tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post8389655856556570468..comments2024-03-29T09:47:24.234+00:00Comments on Yorkshire Pudding: CongestionYorkshire Puddinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-78520768402622987752020-11-24T14:05:08.919+00:002020-11-24T14:05:08.919+00:00Hey Helen, yes I pop in and out of places to add s...Hey Helen, yes I pop in and out of places to add some normalcy to this crazy year. I popped over and saw your COVID projects the other day .. they are lovely.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05592150238891296272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-61907917601139279562020-11-24T07:36:29.544+00:002020-11-24T07:36:29.544+00:00Beautiful, coffee-table-book-worthy pictures, Neil...Beautiful, coffee-table-book-worthy pictures, Neil!<br />And those names - Lose Hill and Win Hill, you couldn't make that up.<br /><br />Yes, all those other people walking where and when WE want to walk... Many of the hikes/walks O.K. and I have undertaken this year were like that, with a lot more people about than usual. I don't blame them - after all, we are there, too - but I still most prefer as few others around as possible. Selfhish, I know. And don't get me started on cars!!Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-40556602541347551222020-11-24T06:01:21.054+00:002020-11-24T06:01:21.054+00:00But I am married Debby!But I am married Debby!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-63153631508238652192020-11-24T06:00:08.156+00:002020-11-24T06:00:08.156+00:00You are obviously a trendsetter Red!You are obviously a trendsetter Red!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-12832794991519755292020-11-24T02:41:18.511+00:002020-11-24T02:41:18.511+00:00*sigh* So very lovely. *sigh* So very lovely. Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-24060079691003326402020-11-24T02:06:44.260+00:002020-11-24T02:06:44.260+00:00I discovered on the week end that one of my quiet ...I discovered on the week end that one of my quiet places has become very busy. A few years ago I would go out for a ski and there were maybe five cars but yesterday there were probably 150 cars.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-15191685053545709792020-11-23T23:32:30.030+00:002020-11-23T23:32:30.030+00:00Hey Carol, long time, no see !! hope you are going...Hey Carol, long time, no see !! hope you are going well ??Helsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04801049953035653441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-31936280970232065762020-11-23T22:22:36.872+00:002020-11-23T22:22:36.872+00:00That house is quite remote and usually the old fel...That house is quite remote and usually the old fellow who lives is out working in his garden or in the garage so previously I have not managed to snap a good shot of it.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-45426541694545810202020-11-23T22:21:08.172+00:002020-11-23T22:21:08.172+00:00But they will get in my way Bonnie!But they will get in my way Bonnie!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-6949397632537427082020-11-23T22:12:15.671+00:002020-11-23T22:12:15.671+00:00As many of our parks were loved to death during ou...As many of our parks were loved to death during our lockdown. The Bronte house looks wonderful. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-72818025889785299392020-11-23T20:47:44.322+00:002020-11-23T20:47:44.322+00:00More wonderful pictures! You do have a talent with...More wonderful pictures! You do have a talent with a camera. Maybe one unexpected side effect of covid will be more people learning the joys of hiking!Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17738727252267659979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-75098156921507484562020-11-23T19:01:22.130+00:002020-11-23T19:01:22.130+00:00My late brother Brian would have known about Crave...My late brother Brian would have known about Craven Cottage: one of his books from childhood I still have is titled *Goalies Are Different*: he enjoyed Masefield's *Dead Ned* (Ned isn't dead at all) and *Stig of the Dump* which was read out on Blue Peter: we used to say that a trusting character on East Enders was like Stig grown up, the same mop of curly black hair ... <br />I think he ran a video store, and his girlfriend two-timed him.<br /><br />As for names, you have gathered some beauties like a Xmas garland hung on oaken doors: Bents Green, The Hammer and Pincers, Coggers Lane, Lose Hill, Win Hill, Hope Valley, High Storrs School, Stanage Edge, and best of all, nestling on the Derbyshire border, Ringinglow village.Hameldaemepal@gmailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08231016503726428849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-79763628533375271052020-11-23T17:54:58.990+00:002020-11-23T17:54:58.990+00:00They are accidental works of art aren't they? ...They are accidental works of art aren't they? We could listen to rock music while guzzling Stones.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-53530379459553068412020-11-23T17:46:23.059+00:002020-11-23T17:46:23.059+00:00More wonderful drystone walls to marvel at Mr Pudd...More wonderful drystone walls to marvel at Mr Pudding. I think we should start the Drystone Wall Appreciation Society. We could drink Stones bitter at the meetings.northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-56380944407400830482020-11-23T17:17:42.533+00:002020-11-23T17:17:42.533+00:00Even when you have departed this earthly life, you...Even when you have departed this earthly life, you will still be haunting The Heath! And Olga will be chasing squirrels through eternity.