PDSTSP,
You have a wicked sense of humor as I noted in the "section Hike" post. As a former high school history and government teacher I have way too much respect for the Rule of Law to off any politician, no matter how deserving. But maybe if Comrade Trump has enough "Bacon Cheese Burgers" he will have a coronary all on his own. A boy can dream...
Thanks for the welcome guys. I've been to Old Blighty twice. Once just London and the second time, staying in a friend's flat at Blackfriars, I went to theCotswolds and to Ann Hathaway's cottage and other Shakespearian historical sites.
I plan to do a driving vacation in the UK within a year or two if The Boss will agree. She has her own travel agenda as well.
This forum is interesting and you Brits are a bit more enlightened than some of my American forum acquaintances. Those on firearms forums are usually a bit to the right of Louis XIV, politically speaking.
But most on backpacking forums are, at the least, environmentalists and fairly "Progressive".
Q. "What's the difference between a Good Ol' Boy and a Redneck?
A. The Good Ol' Boy throws his McDonald'a wrappers and beer cans on the floor of his pickup.
The Redneck throws them out the window.
Eric B.
BTW, Richard, coming from the Orkney Islands means you likely have some Viking blood. My dad's father came from Odense, Denmark.