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Re: Maisie and Fred's Excellent Adventure (comments thread)
« Reply #20 on: June 11, 2008, 13:36:13 »
Nice Pictures, Gordon! Our cat is about as sleepy, but all black.

I'm excited to hear about your Hadrian's Wall Walk - one I hope to do myself someday.

Be sure to take a Roman Legionary or two with you as well. If I was in charge of one of the shops at the various Roman sites along the wall, I'd have a load of Playmobil stocked up, and plenty of DS packs of legionaries too. 

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Re: Maisie and Fred's Excellent Adventure (comments thread)
« Reply #21 on: June 11, 2008, 14:23:11 »


Responding to Gordon's Post:



Here are Maisie and Fred making a brief visit to North Yorkshire.  The last photo shows them surveying my planned walking holiday next year from Wallsend to Bowness-on-Solway along the line of Hadrian's Wall to mark my 65th birthday.  Maisie and Fred will be accompanying me.



Loved the trip to North Yorkshire, Gordon ... Thank you!

And especially love your cat ...  :love:

I totally agree with Martin's comment about your proposed trip to Hadrian's Wall.



Be sure to take a Roman Legionary or two with you as well. If I was in charge of one of the shops at the various Roman sites along the wall, I'd have a load of Playmobil stocked up, and plenty of DS packs of legionaries too.



It's only your 65th birthday coming up, Gordon? Why you're just a young whipper-snapper ...  :klickywink:


Thanks again for your post and all the best,
Richard

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Re: Maisie and Fred's Excellent Adventure (comments thread)
« Reply #22 on: June 11, 2008, 18:56:16 »
Hello Martin and Richard,

Our cat is now 14 and this year he's begun to show he can't take the nights out!  Today, he came in about 0700 and, after a bit of socialising and breakfast, was asleep by 0800, getting up at 1500.  He then had a couple of hours out and has been in now for about 90 minutes asleep.  His record for sleeping is something like 15 hours, not non-stop if I remember rightly as he got up to eat at one point and then went back to bed straightaway, so maybe only 14 and threequarter hours asleep!

I'm doing the Hadrian's Wall Walk using Contours who specialise in walking holidays.  You say what walk you want to do (or get them to create a custom walk for you), and they arrange accommodation so all you have to do is walk (even your luggage is taken on for you).  Diane and I tried them out on our first (and so far with house moving plans only) walking holiday when we walked from Berwick to Warkworth (the Northumberland Coastal Castles Walk) in 2006 and found them very good, as has a friend of ours on a number of holidays.

With my planned walk I'm including a couple of non-walking days at major sites and walking about 14 miles a day.  That doesn't seem a lot in time if you think that the average walking speed is about 4 mph, but on a walk like this you actually average about two to two and a half miles an hour when you take account of stopping to admire the view, take photos, check the map and so on.  I didn't believe this when a friend who has walked in the Himalayas, South America and, this year, South Africa told me this, but she was spot-on!

I had thought of taking the a Roman figure or two as well as Maisie and Fred, and I'm pretty certain I will.   I'm still thinking about whether to make it a sponsored walk (I am an Assessor for Kirkleatham Hall School for severely handicapped children and young adults in Cleveland and also support Gedes School in Kenya which is a similar Kenyan school, so these would be the target for the sponsor money) and also whether to do a blog as I go.  We'll see on both counts nearer the time.
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Re: Maisie and Fred's Excellent Adventure (comments thread)
« Reply #23 on: June 11, 2008, 19:55:53 »


Hello, Gordon ...

Perhaps your cat (at his advanced age) should think seriously about a career change.
He might want to explore the possibilities of "consulting" ...  :klickywink:

All the best,
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Re: Maisie and Fred's Excellent Adventure (comments thread)
« Reply #24 on: June 12, 2008, 03:40:23 »
Gordon, your walking-tour sounds lovely!  A good way to see the area up close.  I'd love to see a blog of all the places your little legionaries conquer along the way.
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Re: Maisie and Fred's Excellent Adventure (comments thread)
« Reply #25 on: June 12, 2008, 04:14:14 »

Hello, Gordon ...

Perhaps your cat (at his advanced age) should think seriously about a career change.
He might want to explore the possibilities of "consulting" ...  :klickywink:

All the best,
Richard




LOL!  I'm not going to put idea into his head as I'd end up doing the work!  As it is, if another cat has been in the garden I am dragged out for a tour with him while he points out every place the other cat has been to!
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Re: Maisie and Fred's Excellent Adventure (comments thread)
« Reply #26 on: June 12, 2008, 08:14:27 »
Gordon, your walking-tour sounds lovely!  A good way to see the area up close.  I'd love to see a blog of all the places your little legionaries conquer along the way.
We shall see what we can do, Heather.   :)
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Re: Maisie and Fred's Excellent Adventure (comments thread)
« Reply #27 on: June 12, 2008, 13:37:27 »
I'm doing the Hadrian's Wall Walk using Contours who specialise in walking holidays.  You say what walk you want to do (or get them to create a custom walk for you), and they arrange accommodation so all you have to do is walk (even your luggage is taken on for you).  Diane and I tried them out on our first (and so far with house moving plans only) walking holiday when we walked from Berwick to Warkworth (the Northumberland Coastal Castles Walk) in 2006 and found them very good, as has a friend of ours on a number of holidays.

With my planned walk I'm including a couple of non-walking days at major sites and walking about 14 miles a day.  That doesn't seem a lot in time if you think that the average walking speed is about 4 mph, but on a walk like this you actually average about two to two and a half miles an hour when you take account of stopping to admire the view, take photos, check the map and so on.  I didn't believe this when a friend who has walked in the Himalayas, South America and, this year, South Africa told me this, but she was spot-on!


14 miles a day is quite reasonable. A few years ago I did a lot of long distance walks, Ridgeway, Cotswold Way, North Downs Way, South Downs Way and Wesses Ridgeway, and I don't think I ever did a day with less than 12 miles, but it's nasty slogging those last 3-4 miles after your feet get really sore.

You've got me interested, I've got a week's holiday to use sometime this Autumn, and might look at one of these walks - I've bookmarked the Contour website.  I liek the idea of someone else carrying my bag!

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Re: Maisie and Fred's Excellent Adventure (comments thread)
« Reply #28 on: June 12, 2008, 15:34:30 »
I can recommend Contours, Martin.  They take the money off your credit card sharp, but their service is good.  On our walk there was only one place where the b+b accommodation was disappointing, being on the small side and there was no one there to meet us when we arrived.  Everywhere else was top notch with one place even having complimentary port and sherry in a separate lounge and another having complimentary bottles of water, pots of fruit yoghurt and fresh fruit on the sideboard for you to take with you for the day's walk.
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Re: Maisie and Fred's Excellent Adventure (comments thread)
« Reply #29 on: July 02, 2008, 13:01:05 »
I have just bought some new Playmobil sets today (4299 and 4488) and as usual there was a small catalogue included. On the cover of the catalogue I recognised a well-known lady.

Can you find her??? :lens: