tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post2400528998750689109..comments2024-03-23T09:47:39.612+00:00Comments on alan sloman's big walk: Black & White LandscapesAlan Slomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17966543499033330765noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-60008457431894008582013-02-08T11:13:16.875+00:002013-02-08T11:13:16.875+00:00Fantastic, Alan! I'll be sure to keep checking...Fantastic, Alan! I'll be sure to keep checking in on your progress. Keep up the great work :)<br /><br />Suzie<br />Simply SupplementsSuziehttp://www.simplysupplements.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-27633794587727347622013-02-06T16:54:10.142+00:002013-02-06T16:54:10.142+00:00Welcome to the blog, Suzie.
At the moment my focus...Welcome to the blog, Suzie.<br />At the moment my focus is the TGO Challenge in Scotland in May - so there'll be a training walk along the South Downs Way and a jaunt to the Outlying Fells in the Lake District.Alan Slomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966543499033330765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-31345049483548370832013-02-06T15:58:14.369+00:002013-02-06T15:58:14.369+00:00Hi Alan, some great snaps here!
I've been rea...Hi Alan, some great snaps here!<br /><br />I've been reading your blog this afternoon and your story is really inspirational. Thanks so much for sharing with us. :)<br /><br />I've followed you on Twitter so that I can keep up with your latest adventures. What are you planning for your next walks?<br /><br />Suzie<br />Simply SupplementsSuziehttp://www.simplysupplements.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-68458121767503079602013-01-21T20:24:17.995+00:002013-01-21T20:24:17.995+00:00"A bit flat... A bit flat???"
I'll h...<i>"A bit flat... A bit flat???"</i><br />I'll have you know, Young Man, that I live on the southern uplands of the Thames Valley! Two hundred and fifty of Her Madge's Imperial Feet up in the sky!<br /><br />Compared to where I used to live, this is positively Himalayan! I get nose bleeds just thinking about the oxygen deprivation I'm suffering here...<br />:-)<br /><br />Alan Slomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966543499033330765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-39296177369202586302013-01-21T17:14:58.074+00:002013-01-21T17:14:58.074+00:00Nice pictures Alan, but it looks a bit flat!
The b...Nice pictures Alan, but it looks a bit flat!<br />The boggy muddy footpaths were still lurking under the white stuff the other day when I was out running, so I finished up with black feet. Had to have a wash before I went to bed!<br /><br />oldrunningfox.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12113281696954817545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-80705415166017592922013-01-21T08:46:57.478+00:002013-01-21T08:46:57.478+00:00Indeed, Al. And boggy, muddy footpaths are covered...Indeed, Al. And boggy, muddy footpaths are covered with just enough snow to make them clean & tidy.<br />Home, with clean boots for a change!<br />:-)Alan Slomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966543499033330765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-46788881154237066782013-01-21T06:17:25.802+00:002013-01-21T06:17:25.802+00:00Its quite amazing how colour disappears at this ti...Its quite amazing how colour disappears at this time of year. Until you take photographs you don’t seem to realise it quite as much.<br />AlanRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07180571503542781921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-52434082385745759252013-01-19T19:44:51.762+00:002013-01-19T19:44:51.762+00:00The nice thing about weather like this is that it&...The nice thing about weather like this is that it's nice and dry. The snow just falls off your nice clean boots and all the sludgy brown countryside is tidied up.<br /><br />Enjoy the pub with a guilt-free conscience - knowing that you will be supporting the local brewery.<br />:-)Alan Slomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966543499033330765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-64234438223083412132013-01-19T16:32:14.043+00:002013-01-19T16:32:14.043+00:00Looks like that round ours at the mo - including t...Looks like that round ours at the mo - including the towering hills and plunging valleys.<br /><br />I like winter, though, and we've had a pleasant little plod this morning around a local circuit. Just enough to asuage the forthcoming guilt of dinner at the pub tonight!Juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16576395337502021082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-35648876563238613252013-01-18T22:23:50.837+00:002013-01-18T22:23:50.837+00:00Thank you Adam
:-)Thank you Adam<br />:-)Alan Slomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966543499033330765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-74317407084981840052013-01-18T21:56:12.410+00:002013-01-18T21:56:12.410+00:00I enjoy your pics very much (from down here in Aus...I enjoy your pics very much (from down here in Australia).<br /><br />We had 43 deg C yesterday. Thought you might like to know that.<br /><br />Take care now.<br />Adamaddonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00989766403745491804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-71723115368374213552013-01-18T21:36:38.045+00:002013-01-18T21:36:38.045+00:00Correction! Eighty Eight days:
23-23-23-23
:-)Correction! Eighty Eight days: <br />23-23-23-23<br />:-)Alan Slomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966543499033330765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-81895574274840743542013-01-18T21:16:48.534+00:002013-01-18T21:16:48.534+00:00Nice one Theo!
We'll have to wait another nine...Nice one Theo!<br />We'll have to wait another ninety nine days for the next event; 12-12-12-12.<br />:-)<br />Alan Slomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966543499033330765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-80972737305324288142013-01-18T21:14:31.219+00:002013-01-18T21:14:31.219+00:00It's positively mountainous here compared to w...It's positively mountainous here compared to where I used to live next to the Great Ouse. <br /><br />Those top two pictures are looking across the valley, I'll have you know, and the bottom one is looking uphill at the village green.<br /><br />Contours? We've got thousands of them! Well. One or two, anyway...<br /><br />It's grim down south, you know.Alan Slomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966543499033330765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-72536477509027049252013-01-18T20:53:03.470+00:002013-01-18T20:53:03.470+00:00I was logged in for 30 secs and saw your Challenge...I was logged in for 30 secs and saw your Challenge countdown showing 111-11-11-11.<br />It felt like magic.Theohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15804740062184471837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-16896164585670017732013-01-18T20:51:54.272+00:002013-01-18T20:51:54.272+00:00I think I spotted a contour there. Sometimes they ...I think I spotted a contour there. Sometimes they show up better in the snow.Mike Knipehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12792636586674245725noreply@blogger.com