Monday 9 April 2012

Gartmorn. Damn!




In the absence of the capability to undertake anything more strenuous, I was reduced to a stroll round Gartmorn Dam.Starting at Sauchie and finishing at Coalsnaughton, two of the scenic highlights of the 62/63 bus route.
















It's a really interesting piece of water about which I may blog again when I'm in better fettle



15 comments:

  1. 9 of the buggers you've outdone yourself !
    cheers Danny

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    1. Well Danny like you and the butterflies it's just a matter of knowing the right whistle.

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  2. You have Lakes and Hills!
    You lucky man.

    I prefer Axis Bold as Love, but this will do.
    I must get a copy of Easy Rider.
    I may have to put a clip of the Pusher on my next blog post.

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    1. The clip for Wasn't Born to Follow has some nice Lakes and Hills on it !

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  3. I saw Easy Rider on a double bill, midnight screening, with a film of Hendrix live (at Isle of Wight I think). My mate Martin drove us, he just had the car, we must have been 17. You could have sliced the atmosphere in the cinema and served it in Dutch cafe.

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    1. and as the camera zoomed out over the credits, everyone turned to their neighbour and went"Wow" ?

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    2. Yep.
      Catch 22, Mash and One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest all had a similar effect.

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    3. And there was another one that I've been trying to think of all day. !!

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  4. Gartmorn dam is a great wee walk. I've only done the circular mind you. Hard to believe how "industrial" the site was when you see the old photos on the route.

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    1. Aye it was a spur of the moment kind of "feck it" sort of thing. I'll be back and do it a bit more justice.
      PS. Gonnae give me the neumber of that physio of yours. He seems to have worked wonders !

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  5. http://www.physiofocus.com/ - Physio called David - their back expert.

    (Sadly don't know how to put links into comments.)

    He didn't so much solve the problem (he described it as not straight forward)but reckoned what I would learn from his "back class" (the cheap option btw) would allow me understand my own problem and take from the class what I needed. Sounded a bit vague at the time but a year or so on I'm now understanding what he meant and able to (sort of)control the issue - even what exercises help my own situation. Still do stupid things mind you like a step class a couple of weeks back which buggered up the legs for a few days. Main thing is I now have a better understanding of what I'm able to do on the hills and as long as I avoid certain things I can still rack up a fair distance and ascent. Unsurprisingly I discovered it was housework etc. which caused most of the problems - lol.

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    1. There is no need to do housework at all.

      When you get the estate agents in, get the cleaners in a few days beforehand.

      Nice video.
      :-)

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    2. Trouble with housework is you can spend 10 minutes cleaning and tidying the entire houe, and six months later it all needs doing again !!

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  6. I like the sign time. You could swop the times round to suit your needs.
    Great video. Yes i did the late night double epic cinema show too. I had forgotten about though until i read Marks comment.

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    1. You know what they say, Alan. "If you can remember the 60s (70's ?) you weren't there" !

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