tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29907234633749604252024-03-07T03:34:21.232+00:00One Small Stepbeing the confessions of a recovering hillwalkerOldmortalityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11828967124865650752noreply@blogger.comBlogger288125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990723463374960425.post-62849720939103617962016-07-27T13:31:00.000+01:002016-07-27T13:31:48.240+01:00This aint on party, this aint no disco, this aint no foolin' around<br />
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sitting at the bar of the Café Royal with a pint of Guinness , half a dozen
oysters, and a Colin Parsons Scotsman crossword. During the course of the
morning I have brief or extended conversation with a a variety of teachers,
journalists, petty criminals, and the occasional serious criminal. Around 2.30 I
step outside into the watery Edinburgh sunshine, smell the breweries and ……”oh,
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that magic feeling – nowhere to go “<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">But that was
then – this is now. Memories tend to flood back when your nurse practitioner
has filled in a form, in writing, in black and white, officially, saying that
you are not expected to live for more than 6 months. Max. Everything is in
hand. Will, kids briefed, blue badge , wheelchair, non-funeral arranged. I
believe Mrs. OM has also booked her cruise for month 7. They even offered to
show me round the hospice, but I told them to fuck off –<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>one has to maintain <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>one’s standards.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Will this be
the last post ?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Exciting, isn’t it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Abraxas was
a good album that stood the test of time for me</span></span></div>
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Oldmortalityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11828967124865650752noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990723463374960425.post-49137353971930464132016-06-30T18:26:00.000+01:002016-06-30T18:26:31.702+01:00Schist happens....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">… when
siltstones and mudstones are subjected to extreme temperatures and pressure.
Obviously. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shit, on the other hand,
happens when you abuse your body over a long period of time, resulting in, as
in my case, two “severe” heart conditions and cirrhosis of the liver. All
untreatable. This is bad news. Bad news indeed. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I thought I should
let you all <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(?) know in order to explain
the recent (and future) lack of exciting hillwalking posts. I may use the blog space
to do a retrospective, or some political rants, or the 500 greatest albums. Or
something. Suggestions welcome.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Otherwise –
so long and thanks for all the fish.</span></span></div>
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Oldmortalityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11828967124865650752noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990723463374960425.post-85301730790217032932016-06-19T21:04:00.001+01:002016-06-19T21:04:29.955+01:00Curious
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">…to see if
this still works.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I’ve
recently been released (on licence) after a longish spell in the <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>maximum security Forth Valley Royal Hospital.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I may use
this bloggie thing again.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Or then
again I might ot.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">As the case
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Oldmortalityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11828967124865650752noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990723463374960425.post-7346167938790195662016-02-14T17:47:00.000+00:002016-02-14T17:47:57.208+00:00Calibration<br />
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probably have a local walk, or part of a walk which you use to estimate your
relative level of fitness after a long lay-off or period of illness. I have
several. After having been hors de wombat for about three months, my
expectations have been low, and confined to walking up the village to the
shops. On Thursday I made it up to the Co-op and back without having to stop
for a breather. This was a triumph. Joy was unconfined and the peasantry
celebrated in style. Canons were fired, commemorative coins were struck, and
prisoners were pardoned ( but not by the canons – they had been fired, remember
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the reporter from the Karachi Press and Journal at the press conference, is
only the beginning. I have my mind set on the mighty Dumyat (by the direttissima
– Warlock gully) in early summer, before the bracken gets too high.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thereafter,
the world is my oxter. In the meantime, I am working for a couple of days next
week. This will not involve much walking. I shall travel to the Weege by train
, and, on arrival, someone will call me a hansom cab. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will then spend a couple of days trying to create
an impression that is more gravitas than Dignitas. Ah well. And so it goes (KV)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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favorite Spider John Koerner songs sung by 12-stepper Bonny Raitt complete with
Koerner’s trademark footstomp.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Oldmortalityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11828967124865650752noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990723463374960425.post-52573953013164423662016-02-06T20:14:00.001+00:002016-02-06T20:14:49.686+00:00A note from his mum
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blogging. He is proper poorly at the moment (since November, actually) and he’s
all swollen up with yon fluid.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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so I’m going to let him <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>out to play next
week. No rough games, mind you. Just some gentle strolling about the town.
