tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post5697335554871000564..comments2024-03-23T09:47:39.612+00:00Comments on alan sloman's big walk: TGO Challenge 2015: Part III: Cheese & Wine Party.Alan Slomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17966543499033330765noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-22721117066976904212015-10-20T23:59:54.847+01:002015-10-20T23:59:54.847+01:00That is as may be. :-)That is as may be. :-)Carl Mynott @GBWildlifeTaleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18180989501670598245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-31117740706669457952015-10-19T21:27:57.018+01:002015-10-19T21:27:57.018+01:00A cad and a bounder, Sir!
:-)A cad and a bounder, Sir!<br />:-)Alan Slomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966543499033330765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-253099492334455392015-10-19T20:58:33.925+01:002015-10-19T20:58:33.925+01:00I'm almost as slow at reading this lot as I am...I'm almost as slow at reading this lot as I am at writing my own account. And, I'm sorry Louise. I didn't give it to him. He took it. <br /><br />After I showed him where it was, with a specific link. :-)Carl Mynott @GBWildlifeTaleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18180989501670598245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-61121506884314404852015-09-28T15:32:34.521+01:002015-09-28T15:32:34.521+01:00Ok Alan when are we going to get to read the next ...Ok Alan when are we going to get to read the next thrilling instalment because i,ve read this last lot 6 times . oh bye the way how are you now ?chris yappnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-9959830191638522272015-09-12T19:49:39.485+01:002015-09-12T19:49:39.485+01:00Back home now, so I'm trying to catch up. I do...Back home now, so I'm trying to catch up. I do hope you'll be back on the Challenge, and that C&W parties will continue to flourish...Phreerunnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08551842487502221703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-49674744914593176182015-08-02T21:10:49.801+01:002015-08-02T21:10:49.801+01:00Ok Al i am now up to date. I know its taken me a w...Ok Al i am now up to date. I know its taken me a while to catch up but there were many contours Sir!<br />Late again for the C&W eh. This will not do. So when do we get the next instalment?AlanRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07180571503542781921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-80920877997296236232015-07-18T11:42:55.786+01:002015-07-18T11:42:55.786+01:00Quote Alan: Phil is a distant speck on the horizon...Quote Alan: <i>Phil is a distant speck on the horizon, merrily bouncing his way over the peat bogs.</i><br /><br />This is true, but what Alan fails to make clear is that it is the horizon <i>behind</i> him. It's those bloody long legs of his. I have little short ones by comparison (or"normal").<br /><br />And I DO thank MIss W. Not in May, perhaps, but when the pain has been forgotten ;-)Elpushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16736460104596022993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-5845759466695164702015-07-17T21:18:24.278+01:002015-07-17T21:18:24.278+01:00You're a very, very sweet thing.
I think. I...You're a very, very sweet thing.<br />I think. I'll ask Phil, 'cos he's clever, as well as Handsome & Witty, according to his Facebook & twitter profiles.<br />;-)<br />Alan Slomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966543499033330765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-44021547400405166152015-07-17T18:19:12.140+01:002015-07-17T18:19:12.140+01:00Please don't be hurt, Alan. I was taking into...Please don't be hurt, Alan. I was taking into consideration your expertise with spirits.Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04909413752027989430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-9874251215553969122015-07-17T18:03:38.129+01:002015-07-17T18:03:38.129+01:00Hi Sandy
I've never been fed up with the Chal...Hi Sandy<br /><br />I've never been fed up with the Challenge - each year is a different event - you could do exactly the same route each year, but the weather and all the different Challengers you would meet would make it a different experience each time.<br /><br />What depressed me beyond despair was the proliferation of wind farms and new estate tracks. I looked at the wind farms that were due to be approved and built across the western and middle sections of Challenge territory and saw that the entire central section of the walk was going to be destroyed with industrialised landscape.<br /><br />However, as you will have heard, there is a new Conservative government. Un hindered by the unhinged LibDems they have taken an axe to the wind farm subsidies. Any wind farm that has not got approval and approval for its connection to the grid will no not attract any Renewable Obligation Certificates and no Levy Exemption Certificates either. The upshot of this is that the wind farms will no longer be able to milk about £43 in ROCs and £5 in LECs from the energy consumer for each MW of power generated.<br /><br />The effect of this will be to stop any further wind farm construction DEAD. There will be no more wind farms built in Scotland (and the rest of the UK) as the carpet-bagger leeches that make up the industry will no longer be able to make massive profits at the consumers' expense. They will fuck off and die, hopefully.<br /><br />So, with that cheery thought, I may well now, as Louise succinctly put, "be back!"<br />:-)Alan Slomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966543499033330765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-9703994345500455202015-07-17T17:25:57.268+01:002015-07-17T17:25:57.268+01:00For the last twenty years I was damn sure that Phi...For the last twenty years I was damn sure that Phil had one of those portraits up in his attic. But in fact, it's Miss Whiplash we have to thank for his youthful demeanor; she is the reason the old bugger is so athletic and vigorous. <br />Every year she drags Phil round the local walks - across boot-clinging muddy fields, in rain, sleet & snow, with barely a sniff of the barmaid's apron. And on each and every walk, as Phil is griping away, two hundred yards off her pace, she merrily quips "You'll thank me for this in May."<br /><br />I do not recall Phil <b>ever</b> thanking Miss W for this on any TGO Challenge in May. In fact, I silently curse her, as Phil is a distant speck on the horizon, merrily bouncing his way over the peat bogs. <br /><br />He's an ungrateful bastard! Alan Slomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966543499033330765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-51548335349039737322015-07-17T17:16:42.686+01:002015-07-17T17:16:42.686+01:00Emma. I'm hurt.Emma. I'm hurt.Alan Slomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966543499033330765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-5557872085527092502015-07-16T23:51:55.471+01:002015-07-16T23:51:55.471+01:00Spirit levels, perhaps?Spirit levels, perhaps?Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04909413752027989430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-48181678815811207612015-07-16T21:33:14.599+01:002015-07-16T21:33:14.599+01:00"Just call him Arnie..."I'll be back...<i>"Just call him Arnie..."I'll be back!" (Said in a thick accent)"</i><br /><br />Thick? Thick!!!<br />I'll have you know I got some levels at school! Okay the accent is a bit "estuary", but even so!Alan Slomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966543499033330765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-72755308821685692302015-07-15T18:35:27.935+01:002015-07-15T18:35:27.935+01:00Fabulous, well done Phil!
