tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post4312926725428656416..comments2024-03-29T13:05:42.663+00:00Comments on conradwalks: GallimaufrySir Hughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-23523385483303859472012-07-16T20:12:47.604+01:002012-07-16T20:12:47.604+01:00JP - Good luck with Nite.
I'm still having so...JP - Good luck with Nite.<br /><br />I'm still having some problems with the knee. I have an appointment with the surgeon on Wednesday, having being signed off by him and the physio earlier, I am not sure whether I am overdoing exercise or what.<br /><br />I am watching Le Tour avidly every day - apart from the racing it is a fabulous scenic voyage round France - their weather seems to be a hell of lot better than ours.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-92207834963406575392012-07-16T19:33:37.116+01:002012-07-16T19:33:37.116+01:00Preston climbing wall - how are you coping with th...Preston climbing wall - how are you coping with this weather, a good time to be convalescing. Thank heavens for the tour on ITV4. <br />Thanks for the info on Nite. Expecting to win the next prize!John Proudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04211319572480512868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-44772064005063448852012-07-10T21:32:21.896+01:002012-07-10T21:32:21.896+01:00John P. - It was actually THIRD prize. If you Goog...John P. - It was actually THIRD prize. If you Google NITE WATCHES you could enter the current competition yourself. There is a list of the prizes for the current competition which are similar to the one I entered - they are impressive. I have entered again.<br /><br />Don't ask about the bottle of Haig.<br /><br />Where are you off to next?Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-16998704374130768342012-07-10T20:12:30.343+01:002012-07-10T20:12:30.343+01:00If that was second prize you scooped [lucky you!] ...If that was second prize you scooped [lucky you!] what was first - a bottle of Haig??John Proudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04211319572480512868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-91339605528942760852012-07-10T16:11:33.814+01:002012-07-10T16:11:33.814+01:00Gimmer- I have not read Peter Ackroyd. As far as I...Gimmer- I have not read Peter Ackroyd. As far as I remember there was no reference to contemporary literature in Richard 11, but the description of the court seems to figure. Having Wikipediaed Ackroyd he sounds to have some strangely individual theories about time and place - may give him a try.<br /><br />The other matter - I must be bad because my conscience had let that incident dim in my memory - less said I think - it may still be an open case on the police files?Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-16720407993744465362012-07-10T15:04:35.940+01:002012-07-10T15:04:35.940+01:00as we are delving into the past, i recall your bei...as we are delving into the past, i recall your being involved in an ultimately victorious feat for a bottle of ? Haig ?<br />or have the waters closed over that oneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-48524860744472227812012-07-10T14:56:52.992+01:002012-07-10T14:56:52.992+01:00re R2 - interestingly, Peter Ackroyd, in his '...re R2 - interestingly, Peter Ackroyd, in his 'brief lives' bio of G Chaucer, describes his reign as<br />'a magnificent period (even though it ended in his forced abdication and murder) - a resplendent literary period, only to be equalled by that of Elizabeth in the late C16 - an age of masterpices such as the Wilton diptych, the religious works of Margey Kempe and Julian of Norwich . . . he had a fully conceived and almost theatrical sense of his own kingship - a court of ceremony and formal ritual, no longer a court of war, except in theory:<br /> so similar but so unlike our dearly departed King Tony, who, I recall, was forcibly abdicated and pokered by those unruly northern thanesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-82838326207066500732012-07-09T09:36:45.454+01:002012-07-09T09:36:45.454+01:00Welshpaddler - Join the club - my experience at Wh...Welshpaddler - Join the club - my experience at Whitesands Bay was also blighted. Here is the rest of my journal for that day which continues from the extract on this post:<br /><br />"This had been an easy and pleasant day. The campsite was mediocre - I was on a slope, and the scruffy wc was paperless. I walked down to the car park area and public toilet where things were much better appointed.<br /><br />My neighbours were a German family with a campervan tent combination, and it was their first campsite in England which made me embarrassed, so I assured them we have better sites than this."Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-79579195614183210192012-07-08T19:53:57.703+01:002012-07-08T19:53:57.703+01:00I used to spend a lot of time kayak surfing at Wit...I used to spend a lot of time kayak surfing at Witesands bay.<br /><br />I was also banned from the carpark when I had a run in with the then carpark attendant. Happy days.<br /><br />As you know I have every sympathy with you about your knee. Patience is surely NOT a virtue.welshpaddlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10385863790733204366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-9088532536140458952012-07-08T08:49:22.528+01:002012-07-08T08:49:22.528+01:00Worry not! I recorded it.
I was spellbound by Ric...Worry not! I recorded it.<br /><br />I was spellbound by Richard 11. The extensive use of rhyming poetry was fascinating - it suited the king's character, but in contrast was used very cleverly elsewhere. As an uneducated ignoramus I have the advantage of not knowing the plot beforehand - you may be a bit like me being envious of somebody who has still got a hundred Munros to do.<br /><br /> I also have been watching Schama - it's a shame we can't have a bit more of this sort of thing on BBC 4 instead of endless programmes about pop bands and pop celebrities.<br /><br />Green for Danger - you are right; I don't remember the plot but I seem to remember there was not a "homicidal surgeon" as such, but you have encouraged me to stretch the facts from time to time to suit my context, but perhaps we may talk about that rather than spoil it for somebody else.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-83917325863035755012012-07-08T08:28:06.752+01:002012-07-08T08:28:06.752+01:00Alas, you should have persisted with the telly. I ...Alas, you should have persisted with the telly. I was outraged that such an expensive enterprise as Henry IV Part 1 should be abruptly cancelled to bring us all the piffling (Women of England forgive me) women's doubles. Switching on later for News at 10 on BBC1 I found tennis there too. "Try BBC2," said Mrs LdP and lo! The Hollow Crown with superb performances from Jeremy Irons (the king) and Simon Russell Beale (Falstaff). I recommend you track it down because there was mention of it re-appearing later on one of the BBC's other channels, perhaps BBC4.<br /><br />You seem to have forgotten the plot of Green For Danger but I am unable to point out your error without revealing the ending. Not surprising, really, since we saw the film (definitely a film in those days, not a movie) in Hinderwell which would make you about seven or eight.<br /><br />Incidentally the play you saw last week was Richard II - another excellent production concentrating on what historian Simon Schama (who provided a good TV crib a week ago on Shakespeare's history plays) "a weak king". <br /><br />Sorry about the knee. But I did feel you were pushing yourself rather too hard. But who am I to talk?Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-29884857881413753702012-07-07T22:08:55.645+01:002012-07-07T22:08:55.645+01:00Mmm! Me too ?!?!?Mmm! Me too ?!?!?High Horsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10466287570979256689noreply@blogger.com