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Post by Rubbertramp on Jun 20, 2013 20:28:49 GMT
Another summer (the seventh) started on Monday for the intrepid RT on the last leg of his Round Britain Sorebumathon. Starting with the Hythe Ferry crossing from Southampton into the New Forest and on to Christchurch and Bourenmouth, at an average speed of an astonishing five miles an hour!.....and today reached Swanage where, after abandoning it way up the top of Scotland, his pet weather front spotted him from above and is now following him all the way down the south coast ....sorry about that!
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Post by lotusanne on Jun 20, 2013 20:37:04 GMT
Well done Mark in getting going again, hope you manage to lose that weather front soon! Hoes van going now after exhaust fixed? Bet yiu're bombing upand down hills now??!!
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Post by lotusanne on Jun 20, 2013 20:37:16 GMT
Well done Mark in getting going again, hope you manage to lose that weather front soon! Hoes van going now after exhaust fixed? Bet yiu're bombing upand down hills now??!!
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Post by Rubbertramp on Jun 20, 2013 21:15:19 GMT
Aye, bombing the hills and bombing in the woods but not actually bombed meself yet....well Friday night tomorrow might get bombed in Weymouth!
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Post by millie on Jun 20, 2013 21:24:33 GMT
Another summer (the seventh) started on Monday for the intrepid RT on the last leg of his Round Britain Sorebumathon. Starting with the Hythe Ferry crossing from Southampton into the New Forest and on to Christchurch and Bourenmouth, at an average speed of an astonishing five miles an hour!.....and today reached Swanage where, after abandoning it way up the top of Scotland, his pet weather front spotted him from above and is now following him all the way down the south coast ....sorry about that! You should have popped in for a cuppa or two
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Post by Rubbertramp on Jun 20, 2013 21:47:33 GMT
Only saw you on Saturday....people will start talking!!
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Post by Etienne Le Croq on Jun 20, 2013 21:47:34 GMT
Yes,you've past my door aswell ! Did you overnight anywhere around Bouremouth?
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Post by Rubbertramp on Jun 20, 2013 21:53:27 GMT
Aye lad, on the Boscombe Overcliff Drive and next night Saltings Lane Keyhaven. Nice spots! Sorry man Didn't know you were from that way.
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Post by Etienne Le Croq on Jun 21, 2013 6:06:36 GMT
That's ok! Havn't tried saltings lane yet,Boscombe Overcliff is good for the airshow in August.
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Post by Firefox on Jun 21, 2013 6:32:15 GMT
Amazing... nearly home... it won't be long!
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Post by billieblue on Jun 21, 2013 12:34:15 GMT
Hope the sorebumathon goes well. Have you tried sudacrem? seriously, well done!
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Post by n brown on Jun 21, 2013 17:55:55 GMT
you must be minging by now!!,give us a shout if you want a parkup and a shower etc
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Post by Rubbertramp on Jun 21, 2013 20:15:13 GMT
you must be minging by now!!,give us a shout if you want a parkup and a shower etc I'll come and cause chaos one day but would be a big detour the noo....am heading south and west. And yes, you're right! a bit whiffy tonight despite a dip in the sea yesterday.
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Post by n brown on Jun 21, 2013 20:46:28 GMT
oh thank gawd !! the ginger cake [iced with cherries and walnuts] is safe !
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Post by Mini on Jun 22, 2013 9:11:22 GMT
oh thank gawd !! the ginger cake [iced with cherries and walnuts] is safe ! Mmmmmm... where is it you live?
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Post by Mini on Jun 22, 2013 9:15:18 GMT
Good luck with the next stretch RT. Just don't go near any cliffs for the next couple of days!
