tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post1973534546511771119..comments2024-03-28T13:06:29.793+00:00Comments on conradwalks: Flat out in a PopularSir Hughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-7273075428451916212015-05-17T21:52:21.235+01:002015-05-17T21:52:21.235+01:00this coming Saturday or Sunday - or 1st w/e in Ju...this coming Saturday or Sunday - or 1st w/e in July - if you are not on your long trek ! gimmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-28170696019433869692015-05-17T07:48:25.987+01:002015-05-17T07:48:25.987+01:00gimmer - I remember your Austin 10 and also an old...gimmer - I remember your Austin 10 and also an old Land Rover I think. If you had kept the Austin it would have been worth a few pennies today. That Land Rover must have been an early Mk1, they were only introduced in 1947.<br /><br />Glad to hear you are getting into the hills. My last remaining Marilyn in Region 35 is Mickle Fell which I am reserving for a joint foray unless I get tempted before the opportunity arises.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-75874110507568830352015-05-16T19:25:23.019+01:002015-05-16T19:25:23.019+01:00it was a world of luxury and reliability compared ...it was a world of luxury and reliability compared with my Austin 10 - albeit that was a 1932 model: i think the Cow was where we learnt to lead on our own with no supervision - with a manila rope, I imagine!<br />I too have never knowingly been to the 'top' of Ilkley Moor - after the promised drama of the song, it always disappointed me - Blencathra via Sharp Edge being my first proper hill climb - before we came to Bradford.<br />2500M straight up today in wall to wall sunshine after yesterday's blizzard (apologies for hijacking your blog) - ein angenehmen taggimmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-53960950923726713902015-05-16T11:32:23.315+01:002015-05-16T11:32:23.315+01:00Thanks for that post - nostalgia indeed.
On Wednes...Thanks for that post - nostalgia indeed.<br />On Wednesday whilst you were speeding down the A65 in the Skoda [Popular reincarnation] we were above you climbing on Giggleswick Scar. Yes it was a beautiful day - far too nice for valley climbing.<br />Remember well all my early climbing trips to The Cow and Calf, the Quarry and you didn't mention Rocky Valley.<br />Even more nostalgia with the Ford. When I was a penniless student in London I recall a girl friend who had a Popular. This enabled summer trips to the coast etc, seem to remember it often breaking down. Maybe that's why the relationship did't last.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-31376010552136840412015-05-16T08:45:40.516+01:002015-05-16T08:45:40.516+01:00RR - Giggleswick - la-di-dah yes. There is a posh ...RR - Giggleswick - la-di-dah yes. There is a posh private school there. It even has its own golf course. <br /><br />At Bradford Grammar School, approaching "O" level drama in a form labelled "Transitus" (never did know what that meant) we received a new entrant, unusual at that stage of school life. His name was John Seed. The rumour was that he had been kicked out of Giggleswick, but we never found out why. I often wondered if his name was relevant.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-66992056080643335892015-05-16T08:24:28.508+01:002015-05-16T08:24:28.508+01:00May I dispute WORTH CLICKING TO ENLARGE. Not at al...May I dispute WORTH CLICKING TO ENLARGE. Not at all, not at all.<br /><br />Amusing to reflect. While you were re-creating the sensations of the thirties (perhaps even the twenties) in your company car I was able to endanger my life at much higher speeds (and more cheaply) on a series of motorbikes. I doubt whether either of us would have made it to the Dungeon Ghyll with the Speed Twin's throttle up to full wick. Another experience you would have been denied was having to roll back the throttle ascending Buckhaw Brow. Buckhaw seems a typical clumsy northern name so how did adjacent airy-fairy, antsy-pantsy Giggleswick come to be so named? A bit la-di-dah if you ask me.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.com