tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post1671167594266314750..comments2024-03-23T09:47:39.612+00:00Comments on alan sloman's big walk: TGO Challenge 2015: Route: Shiel Bridge - JohnshavenAlan Slomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17966543499033330765noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-55041109866624091352014-12-20T18:40:10.000+00:002014-12-20T18:40:10.000+00:00My route was beautiful and ordered, just like it s...My route was beautiful and ordered, just like it should be.<br />I may have been exagerating about breakfast and cake, but I'm prepared to take a punt after safely negotiating the A9 and the railway...Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18023861265500569999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-33853369433893099352014-12-20T11:26:01.073+00:002014-12-20T11:26:01.073+00:00True, Andy, true. I lost count of the mutinies las...True, Andy, true. I lost count of the mutinies last year after the second day...<br />:-)Alan Slomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966543499033330765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-30591319323407220552014-12-20T10:58:02.410+00:002014-12-20T10:58:02.410+00:00I do love the "Just in case"
Who are ...I do love the "Just in case" <br />Who are you walking with. <br />Link that up with the Word Breakfast sir. 😂🍔🍳☕Andrew Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14744521212967848460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-42899967066824552012014-12-20T10:56:54.006+00:002014-12-20T10:56:54.006+00:00No - we've already had one of those, Phil.
Wel...No - we've already had one of those, Phil.<br />Well - runner up - maybe I should put that as a blog header?<br />:-)Alan Slomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966543499033330765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-17138645540593596072014-12-20T10:55:12.161+00:002014-12-20T10:55:12.161+00:00It may well be great, Louise, but is it beautiful?...It may well be great, Louise, but is it beautiful?<br />Have you spent long hours evening hours sorting out the mess that is the online routesheet? Substituting ugly text and colours for lively, more inviting choices? Realigning slipped out-of-line columns? Deleting unwanted numbers and text?<br />OCD? You've got miles to go yet.<br /><br />About this breakfast emporium. Where would that be, then? Just in case I have a mutinous companion on my hands, you understand...Alan Slomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966543499033330765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-8496834554111773822014-12-19T13:46:44.835+00:002014-12-19T13:46:44.835+00:00You'll have to share it with a blog about walk...You'll have to share it with a blog about walking to and from cake retail premises written by a girly. My route was planned first and is, worryingly, almost identical, so equally great!!Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18023861265500569999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-13262558589802150022014-12-19T10:49:19.502+00:002014-12-19T10:49:19.502+00:00Oi! I heard that. Screaming juggernauts? You didn&...Oi! I heard that. Screaming juggernauts? You didn't mention screaming juggernauts. Apparently there is an underpass further north, and breakfast ... and cake ...<br /><br />Still, that aside, it's a great route - I may nominate it for an award ;-)Elpushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16736460104596022993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-52731264629993718252014-12-19T08:07:53.999+00:002014-12-19T08:07:53.999+00:00...I'll be sticking with my underpass further ......I'll be sticking with my underpass further north and a nice breakfast in civilisation. With cake.Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18023861265500569999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-83170704390034668202014-12-18T22:28:39.165+00:002014-12-18T22:28:39.165+00:00Aha!
Gadzooks!
Cripes!
Lorks!
I shall have to shov...Aha!<br />Gadzooks!<br />Cripes!<br />Lorks!<br />I shall have to shove Lord Elpus's Bath-chair a little faster at this particular point in the day, Missy! I will of course be launching him out first into the path of the screaming juggernauts. It's the rail bridge that we pass under, not the A9.<br /><br />Psst! Don't tell him. It will be our little surprise. I'll sedate him with a large breakfast snifter. He won't know where he is by elevenses. Bless.Alan Slomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966543499033330765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-18633350041418612102014-12-18T20:35:33.253+00:002014-12-18T20:35:33.253+00:00You should have known! ;-)
Any road up, I have a q...You should have known! ;-)<br />Any road up, I have a question. You speak of a 'bridge under A9' and I am curious. I have used the under pass further north at NH 910 195 and at NH 893 228, but I wasn't aware of one at NH 910 817, I thought was just a road crossing (which Streetview seems to confirm) Is there one I've missed? Could be useful.Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18023861265500569999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-72292277056539230922014-12-18T13:24:40.165+00:002014-12-18T13:24:40.165+00:00When I posted Andy's comment, I wondered quiet...When I posted Andy's comment, I wondered quietly to myself who the first noble volunteer would be...<br />:-)Alan Slomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966543499033330765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-13189855279511788822014-12-18T12:49:45.908+00:002014-12-18T12:49:45.908+00:00I'll help!! :-)I'll help!! :-)Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18023861265500569999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-82271166715608688212014-12-17T21:21:03.083+00:002014-12-17T21:21:03.083+00:00Bugger.
