‘What did Julia Bradbury say to the Mayor, Roger Purkiss, over a cup of tea at the Keswick Mountain Festival?’
The winner of the Caption Competition 2008 is Gordon Farrel with:
“OK Roger, straight answer please, did you watch because you love Wainwrights or my bum?”

A goody bag of prizes is on its way to Gordon.




November 12th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
Julia: “So Mayor what fells have you been on?”
Mayor: “Oooh, cake…”
November 13th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
Go on, do your gorilla impression once more…
November 14th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
do you come here often?
November 14th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
Julia, will you walk with me ?
Roger, i would rather you asked Chris, Bonington !
November 14th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
Mayor, Please do tell, Do all the girls purr when you kiss them?
November 14th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
How about?
Julia: So, Mayor, have you researched the derivation of your surname?
Mayor: Oooh cake!
November 15th, 2008 at 8:22 am
Oh please let me take the teaset to make a bracelet to match my necklace!
November 15th, 2008 at 8:26 am
Mark:”have you stopped biting your fingernails yet Julia”
Julia “Yes Mr Mayor, look you can check them”
November 15th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
Julia’s thoughts: ” Ee, that didn’t take long to embarrass our Roger, he’s whistlin’ nervously and playing with the cutlery and I only asked him the time. I mustn’t smile!”
November 16th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
With a necklace that size you must feel really smug. It’s is bigger than mine, but is it worth as much?
November 16th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
Mayor, look into my eye’s and answer the question.!! l
November 16th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Julia: So you don’t believe I’m holding an invisible GPS!
November 18th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
Yeah, this local place really bodged my false nails look….I’m thinking of writing in to BBC Watchdog!!
November 21st, 2008 at 12:02 am
OK Roger, straight answer please, did you watch because you love Wainwrights or my bum?
November 30th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Where did you say you bought your neclace from?
December 8th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
Julia: “I thought we were going for a pint, I’ve heard the Dog and Gun is good”
December 8th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
So, when do they plan to open the tea room on the top of Great Gable, Mr Mayor?
December 20th, 2008 at 8:06 am
This is lovely, tea at The Skiddaw. How do you fancy dinner UP Skiddaw? I’ve got a change of clothes!
December 22nd, 2008 at 5:21 pm
And if you just whistle like this Julia, one of our trained collies will bring us biscuits to go with the tea!
December 27th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
“When I said one Lump to the waiter I meant the sugar-not you.”
December 29th, 2008 at 11:13 pm
Julia: “So is the silver service tea immediately before, or immediately after, the triathlon?”
Roger: “Neither ~ we thought folk would appreciate it more at the transition stations”