Perhaps some of that “anti-photography. I hope this is alright with you.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">Thanks ,
mum. That should fool them. They don’t know you’ve been dead for ten years.
Here’s one of your favourite wee tunes</span></span></div>
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Oldmortalityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11828967124865650752noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990723463374960425.post-75495622868682376862016-01-01T10:08:00.000+00:002016-01-01T11:06:21.228+00:00A messageAt the end of a year which has seen the country ravaged by threats of international terrorism, natural disasters, and Jeremy Clarkson, a nation turns it's weary eyes toward someone who can provide a message of hope for the coming twelve months. A beacon of light and promise in............<br />
<em>Oh just fucking get on with it. Ed.</em><br />
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Oldmortalityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11828967124865650752noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990723463374960425.post-34151788883578562222015-12-24T20:02:00.001+00:002015-12-24T20:02:23.468+00:00as i was saying....<h2 style="text-align: center;">
Merry Christmas to all my former readers.</h2>
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Oldmortalityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11828967124865650752noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990723463374960425.post-5778702620234457362015-09-10T14:22:00.003+01:002015-09-10T14:22:32.591+01:00Do'nt go down the mine, Dad<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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from the bus, I looked around for someone from whom to ask directions. The only
person in sight was a little old lady carrying two shopping baskets apparently
containing only Pringles, Rizlas, and chocolate bars. I asked her how to get to
the museum, and her response was “ Wow. Yeah, the museum. Cool. Might be over
that way. Hey. Cool,”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yes, I was
in Wanlockhead, the highest village in Scotland.</span></span><br />
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located said<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Museum of Lead Mining”,
and registered for the mine tour. At its peak, there were 47 lead mines and
several copper, gold and silver mines in a two mile stretch between here and
the neighbouring village of Leadhills.The lead mainly went to the Low Countries
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deep mines. Some went down to 600 ft below sea level. Big deal ? Well yes, if
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out, including a wee rail trip from Glasgow to Sanquhar <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I realised that I hadn’t been in Ayrshire for
a ridiculously long time and resolved to remedy this at the earliest opportunity
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">(Terms and
conditions apply. Remember, hillwalking can go down as well as up. By reading
this blog your house may be at risk.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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attempt to further increase the popularity of this blog, I am including details
of two (not one – TWO ! Count them.) recent<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>walks, or bimbles, if I may borrow a mot juste from the lexicon of
Professor Sloman.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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an unlikely conglomeration of chip shops, ice cream parlours, and shops selling
tartanoiserie, which owes its popularity to its position a mere charabanc<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>excursion distance from the great city of
Glasgow. Its situation at the edge of the Highland Boundary Fault (OK, I’ve
already done all the culpability jokes on this),<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>allows the day-trippers to admire the glory
of the Dalradian metamorphics without exposing themselves to the risk of
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drive up the hill to the tourist car park- if you’re a wimp. However, regular
readers know that I am made of stuff sterner than a German magazine, so I
walked up. This went well – nothing spectacular, but quietly pleasing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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bridge was swept away some years ago and replaced by this award-winning
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Red Wells or chalybeate springs where people used to come to drink iron oxide
infused water long before Barrs invented our other national drink. Still
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next to the well, commemorates the founder of Callander’s <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>leading Scots-Italian families. For years they
had the legendary Ben Ledi chip shop.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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already summited Myreton Hill as part of my compleation of the WhaMs. (Wee
hills above Menstrie) so this time I was not heading for the top, but following
the old pony track to the calcite mine.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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to know why anyone tried to mine a relatively common mineral such as calcite in
such a remote location. It certainly didn’t seem to be a success, and only a
small quarry and an adit blocked by a large gorse bush remain.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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though – stretched the legs, expanded the lungs and worked what is left of the
heart. Onward and upward !!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Oldmortalityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11828967124865650752noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990723463374960425.post-77786462966053275552015-08-15T20:27:00.000+01:002015-08-15T20:27:25.720+01:00Now, there's something you don't see very often.<br />
