tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088093171546879458.comments2022-02-23T13:51:04.340+00:00Old Winter ramblingsOld Winterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05675537267005784244noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088093171546879458.post-6134043678742387522010-08-30T11:13:43.621+01:002010-08-30T11:13:43.621+01:00How remiss of me. http://www.oldknobbley.com/
Th...How remiss of me. http://www.oldknobbley.com/<br /><br />This venerable tree has his very own web presence and is more than capable of surfing the internet.Old Winterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05675537267005784244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088093171546879458.post-56772794325639068852010-08-30T11:05:10.193+01:002010-08-30T11:05:10.193+01:00Great blog post. You might be interested to hear t...Great blog post. You might be interested to hear that some of the younger trees blocking out the light from my branches have been removed and are helping to make a replica of the Mayflower. More photos and info about Old Knobbley at www.oldknobbley.com. Glad you enjoyed the walk around the wood - great trees eh? Old KOld Knobbleyhttp://www.oldknobbley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088093171546879458.post-37828840194449471512010-07-10T09:52:53.457+01:002010-07-10T09:52:53.457+01:00Yep, I will certainly be going out for a stroll, i...Yep, I will certainly be going out for a stroll, it is much too nice not too. To darn hot for me to get into any serious hiking currently though.Old Winterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05675537267005784244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088093171546879458.post-45464267960450034202010-07-09T20:21:44.084+01:002010-07-09T20:21:44.084+01:00I want to go out for a walk. Sunshine is welcome....I want to go out for a walk. Sunshine is welcome. Ok its hot in the east. I don't care. Nice to have a good summer at last.Martin Ryehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03719332121719827761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088093171546879458.post-78819513269614042412010-06-26T20:55:43.035+01:002010-06-26T20:55:43.035+01:00Yep, I have my misgivings about the map and every ...Yep, I have my misgivings about the map and every chance your prediction will come true John. Chances are I will end up with the paper version and this laminated backup in case foul weather calls for it. Thankfully I am no ultra-lightweight hiker and so will not lose sleep over this :DOld Winterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05675537267005784244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088093171546879458.post-32501471860045485182010-06-25T18:41:49.627+01:002010-06-25T18:41:49.627+01:001:25000 for me as well, having covered Dartmoor wi...1:25000 for me as well, having covered Dartmoor with a 1:50000 user at the same time and seen how much of the land detail is missed off<br /><br />OS waterproof maps - yep a waste of time & I predict you'll be back to a paper based version after you're first wander out<br />;-(John Heehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01333628949466601415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088093171546879458.post-29375527190468918522010-06-24T21:55:58.949+01:002010-06-24T21:55:58.949+01:00Worn out old maps speak of good times had. Lamina...Worn out old maps speak of good times had. Laminated 1: 25 000 is the one to get.Martin Ryehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03719332121719827761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088093171546879458.post-7211531299762053392010-01-28T11:05:38.817+00:002010-01-28T11:05:38.817+00:00I have not read any others at this point. Mountai...I have not read any others at this point. Mountains of the Mind though is certainly on the book reading radar. Hopefully within the next 6 weeks or so I will have got around to reading it.<br /><br />Thanks for the thought.Old Winterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05675537267005784244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088093171546879458.post-51031656750926149522010-01-25T18:54:24.017+00:002010-01-25T18:54:24.017+00:00couldn't agree more. have you read any of his...couldn't agree more. have you read any of his others? i'd recommend 'mountains of the mind'katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15181895420538192368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088093171546879458.post-77837733817117381782009-10-03T16:06:36.761+01:002009-10-03T16:06:36.761+01:00Excellent shot. They say that the only good times ...Excellent shot. They say that the only good times to take great outdoor photos are dawn and sunset. I don't totally agree, but the evidence is compelling!Philip Wernerhttp://sectionhiker.