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Walking things
Mar. 23rd, 2014 08:18 am- I've been recording my walking with MapMyWalk on my phone. ( What do points mean? Who knows! )
- I am always amused by the fact that whenever it is possible to cut a corner on a country walk, even if by doing so you save mere inches, people will do so. You can be on a path literally miles from any vehicular access, where the only people who ever go there are people specifically out to Do A Walk - i.e. to cover lots of miles merely for pleasure. Even so, whenever the marked path turns a sharp corner, you'll find a well-worn shortcut cutting that corner, as people try to take 3 steps off their 12 mile walk. And, yes, I do exactly the same.
- The black ladrador thing started as a bit of a joke, but it's true! It really is! The coastal path really is dominated by black labradoids, in a way that other island footpaths are not. Yesterday, I was walking in Ryde during my lunch break: many and varied dogs in the backstreets; black labradoids and nothing but black labradoids when my path took me along the coastal path. The Ridgeway, in contrast, was markedly free of the things, but riddled with golden labradoids, a being I've hardly ever seen on island paths. I have also noticed that sighthounds always come in twos - I have no seldom seen one alone that I will claim 30 points when I finally see one - as do Cavalier King Charles spaniels. All other spaniels always come alone.
- I am always amused by the fact that whenever it is possible to cut a corner on a country walk, even if by doing so you save mere inches, people will do so. You can be on a path literally miles from any vehicular access, where the only people who ever go there are people specifically out to Do A Walk - i.e. to cover lots of miles merely for pleasure. Even so, whenever the marked path turns a sharp corner, you'll find a well-worn shortcut cutting that corner, as people try to take 3 steps off their 12 mile walk. And, yes, I do exactly the same.
- The black ladrador thing started as a bit of a joke, but it's true! It really is! The coastal path really is dominated by black labradoids, in a way that other island footpaths are not. Yesterday, I was walking in Ryde during my lunch break: many and varied dogs in the backstreets; black labradoids and nothing but black labradoids when my path took me along the coastal path. The Ridgeway, in contrast, was markedly free of the things, but riddled with golden labradoids, a being I've hardly ever seen on island paths. I have also noticed that sighthounds always come in twos - I have no seldom seen one alone that I will claim 30 points when I finally see one - as do Cavalier King Charles spaniels. All other spaniels always come alone.