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that time of year again, I resolved to road-test my birthday socks with a
traverse of Sauchie Craigs. This year’s bad boys are ultra high-tech, featuring
wifi, satnav and differential cushioning. They also are designated “right” and
“left”, something I naturally only discovered after putting them on – on the
wrong feet.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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to the foot of the Craigs from the nearest bus stop is a long , steep, tarmac slog, so I
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in Scotland, the post-war timber planting is now being harvested. I find it
quite spooky, and often disorientating, when a familiar patch of forestry is
suddenly transformed into one of these “Hiroshima” landscapes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Craigs are at the western end of the line of basaltic intrusions which cross
the Forth valley at Stirling and include the Abbey Craig (WallaceMonument) and
the Castle Hill. Whereas the others are typically plugs, with the crag and tail
configuration, this is more of a continuous sill.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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slow on hills these days, so it took me a stupid amount of time to get onto the
top of the escarpment, but, hey, I had nothing else in my diary for the day,
and it doesn’t get dark until 10 o’clock, so suck it up.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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for good views, particularly north to the Highland Fault, but instead there was
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lime kilns. The valley used to be covered in limestone, deposited when it was
an inlet of the sea, then the glacier scraped it all away, except for the
patches “protected” by the hard volcanic rock. There was lime burning here from
very early days.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Erskine, who “entertained” Mary Queen of Scots here. (nudge, nudge). Now, as
some of you may be aware, entertaining young queens doesn’t come cheap and Sir
John was skint. One day, while out serf-hunting with the dogs, he noticed Mr.
and Mrs. McBaldrick scraping black shiny stones out of the ground and setting
fire to them to amuse their 28 children. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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estate’s entire peasantry was busy 28 hours a day digging the black shiny
stones out of the ground and transporting them to the nearby Alloa docks for
onward shipment to people who had a use for them.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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got deeper, so they filled with water and children were being drowned at a
faster rate than their parents could replace them. Sir John called in a Welsh
mining engineer who decided that the best way to deal with the water was
…….with water ! A local burn was dammed and a system of water driven pumps was
set up. When more effective drainage systems became available, the water from the
dam was still used by several local mills (including a snuff mill) and a distillery.
The outflow ended up at Alloa docks where, at one time, it was collected in
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lade supplying top up water. At one time it was said to be the largest man-made
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shitstorm of indifference which greeted my previous post</span> <span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">notwithstanding, I feel honour bound
(“Not too tight there, Honour”)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to complete
the account of my little holiday in Morvern. It will, however, be a truncated
account – a trilogyof two parts, or an example of what could be called
Austerity Blogging.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the highest quality in the world, the sand is shipped out to Pilkingtons at
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westward along the coast road to Drimmin, and here is where I had a Road to
Drimmin moment.At this point, about 20 metres in front of me, a full on Scottish
wildcat walked calmly across the road and into the trees. Even with my impaired
eyesight it was unmistakable, although, over the years, I had previously only
had “possible” sightings in the headlights at night. I subsequently discovered
that the Wildcat Protection Zone, where quite calm and only slightly annoyed
pussies are being ethnically cleansed to preserve the purity of their really
wild cousins, has been extended from Ardnamurchan into Morvern.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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ride, with no sight or sound of human activity, I got the notion that, if I sat
quietly for long enough, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>something
magical would happen. A deer might emerge cautiously from the trees. Or a
platoon of the Japanese army. Or Alan Whicker. As darkness fell on the third
night, I had to abandon this notion.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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wee Davie Broon for Alan R. Clean up the terminals and flush the fuel system
and it might even start.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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was had by all. Ibiza next year , I think</span></span><br />
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was on a warm sunny afternoon in Lochaline, after an eight hour, 5 bus, one
ferry journey. Why ? Ah well…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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ago I was contacted by an organisation about doing some training in the Morvern
area. I had dealt with these people before, without having been greatly
impressed, but went along with it to see how it would pan out. Sure enough, a
couple of weeks before the planned date, it all fell apart, and I was left with
a paid-for reservation for four nights in a rather attractive sounding B&B and a renewed determination never to do business with dickheads again.
