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My blog nick-name is SIR HUGH. I'm not from the aristocracy - my middle name is Hugh which relates to the list of 282 hills in Scotland compiled by Sir Hugh Munro in 1891. I climbed my last one (Sgurr Mor) on 28th June 2009
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Why I am against shooting birds for fun
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This blog features mainly my walking exploits interspersed with other random topics
ALL REASONABLE COMMENTS WELCOME. NOT SURE HOW TO MAKE A COMMENT? EMAIL ME AT: conrob@me.com.
Cautionary quotes for those who intend to walk with others and other flag wavings:
"Will you walk a little faster?" said a whiting to a snail
"There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's treading on my tail."
"...the man who goes alone can start today, but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready, and it may be a long time before they get off." Henry David Thoreau
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Cautionary quotes for those who intend to walk with others and other flag wavings:
"Will you walk a little faster?" said a whiting to a snail
"There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's treading on my tail."
"...the man who goes alone can start today, but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready, and it may be a long time before they get off." Henry David Thoreau
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Aspirations
Lives of great men will remind us
We can make our lives sublime
And,departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time.
Footprints, that perhaps another,
Sailing o’er life’s solemn main,
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,
Seeing, shall take heart again.
Longfellow
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"Adventure is just bad planning"
Roald Amundsen
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...he suddenly flung down his brush on the floor, said ”Bother!” and “O blow!” and also “Hang spring-cleaning!” and bolted out of the house without even waiting to put on his coat. Something up above was calling him imperiously...
Wind in the Willows
I saw a jolly hunter
With a jolly gun
Walking in the country
In the jolly sun.
In the jolly meadow
Sat a jolly hare.
Saw the jolly hunter.
Took jolly care.
Hunter jolly eager-
Sight of jolly prey.
Forgot gun pointing
Wrong jolly way.
Jolly hunter jolly head
Over heels gone.
Jolly old safety catch
Not jolly on.
Bang went the jolly gun.
Hunter jolly dead.
Jolly hare got clean away.
Jolly good, I said.
Charles Causey - (24 August 1917 – 4 November 2003) was a Cornish poet, schoolmaster and writer. His work is noted for its simplicity and directness and for its associations with folklore, especially when linked to his native Cornwall.
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My UK long distance walks
My French long distance walks
BOOKS
EIGHT BOOKS are available; Each one has a day to day journal and many colour photos.
Conrad Walks Land’s End to John o’Groats (77 days - 106 pages)
Hardback £30.00
PDF download £10.00
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Conrad Walks The Broads to The Lakes (28 days - 92 pages)
Hardback £21.97
PDF download £7.28
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Conrad Walks The GR10 Pyrenean traverse, Atlantic to Mediterranean - (52 days - 107 pages)
Hardback £23.71
PDF download £7
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Conrad Walks The GR5 - Lake Geneva to Mediterranean - (35 days - 113 pages)
Hardback £28.00
PDF download £4.00
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Conrad Walks The French Gorges - (35 days through Provence, the Ardeche, and the Cevennes - 99 pages)
Hardback £27
PDF download £4
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Conrad Walks Wales - (58 days round the whole Welsh border - 237 pages)
Hardback £36.29
PDF download £5.00
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Conrad Walks Coast, River and Canals - (SE Coast, Severn Way, and various canals - 157 pages)
Hardback - £35.15
PDF download - details to follow
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NEW! Conrad Walks Summer 2014 - Viking Way, Marilyns: Lleyn peninsula, Northumberland and Scottish Borders.
SW Coast Path, Two Moors Way (234 pages)
Hardback £49.89
PDF download - details to follow - SHOULD BE ON LULU LIST SHORTLY
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To purchase:
Visit: http://www.lulu.com/shop/ and search "Conrad Robinson"
Lulu have more recently stopped the pdf option. If you want one that is not listed contact me by email and I can send one to you.
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Queries - email- conrob@me.com
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Parrot tulips? Double tulips?
ReplyDeleteWilted blooms, for certain.
Not a floribunda, a moribunda.
ReplyDeleteThe Crow and BB - Thanks for your comments, but no solutions offered. Some other friends who saw the message by email suggested administration of Sauvignon Blanc, but I prefer to keep that for myself. My solution lay in Photoshop - see the following post.
ReplyDelete