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Offline Roger Kettle

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Re: Happy Easter!
« Reply #15 on: April 09, 2007, 06:32:13 PM »
Dum-di-dum-dum...dum-di-dah!
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Offline The Peepmaster

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Re: Happy Easter!
« Reply #16 on: April 09, 2007, 06:48:36 PM »
Quote from: Roger Kettle on April 09, 2007, 06:32:13 PM
Dum-di-dum-dum...dum-di-dah!

No, it wasn't Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang, Roger.
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Offline Tarquin Thunderthighs lll

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Re: Happy Easter!
« Reply #17 on: April 09, 2007, 09:13:00 PM »
Quote from: Diane CBPFC on April 09, 2007, 06:09:24 PM

You will have to post some of the photos you took looking down from the balloon too.



Happy to, Diane.

The hat was a much-regretted gift from my good woman last year - she was desperately disappointed it didn't blow off during the flight. I don't care - I like it!

Thanks, Roger - my birthday was actually back in February, but the balloon voucher lasts for a year. Easter Sunday just seemed like a nice idea.

Here y'go, especially for all you ex-pats....







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Re: Happy Easter!
« Reply #18 on: April 09, 2007, 09:19:28 PM »
Tarks is risen!

That looks a bit like The Wrekin, Tarka.
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Re: Happy Easter!
« Reply #19 on: April 09, 2007, 10:33:40 PM »
Amazing pictures!

Thanks for sharing them!
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Re: Happy Easter!
« Reply #20 on: April 10, 2007, 01:16:26 AM »
TTIII - beautiful photos - Britain is a magical land.

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Offline Tarquin Thunderthighs lll

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Re: Happy Easter!
« Reply #21 on: April 10, 2007, 09:12:21 AM »
Glad you liked the pictures, folks - I assure you the real thing was a squillion times better. Do give it a try.

Well spotted, Peepsie - the Wrekin it is. As a Scot, I confess I laughed like a drain when i was first introduced to the 'Midlands Mountain' from the ground, but even it looks magnificent from the skies. Says it all!
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Re: Happy Easter!
« Reply #22 on: April 10, 2007, 11:17:44 AM »
Quote from: Tarquin Thunderthighs lll on April 10, 2007, 09:12:21 AM
Well spotted, Peepsie - the Wrekin it is.

It's Telford's answer to Ayres Rock.
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Re: Happy Easter!
« Reply #23 on: April 11, 2007, 12:07:55 AM »
I call it the Shropshire Plook.
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Re: Happy Easter!
« Reply #24 on: April 11, 2007, 10:54:22 AM »
I'm going to call it Eric Munroe.
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Re: Happy Easter!
« Reply #25 on: April 11, 2007, 12:05:58 PM »
Why?
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Re: Happy Easter!
« Reply #26 on: April 11, 2007, 12:38:54 PM »
Quote from: Tarquin Thunderthighs lll on April 11, 2007, 12:05:58 PM
Why?

It's one of the highest Munroes in the Wellington area of Shropshire, and Eric sounds like a mountain-climber kind of name.
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Re: Happy Easter!
« Reply #27 on: April 11, 2007, 01:05:24 PM »
Quote from: The Peepmaster on April 11, 2007, 12:38:54 PM
Quote from: Tarquin Thunderthighs lll on April 11, 2007, 12:05:58 PM
Why?

It's one of the highest Munroes in the Wellington area of Shropshire, and Eric sounds like a mountain-climber kind of name.

Where do I begin?

"One of the highest" - it's the ONLY bit of high ground in Shropshire until you get to Wales.

"Munroes" - that'll be Munros.

"Munroes" - Mountains only qualify as Munros if they are over 3,000 feet tall. At 1,335 feet, The Wrekin isn't even half way there.

"Munroes" - Munros are mountains - The Wrekin is barely a hill.

"Munroes" - Munros are all in Scotland. The Wrekin isn't.

"Eric" - Eric is an accountant's name.

"Eric" - Eric is my middle name   :(
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Re: Happy Easter!
« Reply #28 on: April 11, 2007, 01:32:41 PM »
Okay "Monros" - I'm only half-Scottish. I haven't climbed all of them yet, by the way. The Wrekin used to be much, much, taller but it was worn away in the ice-age when it was pushed down into the Midlands by a glacier from an area close to Peebles. (There's a big dip in the ground there now). The glacier subsequently melted.
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Offline Tarquin Thunderthighs lll

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Re: Happy Easter!
« Reply #29 on: April 11, 2007, 01:43:26 PM »
Must've been a quiet night in the Rothesay Arms when you heard that one, Peepsie.  ;D ;D ;D
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