tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post8022848265761401095..comments2024-03-23T09:47:39.612+00:00Comments on alan sloman's big walk: A crossed lineAlan Slomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17966543499033330765noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-6290070246373105112007-12-21T15:51:00.000+00:002007-12-21T15:51:00.000+00:00DaveI have just spent a happy hour or so re-readin...Dave<BR/>I have just spent a happy hour or so re-reading your last two weeks of your Lejog (see 'I'm so Dave (Lejog blogger) in the 'Great Places to Visit section to the right on this blog for the link, everyone)<BR/><BR/>A wonderful account of what it feels like to do this walk - all the self doubt, becoming an automaton, and the relief at finishing.<BR/><BR/>Beutifully put - I only managed to read snatches of the last two weeks of your walk as I had by then started my own.<BR/><BR/>Cheers Dave<BR/>AlanAlan Slomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966543499033330765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-9065416050746502952007-12-21T14:36:00.000+00:002007-12-21T14:36:00.000+00:00That's interesting Theo - I suppose I do the same ...That's interesting Theo - I suppose I do the same when I cross under my Wainwright Coast to Coast bridge on the A1: I am on the lookout for rucksack carrying walkers on the bridge - but as yet have never seen one, which is surprising, bearing in mind the popularity of that particular walk.<BR/><BR/>Have a good Christmas Theo<BR/>AlanAlan Slomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966543499033330765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-58977951501673985802007-12-19T18:35:00.000+00:002007-12-19T18:35:00.000+00:00I remember driving up to Montrose for 'my' start o...I remember driving up to Montrose for 'my' start of the Challenge last May. At home I was following you on your LEJOG blog but I had to leave you for my travel to Scotland. I knew however that I would cross your line at Byrness and St.Boswells. I was wandering at the time : do I see a lonely walker along the road ? Could it be Alan ? But, belonging to the real world you don't have time to look for people in the natural world. Them are two worlds apart.<BR/><BR/>Theo<BR/>www.theosphotos.fotopic.netAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-37901489430150234272007-12-18T22:39:00.000+00:002007-12-18T22:39:00.000+00:00That just about sums it up perfectly Alan. My thou...That just about sums it up perfectly Alan. My thoughts exactly. Nicely put.<BR/><BR/>Merry Christmas.<BR/><BR/>Dave.Dave Greenwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03008001795088856375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-77242836899866904182007-12-18T22:23:00.000+00:002007-12-18T22:23:00.000+00:00Sadly John I cannot afford to take anything like t...Sadly John I cannot afford to take anything like the time off work I need to do my next big walk, so my next little bit of sanity will be in May on the TGO Challenge - a wonderful walk.Alan Slomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966543499033330765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-75283685914300986982007-12-18T21:46:00.000+00:002007-12-18T21:46:00.000+00:00I sense a long walk coning on again. Another chanc...I sense a long walk coning on again. Another chance to reconnect?John Heehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01333628949466601415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-54732314991481315732007-12-18T10:58:00.000+00:002007-12-18T10:58:00.000+00:00You're so right, Alan - I have a similarly memorab...You're so right, Alan - I have a similarly memorable spot near Penkridge, not far from my parents' house. I also get the same effect every time I travel out of London, from the London Loop and the Capital Ring. Ah, the memories! :-)Mark Moxonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16505096001108387285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-1428164386299057062007-12-18T10:05:00.000+00:002007-12-18T10:05:00.000+00:00Alan,The more I think about your blogs on the LEGO...Alan,<BR/>The more I think about your blogs on the LEGOJ the more I'm convinced that at some time in the future you should use all that information and write a book. Yours would not be a travelogue in the normal sense, it would go much further and illostrate your inner feelings of many more things than I walked from A too B today. <BR/><BR/>DerekAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com