For newcomers
At the bottom of each post there is the word "comments". If you click on it you will see comments made by followers, and if you follow the instructions you may also comment and I always welcome that. I have found many people overlook this part of the blog which is often more interesting than the original post!
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
Personally, I don't think lists do any harm at all. I have Dawson's book, and Birkett's and the Nuttall's books both of English hills and of Lakeland Tarns. Recently picked up one of tidal islands. Simon Jenkins books of English Churches and Houses are both well worth the entrance fee. Then there are the field guides, essentially lists of flowers, fungi, butterflies, constellations...
ReplyDeleteAnything which has you contemplating going somewhere new, looking for something new etc. seems to me to be a fine thing.
Lambrigg Fell is worth a visit I seem to remember.
Lists can be fun, especially cod lists (eg, The Ten Worst Tea-Shops in Cumbria. My Five Worst Encounters). However to get the best out of them it's necessary to make use of vivid and consistent typographical features (bold, ital, different colours) as a means of differentiation and in recognition of the fact that they're there to entertain as well as instruct. A list without some form of presentation becomes a dull trudge. The telephone directory only works well because users NEED to find a specific number, there's no temptation to browse. Few of us write bogs that others NEED to go through.
ReplyDeleteBeating the bounds - Thanks for your reassurance - you've got me going now. One such guide book I have always intended to look for is one identifying animals from their droppings. I often wonder what has been passing by when I see so many different kinds of poo along the way.
ReplyDeleteRR - I have a starter for the first suggestion that was vividly described by my old pal Tony, and I think that may have given me an idea for a future post.
I recently produced a fairly complicated spreadsheet for daughter Jill that had to be presented to some professionals. I used extensive, intelligent use of colour. The recipients issued compliments on what they saw as a modern, and recommended technique. I was well pleased.
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BOTH - I think I achieved my objective by forestalling anticipated criticism - I have enjoyed your comments.
I've just started looking for that book and came up with the correct word "scat" which I was aware of but had not recalled for my comment; it is certainly an improvement, almost onomatopoeic, on the pretentious "poo".
ReplyDeleteJust got back from the supermarket and realised I should have had a LIST.
ReplyDeleteI don't think lists are bad at all Conrad, and in any case with your record of long backpacking trips and rock climbing history for example, how could anyone even suggest that you are a list ticker?
ReplyDeleteThey are poor misguided souls if they do.
Keep on Bagging, Conrad - you'll discover some new places and get lots of variety...
ReplyDeleteBC, Afoot, and Phreerunner - Thanks for your comments. I will keep a watch out for those "misguided souls" in future.
ReplyDeleteAnother Marilyn has been clocked up since this post - 276 now, who's counting? Post to follow including another section of my canal walk.
I don't have a specific scat book Conrad, but I do have a 'Tracks and Signs' book (very old, a Collins guide) which covers that and also things like, how to identify what has been eating hazelnuts by the way the shells have been breached or opened, and how to identify footprints, all excellent stuff.
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