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-45759798146659333022020-11-23T17:15:18.105+00:002020-11-23T17:15:18.105+00:00We will put out a red carpet and I shall ask Princ...We will put out a red carpet and I shall ask Prince Charles to wait for you at the airport.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-29036544861958704162020-11-23T17:07:52.156+00:002020-11-23T17:07:52.156+00:00I had a similar experience at the Heath on Sunday ...I had a similar experience at the Heath on Sunday -- LOADS of people. Far more than I expected. I guess everyone feels like they gotta get out while they can, before bleak December, January and February descend. Me, I'll still be walking around out there no matter how dark and wet it is!Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-55817742085382099472020-11-23T16:53:07.096+00:002020-11-23T16:53:07.096+00:00Bloody people but I feel the same way, just want o...Bloody people but I feel the same way, just want out of my house. Yesterday we took the little guy for a car ride around Sherwood Park. Not exciting but it got us out of the house for an hour. Then we worked on the driveway, chopping up the ice and compacted snow. It was nice to get some fresh air.<br /><br />Love the photos. One day I shall make it back to England.My life so farhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16721270441968035994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-68053371170121416732020-11-23T16:47:54.385+00:002020-11-23T16:47:54.385+00:00Maybe one day you will write a post about John Fow...Maybe one day you will write a post about John Fowles. He was a good amateur botanist, and you are surrounded by wild flowers and grasses in those fields and moors.<br />Fowles was a flinty character, judging from his Journals, not a people person. I could wish he had a bit of Leslie Thomas in him, instead of being so snooty, but I am glad he answered all your questions.<br /><br />*A Maggot* was his most enigmatic novel, touching on the origin of the Shakers. I have a big coffee table book on Shaker furniture and Shaker meeting houses.<br /><br />They made a dreadful film of *The Magus*: Anthony Quinn was the only good performance.<br />Last night I watched an old Quinn movie on YouTube, *The Naked Street* (1955) with Farley Granger, who was in two Hitchcock movies, *Rope* and *Strangers on a Train*.<br />Hameldaemepal@gmailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08231016503726428849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-15347170644686996372020-11-23T16:47:39.298+00:002020-11-23T16:47:39.298+00:00Maybe one day you will write a post about John Fow...Maybe one day you will write a post about John Fowles. He was a good amateur botanist, and you are surrounded by wild flowers and grasses in those fields and moors.<br />Fowles was a flinty character, judging from his Journals, not a people person. I could wish he had a bit of Leslie Thomas in him, instead of being so snooty, but I am glad he answered all your questions.<br /><br />*A Maggot* was his most enigmatic novel, touching on the origin of the Shakers. I have a big coffee table book on Shaker furniture and Shaker meeting houses.<br /><br />They made a dreadful film of *The Magus*: Anthony Quinn was the only good performance.<br />Last night I watched an old Quinn movie on YouTube, *The Naked Street* (1955) with Farley Granger, who was in two Hitchcock movies, *Rope* and *Strangers on a Train*.<br />Hameldaemepal@gmailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08231016503726428849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-10285007628018238422020-11-23T16:41:45.165+00:002020-11-23T16:41:45.165+00:00What? You mean it did not have a driver behind the...What? You mean it did not have a driver behind the wheel? Spooky!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-30179468429682047252020-11-23T16:37:48.916+00:002020-11-23T16:37:48.916+00:00Just like human beings, cottages can take many dif...Just like human beings, cottages can take many different forms. One of England's top footbll teams - Fulham F.C.- play at a ground in London called Craven Cottage. No roses or thatch in sight but a nice view of The River Thames.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-61482047752145496682020-11-23T16:30:20.819+00:002020-11-23T16:30:20.819+00:00Unfortunately, I had not brought my shovel with me...Unfortunately, I had not brought my shovel with me Jennifer.<br /><br />And John - my final year dissertation at university was on the novels of John Fowles. I wrote to him with several questions and he kindly wrote back - answering them all.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-20017694240814077942020-11-23T16:12:17.717+00:002020-11-23T16:12:17.717+00:00The pot of gold for me, Jennifer, is Jane Eyre.
*A...The pot of gold for me, Jennifer, is Jane Eyre.<br />*A novel as deep as England,* as John Fowles said.Hameldaemepal@gmailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08231016503726428849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-2041804956902103962020-11-23T16:09:09.204+00:002020-11-23T16:09:09.204+00:00Ninety One Houses !
You should be writing those sh...Ninety One Houses !<br />You should be writing those short descriptive pieces, Talk of the Town, in The New Yorker, Ursula, for they are seldom as witty as yours.<br /><br />*Madame est comme un rayon de soleil* (in these dark winter days).Hameldaemepal@gmailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08231016503726428849noreply@blogger.com