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"a l l y"  wrote in message
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> "aj"  wrote in message
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> >i think the best display in cumbria is at rannerdale beside crummock
> > water,what do you think?
> >
> Somebody made the same point last year and I completely failed to get
there
> in time to see them. Thanks for the reminder - must try to get there this
> year!
>
> ally
>
>


i was there yesterday they are not quite at their peak but there are still
carpets of them,i think it was me who made the same point last year.
when i was there last year i was talking to a man from wigton,he worked at
ucb films & had lots of dogs with him,a few days ago in the news & star was
a report a man who seemed to fit his exact description was found shot in his
bedroom,i hope it wasnt him!

> i was there yesterday they are not quite at their peak but
> there are still carpets of them,i think it was me who made
> the same point last year. when i was there last year i was
> talking to a man from wigton,he worked at ucb films & had
> lots of dogs with him,a few days ago in the news & star was 
> a report a man who seemed to fit his exact description was
> found shot in his bedroom,i hope it wasnt him!


I'm afraid that does sound exactly like our old friend Chris 
Martin. He had about eight or nine dogs and brought any random 
number of them with him on his daily walks around Cumbria. He 
would take photos and post them for us to see.

I thought of him last month while looking through my maps 
deciding where to walk in the fells each day. He suggested many 
routes to me.

I never met him personally but I miss the guy.

Johnny

<Johnny@ominous.portent> wrote in message
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> > i was there yesterday they are not quite at their peak but
> > there are still carpets of them,i think it was me who made
> > the same point last year. when i was there last year i was
> > talking to a man from wigton,he worked at ucb films & had
> > lots of dogs with him,a few days ago in the news & star was
> > a report a man who seemed to fit his exact description was
> > found shot in his bedroom,i hope it wasnt him!
>
> I'm afraid that does sound exactly like our old friend Chris
> Martin. He had about eight or nine dogs and brought any random
> number of them with him on his daily walks around Cumbria. He
> would take photos and post them for us to see.
>
> I thought of him last month while looking through my maps
> deciding where to walk in the fells each day. He suggested many
> routes to me.
>
> I never met him personally but I miss the guy.
>
> Johnny


He was a quiet shy lad, played his accordion at one of our boinks. Sad loss.
I have a picture he took that appears on my screen each time I turn my
computer on.

Remembering you, Chris.

Edith.

Johnny@ominous.portent wrote:

>>i was there yesterday they are not quite at their peak but
>>there are still carpets of them,i think it was me who made
>>the same point last year. when i was there last year i was
>>talking to a man from wigton,he worked at ucb films & had
>>lots of dogs with him,a few days ago in the news & star was 
>>a report a man who seemed to fit his exact description was
>>found shot in his bedroom,i hope it wasnt him!
> 
> 
> I'm afraid that does sound exactly like our old friend Chris 
> Martin. He had about eight or nine dogs and brought any random 
> number of them with him on his daily walks around Cumbria. He 
> would take photos and post them for us to see.
> 
> I thought of him last month while looking through my maps 
> deciding where to walk in the fells each day. He suggested many 
> routes to me.
> 
> I never met him personally but I miss the guy.
> 
> Johnny


He sent me pics of wild and lovely places, usually well off the beaten 
tourist track. They were like balm to my sore, homesick eyes.

We learned of his death several months ago from a relative who posted 
the news here. I hadn't heard of the manner in which he took his life.

Jp

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<Johnny@ominous.portent> wrote in message
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> > i was there yesterday they are not quite at their peak but
> > there are still carpets of them,i think it was me who made
> > the same point last year. when i was there last year i was
> > talking to a man from wigton,he worked at ucb films & had
> > lots of dogs with him,a few days ago in the news & star was
> > a report a man who seemed to fit his exact description was
> > found shot in his bedroom,i hope it wasnt him!
>
> I'm afraid that does sound exactly like our old friend Chris
> Martin. He had about eight or nine dogs and brought any random
> number of them with him on his daily walks around Cumbria. He
> would take photos and post them for us to see.
>
> I thought of him last month while looking through my maps
> deciding where to walk in the fells each day. He suggested many
> routes to me.
>
> I never met him personally but I miss the guy.
>
> Johnny


i have pictures of his bedlington terriers on top of rannerdale knotts at
bluebell time last year & walked all the way back down with him,a likeable
chap who seemed to be enjoying life.

> i have pictures of his bedlington terriers on top of
> rannerdale knotts at bluebell time last year & walked all
> the way back down with him,a likeable chap who seemed to be
> enjoying life. 


That seems consistent with what everybody says about him.

Johnny-attending-tulip-festival-this-evening

<Johnny@ominous.portent> wrote in message
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> > i have pictures of his bedlington terriers on top of
> > rannerdale knotts at bluebell time last year & walked all
> > the way back down with him,a likeable chap who seemed to be
> > enjoying life.
>
> That seems consistent with what everybody says about him.
>
> Johnny-attending-tulip-festival-this-evening


They are slim dogs. I used to tease him asking if he fed them. He sent me a
picture he had taken of a large fox which I needed becuase I was in the
middle of a painting with a fox on and I couldn't get it right.

Edith.

"aj"  wrote in message 
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>i think the best display in cumbria is at rannerdale beside crummock
> water,what do you think?
>

Somebody made the same point last year and I completely failed to get there 
in time to see them. Thanks for the reminder - must try to get there this 
year!

ally