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Innominate Man

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Re: Every walking photo tells a story
« Reply #210 on: 14:48:50, 21/07/16 »
Great stuff MWM - love these photos.
The last time I was in White Ghyll it was a really hot day (like some this week) - the heat was so intense and with no breeze it was like a cauldron.

Only a hill but all of life to me, up there between the sunset and the sea. 
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Re: Every walking photo tells a story
« Reply #211 on: 15:03:48, 21/07/16 »
That's a bit rash Jac, you could have had a short period of courtship, perhaps a small engagement of several weeks, you know - just to stop the tongues wagging   :D

S/he who hesitates .................................. ^-^
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Innominate Man

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Re: Every walking photo tells a story
« Reply #212 on: 15:39:19, 21/07/16 »
S/he who hesitates .................................. ^-^
You're incorrigible  ;D
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Re: Every walking photo tells a story
« Reply #213 on: 15:58:56, 21/07/16 »
Great stuff MWM - love these photos.
The last time I was in White Ghyll it was a really hot day (like some this week) - the heat was so intense and with no breeze it was like a cauldron.


Waste not want not................

Innominate Man

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Re: Every walking photo tells a story
« Reply #214 on: 16:13:44, 21/07/16 »

Waste not want not................


Gordion Knot (spelling may be wrong, in which case ..... Laugh not )  ;D    
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Re: Every walking photo tells a story
« Reply #215 on: 16:27:14, 21/07/16 »

Gordion Knot (spelling may be wrong, in which case ..... Laugh not )  ;D  

At least you didn't forget me knot

Innominate Man

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Re: Every walking photo tells a story
« Reply #216 on: 16:32:37, 21/07/16 »
When my Son was going through his 'Mosh' phase - one of his favourite bands was " Slipknot ".
He never saw the funny side of their name but if he had shown less Haste ..... he may have appreciated why I thought it was funny.
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Re: Every walking photo tells a story
« Reply #217 on: 16:42:10, 21/07/16 »
He never saw the funny side of their name but if he had shown less Haste ..... he may have appreciated why I thought it was funny.


Or...........................Perhaps not.

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Re: Every walking photo tells a story
« Reply #218 on: 16:45:55, 21/07/16 »
 ;D ;D


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Re: Every walking photo tells a story
« Reply #219 on: 08:45:26, 22/07/16 »

Gordion Knot (spelling may be wrong, in which case ..... Laugh not )  ;D  


That's the way I remember it spelt, twas on such a day 'as hot as cauldron' I climb my first 'very severe' lead on Gordian Knot. Can't remember the names of many of the climbs I did after so many years but that one sticks in my mind.
Thanks for the jolt of nostalgia.
The end of the old Whit Weeekend was the end of those hot days in the lakes for me. It became soviet remembrance day and cried thereafter.


Climbed in vibram soled boots, had yet to discover PA's, no chalk >:(  but the rock was so hot the sweat off my fingertips lasted a fraction on a second.


Happy days.



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Innominate Man

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Re: Every walking photo tells a story
« Reply #220 on: 09:26:15, 22/07/16 »
Fabulous BWW, glad our exchange reminded you.
Isn't it amazing that years later the memory of touching the rock still remains ! 
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Only a hill but all of life to me, up there between the sunset and the sea. 
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Re: Every walking photo tells a story
« Reply #221 on: 13:59:57, 22/07/16 »
Nostalgia is us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!







Gordion not in big boots or even bendy boots is a good effort O0

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Re: Every walking photo tells a story
« Reply #222 on: 15:08:19, 22/07/16 »
H has been nattering about visiting the Lavender fields for ages, all those memories,  endless fields of purple spreading across the french countryside.ahhhh........





Purple fields stretching out towards a distant horizon


Fast forward............. we decide to do a walk that visited the renouned Yorkshire Lavender centre.

Well advertised as a major attraction, we had seen leaflets on show in all the main tourist outlets,we picked up our leaflet at Sutton Bank. It looked good, well worth a visit, photos showed  extensive fields of purple reaching out to the horizon.

So on arrival we were shocked to find a small garden centre with an extensive cafe/shop area full  and only half an acre of lavender parked on a hillside.

I consulted the leaflet it definitely showed distant fields of Purple BUT now they were a suspicious paler shade of GREEN.
We had a walk round the shop/cafe, it was doing a roaring trade, dissapointed as I was  I  had to take my hat off to the owners craft.

By importing most of the products from Europe, backing it up with creative advertising and a few photoshop skills they had managed to attract thousands of visitors to a tiny garden centre in a backwater of Yorkshire.................Pure Genius.





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Innominate Man

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Re: Every walking photo tells a story
« Reply #223 on: 15:19:10, 22/07/16 »
It's not that I'm old-fashioned or out of touch - but why I feel so disconnected from a lot of the present 'culture': As so much of it is  b u l l s...ted  out of all proportion with reality. Everything is just hype  >:(

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Re: Every walking photo tells a story
« Reply #224 on: 07:54:07, 23/07/16 »




Am loving the evening walks, last night we were out and we saw a strange sight, The light was fading after a dissapointing sunset as we walked along a straight country lane.

In the distance we could see two birds in some sort of mating ritual, as we got closer we were shocked to find two cockerills locked together in what looked like a bloody duel to the death.

They were going for each other hammer and tong the only respite was when we got to close they would pause walk away then start again.

They eventually shot off into a field to continue their spectacular battle in private............







 

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