I'll have to send it to Aviemore then...Bugger. <br />I'll have to send it to Aviemore then and drink it at the C&W.. <br />Such sacrifice. <br />I might need help. 🍺🍷Andrew Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14744521212967848460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-12489329071851516712014-12-17T21:02:36.860+00:002014-12-17T21:02:36.860+00:00You've not read your Challenge notes in a whil...You've not read your Challenge notes in a while, have you?<br />St Drostan's doesn't take parcels, Sir.<br />And if they did, JD will have sniffed it out and tested it all the way to the bottom way before we get there.Alan Slomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966543499033330765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-67815660614452717192014-12-17T20:58:07.484+00:002014-12-17T20:58:07.484+00:00Of course there will be beers.
And I am thinking ...Of course there will be beers. <br />And I am thinking of sending some 2.5 yr old Sloe Gin to St Drostans. Well, we shall enjoy it while Phil looks on in angst. <br />Rather than stop Alcohol. Just get out on the bike, down the Gym and do some hard miles running. Andrew Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14744521212967848460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-87710784618037877342014-12-17T20:03:22.710+00:002014-12-17T20:03:22.710+00:00It's okay Sir.
As soon as we hit Inverness we&...It's okay Sir.<br />As soon as we hit Inverness we'll buy two packets of Gauloises and some cask strenght Leapfrog and drink and smoke our way across Scotland to make up for your privations.<br />Meanwhile, I'll drink to your abstention with a large glass of Breakfast Whisky.Alan Slomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966543499033330765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-55461676978329766382014-12-17T19:18:09.571+00:002014-12-17T19:18:09.571+00:00I say, steady on old chap!I say, steady on old chap!Elpushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16736460104596022993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-20403811824779981512014-12-17T18:10:03.710+00:002014-12-17T18:10:03.710+00:00Quite right too, Miss W.
Proverbs: “Withhold not ...Quite right too, Miss W.<br /><br />Proverbs: <i>“Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. / Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.”</i><br />:-)Alan Slomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966543499033330765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-39025095411884838512014-12-17T18:01:24.450+00:002014-12-17T18:01:24.450+00:00Ha! Lord E will be enjoying a dry Christmas this y...Ha! Lord E will be enjoying a dry Christmas this year (he will thank me for it in May) although I may allow him a small sherry on Christmas morning.<br /><br />At the moment he is lying on his settee pleading for a small libation to revive him after a quick canter around the lower field.<br /><br />Permission denied.<br /><br />I am using the abstemious Andrew W as a role model, as I know that there is a racing <b>whip</b>pet inside him struggling to get out.<br /><br />;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-2297034220767652122014-12-16T21:16:13.295+00:002014-12-16T21:16:13.295+00:00Phil is tight-lipped on the subject.
A fleeting lo...Phil is tight-lipped on the subject.<br />A fleeting look of panic passes over him from time to time.<br />Otherwise, he is well.<br />Miss W is triumphant.Alan Slomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966543499033330765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-35804890481244721002014-12-16T21:14:21.603+00:002014-12-16T21:14:21.603+00:00But I was relying on you for one of your magic bee...But I was relying on you for one of your magic beers, Sir!<br />:-)Alan Slomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966543499033330765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-82466856203950074942014-12-16T14:19:04.753+00:002014-12-16T14:19:04.753+00:00OK... I have to ask why Miss W has banned the Ale ...OK... I have to ask why Miss W has banned the Ale & Wine and Sherry and Whisky sir.. I just have to.Andrew Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14744521212967848460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-19194556215778036422014-12-16T14:17:09.855+00:002014-12-16T14:17:09.855+00:00I might go for a two year old sloe gin...
Funny, ...<i>I might go for a two year old sloe gin...</i><br /><br />Funny, that is exactly what I am taking.<br />Just sayin....<br /><br />Might be all gone by the C&W tho :-OAndrew Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14744521212967848460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-60632639606573414852014-12-14T21:54:25.900+00:002014-12-14T21:54:25.900+00:00Hi Lynne
We thought so too - we wanted a calming, ...Hi Lynne<br />We thought so too - we wanted a calming, replenishing walk in the woods after all the rufty tufty stuff on Days 2, 3 & 4. We need that to ready ourselves for the Cheese and Wine Party in the middle of sod-all. As it's my last, I wanted to see all of Scotland in one fortnight.Alan Slomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966543499033330765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-44403987603797890892014-12-14T13:39:44.441+00:002014-12-14T13:39:44.441+00:00That's a lovely palette of landscape you'v...That's a lovely palette of landscape you've chosen Alan. <br /><br />Lynneafootinthehillshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06670636358354420373noreply@blogger.com