Saturday, 18th December 2021
Compliments of the season to my readers
Here he is delivering my Christmas present |
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.
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
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Conrad Walks The GR5 - Lake Geneva to Mediterranean - (35 days - 113 pages)
Hardback £28.00
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Conrad Walks The French Gorges - (35 days through Provence, the Ardeche, and the Cevennes - 99 pages)
Hardback £27
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Conrad Walks Wales - (58 days round the whole Welsh border - 237 pages)
Hardback £36.29
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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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And Happy Christmas to you too x
ReplyDeleteRuth - Thanks. I presume you have posted for as far north as you achieved with your epic. Do you intend to continue with the reverse direction up the east coast? And all the best to you.
ReplyDeleteHi Conrad, I’ve reached the Humber Bridge, so I’ve finished boring old Lincolnshire. It seems a good place to stop, and I’ll be going back up up Scotland next year. Let’s hope 2022 is a better year for us all.
ReplyDeleteRuth - That's all good news. On my Broads to The Lakes walk I had an unpleasant experience at a camp site at exactly the southern end of the Humber bridge - from my blog:
ReplyDeleteMONDAY, 28 JUNE 2010
Day 16 - Humber Bridge (south) to Hornsea
Last night was dreadful. On getting back from the pub meal at about 8.15pm the people in the next tent were playing heavy beat music and drinking and talking. As far as I could tell they were husband and wife and a visiting male friend. Thankfully at 9.00pm they turned the music off... but at 10.20 it came back on. I stuck my head out of my tent and asked them to turn it off. There were mutterings and drunken laughter but it was turned off, then I started to worry about a possible reprisal. They were talking about their hi fi at 1000 watts and his brother's at 2400 watts. The husband's language, with hardly any exaggeration, included the f word in between practically all other words. They then started boasting to each other about fights they had been in, and being arrested and all sorts of altercations with police. These were very unpleasant people and I became more worried that they may try something on. There was not much I could do, but I fixed my phone so that the key pad was at default with a view to ringing police if necessary. They went on making noise and doing exaggerated belches etc. Until 1.15 am. As far as I know i never slept all night. I was up at 5.30 and away by 6.15.
Merry Christmas to you as well, Conrad, and very best wishes for 2022.
ReplyDeleteI've enjoyed reading your posts this year, although I may not get to comment on them that often. I hope you have a great Christmas, and let's hope we can all get out and about next year. All best wishes from both Kendal grufties, xx
ReplyDeletePhreerunner and Kendal Gs - Thanks for your messages. Blog page views and comments seem to be dwindling and I am not sure that many people are reading my posts these days so I am grateful for your contributions. I sometimes wonder if newcomers find it too difficult to find their way round the mechanics of posting a comment, or even if some are actually aware of that option.
ReplyDeleteAll the best, Conrad.
ReplyDeleteWill be in touch.
BC
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Conrad, Alan and Sheila.
ReplyDeleteGreetings of the season to you too Conrad. I hope you have a good Christmas and that 2022 brings you many satisfying walking and modelling projects.
ReplyDeleteWhilst my conversion rate of 'comments formed in my mind' to 'comments typed in comment box' is woeful, please know that I do look forward to your posts and read them all.