tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post4827679574267664157..comments2024-03-28T13:06:29.793+00:00Comments on conradwalks: Gaisgill, Tebay, and National Trust replySir Hughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-24863961733233360612017-03-26T22:33:19.159+01:002017-03-26T22:33:19.159+01:00Interesting to read their point about never leavin...Interesting to read their point about never leaving a space before ? or ! <br />I find that it is actually necessary to leave such a space for the mark to be at all visible in emails and other screen text <br /> - the French always leave such a space: I expect not to do so risks the wrath of the Academie, although not perhaps the guillotine (!).<br />gimmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-44033198145988142772017-03-26T18:41:58.430+01:002017-03-26T18:41:58.430+01:00Interesting email response. I must say, anything t...Interesting email response. I must say, anything that encourages cattle to wander more freely does NOT sound like a good idea to me - but you know how I feel about cows!Ruth Livingstonehttp://www.coastalwalker.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-6245302184065609092017-03-25T22:59:45.658+00:002017-03-25T22:59:45.658+00:00gimmer - multiple exclamation marks not allowed - ...gimmer - multiple exclamation marks not allowed - see this extract from The Penguin guide to Punctuation:<br /><br />https://www.dropbox.com/s/3xhtuyp5q3i6dh4/Exclamation.pdf?dl=0Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-10925240070484471832017-03-25T21:02:59.369+00:002017-03-25T21:02:59.369+00:00that reply needs at least one exclamation mark, if...that reply needs at least one exclamation mark, if not several !gimmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-52168970171014676852017-03-25T08:18:52.629+00:002017-03-25T08:18:52.629+00:00Dave - should have read "rewarding"Dave - should have read "rewarding"Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-87396934179342530652017-03-24T14:19:40.755+00:002017-03-24T14:19:40.755+00:00Dave - glad to be of service - I hope your reading...Dave - glad to be of service - I hope your reading is reading.<br />--------------------<br /><br />Alan R - Well the best you can say is that they had the courtesy to reply with a reasonably comprehensive answer.<br /><br />----------------------<br /><br />gimmer - Your opinion as a country estate owner is valued.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-62583347135231432412017-03-24T13:50:58.601+00:002017-03-24T13:50:58.601+00:00Whilst the land management schemes to encourage wi...Whilst the land management schemes to encourage wider range foraging of cattle and spread of both fauna and flora, including scrub and tree felling, might be very sound, they not causally linked to destruction of the natural spring: there must have been many ways of providing a 'natural' supply to the trough without destroying this gem, whilst the land management could have been executed with or without the spring - or the trough - whose function is to encourage a wider grazing range (which of course can encourage some species diversity , although also threatening others !).<br />I'm afraid this illustrates your general point only too clearly (but here I must confess - I am one of the few people whose money the NT refused and expelled me from membership - for which crime, I was never informed)- an elite which doesn't either consult or inform the public upon whom the cost of the works bears and who previously had had the quiet enjoyment of the area .<br /> Don't be shy - this doesn't need a degree in Land Management or Conservation to analyse - only simple logic.<br />gimmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-86408773969007969472017-03-24T13:34:00.089+00:002017-03-24T13:34:00.089+00:00Excellent reply to your email. The Leyland tractor...Excellent reply to your email. The Leyland tractor i think is an 802. The number is usually on the front of the grill. Its unusual because most Leyland's are blue. They were and i think still are being built by Marshall's. This particular model stopped around 1982.AlanRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07180571503542781921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-41995028255277051442017-03-24T09:58:07.264+00:002017-03-24T09:58:07.264+00:00Hi Conrad, unrelated to this particular post but I...Hi Conrad, unrelated to this particular post but I owe you. Without your blog I would never have found the excellent 'How the light gets in' which would have been a sad omission. Thanks again...Davehttps://ossroad.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com