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P.S.much as I would like to say I fell off the crux of the Hinterstoisser Traverse on the Eiger,I actually fell off a greasy boulder behind Elterwater Y.H.A ,waiting for it to open. 
landsurfer wrote:Cyril Haearn wrote:Topper? Bottomer?
I was stopped by the police for driving abnormally slowly, quite proud of that
Never been stopped for going too fast, mind
So i'm better than all of you that have a speeding conviction !! .... Topper .... see what i mean ....
cyclop wrote:How about losing an artificial eye on the Bowland Fells whilst wild camping.I,d wrapped it in a pair of shorts--wasn,t there in the morning?I even returned with my uncle and a sieve,no luck.If anybody finds it,maybe downstréam,possibly a long way,in fact probably out to sea by now,it was 1970 !
Cyril Haearn wrote:Topper? Bottomer?
I was stopped by the police for driving abnormally slowly, quite proud of that
Never been stopped for going too fast, mind
100%JR wrote:Cyril Haearn wrote:Topper? Bottomer?
I was stopped by the police for driving abnormally slowly, quite proud of that
Never been stopped for going too fast, mind
Proud?
That is far more dangerous than going fast
BTW you cannot go too fast.Speed is good.
Perhaps it was taken by a Bower bird,having been blown off course and decided to settle in the Bowland fells.Cugel wrote:cyclop wrote:How about losing an artificial eye on the Bowland Fells whilst wild camping.I,d wrapped it in a pair of shorts--wasn,t there in the morning?I even returned with my uncle and a sieve,no luck.If anybody finds it,maybe downstréam,possibly a long way,in fact probably out to sea by now,it was 1970 !
It may have been confiscated by The Duke of Westminster's gamekeeper, as some sort of threat to a pheasant. Only one kind of pheasant-threatening is allowed up there, at a few thousand quids per pop!
It wasn't there when I was last riding through, anyway. I would've seen it.
Cugel
[url=https://flcyclop wrote:Perhaps it was taken by a Bower bird,having been blown off course and decided to settle in the Bowland fells.Cugel wrote:cyclop wrote:How about losing an artificial eye on the Bowland Fells whilst wild camping.I,d wrapped it in a pair of shorts--wasn,t there in the morning?I even returned with my uncle and a sieve,no luck.If anybody finds it,maybe downstréam,possibly a long way,in fact probably out to sea by now,it was 1970 !
It may have been confiscated by The Duke of Westminster's gamekeeper, as some sort of threat to a pheasant. Only one kind of pheasant-threatening is allowed up there, at a few thousand quids per pop!
It wasn't there when I was last riding through, anyway. I would've seen it.
Cugel
100%JR wrote:Cyril Haearn wrote:Topper? Bottomer?
I was stopped by the police for driving abnormally slowly, quite proud of that
Never been stopped for going too fast, mind
Proud?
That is far more dangerous than going fast
BTW you cannot go too fast.Speed is good.
Cugel wrote:cyclop wrote:Perhaps it was taken by a Bower bird,having been blown off course and decided to settle in the Bowland fells.Cugel wrote:
It may have been confiscated by The Duke of Westminster's gamekeeper, as some sort of threat to a pheasant. Only one kind of pheasant-threatening is allowed up there, at a few thousand quids per pop!
It wasn't there when I was last riding through, anyway. I would've seen it.
Cugel
Another definite possibility is that it was found and stolen by Brennands, who even now are worshiping it at "the centre of Britain".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brennand_Farm
You,ll never guess what I found on the cockleshell beach at Kippford,solway firth,this afternoon.
Long ago I visited Brennand Farm with Farmer Drinkall, to return the wander-sheep that had got over the fell top to Marshaw. Brennands lived at Brennand Farm and had done for centuries, or so said The Drinkall. It was a queer experience, to go there in the late 60s. It was then a remote-feeling place, known only to the locals. One cast a nervous glance here and there for the wicker cage or bonfire as silent Brennands took back their sheep with a suspicious glower.
Anyroadup, it wouldn't surprise me to find a small altar there, at the back of a shippon, with your eye in pride of place and a hessian sack-clothed worshipper knelt muttering in Old Norse.
Cugel
cyclop wrote:How about losing an artificial eye on the Bowland Fells whilst wild camping.I,d wrapped it in a pair of shorts--wasn,t there in the morning?I even returned with my uncle and a sieve,no luck.If anybody finds it,maybe downstréam,possibly a long way,in fact probably out to sea by now,it was 1970 !