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Post by Rubbertramp on Jun 25, 2013 21:56:10 GMT
Chesil Bank. Shall I or shan't I? A Ten mile trudge of shingle with no way of escape till you get to the other end. So I pop into the visitor centre at the crossing into Portland yesterday and the lady on the desk says it's very difficult going. Her brother did it years ago apparently. "Did it kill him?" I asked, all innocent like, meaning did it hurt?. "No, he's still alive" she replies all serious like! So I climbed up up to the top of the bank and it seemed quite firm and resolved to give it a go next morning. Today I'm paying for it though.....Ouch! Ouch ! Ouch! Well worth it though. Saw boxing Hares, some Gannets and did a bit of beachcombing. Got a new scrubbing brush for me buckets, some strong black rubber which I've yet to find a use for and a new walking stick cos some bugger borrowed me other one up in Jockland and haven't seen it since Portland....Two prisons, lots of Quarries and a sticker seen on the back window of a car...." Keep Portland Weird" it said! And last Saturday morning ended up with homing pigeon shit all over the van parked up above Lulworth ranges....great spectacle though!
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Post by WindDancer on Jun 25, 2013 23:46:27 GMT
Good pics! Hope you are feeling less achey now.
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Post by lotusanne on Jun 26, 2013 12:17:08 GMT
Sorry Mark I feel very guilty, I broughtwalking stick to the Music meet in the Dales too but totally forgot to give it to you. I will take it to Stratford and see if I can give to someone who might see you .
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Post by Etienne Le Croq on Jun 26, 2013 18:02:01 GMT
Great pictures Chap!
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Post by Rubbertramp on Jun 26, 2013 20:27:46 GMT
Sorry Mark I feel very guilty, I broughtwalking stick to the Music meet in the Dales too but totally forgot to give it to you. I will take it to Stratford and see if I can give to someone who might see you . And so you should! Letting a poor old cripple walk all that way unaided!.....I'll give you a damned good thrashing with it the next time I see you! Seriously though, please keep it. There are plenty hanging around on the beaches here.
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Post by n brown on Jun 26, 2013 20:30:34 GMT
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Post by wildman on Jun 30, 2013 9:33:05 GMT
I'm a little confused are you walking, cycling or driving. I was thinking cycling but you keep mentioning the van, do you cycle out and back or is someone else driving as backup.
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Post by Rubbertramp on Jun 30, 2013 21:43:40 GMT
Mostly cycling Roger hence the name "sorebumathon"....except when I have to walk, up very steep hills, along shingle beaches, in some of the more inaccessible parts of Scotland and when I get told off for riding my bike on the footpaths! The van is used as a moving base, as it were, parked at point A then cycle to point B (usually somewhere I can stop the night or park next day or both), cycle back or lock the bike up and get a bus back or get a train back. Then drive the van up to point B and so on. I did have a driver for a couple of summers but I gave her the sack!
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Post by Firefox on Jun 30, 2013 23:10:46 GMT
It's great you have done this mostly without a driver. I'd like to have a go at something similar but the thought of having to us public transport in rural areas to get back to the van every night is a bit daunting!
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Post by wildman on Jul 1, 2013 10:29:01 GMT
well done then excellent you must be a skinny lad, hee hee.
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Post by lotusanne on Jul 1, 2013 11:45:34 GMT
well done then excellent you must be a skinny lad, hee hee. Well he shouldn't be Roger - he has the appetite of a small elephant!! Just shows that exercise is the way to lse weight I reckon!
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Post by wildman on Jul 2, 2013 16:36:32 GMT
there is a lot of exercise to be had raising a glass and still more via sexercise so why can't I lose weight, hee hee
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Post by Rubbertramp on Jul 6, 2013 15:00:36 GMT
Ere! Debn's some big inner? Having bagged Lyme Regis for me bucket list it was a strange hike through the dense woodland of Downland undercilff and landslip - a huge landmass that slipped hundreds of years ago - very peaceful and not a soul in sight. Plenty of coastpath diversions along the whole stretch from here to Torbay because of recent landslips including this little beauty near Babbacombe. Did the earth move for you darling? Childhood memories evoked with the sights and sounds of the Dart Valley Railway all the way down to Dartmouth .....and watched the sea boiling last light with shoals of Mackerel after the Sprats off the beach at Torcross....bad timing as I'd just ordered me Haddock and chips at the pub!
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Post by Firefox on Jul 6, 2013 15:25:29 GMT
I liked the latest photos of the Dart Valley: And what about the landslide - spectacular though a tragedy for someone's house. Attachments:
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