(Fake) TR : St.Davids

theo said:

This morning I started early on my expedition to St.David's. Coming

from

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Hwlffordd on the A487 the view across the channel towards Ireland was

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breathtaking.

<SNORT!!>

Yeah, right. You lost it here, Theo :-)

Chris

* The air of uk.rec.walking was filled with the delicate perfume
* of violets, as theo <[email hidden]> descended on a shaft
* of golden sunlight, and announced:

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This morning I started early on my expedition to St.David's. Coming from
Hwlffordd on the A487 the view across the channel towards Ireland was

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If that doesn't flush him out, I don't know what will!

Jim Ford

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This morning I started early on my expedition to St.David's. Coming from
Hwlffordd on the A487 the view across the channel towards Ireland was
breathtaking. I reached for my digital camera (a Canon 300D) but I had the
wrong lens. I had to change from macro to tele. After my first photograph
I tried another exposure and removed my UV filter. At that moment a stag
appeared.
It didn't even here my shutter. It was the perfect composition but I think
PS would have something to say about using PhotoShop.
I decided to make a wild camp. After half an hour or so a walker passed.
He was very interested in my Pro Action One Man Tent and asked permission
to make a picture with his Leica. He used his flash and told me about
Sigma. "Perfect for stills" he said to me.
He said his name was Paul Sondraas or something like that and that he was
going *walkabout*. Later I regretted I didn't ask him if he'd ever heared
about Usenet and URW. That evening it started raining again. I had some
weird dreams about the Brecon Beacons that night.

--
Theo
www.theosphotos.fotopic.net

Good, good! Excellent first few paragraphs in your new travelography:
"Under a Wind and on a Prairie". I particularly enjoyed the introduction of
the Norse character Sondraas. You can just imagine him looming out of the
prairie mist , ashen faced, crag visaged, armed to the dentures with the
tools of his trade. Carry on like this and you'll soon be getting a call
from Hodder and Stoughton, and a fat cheque as well!

Robert

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Good, good! Excellent first few paragraphs in your new travelography:
"Under a Wind and on a Prairie". I particularly enjoyed the introduction
of the Norse character Sondraas. You can just imagine him looming out of
the prairie mist , ashen faced, crag visaged, armed to the dentures with
the tools of his trade. Carry on like this and you'll soon be getting a
call from Hodder and Stoughton, and a fat cheque as well!

A really, really, really fat cheque ?

:-)

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Theo
www.theosphotos.fotopic.net

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Good, good! Excellent first few paragraphs in your new travelography:
"Under a Wind and on a Prairie". I particularly enjoyed the introduction
of the Norse character Sondraas. You can just imagine him looming out of
the prairie mist , ashen faced, crag visaged, armed to the dentures with
the tools of his trade. Carry on like this and you'll soon be getting a
call from Hodder and Stoughton, and a fat cheque as well!

A really, really, really fat cheque ?

:-)

--
Theo
www.theosphotos.fotopic.net

You wouldn't expect anything less than a corpulently bloated cheque from a
company such as Fodder and Stouton....

Robert

theo <[email hidden]> writes

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This morning I started early on my expedition to St.David's. Coming from
Hwlffordd on the A487 the view across the channel towards Ireland was
breathtaking.

I know what you mean....
As we drove South along the Pacific coast road in California, my
daughter said: "If you look out to sea here, you can sometimes see
Wales".

"Cripes!" I said, I wish I had your eyesight"!

Turns out she was talking about big mammals.....
--
Gordon Harris

On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 14:35:42 +0100, "theo" <[email hidden]>

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This morning I started early on my expedition to St.David's. Coming from
Hwlffordd on the A487 the view across the channel towards Ireland was
breathtaking. I reached for my digital camera (a Canon 300D) but I had the
wrong lens. I had to change from macro to tele. After my first photograph I
tried another exposure and removed my UV filter. At that moment a stag
appeared.
It didn't even here my shutter. It was the perfect composition but I think
PS would have something to say about using PhotoShop.
I decided to make a wild camp. After half an hour or so a walker passed. He
was very interested in my Pro Action One Man Tent and asked permission to
make a picture with his Leica. He used his flash and told me about Sigma.
"Perfect for stills" he said to me.
He said his name was Paul Sondraas or something like that and that he was
going *walkabout*. Later I regretted I didn't ask him if he'd ever heared
about Usenet and URW. That evening it started raining again. I had some
weird dreams about the Brecon Beacons that night.

That was the legendary, some say mythical, Sondraas.
He only appears once each century, the precursor of doom. He is found
on highways and byways, and completely off the path, everywhere
throughout Wales. As long as you're on the English side of the border
you are quite safe.
They say he makes his attacks on helpless, benighted wild-campers,
sinking his fangs into their digitals while they sleep. Next thing you
know, you wake up with a feeling of vague regret, of having been
violated, and you find your snapshots appearing on the internet,
weirdly altered, somehow better. You recall some late night,
drink-fuelled promise of being taken 'photoshopping', and you wonder
with shame how you did what you did.
To top it all, you fleetingly remember that he suggested you wear some
sort of cap....

