On 31 Aug 2014, at 08:43, "mike wilson" <[email protected]> wrote: > > To the bottom of Yorkshire to meet up with Mark! and Lisa, who are > walking the southernmost part of the Pennine Way. > > I can report that both are remarkably fit and well three days into > their trek, not the shambling, exhausted wreck I would be these days. > Communications are, at best, intermittent so messages are unlikely > until they get back to civilisation. Not only electronic - Lisa was > mildly distressed at being unable to understand the local dialect.
She didn't miss much. Yorkshire people don't have a lot to say. > Lord help her when she gets to Northumberland. Most of them could > converse happily with Vikings. > > We managed to find pub food after discovering that all the cafes in > Hebden Bridge closed at tea time and the most of the restaurants were > closed for holidays, thus preserving Yorkshire's magnificent > reputation for hospitality. They have a magnificent flea-pit cinema there. The benefits of annual membership include - in fact, are - a complimentary mug of tea. > We were entertained by the traditional > singalong to the 80's hits on the jukebox. T'choir were in fine > voice, 'appen. > I know HB quite well - it's where burnt-out Londoners go to die. Things seem to have moved on a bit. Last time I was there the only entertainment was a medley of Edwardian musical hall hits played on the spoons by an Arthur Askey impressionist. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
