Comments on: Days Like This, No 23: Slioch ??? The Unseen Mountain https://becausetheyrethere.com/2016/08/15/days-like-this-no-23-slioch-the-unseen-mountain/ ...and a few more reasons for climbing mountains Mon, 24 Dec 2018 18:27:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: McFadzean https://becausetheyrethere.com/2016/08/15/days-like-this-no-23-slioch-the-unseen-mountain/#comment-26353 Wed, 31 Aug 2016 13:54:46 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=9578#comment-26353 No, I looked a bit further but didn’t come up with anything. I’d never heard of Bread Winner Hogg but I see Timothy West starred. Kept him off those canal boats, so that’s a good thing.

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]]> By: Peter Bennett https://becausetheyrethere.com/2016/08/15/days-like-this-no-23-slioch-the-unseen-mountain/#comment-26352 Wed, 31 Aug 2016 13:41:13 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=9578#comment-26352 South Durham calling. I got the same from google, it was not Jim Davidson. It was about the time of Bread Winner Hogg.(with Peter Eagan in the lead role) It was so violent a series it was shown very late at night. Probably, it’s now on the children’s TV! I will seek further on this matter. ( I do read your blogs but I seem to be constantly digressing) pip pip Peter. (Lastly I think he was Jewish,not Peter Eagen,but the “Too RRRisky bloke) There I digress……..

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]]> By: McFadzean https://becausetheyrethere.com/2016/08/15/days-like-this-no-23-slioch-the-unseen-mountain/#comment-26351 Tue, 30 Aug 2016 19:13:39 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=9578#comment-26351 The Hartlepools have always confused me. Some people refer to it in the singular, some in the plural, and others east and west. Life’s complicated enough without all that palava. I’ve ony been there twice and that was enough. It reminded me of my hometown of Barrow, only a bit more glamour. Harold Smith would have felt at home.
I Googled Too Risky and all I came up with was Jim Davidson. You need to seek out Mr Memory, of The 39 Steps fame. Incidentally, I watched the Kenneth More version last night on Youtube.
Cheers, Alen

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]]> By: Peter Bennett https://becausetheyrethere.com/2016/08/15/days-like-this-no-23-slioch-the-unseen-mountain/#comment-26350 Tue, 30 Aug 2016 18:52:56 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=9578#comment-26350 South Shields calling. I am on route to British West Hartlypool ( I do not know how to spell.) Could not gain entry to The Kingdom of Northumbria so the adder/kimosabe joke remains a complete mystery. I asked a chap in the local if he knew it and he whispered ‘You can see me?’ Time to hit the road. Here is killer for any pub quiz : what is the name of the actor that partnered the Lone Ranger? Jay Silverheels they shout! Wrong. Despite being the son of a Mowhawk Chief, he was called Harold Smith in real life. Further ,may I ask you what was the name of comedian whose catch-line was ” To rrrrisky ? With the accent on the risky. With this question answered I can enter Vallhala (via British W H ) pip pip Peter.

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]]> By: McFadzean https://becausetheyrethere.com/2016/08/15/days-like-this-no-23-slioch-the-unseen-mountain/#comment-26305 Thu, 18 Aug 2016 11:34:48 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=9578#comment-26305 There was a joke involving Tonto, the Lone Ranger and a snake that had the pay-off line: “You going to die, Kimosabe.” It was that old they were probably telling it in Northumbria.
Cheers, Alen

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]]> By: Peter Bennett https://becausetheyrethere.com/2016/08/15/days-like-this-no-23-slioch-the-unseen-mountain/#comment-26302 Wed, 17 Aug 2016 19:40:10 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=9578#comment-26302 Off the bench in South Shields and in a queue to try and get back to ‘The Kingdom of Northumbria’ Never mind Brexit this happened quietly, I bet it’s that butler bugger behind it. Sadly the only book not borrowed from the camp was a Red Indian dictionary. Flicking through it I came upon ‘Kemosabe’ (vulg.) Apache expression for back end of a horse. This completely ruined my memories of The Lone Ranger. It just gets worse. Meal to- night a Valium sandwich. Pip pip Peter.

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]]> By: McFadzean https://becausetheyrethere.com/2016/08/15/days-like-this-no-23-slioch-the-unseen-mountain/#comment-26301 Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:07:48 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=9578#comment-26301 Hi Adrian. Yes, I have used that and it works, but I had completely forgotten about it. And it certainly makes sweaty hikers smell nicer.
Cheers, Alen

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]]> By: Adrian Hobbs (@wilderbags) https://becausetheyrethere.com/2016/08/15/days-like-this-no-23-slioch-the-unseen-mountain/#comment-26300 Wed, 17 Aug 2016 14:13:05 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=9578#comment-26300 I thought it was common knowledge that Avon’s ” Skin So Soft ” smelly liquid for ladies was the best midge repellent ….. HM Army use it during training and occasional wars in Scotland !

Adrian Bowes Co Durham

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]]> By: Hanna https://becausetheyrethere.com/2016/08/15/days-like-this-no-23-slioch-the-unseen-mountain/#comment-26298 Tue, 16 Aug 2016 07:10:09 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=9578#comment-26298 Haha! I can agree with that idea ????

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]]> By: McFadzean https://becausetheyrethere.com/2016/08/15/days-like-this-no-23-slioch-the-unseen-mountain/#comment-26297 Mon, 15 Aug 2016 23:58:51 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=9578#comment-26297 I hate it when you look back and someone’s behind you, and then you look again a few minutes later and the gap has grown smaller. It takes all the enjoyment out of it. Luckily, I didn’t see another person that day. And I don’t think I did the Munro Top, so that’s a black mark against me.
I don’t remember much more about the day at all, except the clouds dissipated later in the afternoon and I had a beautiful evening camping above Little Loch Broom at Badcaul.
Cheers, Alen

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]]> By: mountaincoward https://becausetheyrethere.com/2016/08/15/days-like-this-no-23-slioch-the-unseen-mountain/#comment-26296 Mon, 15 Aug 2016 23:36:18 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=9578#comment-26296 Hope you walked right around the ramparts and included the Munro Top further around – it’s a great promenade that. I also included the ridge along the left-hand side of the corrie on the way in as it has nice little summits and lochans along it.

We were certainly sweating on our return along the loch shore – not only did we have a lovely, hot, sunny day, but 4 young lads arrived behind us just as we were setting off back to the carpark after a break by the river bridge at the start of the track. I can’t let people past me, especially young people or men, so off I went like a rocket trailing Richard behind like a tail. He was pretty annoyed but, for some reason, kept up with me (he could just have taken his time and I’d have waited at the car). That carried on for the next 4 miles and I honestly thought I was going to drop dead. Suddenly, all 4 of the young lads collapsed in a heap on a bank at the side of the path so I’d won! ????
Carol.

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]]> By: McFadzean https://becausetheyrethere.com/2016/08/15/days-like-this-no-23-slioch-the-unseen-mountain/#comment-26295 Mon, 15 Aug 2016 23:30:35 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=9578#comment-26295 In the post-Brexit world midges will bite only British people.

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