 |
Millican Dalton on the Derwent in
Borrowdale
Photo: Maysons, Keswick |
| “
‘The Skipper’ as he was always called, had the lightest
of touch and taught many fine climbers.” |
| R.K.Vinycomb
- Northumbrian
Mountaineering Club Newsletter No.1 |
| “Nothing
but wood fires satisfied him, and as a 'Wallaceite' and vegetarian
he always had brazil nuts on a climb. One well-intentioned lady gave
him a Primus, but it kicked about the corner of the tent unhonoured
and unused.” |
| R.K.Vinycomb
- Northumbrian
Mountaineering Club Newsletter No.1 |
| “The
best air-raid shelter in England” |
| Millican
Dalton - on
his cave. |
| “My
only luxury is coffee for which I pay 2s 2d a pound. I sleep on a
bed of bracken and need only my plaid and an eiderdown to keep me
warm. I don't burn a light, though I lie in bed from beginning to
end of blackout. Seven hours sleep is enough for any one.” |
| Millican
Dalton - quoted
in the Daily Mail, January 1941. |
| “You
can't feel lonely with nature as your companion.” |
| Millican
Dalton - quoted
in the Daily Mail, January 1941. |
| “At
the time, Uncle Millican's defection from conventional life, which
today would pass almost unnoticed, caused quite a stir, both in the
family and beyond.” |
| Nicholas
Dalton - nephew
to Millican Dalton. |
| “Millican
Dalton, Professor of Adventure. Camping Holidays, Mountain rapid shooting,
Rafting, Hair's breadth escapes.” |
| Millican
Dalton - the
wording on his business card. |
| “The
hottest time I ever had on it.” |
| Millican
Dalton - recalling
his fiftieth ascent of Napes Needle when he built a fire at the top
to brew coffee. As told to R.K.Vinycomb |
| “Once
a week he went shopping in Keswick on his own battered bicycle, painted
bright blue. He was lean and bearded. He
habitually wore a broad-brimmed hat
with a pheasant's feather for decoration, nailed boots, no socks and
self-made jackets and breeches that were tattered, weathered and leathery.” |
| Alan
Hankinson - writing
in "A Century on the Crags" 1988 |
| “He
was a wonderful guide and cheerful enlivening company, but there was
one problem. He smelt rather, so you always tried to get up-wind of
him." |
| Unnamed
female guiding client - as
told to Alan Hankinson. |
| “Respected
by all who knew him. A man of simple pleasures and tastes conducive
to a mind at peace with the worl, who's knowledge of things in general
was very sound. After a day on the hills with him or just pottering
about one had a feeling of contented happiness
and peace of mind." |
| Ralph
Mayson - Keswick
photographer and friend |
| “A
true gentleman of the hills." |
| Ralph
Mayson - Keswick
photographer and friend |
| “He
was an expert in the burning qualities of different kinds of wood." |
| George
Bott - keswick
writer |
| “Camping
provides the completest possible change from ordinary town existence
and being the healthiest kind of life as well as the jolliest and
most unconventional is the best antidote to the rush and stress of
city work." |
| Millican
Dalton - 1913 |
“there
were many who smiled at the tall, lean figure,
dressed in an open-neck shirt, green or brown cord shorts,
climbing boots or sandals and an Alpine hat" |
| Unknown |
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