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088093171546879458.post-91229948715331870152009-09-16T07:45:24.711+01:002009-09-16T07:45:24.711+01:00Excellent photo, Old Winter. Sunrise is a magical ...Excellent photo, Old Winter. Sunrise is a magical time, maybe even the best time of the day for taking photos. In my opinion, always worth the effort of getting up.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17919113324490223605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088093171546879458.post-14283323793243820442009-09-15T20:30:55.019+01:002009-09-15T20:30:55.019+01:00Thankyou, I was pleased with it and was rather for...Thankyou, I was pleased with it and was rather fortunate as it has pretty much rained every day since.Old Winterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05675537267005784244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088093171546879458.post-74003960498583042332009-09-14T21:22:19.617+01:002009-09-14T21:22:19.617+01:00Superb photo.Superb photo.Martin Ryehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03719332121719827761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088093171546879458.post-1129390096604473172009-09-04T14:41:28.179+01:002009-09-04T14:41:28.179+01:00It feels like six months, sometimes it is more lik...It feels like six months, sometimes it is more like 12 :) <br /><br />England has a damp climate, the seasons are in turmoil.<br /><br />And yes, time does fly, but some events seem to rush down the time tunnel faster than others.Old Winterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05675537267005784244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088093171546879458.post-63668549724962846622009-09-04T13:05:34.471+01:002009-09-04T13:05:34.471+01:00Great writing. Really enjoy the way you pen down y...Great writing. Really enjoy the way you pen down you thoughts. <br /><br />I didn't know you also got six months of winter in Britain, I thought only the Nordic countries were "blessed" by that. If it would be winter, that is. <br /><br />Autumn is a month max, come October and those trees which lose their leaves are naked, and the dark and wet time starts. November is the worst, the increasing darkness culminates in December, and if you're lucky you got snow already. The first months of the year are usually OK, its sufficiently cold that the lakes freeze and there is snow, plus all the terribly Christmas decorations are gone. In April you're walking over all the grit they threw on the snow in the winter, and if you're lucky they take it off the roads in May. Spring as such doesn't exist anymore here, and in June you already celebrate Midsummer. <br /><br />I see churches as nice buildings, and that's it. I left the church after a year in Honduras, and made my own thoughts. Nearly ten years ago, the time flies by once you hit 18, it seems.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17919113324490223605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088093171546879458.post-24966891719062350802009-09-02T06:24:15.164+01:002009-09-02T06:24:15.164+01:00That is one way of looking at it for sure. It chi...That is one way of looking at it for sure. It chimes with my idea that Monday is a terrible way of starting a week.Old Winterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05675537267005784244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088093171546879458.post-3606244010361947532009-09-01T18:37:23.547+01:002009-09-01T18:37:23.547+01:00September's never too late. Just starting earl...September's never too late. Just starting early for next year<br />;-)John Heehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01333628949466601415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088093171546879458.post-17934737624354592612009-08-31T16:03:24.380+01:002009-08-31T16:03:24.380+01:00I left a comment on the 'butterflies' post...I left a comment on the 'butterflies' post a while ago that was presumably missed. I remarked on the conspicuous reports that this is a good year for butterflies, yet we have seen very few, either in our garden or on our backpacks. Of the small number we have encountered, most have been painted ladies, which is consistent with the news.GeoffChttp://v-g.me.uk/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088093171546879458.post-83398530020374350822009-08-28T07:23:41.189+01:002009-08-28T07:23:41.189+01:00Hendrik M.
