tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post7339866713608063090..comments2024-03-28T13:06:29.793+00:00Comments on conradwalks: Wainwright's Way - Patterdale to GrasmereSir Hughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-77311741531381707732019-12-10T17:30:05.273+00:002019-12-10T17:30:05.273+00:00The only problem with combining the Wainwrights an...The only problem with combining the Wainwrights and the Marilyns is that I've only got one Lakeland Marilyn remaining. Most of my Marilyn-bagging in the Lakes was done solo, when Mick was working a few years ago, and I've also visited more Wainwrights than Mick, so when we do finally get around to a Lakes trip, there will be some repetition for me. Not something to complain about in such surroundings!<br /><br />(Sorry for the delay in replying. Something just jogged my memory that I'd not responded to your reply and it's taken me a little while to step back through your posts to find the discussion. In doing that I've also noted that whilst I've read and enjoyed the entirety of your Wainwrights Way series, I've (again!) made an appalling job of commenting. I really must do better!) Gaylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15949399573658007074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-89840300954041772832019-11-21T20:42:29.249+00:002019-11-21T20:42:29.249+00:00We could lend you some of our Red Flags, Gayle...We could lend you some of our Red Flags, Gayle...Phreerunnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08551842487502221703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-7740024017264591202019-11-08T11:08:40.200+00:002019-11-08T11:08:40.200+00:00Gayle - You could combine Wainwrights and Marilyns...Gayle - You could combine Wainwrights and Marilyns in The Lakes.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-89307485135964745202019-11-06T17:10:37.268+00:002019-11-06T17:10:37.268+00:00The original plan for our October trip was for it ...The original plan for our October trip was for it to be spent in the Lake District, bagging Wainwrights. As you know, we ended up spending our time in Scotland instead. However, your photos remind me that it's too long since we last spent any length of time in the area. We really must rectify that (although even as I type, I'm thinking of plans for next year and wondering how it could be fitted in). <br /><br /><br />(Gah! Accidentally clicked "I'm not a robot" and was put through a lengthy test to prove the point.)Gaylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15949399573658007074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-36888124516782977202019-11-02T08:55:37.828+00:002019-11-02T08:55:37.828+00:00Back-up should be physically independent of the co...Back-up should be physically independent of the computer. The idea being that the back-up system should survive the computer's destruction. I have a 128 GB chip in a plastic holder: simple, cheap, but you have to remember to use it regularly.<br /><br />Your ability to misunderstand me passes all understanding. I decided to stop writing comments that exceeded 100 words since it was clear you either didn't read everything I'd written or had forgotten what I said earlier in the comment. Thus I wrote a three-word comment a few weeks ago and you misinterpreted that.<br /><br />I am not out to educate you, simply to entertain myself. Being acerbic offers me more potential than blah-blah flattery. It's more fun. There is also the matter of style and content; there may be more to the way I say things than to the information the words carry.<br /><br />Switching to Windows 10 is demanding, as with all OS changes. But there are hidden advantages. A new OS means you are better equipped to deal with improvements in computer technology. This is a lengthy subject and I'll not burden you with it. It was right to reject Windows 8 because quite quickly Microsoft rejected it anyway. Windows 10 was generally welcomed and I decided to go with the flow. But yes, it can be hard.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-56891357738840388062019-10-31T08:32:00.957+00:002019-10-31T08:32:00.957+00:00BC - 'Twas beer.
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RR...BC - 'Twas beer.<br /><br />------------------------<br /><br />RR - I presume you run some kind of back-up on your computer? I have a hard disk that has greater capacity than my Mac desktop and it backs-up automatically. I would be interested to hear of your comfort or otherwise with Windows 10.<br /><br />My dictionary gives more synonyms for "acerbic" than almost any other adjective I have taken the trouble to research, and a pretty unpleasant list it is. Why should I qualify, BY DEFAULT, for comments in that mode? You may say it is for my education. I may say it is for you to demonstrate your cleverness.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-86480812886390217862019-10-30T07:31:04.490+00:002019-10-30T07:31:04.490+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-55358162437730339102019-10-30T07:29:43.585+00:002019-10-30T07:29:43.585+00:00Have just replaced my old desktop (over a decade o...Have just replaced my old desktop (over a decade old; I worried about the processor letting me down catastrophically). Grandson Ian oversaw the specification of the new one with Overclockers, then masterminded the transfer of the HD contents from old to new. Urged me to use the new one (now based on Windows 10) to see if I was comfortable with it. So I was up at 06.25 this morning and what more natural than I should leave an acerbic comment on your blog as a sort of test-drive.<br /><br />Actually my acerbicity battery seems a little rundown. All I can manage is to question the phrase "Grisedale Tarn comes into view as a welcome sudden surprise" To me that sounds as if you'd left your map at home. For a smallish lake to swim into view - unexpectedly - suggests you were taking a broad view of the terrain you were crossing. That anything smaller than Ullswater was absent from your preconceptions. Then I decided to be charitable; perhaps you were using Google Maps on its lowest magnification. No of course you weren't, you'll tell me, and blahdy-blah--blah.<br /><br />Never mind. It seems the new PC is fit for purpose. For some purposes, anyway.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-40257535515787690192019-10-29T18:18:49.047+00:002019-10-29T18:18:49.047+00:00I wonder which drinks you had for Thirteen shillin...I wonder which drinks you had for Thirteen shillings and two pence.bowlandclimberhttp://bowlandclimber.comnoreply@blogger.com