“I wanna command a squadron of tanks!” ~ Ron NastyMore prosaically, I wanna get a vehicle from one of the specialist car hire firms in Fairbanks and drive the other 413 miles of the Dalton Highway I bottled out of in 2018. If they’re really good I'll bring it back too
Quote from: Jurek on 24 January, 2023, 08:32:25 pmQuote from: Peter on 24 January, 2023, 08:23:28 pmQuote from: L CC on 23 January, 2023, 08:34:10 pmSkate on a riverRow the TyneFrench pâtisserie trainingThey're not unachievable.Lovely choices! I'm sure you know you share the first one with Joni Mitchell. Do you mean the length of the Tyne? If it's across, then Kathryn Tickell could play "Waters of Tyne" for you while you do it. I know you'd like that. As for the French patisserie, let me know when you've done it (Viennese would be fine, too!)Skating along frozen Dutch canals has always been a draw.So much better than going round and round on an ice rink.Sadly, I think that climate change will have put an end to opportunities for such activities.I might have to go to Canada or Alaska for the skating. I'd be singing Joni for all the time I was doing it.There's a Great Tyne Row which I think I can get on to, a project for 2024.I can't remember if I've told you before and this is a deliberate wind up, but I was at school with Kathryn Tickell (she was sort of in the same friendship group as my sister), and I can't stand her and her a) rewriting her own history and b) professional Northumbrianism. I would sing my own Waters of Tyne. I sang it to Mr Smith once when we were in Gateshead and he gave me a look.The patisserie might end up being the hardest to do as it's a 3 year course. I'd like to think I'd get to do a recreational one at some point though.
Quote from: Peter on 24 January, 2023, 08:23:28 pmQuote from: L CC on 23 January, 2023, 08:34:10 pmSkate on a riverRow the TyneFrench pâtisserie trainingThey're not unachievable.Lovely choices! I'm sure you know you share the first one with Joni Mitchell. Do you mean the length of the Tyne? If it's across, then Kathryn Tickell could play "Waters of Tyne" for you while you do it. I know you'd like that. As for the French patisserie, let me know when you've done it (Viennese would be fine, too!)Skating along frozen Dutch canals has always been a draw.So much better than going round and round on an ice rink.Sadly, I think that climate change will have put an end to opportunities for such activities.
Quote from: L CC on 23 January, 2023, 08:34:10 pmSkate on a riverRow the TyneFrench pâtisserie trainingThey're not unachievable.Lovely choices! I'm sure you know you share the first one with Joni Mitchell. Do you mean the length of the Tyne? If it's across, then Kathryn Tickell could play "Waters of Tyne" for you while you do it. I know you'd like that. As for the French patisserie, let me know when you've done it (Viennese would be fine, too!)
Skate on a riverRow the TyneFrench pâtisserie trainingThey're not unachievable.
Skating along frozen Dutch canals has always been a draw.So much better than going round and round on an ice rink.Sadly, I think that climate change will have put an end to opportunities for such activities.
My mother had Waters of Tyne played at her woodland burial on the Northumbrian small pipes by her friend and near neighbour Carole Robb.
Great bookshop in Alnwick - or there certainly was. Hope it's not swamped itself in Harry Potter, though one couldn't blame them for taking advantage. We used to visit on holiday in South Charlton/East Ditchburn.
Quote from: Peter on 28 January, 2023, 11:53:56 am Great bookshop in Alnwick - or there certainly was. Hope it's not swamped itself in Harry Potter, though one couldn't blame them for taking advantage. We used to visit on holiday in South Charlton/East Ditchburn.Barter Books in the old station, fantastic place.
Quote from: neilrj on 28 January, 2023, 02:02:20 pmQuote from: Peter on 28 January, 2023, 11:53:56 am Great bookshop in Alnwick - or there certainly was. Hope it's not swamped itself in Harry Potter, though one couldn't blame them for taking advantage. We used to visit on holiday in South Charlton/East Ditchburn.Barter Books in the old station, fantastic place.. . . and an excellent cafe in the old ticket office/waiting room.
Quote from: robgul on 28 January, 2023, 03:23:40 pmQuote from: neilrj on 28 January, 2023, 02:02:20 pmQuote from: Peter on 28 January, 2023, 11:53:56 am Great bookshop in Alnwick - or there certainly was. Hope it's not swamped itself in Harry Potter, though one couldn't blame them for taking advantage. We used to visit on holiday in South Charlton/East Ditchburn.Barter Books in the old station, fantastic place.. . . and an excellent cafe in the old ticket office/waiting room.Does it still have a toy train running around above the bookshelves?
Yebbut most car hire companies specifically forbid driving on unpaved roads* so you’ll be in deep doo-doo if anything goes wrong.* I may have broken this rule once or twice, but not for 800 miles
Quote from: Mr Larrington on 25 January, 2023, 06:24:01 pmYebbut most car hire companies specifically forbid driving on unpaved roads* so you’ll be in deep doo-doo if anything goes wrong.* I may have broken this rule once or twice, but not for 800 milesThere might be a "Rent a Dent" car rental service up north with suitable vehicles. Just watch out for moose crossing the road.