Thankyou and indeed you should indeed g...Hendrik M.<br />Thankyou and indeed you should indeed get a dog, they are great reasons to get out and about. I have 3, so always have two, it vaguely softens the heartbreak when one drops dead and the "I'll never get another dog" syndrome. Years later you buy another puppy and wish you had done it sooner.<br /><br />Kate:<br />I agree whole-heartedly with the thinking you can never repeat a walk. Often you only notice this when you actually wish to repeat some experience by re-walking an area. It is always different.<br /><br />If the "made for TV" walks bring people that remember to take their litter home fine, another scar can be walked into the landscape for them. My concern is if it gets mainstream enough people will be wanting more cafe's stuck on the top of mountains and perhaps the odd road in and out and a carpark of course. The leisure industry is just that, industry.<br /><br />Martin:<br />A valid point. A cynic might suggest that arguing about the status of a mountain could have a lot more marketability than just saying it is or isnt a Munro. <br /><br />Named walks have the advantage of not usually disappearing, a number of my own constructed walks seem to run through barb wire hedges. I like both ventures but they certainly have a very different quality about them.<br /><br />Mike:<br />Forgive my hilly ignorance, I currently exist in East Anglia, a kerbstone represents major challenge for a lot of the populous. There certainly is a strong desire to collect and categorise and where-ever possible but a fence around it, and CCTV in more modern times.Old Winterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05675537267005784244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088093171546879458.post-53271827875098903782009-08-28T00:00:37.305+01:002009-08-28T00:00:37.305+01:00'Course, you forgot to mention a few other lis...'Course, you forgot to mention a few other lists: I give you Birketts, HuMPs Deweys, Yeamans and the now defunct (of course) Bridge's. And there's a chap curently busy listing every single hill in the British Isles with 30 metres of re-ascent. I beleive he's up around the 12000 hills mark at the moment.<br />Sheer madness - who would attempt such a list?<br />I wonder if there's another nation on earth so desperate to categorise and train-spot it's landscape. There's something very woolly hat and, maybe, a bit civil-service about the British culture....Mike Knipehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12792636586674245725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088093171546879458.post-19250183726929565282009-08-27T17:03:04.875+01:002009-08-27T17:03:04.875+01:00It might not get revised Kate as the SMC might not...It might not get revised Kate as the SMC might not agree with the MS who claim they have done some surveying. Old Winter that cheeky 4,127 ft mountain. Not getting noticed as a full Munro all them years. Hid himself behind his near by friends. Lists have a place and so does imagination. How did the old grumpy guts work out his Coast to Coast?. " Maps" What ever happened to getting out maps and making our own adventure. Don't take me wrong I like a good classic walk like the WHW. I want to do Cameron's Sutherland Way. But I like my own walks and adventure. Are we such a busy society we need others to work it all out? Is it like a pre cooked meal?. Surly the spirit of adventure and free thinking is out there. Go find adventure linking up summits you like the look of on a map regardless if it goes over the magic 914.4M mark. I will get my coat now.Martin Ryehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03719332121719827761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088093171546879458.post-74837432229384498442009-08-27T09:14:37.608+01:002009-08-27T09:14:37.608+01:00hi there, just visiting from summit and valley'...hi there, just visiting from summit and valley's blog- it's certainly a good topic, probably best discussed post fell, over pint of ale with a roaring fire. <br /><br />i like your point about the changing nature of 'the lists' and what it means about completion. in some ways every walk/run/climb/ride will never be exactly the same. conditions may make it more challenging or the navigation easier. winter rounds, summer rounds, solo and unsupported rounds, all need to be taken on their own merits. the naming and creation of routes, like you say gives validation to our hobbies. and if these 'made for tv walks' get more people off the sofa then it can't be a bad thing. now where can i order my revised munro list ;)katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15181895420538192368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088093171546879458.post-53142139514930810492009-08-27T07:23:17.856+01:002009-08-27T07:23:17.856+01:00Great philosophical writing, very enjoyable read. ...Great philosophical writing, very enjoyable read. Rabbit log is a nice little anecdote, makes me wish I would have a dog again to take out on my walks.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17919113324490223605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088093171546879458.post-17115090556839791472009-08-25T14:47:00.572+01:002009-08-25T14:47:00.572+01:00Terrific pictures, and very well done for obtainin...Terrific pictures, and very well done for obtaining them at all. The last three years have been very disappointing for butterflies where we live (Cheshire) and everywhere we have walked too.<br /><br />From the point of view of the photographer, in my experience, there are only two kinds butterflies:-<br />1. Those that very rarely settle<br />2. Those that never settleGeoffChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01333451491932418703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088093171546879458.post-53808379280410925652009-08-24T18:42:59.974+01:002009-08-24T18:42:59.974+01:00Thanks for stopping by. It is an odd coincidence ...Thanks for stopping by. It is an odd coincidence for sure. Your collection of photo's is great, the butterfly in flight is a lot of fun. As for prose, your latin is better than mine :)<br /><br />If I have seen a wall butterfly this year it did not register. The list of butterflies I wanted to see but have failed too is pretty long. Like yourself brimstone, Orange tip, Small Copper, I would have hoped to see, a White Admiral would have been a treat.<br /><br />Good luck with your woodland adventure, hope to see a future post from yourself with more butterfly goodness enclosed.Old Winterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05675537267005784244noreply@blogger.com