I had recently spent three weeks looking after the fish while Mrs. OM roamed
the world, so I was due a wee break. And here I was.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Tuesday with smoked haddock and poached egg, what I think of as the “full
Scottish” breakfast, and then embarked for Mull on the ferry.I had allowed time
for a wander round the Fishnish peninsula from the ferry terminal, a walk I had
found on the Walkhighlands<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>website.
Although mainly on forestry rides with occasional views across the sound to
Morvern, this proved a joy and a treasure as the weather was perfect for
walking – warm but with a mere zephyr (or was it a zodiac ?) to keep the
midgies away. The smells were enticing and the wee burdies were gaun their
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at the terminal (ok – shed) in time for a bacon butty and coffee before the bus
for Tobermory arrived. I was a tad surprised when this turned out to be The
Tobermory Topper, an open top charabanc such as one sees conveying tourists
around our ancient cities. I was about to seek<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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“You only live once” moments and diverted up the stairs to join the poor
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decisions go, this ranks up there with Hitler’s to invade Russia and Decca’s to
not sign the Beatles.The bus set off at 50mph on the 40minute journey along the
coast road and up over some high moorland. Glasses and hat were quickly removed
and stashed and there followed a Casting of the Colours re-enactment as I
managed to unpack then put on my Montane wind shirt ( £6 pre-loved on E bay).
Softies started retreating below deck, and by the time we reached the suburbs
of Tobermory, only myself and some Japanese tourists, who were obviously in
training for one of their game shows, had manned it out.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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was refreshingly static. Among the usual tourist tat there were some interesting
shops and a museum. I pondered the choice between handmade soap and handmade
chocolate for Mrs. OM – a no-win situation so I bought both. I also found an
interesting shop called Books and Tackle, but, as I am well provided with both,
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would I find that this ancient thoroughfare had changed since the last time ?
Had it been “designated”, surfaced with crushed whinstone and waymarked with
colour-coded posts and information boards ? Had it been diverted via
Northampton ? Surely there would be a wind farm ? But no, I needn’t have
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was built about 200 years ago, at a time when it was fashionable for lairds to
wall off their estates, move the villages and churches outside the wall, and
divert traditional routes around their properties. The story goes that a team
of workmen laboured each day to build a section of the new wall – and a team of
locals came out every night and knocked down the days’s work. Until the laird got
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hearties, the clue is in the location. Right next to Ben Gunn’s cave. Local
legend (aka the Tourist Board) has it that RLS played here as a boy, and that
this was the inspiration for Ben Gunn’s cave in Treasure Island. Of course he
got the inspiration for the Black Spot and a parrot that said “Pieces of Eight”
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of this post is to tidy up a loose end from a few months ago. I doubt if anyone
remembers or cares, but I asked if readers could identify the location featured
in the current header photograph. Now, most of my early hillwalking pics are
transparencies, and I haven’t yet got the technology to digitise them. This was
a rare print, and from the context, I at first assumed that it was Culter Fell.
