tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post2591841508117389370..comments2024-03-28T13:06:29.793+00:00Comments on conradwalks: Cumbria Coastal Path in sections (4)Sir Hughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-41847359520968923412017-01-24T18:17:15.653+00:002017-01-24T18:17:15.653+00:00Sorry. My Lowsy point was changed by you know who ...Sorry. My Lowsy point was changed by you know who into Lousy point. I'm not sure which I prefer.AlanRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07180571503542781921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-15015367177993612442017-01-24T09:12:54.795+00:002017-01-24T09:12:54.795+00:00RR - I am still baffled, but in answer to your fin...RR - I am still baffled, but in answer to your final question, I do not have a "...Road Not Taken" that I regret. There may be minor ones if I think about it, but nothing that nags or represents a millstone. On the whole I prefer to look forwards.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-44751816725436972312017-01-24T08:44:13.754+00:002017-01-24T08:44:13.754+00:00It is my tragedy to be misunderstood. Words like &...It is my tragedy to be misunderstood. Words like "researched" and "overall interpretation" emphasise you've gone down the wrong path. But then I reflected: you allowed the train, in effect, to take you down the wrong path, safe in the conviction that you could correct the path's wrongness. Extrapolated I assume this means you see the universe as correctable (or is it correctible?) That perhaps life itself is also amenable. If you could be born again, returned again to scruffy Gordon Terrace (Which I often re-visit courtesy of Google Earth; the platform at the top of the outdoor steps, from which I used to jump into the mini-garden, is still there. Immutable it seems.) which path would you definitely avoid? Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-86731795762027543482017-01-23T09:34:08.404+00:002017-01-23T09:34:08.404+00:00RR - I know about John B. I researched "ale...RR - I know about John B. I researched "alexandrine" almost inducing a headache with its complexities, but I am still struggling for the overall interpretation of your comment and despite my efforts must remain as a humble ignoramus. I recently used the word esoteric and now it springs to mind again.<br /><br />------------------------<br /><br />Ruth - Many of the huts are still black, and others with peeling paint. I've just re-read your own account. Looks like I was lucky with the tides.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-48747307727704545512017-01-23T07:36:58.901+00:002017-01-23T07:36:58.901+00:00Looks like a perfect day! I liked Lowsy point too....Looks like a perfect day! I liked Lowsy point too. It reminded me of Dungeness - makeshift and ramshackle, with an anarchic charm. A commentator on my blog said it's known locally as the Black Huts, because the shacks twere originally coavered in black tar to waterproof them. Bad luck about missing the train.Ruth Livingstonehttp://www.coastalwalker.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-81761135268772507822017-01-23T07:24:10.929+00:002017-01-23T07:24:10.929+00:00As Hamish and the man with the umbrella you love s...As Hamish and the man with the umbrella you love so much start to fade, a new figure comes into focus: John Betjeman (North of a Line Drawn Between One of the Suburbs of Kings Lynn and a Tiny Caravan Park on the Cardigan Bay Coastline, Named but Unpronounceable.)<br /><br />Time to publish your collection of tractor photos, each with a caption done in the alexandrine format.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-24949355813052237242017-01-22T22:25:54.603+00:002017-01-22T22:25:54.603+00:00Alan R. - you certainly know your stuff about the...Alan R. - you certainly know your stuff about the Furness area. The logistics of these trips are getting stretched. I am catching the same morning train, but distance is further, arrival later and train time back earlier so time to re-group on the next one.<br /><br />----------------------------<br />afoot - yes, I was quite pleased with the photos in a secret sort of way. For me Lowsy Point had a certain charm and I would never have opted for referring to it as lousy.<br />----------------------------<br />bowland climber - As I said above I was s bit pleased, but to use the word "controlled" would be a joke - I had no input other than carelessness. As for my mood I would quote Terry Wogan - "I am rarely free from pain, but I don't talk about it". <br />Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-70733354732559748302017-01-22T21:46:14.979+00:002017-01-22T21:46:14.979+00:00Yes your pictures showed definite Controlled Creat...Yes your pictures showed definite Controlled Creative Art which was quite Impressive.<br />I took a day's worth last week on the 'dusk' setting - all looked strange.<br />I can't imagine your mood having to wait so long for that train. Maybe you need a Uber account.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-85666098886704415562017-01-22T20:41:25.500+00:002017-01-22T20:41:25.500+00:00Your inadvertent camera setting has produced good ...Your inadvertent camera setting has produced good photographs in my opinion Conrad. Is AlanR's spelling - 'Lousy' Point more appropriate than Lowsy Point, or am I being unfair to the place?<br /><br />afootinthehillshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06670636358354420373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-57738275513043203872017-01-22T17:44:18.946+00:002017-01-22T17:44:18.946+00:00I agree with your thoughts about Barrow. Lousy poi...I agree with your thoughts about Barrow. Lousy point is an interesting place with a long history. In modern times the Black Watch trained here and commandeered the huts. Some work was done to try and mislead German bombers into thinking it was Barrow docks. It's now a nature reserve. <br />I feel for your missing the train it's not an exciting place to dwell after dark.AlanRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07180571503542781921noreply@blogger.com