The Camping Trip where Shearer scored.

The only time so far that Tav’s Tours has opted for camping. We were very lucky with wonderful weather. Dave H and I got there on Thursday evening and were entertained by the snores of a bloke from the other side of the campsite. That night was also the 1st sighting of Dave’s ‘I am a huge slug’ sleeping bag.

On our Friday walk we founded our philosophy of why follow a path when you can meander through bogland? We tramped for several hours across the tops, before coming across a boggy muddy stream. Dave asserted that the only way across was to run straight through. Gullible as I am, and wearing very light beige trousers, I followed the advice. The visual affect was spectacular, and it was around then that I gave up beige as a suitable mountain clothing colour.

The main walk took in Fan-Y-Big (2359ft). The weather was stunning, really hot and the sharp climb from the village nearly killed us, and when Cookie managed to put his foot in a boggy puddle up to his knee I thought Dave H was going to die laughing.

That evening we watched England v Germany in Euro 2000. Shearer scored the winning goal and we celebrated long into the night.