The Goodliffe Family of Nottingham
The Story of My Life - The original, handwritten version of the Memoirs of Arnold
Goodliffe
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so delusive is mountain climbing. I caved in, turned round, the shadows of
evening were glancing, and the rays of the setting sun gilding many a
point and cragg. Then the story of an adventurer like myself, who had
set off alone, and got set fast in a gully and found dead, together with
the wife’s faithful caution not to go too far, or be away too long came
to me with force. I looked our for points as guides as I ascended, and
thought I could take a short cut, and soon be at my starting point. I
started at a swinging pace, but went up to the thighs in a gully,
concealed by tall grasses mosses and other luxurious growths. I
scrambled out, hied away back and tried to find the same way down that I
came up. After several little plunges I saw in the distance the starting
point; the company |
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