Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[Jack Black]

 

[donn]

I took it from the urban farm down the road David, they have cut a load of saplings down this year, and it looks to me like they're going to start knocking out Christmas trees (can't think why else you'd plant those incongruous conifers). A couple of my neighbours work there, so I'll ask them about the wood when I see them. I was glad to get a piece so straight. That's the third I've had, but I have left the bark on the others.

I had a plan myself to get some ash off a plantation near my mates house in Yorkshire for a walking staff, but due to all the shenanigans I didn't get a chance, but it looks like you've got all you need there.
Christmas Trees are certainly a money spinner and probably a better bet than banks.

That looks like a great walk my friend, and your photos are stunning, but that top pork pie and Lambsfoot photo is spectacular, what a great place to have your snap

Thanks Jack, it was Longridge Fell in Lancashire, it's a few miles north east of Preston. It's the smallest and furthest south of all of the Lancashire Fells.
The pies are Stables, sold in the butchers in Whalley.
https://stablespiesltd.co.uk/

Do you guys have a preferred length for hiking sticks, anthropometrically speaking?

Looks like I still have room to try to better seat that hame.

That's a great selection, but the fitting on the second one from the right really does remind me of old replacement prosthetic hips.

Much talk on the importance of hydration.
I agree.

 

[Jack Black]

I had a plan myself to get some ash off a plantation near my mates house in Yorkshire for a walking staff, but due to all the shenanigans I didn't get a chance, but it looks like you've got all you need there.
Christmas Trees are certainly a money spinner and probably a better bet than banks.



Thanks Jack, it was Longridge Fell in Lancashire, it's a few miles north east of Preston. It's the smallest and furthest south of all of the Lancashire Fells.
The pies are Stables, sold in the butchers in Whalley.
https://stablespiesltd.co.uk/



That's a great selection, but the fitting on the second one from the right really does remind me of old replacement prosthetic hips.

Much talk on the importance of hydration.
I agree.

A lot of plans have gone awry this past year haven't they mate? I might go down and get a few more 'blanks' at the weekend, there were a load more the last time I was down there.

Thanks for the link David, it looks beautiful there

That beer sounds nice Is that the same Northern Monkey that used to be in Huddersfield? Cheers my friend

 

[Pt-Luso]

 

[Onebigbill]

Cool pics Ted, I was looking at those folding slingshots last week, it looks good with your Lambsfoot

Good morning Guardians, hope your week got off to a reasonable start. I'm back with my Hartshead Barlow today

Tuning in some new bands this morning, which I can sometimes find a little frustrating Couple of strays

Hoping to spend a bit of time on my latest walking pole after lunch, but I need a couple of things from the hardware store

Jack, Some very cool photos of your HHB and your "other" lamb foot knives. I haven't been posting for a couple of days - well maybe a day and a half. Just been very busy with stuff. Weather here in Coastal NC is beautiful. I've been really enjoying it. Took this one out for odd jobs.

 

[Jack Black]

Jack, Some very cool photos of your HHB and your "other" lamb foot knives. I haven't been posting for a couple of days - well maybe a day and a half. Just been very busy with stuff. Weather here in Coastal NC is beautiful. I've been really enjoying it. Took this one out for odd jobs.
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Thanks a lot Bill, very kind of you Hope you're keeping well, and soaking up the sunshine It's great to see your Guardians 2019 SFO

 

[Jack Black]

Good morning Guardians, looks like we've made it through another week, and I hope everyone has had a good one. The weather is a bit miserable here again today, but I guess it's only the middle of March. I'm hoping to get out for a bit anyway, and I'll be carrying my jigged bone WCLF Have a good day Guardians

 

[cudgee]

Good morning Guardians, for everyone who is going through the vaccination process hope everything is running smoothly and without any adverse affects. To my friends from the " Olde Dart ", i feel i have been handled. i was in my local supermarket the other day, they are a family run small business who i try to support. They had baked beans on special, and i do love baked beans and they are a handy stand by meal. These are supposed to be English recipe, i could not tell any difference, i have been had. I was expecting some sort of rich flavored sauce, got nothing like it.. I found the other photo when i was browsing online, it reminded me of simpler times growing up, a small family grocery, and have a look at what they are advertising in the background.. Hope you all have a good weekend..

 

[Jack Black]

Good morning Guardians, for everyone who is going through the vaccination process hope everything is running smoothly and without any adverse affects. To my friends from the " Olde Dart ", i feel i have been handled. i was in my local supermarket the other day, they are a family run small business who i try to support. They had baked beans on special, and i do love baked beans and they are a handy stand by meal. These are supposed to be English recipe, i could not tell any difference, i have been had. I was expecting some sort of rich flavored sauce, got nothing like it.. I found the other photo when i was browsing online, it reminded me of simpler times growing up, a small family grocery, and have a look at what they are advertising in the background.. Hope you all have a good weekend..

I think you must have hit the 'post' button a split-second behind me Leon! Sorry to hear you've bean had buddy! I've never seen any 'English Recipe' Heinz Baked Beans before, what a con-trick! The regular US recipe is the one that sells here Cool pics there buddy Have a good weekend

 

[Pt-Luso]

 

[screened porch]

That's a great selection, but the fitting on the second one from the right really does remind me of old replacement prosthetic hips.

