Nik - KOTM
2007-02-08 22:27:42
As the headline says - do you like to walk in the snow on the moor
Not boxing - just walking
OK there is a typo in the headline - just too eager with the s pace b a r
Anonymous
2007-02-08 23:09:20
Actually, Jasper likes the snow more than I do, but seeing him enjoying himself SO much gives me such pleasure too, that I don't mind the cold. Somewhere, I've got some nice pix of Jasper in the snow on the moor, I'll see if I can find them for the gallery.
And thinking about it, I even have a bit of a "Dartmoor miracle" story here. For months prior to our visit (incidentally our last while my nanny was alive - she died the following Christmas) over Chrimble 2004, Jasper had had a very nasty patch of excema around his mouth. I was quite worried about it, as it was proving extremely resistant to veterinary treatment and was causing poor Jazz a great deal of distress. When the snow came down, I took him out around the Top Tor area. He had a brilliant time, throwing himself into snowdrifts, skating on frozen puddles and having snowball fights. The VERY NEXT DAY (no exaggeration, I swear) his excema had eased off; it was completely gone within a week and (touch wood) has never returned. I'm convinced it was down to the pure Dartmoor snow.
There we are. If it wasn't for your lovely poll, I may never have shared that with you!! Is it snowy down there now? Just cold and grey here in Alresford. The rain washed away all our snow this morning - bah!!
Dizzy
2007-02-09 07:58:11
Good poll Nik!
I love to walk in the falling snow. When I was up there last Wednesday morning, the snow was falling and the ground around Bonehill and Houndtor areas was lovely and white. Other than the cold, it was a beautiful sight.
Even though after many years of hiking on the moors and seeing this many times, I still can't get over the fantastic views. My freind Jayne has never seen Dartmoor in white before and she was amazed at it all and found it difficult to take in the views. She kept saying "Wow!........
So the beauty of the moors, oh hum...........
Dizzy
Anonymous
2007-02-09 10:17:50
Poor Dizzy - I am sorry that you are losing your friend Jayne. Hope you'll be OK.
It should probably be a woman (oh, I've just realised the sort of heinous images that I'll be putting into your little masculine heads. D'oh!) rolling around nekkid in the snow. Shrinky-winkie time for the chaps, otherwise, and no-one wants that, do they?
I'm typing this at work (cool activity, as it looks like I'm actually working. Ha! As if!!), and I would give my left kidney to be walking on the moor instead, with trusty sidekick Jasper at my heels.
Dizzy
2007-02-09 20:45:47
It should probably be a woman (oh, I've just realised the sort of heinous images that I'll be putting into your little masculine heads. D'oh!) rolling around nekkid in the snow. Shrinky-winkie time for the chaps, otherwise, and no-one wants that, do they?
Let me know if there are any female volunteers, I will be the first one there ensuring that she doesn't get frostbite! :wink:
It's a shame Jayne is going back to the Midlands, we actually live together but believe it or not, not as a couple, just good friends. I know the old saying but it's true. :wink:
I will be ok, I could take my Dad with me as he loves Letterboxing, problem is he had cancer not to long ago
It worries me to take him on the moors. I last took him to Bonehill Rocks just before Christmas and he was puffing and panting really terribly after just half a mile. You all know what it's like, I think a lot of my parents, so I certainly don't want anything to happen to him on the moors.
I lost a friend on Dartmoor a few years ago due to a heart attack (Dave 'Hagar'). .......Once was enough.
Dizzy
Anonymous
2007-02-09 23:00:03
Hi Dizzy,
Sorry to hear about your dad. I know what it's like - my dad had a scare with the Big C a few months ago, it killed my dog Tess (Jasper's predecessor) when she was only 7, and my dear mum has had it twice. :cry: Touch wood, she's OK now. :lol: Don't get too disheartened though (difficult, when it's much-loved family, I know). The recovery process can be LONG, especially if there's been radiotherapy. My mum had radiotherapy after her second illness (in 2005), and was also tired/breathless/etc. for a seemingly endless time. Sometimes, it can be a year or so before recovery is complete, and I was worried for my mum like you are with your dad. But she DID get back to being herself eventually, and now goes to the gym three mornings a week! Your dad is lucky to have such a loving, caring son - don't stop enjoying the moor together (probably in a quiet sort of way for a while, though!). I can't think of anything better to speed up the recovery process than sitting by a Dartmoor stream with a good book.
OMG! I can't believe that Dave 'Hagar' has passed away. :cry: I used to love his boxes when I was younger. I am so sorry. Passing on while on Dartmoor must have eased his journey for him personally, but how dreadful for his mates. I hope he's happy in a better place.
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"Just good friends", eh? Hmmm... yeah, right, that's what they all say mate. :roll: A pity as, what with you being an egg and all (my brother used to play that damned computer game ALL THE TIME), I thought you might be able to finally answer that age-old 'chicken or the egg' conundrum for me... :wink:
Dizzy
2007-02-10 07:09:44
Thanks for your comments Roo. I will take my Dad up there again, you just get worried that's all.
The chicken or the egg? Errm, nope, I can't answer that one yet, sorry.
Thanks again,
Dizzy