However, after some consideration, I decided that I didn’t recall a fence on
top of Culter Fell, and that it was much more likely to be Windlestraw Law. I
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reasons for my absence was the increasing difficulty that I was having blogging
with my previous computer running Windows XP. I fought against the corporate
marketing rip-off for a while, then had to admit defeat and get a refurbished
Tosh with Windows7 (avoiding the obligatory Windows8 on all new machines). <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Thanks to the pharmaceutical industry ( and a good lawyer) I’m still here,
although, like the Lib-Dems, in a much reduced form.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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of the <a href="http://northernpies.blogspot.co.uk/">Pieblog</a> (and is there any other kind ?) will know that the current
buzzword is “Tump”. Now, I had assumed that this was some arcane Yorkshire
ritual involving beer and sheep, but a closer study of the context suggested that
there might be hills involved. So off I went to the Relative Hills of Britain
website. After discovering tthat comedian (?) Harry is a second cousin to Dave
out of Slade, I realised that there might be several websites with similar
titles. Having found the one by Alan Dawson,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I quickly ascertained that Tumps do actually exist, that they are little
hills, and that some are literally on my doorstep. (I use the word “literally”
here in its contemporary sense of “metaphorically”. The only things that are
literally on my doorstep are dead birds brought home by the cat.) Whatever.
There are loads of Tumps nearby, several of which I have previously summited,
and one in particular seemed to be just what the doctor ordered. In truth, what
the doctor ordered, and here I paraphrase, was “Fuck off and die, so I can
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dedicated Tumpers (Tumpistes ?) will have realised that we are talking Abbey
Craig here. This is where most of the Scottish army were concealed, while
William Wallace took a small force to lure the English down from the castle
onto the narrow wooden Stirling Bridge (site of which is in the middle
distance) Once half of the English troops had crossed, the bridge supports were
knocked away and the McGlashans and others raced down from the Abbey Craig,
along the Causeway and put them to the sword. Of course the English are not so
gullible these days – you won’t get them blindly following their born-to-rule,
Old Etonian, posh boy <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>leaders into a trap
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recent passing of John Renbourn, Bert Jansch and John Martyn, the Devil has
finally foreclosed on the deals he made that night at The Crossroads. JR wasn’t
the most innovative or charismatic of the Cousins crowd, but he was probably
the most technically gifted. A few years ago we were invited to the back-stage
do after he played The Wynd in Melrose. Unfortunately I had to miss the gig as
my dad was dying and I had to rush up the road. Perhaps just as well – I don’t
associate hearing him with driving a few miles in my fat-cat motor and mingling
with the Borders glitterati over wine and canapés. I can still think of 400
mile overnight hitch-hikes down through the roundabouts of the old A1, sleeping
in the parks during the day, the seedy glitter of Soho in the evening, queuing
on the stairs in Greek Street as the guys attending the early evening blue-beat
session came up in a cloud of ganja smoke. and waiting for the Oxford Circus
tube station to open in the early Sunday morning. You had to work for The Music
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<span style="font-size: large;">I came upon this unusual obstruction while doing one of my 'fisul path inspections. It's our local contribution to the Beauly - Denny Interconnector.This is the upgraded transmission system designed to take the wind generated electricity from the Wild Land ( and some merely Slightly Annoyed Land) to where people use it, and ultimately onward to the barren wastes of Englandshire.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This used to be a pleasant, if boggy, little wood, with orchids and stuff. It will probably recover.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Now, I'm not against pylons per se ( little bit of French, there) . I would be lying if I said that a line of pylons looming out of the fog has never helped to correct a minor temporary locational anomaly, but this thing is just taking the piss.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Having worked out hat the problem with youtube clips was to do with Flash ( the iPad problem was the clue), I updated my version and lo (and behold) the devils music was displayed unto me in IE. Then it wasn't. Then it was again.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">It's probably dirt in the carburettor </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">No, I haven't been doing much walking - we've had lots of rain and I don't want to get my £400 jacket wet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, you asked for it and here it is - an outdoor post with an outdoor pic ( atmospheric is, I think, the word you are looking for)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The Carse of Stirling from Drumbrae. About 400ft (ma hoose is about 40ft asl) so a quite pleasing "small step".</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">With luck, what will follow will be a series of familiar local "targets" as I run through what is, I think, the third attempt at this self-set rehab programme since I started blogging.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I would like personally
