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Now had visit from registrar, 10:30 am. I am booked for operation Thursday morning. At least I know. I wonder when somebody would have told me if I hadn't asked?
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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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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You've had a long wait Conrad but it shouldn't be too long before you're home and plotting the resumption of your walk.
ReplyDeleteChin up mate and keep the elbows off the table. Ha.
ReplyDeleteAfoot - I hope you are correct. I also hope you are now fully recovered from your ow sojourn.
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Alan R - I don't know about chin up. Perhaps that contributed to my trip, with chin down I might have seen the wire.
About that wire. At the weekend whilst out climbing a new fence had been constructed in the field next to the path and of course they had just discarded the old materials, I tripped over some barbed wire on the ground. When I recollect this littering of old wires and posts is quite common throughout the countryside. I would be fined for leaving wire coils on the pavement outside my house - what of the landowners in question? Is it time for either more ecological awareness of farmers or some legislation, unlikely as the land owning classes wouldn't vote for anything as sensible as that.
ReplyDeleteGet yourself better and then think about questioning the environmental policies of the estate your were on at the time.
Just a thought.
BC - hi John. Unfortunately I think the land I was on was part of the farmer' s who got me down to the village in his quod bike so it would be a bit churlish to direct action there specifically. Alternatively I may suggest some sort of campaign via he BMC or whatever. It is certainly a subject that could fo with more caring. Letters t outdoor mags?
ReplyDeleteAiring not caring
ReplyDeleteThanks Sir Hugh. I escaped last Wednesday and am feeling very much better and a lot stronger though I've not ventured onto the hills. Maybe after my birthday tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteAfoot - MHRs.
ReplyDeleteYay. Finally you have a date for the op.
ReplyDeleteBut poor communication by the medical staff.
It's a few years since I actually worked for the NHS, but I still feel a sense of personal shame about our organisational failings.
At least matters are progressing. I'm looking forward to catching up with you when you come marching through Timperley.
ReplyDeleteHi Conrad.
ReplyDeleteI was not implying any action against the farmer, I don't do compensation litigation, more of a general action to rid our hills of old fence wire. Yes maybe letters to the BMC or what about the NFU!
Enough of that till later - hope all has gone well with your op.
John.