tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post3797592886788004454..comments2024-03-28T13:06:29.793+00:00Comments on conradwalks: Sherborne to Acorn Inn, EvershotSir Hughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-92199770753587360012015-06-09T21:11:35.254+01:002015-06-09T21:11:35.254+01:00Your DofE photo will give a taste of the view that...Your DofE photo will give a taste of the view that Blonde One and I have for much of the summer. We have a bronze route that includes 'nettle lane'. Last year we wondered where the nettles had all gone, until we realised that we were there about six weeks earlier. The phrase, 'I told you not to wear shorts.' crops up regularly!Blonde Twohttp://twoblondeswalking.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-80750367380856629932015-06-09T19:36:47.749+01:002015-06-09T19:36:47.749+01:00Gayle - not much jungle today (Tuesdy). Sorry, no ...Gayle - not much jungle today (Tuesdy). Sorry, no extra day, plans changed. See tonight's post when I put it up in a while.<br /><br />---------------<br /><br />Gimmer - read a book years ago: The Complete Practical Joker. The enjoyment was not in witnessing the result but musing about it.<br /><br />-----------------<br /><br />RR - I thought I may escape your caustic comments fo a while. You will see from my next post that YHA has been aborted. Logistics dictate that you find whatever accommodation is available at the end of the distance you want to walk each day and often there is little choice - better the YHA than under the hedge, I think.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-44116205403904569622015-06-09T16:11:51.326+01:002015-06-09T16:11:51.326+01:00Being on holiday I am almost entirely separated fr...Being on holiday I am almost entirely separated from your peregrinations and am astonished to discover you have moved from Big Sky in Sproutland to Wessex, home to a number of doomed literary lovers.<br /><br />Some time back I noted you were staying in a Youth Hostel and not enjoying it one bit. Now you're doing it again. The YHA played a large part in my exploration of England. On one occasion I stayed in the YHA's least popular hostel, Broughton, where I was the only occupant. As usual in those days I was required to perform a domestic task before leaving, in this case sweeping the room in which I had slept. Quite ridiculous: there was accommodation for about twenty-five in my dormitory and I limited myself to a 2 ft radius of my bed. Hardly in the YHA spirit.<br /><br />Soon you will be home, impatiently planning yet another themed linkage where intellect plays a larger part than the countryside ("much of a muchness" I see from your latest). I did suggest industrial estates but these did not fire your interests. How about pubs called The Marquess of Granby. Warning: the reason why so many pubs are labelled after this obscure aristocrat is not worthy of inclusion in your posts. Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-23605081768036567012015-06-08T22:50:27.314+01:002015-06-08T22:50:27.314+01:00whatever the 'backstory', it is curious th...whatever the 'backstory', it is curious that nobody - private or public - has moved the barrow or finished the work ever since: surely you are not the first to tread the way: it's not jungle, not even the Dorset kind!<br />fine old buildings you are finding to stay in - i imagine this gives a sort of seamless feel to the expedition, whereas eg a Travelodge, would seem a particularly jarring anachronism.gimmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-41226385385287486152015-06-08T19:57:53.337+01:002015-06-08T19:57:53.337+01:00We really are in the swing of jungle season now, a...We really are in the swing of jungle season now, aren't we? Such a short gap between mud season (which rules out a number of my local-to-home walks) and jungle season (which rules out a whole different bunch). <br /><br />I'm glad you're adding an extra day into your itinerary, purely from the selfish point of view of giving me another day's story to read :-)Gaylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08648378503343413924noreply@blogger.com