09/02/2013 11:18

The Leeds one way system is a nightmare too, going round & round trying to find the car park for the Marriott Hotel! Using orange maps on my phone just helped us find the hotel.

Blue John 09/02/2013 00:23

I went to the Rugby League cup final & met a mate outside who had gone down with his college, they were all at a pub nearby but he had to ask two policemen the way before we found the pub which was only five mins away! ps know Hardwick Hall area well & my niece used to work at the pub.