Greetings

On 8/5/04 2:58 pm, in article
[email hidden], "John Spencer-Mallory"

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Yesterday I completed part of the Nene Way walk, ending up
in Peterborough. For anyone interested the "Outdoor" shop
there is selling Leki Makalu poles at 25 UKP per PAIR.
Many thanx to Pete's Poles Page too, fascinating reading.

You're obviously made for around here, sharing info on poles
but Pete's pole page ... Fascinating?

---
Andy Howell Birmingham, UK

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Greetings from the flatlands of East Anglia, specifically
the Gedney Marsh area. I have been lurking around this
group for the past few

Reminds me of the time, some years ago, when my wife and I
looked at a house in Gedney Drove End. We didn't like the
house, but said to the owner that whilst we were in the
area, we'd like to visit the sea (it's shown as by the Wash
on the map - for those that aren't familar with the area).
The house owner looked at us a bit oddly, and said to go to
the end of the road, through the gate and keep walking. We
did this and walked through the field. After some time we
noticed bits of seaweed and marine detritus in the grass,
but no sea. We kept walking for some time, with little
change in the scenery
- just grassland. After a time we got fed up when we
realised that there appeared to be no clearly defined
coastline - the meadow just stretched away into the
distance and merged in a shimmering haze with the
sky. I guess the sea was out there somewhere, but we
never found it!

Regards: Jim Ford

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* John Spencer-Mallory <[email hidden]>
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Greetings from the flatlands of East Anglia,
specifically the Gedney Marsh area. I have been lurking
around this group for the past few

Reminds me of the time, some years ago, when my wife and I
looked at a house in Gedney Drove End. We didn't like the
house, but said to the owner that whilst we were in the
area, we'd like to visit the sea (it's shown as by the
Wash on the map - for those that aren't familar with the
area). The house owner looked at us a bit oddly, and said
to go to the end of the road, through the gate and keep
walking. We did this and walked through the field. After
some time we noticed bits of seaweed and marine detritus
in the grass, but no sea. We kept walking for some time,
with little change in the scenery
- just grassland. After a time we got fed up when we
realised that there appeared to be no clearly defined
coastline - the meadow just stretched away into the
distance and merged in a shimmering haze with the sky. I
guess the sea was out there somewhere, but we never
found it!

Regards: Jim Ford

Don't like to tell you Jim, but you were probably walking ON
the sea at that point. This whole area is one huge salt flat
periodically inundated by the sea. There is no finer place
to be on a freezing winter's night when a Siberian storm is
howling like a banshee and skeins of wild geese are
flighting in over the Wash. A full moon and gurgling runnels
of water underfoot only add to the fantastic atmosphere.
Cheers, J. S-M

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* John Spencer-Mallory <[email hidden]>
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Quoted message said:

Greetings from the flatlands of East Anglia,
specifically the Gedney Marsh area. I have been lurking
around this group for the past few

Reminds me of the time, some years ago, when my wife and I
looked at a house in Gedney Drove End. We didn't like the
house, but said to the owner that whilst we were in the
area, we'd like to visit the sea (it's shown as by the
Wash on the map - for those that aren't familar with the
area)....the meadow just stretched away into the distance
and merged in a shimmering haze with the sky. I guess the
sea was out there somewhere, but we never found it!

.....Don't like to tell you Jim but you were WALKING ON the
sea. This area is one huge saltflat which periodically
becomes inundated by the sea. There are runnels of sea water
coming almost to my barn at high tide. During winter months
under a full moon with flighting geese streaming in from the
east, a Siberian wind from the steppes and gurgling water
underfoot there is no place on earth like it....

J.S-M.