Laura and I often find o...Fabulous, well done Phil!<br />Laura and I often find ourselves thinking of our walks in Challenge terms. It's not just addictive. It becomes a part of the very soul.Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05089530928216314797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-81839912961215183212015-07-15T17:46:24.143+01:002015-07-15T17:46:24.143+01:00Now here's a funny thing, this was going to be...Now here's a funny thing, this was going to be <i>my</i> last Challenge too (mind you, I did say that last year, and the year before that). However, whilst out on a walk with Miss W at the week-end I realised that I was calculating our distance and ascent and comparing it to a Challenge day. In other words, I was already preparing without even realising it. It was a Damascene revelation.<br /><br />So I have decided that, yes, I WILL apply for 2016 ... and as it happens I can pen a reasonable facsimile of Alan's signature.<br /><br />Miss W is already looking for some hilly bits for us to grunt up over the coming months. Apparently I will thank her for this in May.Elpushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16736460104596022993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-1143606148905743692015-07-15T15:32:35.678+01:002015-07-15T15:32:35.678+01:00Just call him Arnie..."I'll be back!"...Just call him Arnie..."I'll be back!" (Said in a thick accent)Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05089530928216314797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-30605843537226079232015-07-13T19:44:03.193+01:002015-07-13T19:44:03.193+01:00Hi,
If this is truly your last challenge then you ...Hi,<br />If this is truly your last challenge then you will have to have an alternative venue for a cheese and wine party. Fisherfields perhaps?<br />Not at the same time as the challenge as I am not fed up with it yet.<br />All the best.Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03577490922030466482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-25376248030895570712015-07-10T21:45:15.042+01:002015-07-10T21:45:15.042+01:00"Tracy and the exploding sleeping bag"
..."Tracy and the exploding sleeping bag"<br /><br />Naughty boys. You all said you'd be discrete about that. Tracy From Boltonhttp://www.jameslomax.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-88195391057488037252015-07-10T20:03:36.089+01:002015-07-10T20:03:36.089+01:00I am temporarily struck dumb by that prospect.I am temporarily struck dumb by that prospect.Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04909413752027989430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-22090669738981899362015-07-10T19:58:30.121+01:002015-07-10T19:58:30.121+01:00"these Events"
Good Lord, Miss! They wer...<i>"these Events"</i><br />Good Lord, Miss! They were ghastly. Truly ghastly. <br />It is said that in life everything can be fixed with either duct-tape or WD-40. Duct-tape fixed my shredded sleeping bag but I seriously doubt if a thousand rolls of the stuff could have stopped Tracy in her pomp. And I fear the WD-40 would have only encouraged her.<br /><br />Unfortunately, I do have photos of a naked Lord Elpus performing lewd acts with his stockings in a hotel bathroom, which may well make their way on to the blog...<br />:-)Alan Slomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966543499033330765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-58721973143923399052015-07-10T18:26:16.625+01:002015-07-10T18:26:16.625+01:00These posts are in no particular order, Sir.
I hav...These posts are in no particular order, Sir.<br />I have a few more up my sleeve.<br />:-)Alan Slomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966543499033330765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-76235453464880047852015-07-10T18:04:02.632+01:002015-07-10T18:04:02.632+01:00Indeed, Phil, well said. Perhaps Alan would like t...Indeed, Phil, well said. Perhaps Alan would like to put the record straight regarding these Events? (Or not).Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04909413752027989430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-69723244725683445892015-07-10T17:43:59.314+01:002015-07-10T17:43:59.314+01:00Al, by fast forwarding to the C&W you seem to ...Al, by fast forwarding to the C&W you seem to have drawn a discreet veil over the horrors of Day Three and the rescue from Tomich by the lovely Amanda. Not to mention Socks and Drugs in Drum ... and will your readers ever be told the full story of Tracy and the exploding sleeping bag - with photos?<br /><br />Reveal all, Sir! No inoffensive bowdlerised version - not on your glorious Twentieth!<br /><br />Or, could it be that following the smiting of the Green Dragon by the blessed St George of Osborne, you are expunging certain episodes lest they jeopardise your application for the twenty-first?<br /><br />We wonders ... oh yes, we wonders ...Elpushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16736460104596022993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-40277148528054307662015-07-09T23:25:39.450+01:002015-07-09T23:25:39.450+01:00Darling Tracy!
The dreams I have had!
What we did ...Darling Tracy!<br />The dreams I have had!<br />What we did to each other!<br />I wake every morning in such a lather!<br />Are you using your telescope?<br />Wicked woman!Alan Slomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966543499033330765noreply@blogger.com