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peter kemp · Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 5:37 pm Post subject:

BB down the farm. Oh arrr.

peter kemp · Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 5:38 pm Post subject:

"Whit dae ye mean. Ah'll sh!te thru ma keks. Saves wipin ma erse"

cybers · Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 6:11 pm Post subject:

The proximity of that stove could have been a cause for concern

I now join the I will make my own sausages lobby

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peter kemp · Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 6:23 pm Post subject:

For years the ould bastart told me there wis an ice cream van at the tap of the mountains. An fur years ah believed him.
For years he carried all the food, cans etc, an ah carried a feckin heavy slr camera an a bag of lenses. His pack got light , mine stayed the same.

cybers · Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 9:38 pm Post subject:

Aye but he burst the blisters and cut a dash on the mountain.

Emptying his sacks

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Lone Groover · Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 9:44 pm Post subject:

Like many others Pete I am fascinated by this unique batch of photos.
The very fact that you have kept them and publish them indicates to me that you really ought to get back in touch with Bad Bob and put the demons down.
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peter kemp · Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 10:33 pm Post subject:

Lone Groover · Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 10:41 pm Post subject:

peter kemp · Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 10:48 pm Post subject:

Not unusual but have seen it too often with some of the old guys I climbed with. Wee Jimmy and Stukky were good examples. As I get on myself I can now begin to understand the feeling that one has to give up things they are no longer abe to do. Many of the guys were a good 20 yrs older than me. However I was lucky in the fact that I started my hillwalking at an early age and never stopped. Whereas they might have started early but others things got in the way and they came back late in life. Thats why I am quite at ease in my mind and do other activities. Its all been done .Ate the book and read the pie and all that.

peter kemp · Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 1:02 pm Post subject:

I think now is as good a time to call a halt to the leg end of Bad Bob. It has stirred up memories some good and some not so good.

Many years ago there was a report of a body found if I am correct, on the summit of Ben Alder. It was a male , dressed in cowboy attire, poncho, hat, gunbelt , spurs etc.
Seems he committed suicide by gunshot wound to the head, with an empty bottle of spirits beside him.
This made a great impression on BB. He thought it would be a great way to go. On the hill, sipping a good malt and watching the sunset.. then bang...
I'll leave you with this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2lvEsew7Ug