tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post745213621687301187..comments2024-03-23T09:47:39.612+00:00Comments on alan sloman's big walk: Retirement!Alan Slomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17966543499033330765noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-52981702643600811092008-02-04T12:19:00.000+00:002008-02-04T12:19:00.000+00:00It's nice to see there are some kind-hearted folk ...It's nice to see there are some kind-hearted folk out there who treat their old friends with kindness and respect.<BR/><BR/>At the end of one gruelling Challenge I seem to recall Lord Elpus unceremoniously dumping his boots in the skip outside the Park Hotel! They never even got to finish their walk across Scotland!<BR/><BR/>What a cruel, beastly way to go...Alan Slomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966543499033330765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-73558024015433193442008-02-04T08:27:00.000+00:002008-02-04T08:27:00.000+00:00A pair of my old Zamberlans are now plant pots!A pair of my old Zamberlans are now plant pots!Bazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01893327390806519581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-10926151811392457172008-01-18T13:14:00.000+00:002008-01-18T13:14:00.000+00:00Hello! So there's another pair of trusty boots (bo...Hello! So there's another pair of trusty boots (both Scarpa's) with lots of wonderful trekking tales to tell and whose owner can't part with them.<BR/><BR/>I use my oldies in the garden and for local bimbling, but perhaps <BR/>they would all enjoy being together?<BR/> <BR/>Perhaps an Old Boots Home? Vistors could read about where in the world the various boots have been with their owners and how far they have travelled, how many blisters (or not) they help create etc. <BR/><BR/>Certainly, both your boots have many stories to tell. I might even be persuaded to be Chaplain for the Old Boots Home!?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-4827081869424308952008-01-17T23:47:00.000+00:002008-01-17T23:47:00.000+00:00My Scarpa's were retired after many miles (and yea...My Scarpa's were retired after many miles (and years) - from scampering from Jiri to Kala Patar to trekking in the Andes to navigating across the Cairngorm Plateau to tramping in NZ to...I could go on...and on. Point is I never had the heart to throw them and got them resoled which didn't actually work very well (it made them smaller!) so they have now retired to the 'boot shelf'. In a compassionate moment I will pull them on to go and dig up spuds or something - not what they were made for, but I just can't throw them away...!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-266225832350415602008-01-09T22:49:00.000+00:002008-01-09T22:49:00.000+00:00May they remember mountain days & rest in peace!May they remember mountain days & rest in peace!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com