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assure them that I will be forgoing the large bonus to which I am
fully entitled.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Over Christmas, I had
hoped to get some assistance from the 7 year old, but although
apparently a master of something called Minecraft, he found Blogger
totally incomprehensible. And the 38 year old seemed totally
preoccupied with some unusual activity on the Singapore stock
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<span style="font-size: large;">However. I can now give it
some welly. Picture to crop and resize, some text colour changes,
update information, add new people to bloglist etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Strangely, in the new
template, all the existing video clips have vanished when viewed in
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now, this, I hear you say,
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content on this blog? My, what a good memory you have.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, thing is - over the
years I seem to have laid waste to several key parts of my body which
the medical “profession” keep attempting to patch up. The latest
debacle involved being off my feet and confined to the house for a
four week period prior to Christmas. Fret not. Back out street
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<span style="font-size: large;">Fresh from the success ( and I use the word in it's uniquely Scottish sense ) of my Christmas charity appeal, I will now start <strike>bugg</strike></span> <span style="font-size: large;">implementing a carefully planned strategic remodelling of the blog.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">This will probably result in some faux posts. And possibly some faux pas. But hopefully no mauvais pas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our Reader Demographic Research Team tell me that many of you will spend Christmas with your children and grandchildren in the bosom of your family. Some of you may spend it in other bosoms.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And it is.....(fumbles
with envelope) …. Danny ! Within an hour of the post going up he
had the answer complete with grid reference and latitude/longitude. I
suspect he somehow used yon internet, but that wasn't prohibited so,
after a steward's enqoiry, the result stands (subject to passing the
usual drugs test). So a crisp tenner will be whizzing its way through
the ether to Mind in his name.</span></div>
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correct answer (twice), but his finger wasn't quick enough on the
buzzer.Dave had a good attempt – I know what he was thinking about,
but I can't remember the name either – and Scott entered into the
spirit of the thing with a wild guess. Mike of course, knew, but was
ineligible ( it's not a stigma these days ) Good game, good game.</span></div>
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here's your chance to get yourself a warm fuzzy feeling in time for
Christmas. Just get out the plastic (credit/debit/library/bus pass)
click on this link and Bob's your auntie's live in partner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">1.Mental health issues
affect every family in the land – Mind ( and SAMH in Scotland) do
great work in a hugely underfunded area.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">2.If you are reading this,
odds are you read the Pieblog. Good value, innit ? Averages 3 posts
aweek – you get a bit of a titter (sic) and useful walk routes,
plus loads of helpful hill lore based on a lifetime's experience (I'm
not overdoing this, am I ,Mike ? <i>No, keep going MK.) </i><span style="font-style: normal;">And
dog pics.All this would cost you about £400 a year in the Daily
Telegraph!!. So, cash that 10/- postal order you got for Christmas
and do the decent thing.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-style: normal;">It's
the Three Brethern near Selkirk. The cairns mark the meeting point of
three estates ( Philiphaugh, The Yair and another one I can't
remember). They sit on the route of the old Minch Moor drove road
along the ridge between Tweed and Yarrow.The Southern Upland Way
partly follows this route . The picture, scanned from a print, was
taken sometime in the mid-80's on a day walk from Gala to
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<span style="font-size: large;">OK. Here's the deal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm preparing to revamp
the blog – new skin, new “feel”, updated bloglist, new Reader's
Wives section, new celebrity gossip, - you know the sort of thing.</span></div>
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change the rather bleak cover page picture of the Madonna tribute
cairns. Hence the competition.</span></div>
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to name, via the comments, the location of the current picture.
