tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post2380808050525001882..comments2024-03-28T07:13:10.797+00:00Comments on TONE DEAF: WALK 8. Shipley - HeatonRoderick Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-77533158598677696282014-02-07T22:21:25.974+00:002014-02-07T22:21:25.974+00:00You have me worried now. Could there come a time ...You have me worried now. Could there come a time when I "renounce the outdoors?" Maybe keeping on writing about it (which takes up more time than being in it) will keep me out there.Blonde Twohttp://twoblondeswalking.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-40098240251522458102014-02-02T18:23:07.077+00:002014-02-02T18:23:07.077+00:00Sir Hugh: I fear you and Gimmer had to be more or ...Sir Hugh: I fear you and Gimmer had to be more or less written out of this <i>histoire</i>, left to tell your own story. Did you toss up to find who got to cut the egg and who to choose?<br /><br />MikeM: Of course I wore a tie as a baby journo. These were the fifties, things were formal. You wore a tie even if you were due to be hanged on the morrow.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-3966128631365304772014-02-02T13:40:28.680+00:002014-02-02T13:40:28.680+00:00It's clear from the photo that your attire was...It's clear from the photo that your attire was inappropriate for hiking and camping. I wonder if you also wore a tie in your reporter role, fouling the typewriter carriage or even threatening to jam the presses with your peacockery.mike Mhttp://www.mykwerks.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-1342822839305879862014-02-02T11:05:49.140+00:002014-02-02T11:05:49.140+00:00I have snapshot memories of that event. Gimmer and...I have snapshot memories of that event. Gimmer and I left the train at Penrith aiming for Langdale. I'm not sure of all details of our journey, but I remember boiling an egg (our only food) on the shores of Ullswater at a very early hour of the morning, then walking most ofUllswater's length, but part of that involved a terrifying lift in the Outward Bound School Land Rover with a mad instructor driver. We did walk from the top of Kirkstone Pass down The Struggle into Ambleside and had a hugely indulgent meal in Dodd's Café (now long gone) before catching the bus to Langdale.<br /><br />An epic few days, and like you I can't say I reflect on it with much pleasure, but, without being able to explain why I am glad we did it.<br /><br />In those days our Commando (ex-army) rucksacks alone weighed nearly as much as my total backpacking kit today.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.com