I mistakenly identified the "path" on my last walk as a path but it turns out to be a parish boundary. No wonder I had a hard time over that rough moorland.
Thanks to Bowland Climber for putting me right. I was aware of the similarity but perhaps had a bout of wishful thinking.
From OS 1:25 legend:
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.
I find the symbols on OS maps can be a little confusing sometimes. Especially as I generally only look at them on Bing Maps and there's no key on there!
ReplyDeletePaul - This is a minor lapse in their unusually exemplary presentation.
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ReplyDeleteYes, they’re remarkably similar and easily confused.
ReplyDeleteRuth - at least the paths are shown in England. As you well know you have to find them for yourself in Scotland.
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