Couldn't be simpler.I will apply comment moderation for the duration
to make it more interesting (as if that were possible). FIFA rules of
fairness and transparency apply.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">First Prize. I will donate
10 spondulics, in your name, to the Mind charity via the Virgin
giving page set up by award-winning blogger Mike Knipe.You will of
course receive the warm fuzzy feeling you get from doing good, plus
you will still have a tenner in your sky rocket to spent on some of
the exiting, must-have gear <strike>advert </strike>reviewd by the top-style bloggers.
Result.</span></div>
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will receive a voucher allowing them to donate their own £10 to this
worthy cause. In this case you will still receive the warm fuzzy
feeling, but in addition you will have the satisfaction of knowing
that you haven't wasted your money on badly made overpriced designer
label tat.Result 2.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Due to an unforseen IT failure, similar to that recently suffered by the air traffic control system (NADS), I have hitherto been unable to bring you the second part (and climax) of this years top blog awards.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have, however, availed myself of the services of top IT consultancy firm Reckless, Boring, and Odious (LLP), and they dispatched a young man with badly written legs and an ill-concealed drink habit who at least partially solved my problem.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">First up is Alan Rayner. <a href="http://alanrayneroutdoors.blogspot.co.uk/">Blog on the Landscape</a></span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Like many of the award winners, Alan has been around a bit and actually has something to write about. As well as interesting posts about his walks and backpacking, he is the “go to man” for gear reviews.Meticulous, practical and objective are words which come to mind.And where he perceives a weakness in a product, he can often advise on a simple mod.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He is also renowned for his DIY gear tips, where he shows how to make items of kit in your own kitchen using only items of domestic waste, a capstan lathe, mig welder and hydraulic press.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">While talking of Alan, I have given a special award jointly to Sheila and to Sue Banfield for smiling bravely beside various trig pillars in driving sleet while their better halves fumble with the lens cover.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Next on the elite list is Alan Sloman <a href="http://alansloman.blogspot.co.uk/">Alan Slomans Big Walk</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now I must declare an interest here.Many people have been friendly and helpful to me since I strated blogging, but Alan has regularly plugged the site on his hugely popular blog, often resulting in page view numbers well into double figures.Now I am aware of rumours that, in return, he received cash,drugs, and sexual favours from me.This is nonsense. The cash, drugs, and sexual favours were for something completely different. I hope that clears that up</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Alan Sloman wers his heart on his sleeve – his liver in his pocket and various extraneous organs concealed about his person..</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Many people these days know of Alan in his “Outraged of Berkshire” persona, but he also writes in more relaxed mode. His Lejog account is a classic of its kind and was one of the first things I read when I discovered outdoor blogs.The Challenge chronicles are much read for route information by those who follow, but are also infused with much love and pain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Alen McFadzean. <a href="http://becausetheyrethere.com/">Because they're there</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Alen goes to interesting places and illuminates them for us. He also goes to mundane places and makes them interesting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Each post is carefully crafted with a beginnining, a middle and an end. They are thought-out and thoughtful. A man with a life and a sense of place, humanity and a love of words. And the pictures are no bad either.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This blog ticks all the boxes – as does the writer. Having ticked off the Birketts, he is now working on the Greggs and the Baynes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When others pull the duvet over their head, Mike is out on the hill. When others turn up the central heating and settle down with a good book, Mike is out on the hill. When others are sitting beside the log fire in the pub supping pints of ale, Mike......well nobody's perfect.After years of acting as Boswell to Bruno's Doctor Johnson, he now chronicles the wit and wisdom of a new companion, (I should be so) Lucky. Lots of good stuff, lots of variety, witty, and sensible (?). Comes complete with the smell of wet dog. Fab!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Two very different entries.Lets just say Alen gets Blog of the Year, and Mike gets the Lifetime Achievement (So Far!) Award.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks and apologies to everyone else, especially Andy JJ, Louise, Laura, Iain, David, Ken, Purple Traveller, James etc who have supported the blog, but haven't made it onto the red carpet this time. Next year ?</span></div>
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