tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post8862139731765275628..comments2024-03-28T13:06:29.793+00:00Comments on conradwalks: Dales Way (Bowston to a few miles from Bowness)Sir Hughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-74151098367521405812016-08-20T15:11:43.249+01:002016-08-20T15:11:43.249+01:00Gayle - I am reading yours also and having same pr...Gayle - I am reading yours also and having same problems with wifi etc. I'll soon be asking you how many Ms you have left to do rather than how many have you done.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-64864058171418207942016-08-19T19:38:41.948+01:002016-08-19T19:38:41.948+01:00And I'm sure that you know that I'm readin...And I'm sure that you know that I'm reading everything you write (occasionally shaking my head, whilst smiling, at descriptions of incidents like climbing over 9' spike-topped gates!), even if I'm often delayed in commenting by a lack of power and internet. Gaylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08648378503343413924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-65965086679683942202016-08-17T22:13:25.373+01:002016-08-17T22:13:25.373+01:00Dear Sir Hugh
I do read your posts with interest....Dear Sir Hugh<br /><br />I do read your posts with interest. I do not always reply as I have very little to add that would enhance your hard work. I am not a "professional" walker and my legs do not carry me far nowadays but just because I do not comment on your fine blogs does not mean that they are not enjoyed. <br />We actually have another common interest as I have recently acquired a TZ60 - I am trying hard to keep the camera steady when it is in full zoom mode - judging by your shots (especially from Cornwall), you have mastered that.<br /><br />Please keep the stories coming, may I assure you that they are being read.<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11210914319375710616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-64412035879064548782016-08-17T22:09:06.737+01:002016-08-17T22:09:06.737+01:00i think we should make a joint history book of all...i think we should make a joint history book of all the scrapes and dramas we were lucky to survive - might be a best seller if we could get a writer with vivid imagination to jazz it up a bit . . . Alastair Campbell perhaps . . . but there again, there may still be more to come . . . gimmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-15292122869036862352016-08-17T08:21:54.359+01:002016-08-17T08:21:54.359+01:00gimmer - I remember those walks well. On the way b...gimmer - I remember those walks well. On the way back on that December day we were nearly wiped out by a car coming round a corner and planing on ice straight towards us - it's a wonder we have survived so long. What about the desperate time we had on one of those gullies on Wastwater Screes finishing off in the dark as far as I recall?<br /><br />As far as the fortress is concerned I hope there won't be a "next time". Even if I won the Lottery I wouldn't want to be holed up in a place like that.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-84411154513293221792016-08-16T22:35:51.408+01:002016-08-16T22:35:51.408+01:00Well, I read all your posts 'avidly' as a ...Well, I read all your posts 'avidly' as a form of vicarious exercise - but other than trivial inanities it is rare that I can find anything interesting, witty, erudite or intelligent to say - but life would be much the poorer if you gave up posting - to say nothing of the incentive you have referred to previously of going for the walk itself. And I would never go on so called (anti-)social media to find it there instead.<br />In fact, these two Bowston focussed walks reminded me of the two walks we did thereabouts - one up the Kent from Burneside on a crisp frosty December day - the first walk I'd done in Cumbria for years and which showed that one doesn't need to 'go high' to have a good day out - the other with Pete, from Staveley which went round part of the upper section of the former: both good walks that more than justify your pursuit .<br />That development of the old paper mill is supposed to be secure - a friend was thinking of buying a unit there as 'one could leave the place for three months on the Med and know it would be safe for one's return': your breaching the fortress (or jail, as it looks from the image) must shake that confidence - maybe next time it will be electrified razor wire and baying hounds that greet you !gimmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-67088599243171751902016-08-15T14:54:01.578+01:002016-08-15T14:54:01.578+01:00afoot - Thanks for the advice - food for thought.afoot - Thanks for the advice - food for thought.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-48510706792076102432016-08-15T11:00:52.019+01:002016-08-15T11:00:52.019+01:00A nine foot spikey gate? Get back on those rocks C...A nine foot spikey gate? Get back on those rocks Conrad - much safer than some of your walks and ladies in cars don't usually appear to cause embarrassment.afootinthehillshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06670636358354420373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-84121766927000395302016-08-15T09:36:25.509+01:002016-08-15T09:36:25.509+01:00AR - Hi Alan It's good to know there's sti...AR - Hi Alan It's good to know there's still somebody out there reading this stuff - sometimes I wonder. The stats say I often get over 100 pageviews a day. I know a lot of those arise from sources other than those interested in the blog, but you would think there would be more comments, even so. Some people say that other forms of social media have almost killed blogging off. Well I'm not tempted to enter into the mostly vacuous exchanges I see there when I make occasional forays, mainly to see what members of my family are up to, but generally I end up none the wiser.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-73805884145093276212016-08-15T09:12:19.933+01:002016-08-15T09:12:19.933+01:00Apart from the embarrassing climb, the history of ...Apart from the embarrassing climb, the history of the area was worth the effort. Some fine scenery too.AlanRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07180571503542781921noreply@blogger.com