--

R
o
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n
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On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 14:35:42 +0100, "theo" <[email hidden]>

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This morning I started early on my expedition to St.David's. Coming from
Hwlffordd on the A487 the view across the channel towards Ireland was
breathtaking. I reached for my digital camera (a Canon 300D) but I had the
wrong lens. I had to change from macro to tele. After my first photograph
I
tried another exposure and removed my UV filter. At that moment a stag
appeared.
It didn't even here my shutter. It was the perfect composition but I think
PS would have something to say about using PhotoShop.
I decided to make a wild camp. After half an hour or so a walker passed.
He
was very interested in my Pro Action One Man Tent and asked permission to
make a picture with his Leica. He used his flash and told me about Sigma.
"Perfect for stills" he said to me.
He said his name was Paul Sondraas or something like that and that he was
going *walkabout*. Later I regretted I didn't ask him if he'd ever heared
about Usenet and URW. That evening it started raining again. I had some
weird dreams about the Brecon Beacons that night.

That was the legendary, some say mythical, Sondraas.
He only appears once each century, the precursor of doom. He is found
on highways and byways, and completely off the path, everywhere
throughout Wales. As long as you're on the English side of the border
you are quite safe.
They say he makes his attacks on helpless, benighted wild-campers,
sinking his fangs into their digitals while they sleep. Next thing you
know, you wake up with a feeling of vague regret, of having been
violated, and you find your snapshots appearing on the internet,
weirdly altered, somehow better. You recall some late night,
drink-fuelled promise of being taken 'photoshopping', and you wonder
with shame how you did what you did.
To top it all, you fleetingly remember that he suggested you wear some
sort of cap....

LOL

--
Theo
www.theosphotos.fotopic.net

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That was the legendary, some say mythical, Sondraas.
He only appears once each century, the precursor of doom. He is found
on highways and byways, and completely off the path, everywhere
throughout Wales.

Are you sure you're not confusing him with Llywbr Cyhoeddus?

--
Michael Farthing
Aardvark Ltd

Michael Farthing said:

In message <[email hidden]>, Rooney
<[email hidden]> writes

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That was the legendary, some say mythical, Sondraas.
He only appears once each century, the precursor of doom. He is found
on highways and byways, and completely off the path, everywhere
throughout Wales.

Are you sure you're not confusing him with Llywbr Cyhoeddus?

That man is seemingly ubiquitous, though I've never managed to track
him down. Just when you think you've found him you get another sign to
follow!

--

R
o
o
n
e
y

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<[email hidden]> writes

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In message <[email hidden]>, Rooney
<[email hidden]> writes

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That was the legendary, some say mythical, Sondraas.
He only appears once each century, the precursor of doom. He is found
on highways and byways, and completely off the path, everywhere
throughout Wales.

Are you sure you're not confusing him with Llywbr Cyhoeddus?

Who's he ?....:-)
--
Bill Grey
http://www.billboy.co.uk

In article <[email hidden]>, Rooney
<[email hidden]> writes

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Michael Farthing said:

In message <[email hidden]>, Rooney
<[email hidden]> writes

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That was the legendary, some say mythical, Sondraas.
He only appears once each century, the precursor of doom. He is found
on highways and byways, and completely off the path, everywhere
throughout Wales.

Are you sure you're not confusing him with Llywbr Cyhoeddus?

That man is seemingly ubiquitous, though I've never managed to track
him down. Just when you think you've found him you get another sign to
follow!

It's the Welsh signs for Toilets amuse me!

You get:

Toiled
Tolidau

and best of all at Cenarth - Cyfleuserau Cyhoeddus

It would be too late for some Welsh speaker if they had to translate
such non colloquial Welsh!

Ty Bach is universally understood :-)
--
Bill Grey
http://www.billboy.co.uk

I noticed that Message-ID: <[email hidden]> from
W. D. Grey contained the following:

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Ty Bach is universally understood :-)

Fort that was for curtains...?
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Geoff Berrow (put thecat out to email)
It's only Usenet, no one dies.
My opinions, not the committee's, mine.
Simple RFDs http://www.ckdog.co.uk/rfdmaker/

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In article <[email hidden]>,
Rooney <[email hidden]> writes

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Michael Farthing said:

In message <[email hidden]>,
Rooney
<[email hidden]> writes

>That was the legendary, some say mythical, Sondraas.
>He only appears once each century, the precursor of
>doom. He is found
>on highways and byways, and completely off the path,
>everywhere
>throughout Wales.

Are you sure you're not confusing him with Llywbr
Cyhoeddus?

That man is seemingly ubiquitous, though I've never
managed to track
him down. Just when you think you've found him you get
another sign to
follow!

It's the Welsh signs for Toilets amuse me!

You get:

Toiled
Tolidau

and best of all at Cenarth - Cyfleuserau Cyhoeddus

It would be too late for some Welsh speaker if they had to
translate such non colloquial Welsh!

Ty Bach is universally understood :-)
--
Bill Grey
http://www.billboy.co.uk

We tell our drivers, when they finish tipping :"cwm bach",
which then reminds me of of that famous Welsh film : Look
you bach in bangor!

Robert