RRCPC Newsletter
Volume 34 Number 1 Article
7
April 1997
The Brightness of Christine Bleakley
A wonderful Light has gone out in this World.
Just one little slip
took the life from a girl, who meant
Oh! So much to us, that mere words
cannot say
How sad we all feel now Christine's gone away!
Yet her spirit's not gone from "The Farm" or the Dales.
These are
places she loved, where her spirit prevailed
Like her "Three Pots"
achievement. What a First! What a climb!
Only Christine could do that -
and in under the time!
King Pot, Penyghent, Meregill, three classic Yorkshire pots,
And in
one go, Christine the first female (ever) to bottom the lot!
A real big
tick, well deserved and hard-earned
Achieved by a devoted caver as far as we
are concerned!
Now then! She would not want us to all mope about!
Can you not still
hear her jump up and shout
"Oi! Come on you lot! Get cracking! Get
dressed!
'Cos we're all going caving to work of that sesh"!
No! You can't tame a spirit like Christine's - No Way!
Which is why,
in a sense, she's amongst us today
And she'll always be with us, out
front of the pack
The very first out and the fittest one back!
So, remember her brightness and smile when you do.
Those mad
food-fights, ABBA and that funny accent too!
In fact all of what made her as
loved as she was
Especially by Chris, who adored her of course!
Though a lovely life's passed, so will sorrow and pain
But our love
for this girl in our hearts will remain
And the Brightness of Christine is a
light that will be
One that burns bright for ever in the RRCPC's
history.
Anon
August 1996