Family matters. They have all gone their separate ways by 8.30 this morning. Andrew to walk 20ish (there and back) miles up to Haworth, Bronte landscape. Lillie to go and count in the walkers in and out on the Boundary Walk. And then my daughter who is rejoicing that there will be no replacement buses into Manchester from Rochdale when she goes to work this morning. The trains are once more working that stretch.
At 7-o-clock Lillie came into my bedroom to show off her new shoes, a belated birthday present from her father. Adidas bought at Liberty's no less, they are pretty with the pattern on the front. She was already dressed for scouts. Yesterday afternoon she had baked cakes and biscuits to be sold for the scouts. She is a teller? recording the walkers going and coming back. Obviously there is going to be a discrepancy in the number as there will be dropouts and people who couldn't make it but I am sure the mountain rescue people will be around to stretcher anyone down.
As an aside, a bit of news yesterday, was the mountain rescue people who had had to bring down a Saint Bernard dog from a walk, who just lay down and refused to walk down with his people.
Boundary walks are an old custom where you walk round the parish of the town. The Todmorden walk, 22 miles, goes round Calderdale Way and the Pennine Way, the walk traces an ancient or earlier boundary. Sometimes you can Beat the Boundary which entails touching along the walk in different places with a branch, or beating them.
I have already told Andrew to take plenty of food and water, and he has also arranged for pizzas tonight, so we shouldn't starve if he doesn't get back. He is very good at getting out of his day to cook but always produces a takeaway ;)
It's hard to celebrate with all that is going on around here. We are having a cookout with some of the family here. Unless we get another loud thunderstorm, and then I will just cook inside...
ReplyDeleteI could have wished you and America a Happy Independence day now Ellen but the irony of independence on this day, when America is dominated by such a terrible crowd of sycophantic people in praise of Trump fails me. But I hope you have a good cook-out and the weather stays fine.
DeleteA St Bernard is not the sort of dog to pick up and carry down a hill for sure! I wonder if he was carrying that barrel of brandy that they were supposedly carrying when They went and rescued people in the mountains.
ReplyDeleteThey must have stretchered him down Sue. Last time he gets taken on a long walk;)
DeleteAt least it's dry and not too warm for all those hardy walkers.
ReplyDeleteA St Bernard would find the heat difficult, poor creature.
Yes they are creatures of snow and mountains Janice and they can't sweat through that thick coat.
ReplyDeleteHang on a minute, St Bernards are meant to rescue people, not the other way round. I wonder if there ever was a St Bernard that rescued someone because of the little barrel of brandy they are meant to wear round their necks. Are St Bernards named after Bernard Cribbins? He sadly died in 2022 at the age of 93. It is unlikely that a small barrel of brandy would have saved him.
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