The guy didn't need it anymore, after he offered me an impertinence.

Funny I don't have more dried beans. I thought I'd bought a bunch of them and I never use them.

 

[Jack Black]

The guy didn't need it anymore, after he offered me an impertinence.

Funny I don't have more dried beans. I thought I'd bought a bunch of them and I never use them.

LOL The last time I bought dried chickpeas, it was to try out as slingshot ammunition, something for which they proved rather useless Maybe at some point I can go and gather chickpeas from the Yorkshire countryside though

 

[Onebigbill]

Good morning Guardians, for everyone who is going through the vaccination process hope everything is running smoothly and without any adverse affects. To my friends from the " Olde Dart ", i feel i have been handled. i was in my local supermarket the other day, they are a family run small business who i try to support. They had baked beans on special, and i do love baked beans and they are a handy stand by meal. These are supposed to be English recipe, i could not tell any difference, i have been had. I was expecting some sort of rich flavored sauce, got nothing like it.. I found the other photo when i was browsing online, it reminded me of simpler times growing up, a small family grocery, and have a look at what they are advertising in the background.. Hope you all have a good weekend..

I confess that I'm a big fan of baked beans. Not sure what the difference is between the English recipe and the American one but I usually "docter" them (the American stuff) up with various things. I often add in a couple of hotdogs that I've sliced up and bacon (much of the stuff that I buy here has some bacon already added but I like more).

Today is shaping up rather nicely so I'll be outside doing some yard clean-up. Spring time in the south. Love this warmer weather and the satisfaction I get from gardening.

 

[Jack Black]

I confess that I'm a big fan of baked beans. Not sure what the difference is between the English recipe and the American one but I usually "docter" them (the American stuff) up with various things. I often add in a couple of hotdogs that I've sliced up and bacon (much of the stuff that I buy here has some bacon already added but I like more).

Today is shaping up rather nicely so I'll be outside doing some yard clean-up. Spring time in the south. Love this warmer weather and the satisfaction I get from gardening.
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2.5 Million cans of Heinz Baked Beans are sold in Britain every day! I'm not sure there's any difference in the recipe here though, while the ones sold here, and across Europe, are canned in England, (which has the biggest baked bean factory in the world), the beans themselves are imported from the USA. I think a lot of folks doctor them in some way, I always add Henderson's, usually Tabasco, and sometimes cheese. I think the beans Leon got were labelled like that to appeal to Australians with roots over here

The weather is very changeable here today, sunshine and showers. I mostly escaped the latter when I went out for a walk, and got a few things for the weekend. That's a great photo Bill

Just having a snack with my afternoon cuppa

 

[Fodderwing]

 

[donn]

A lot of plans have gone awry this past year haven't they mate? I might go down and get a few more 'blanks' at the weekend, there were a load more the last time I was down there.

Thanks for the link David, it looks beautiful there

Oh these clowns haven't even got started ruining our plans yet.
Aye, it's easy for me, straight up the M6 motorway, less than an hours drive to the southern Lancashire Fells.

That beer sounds nice Is that the same Northern Monkey that used to be in Huddersfield? Cheers my friend

Now that I don't know, I'll have to look it up. I've never kept up with the 'craft breweries'. Micro brewers yes, craft brewers no. It wasn't anything special either.

Good morning Guardians, for everyone who is going through the vaccination process hope everything is running smoothly and without any adverse affects. To my friends from the " Olde Dart ", i feel i have been handled. i was in my local supermarket the other day, they are a family run small business who i try to support. They had baked beans on special, and i do love baked beans and they are a handy stand by meal. These are supposed to be English recipe, i could not tell any difference, i have been had. I was expecting some sort of rich flavored sauce, got nothing like it.. I found the other photo when i was browsing online, it reminded me of simpler times growing up, a small family grocery, and have a look at what they are advertising in the background.. Hope you all have a good weekend..

I bet if I hunted round London for long enough I'd find 'Australian Recipe' beans somewhere.

The guy didn't need it anymore, after he offered me an impertinence.

I hope he deserved his comeuppance

 

[Jack Black]

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Gorgeous Dwight, the jigged bone really stands out in that pic

Oh these clowns haven't even got started ruining our plans yet.
Aye, it's easy for me, straight up the M6 motorway, less than an hours drive to the southern Lancashire Fells.



Now that I don't know, I'll have to look it up. I've never kept up with the 'craft breweries'. Micro brewers yes, craft brewers no. It wasn't anything special either.



I bet if I hunted round London for long enough I'd find 'Australian Recipe' beans somewhere.



I hope he deserved his comeuppance

I think you're right about that my friend That's very handy, there's some reasonable countryside not too far from me, but it's a fair old trip to the moors and fells I've kind of mined out the local walking, and am missing going farther afield

Yeah, I only know about them because ScruffUK used to know one of the brewers, think she was the manager of The Grove at one time. They had a small brewery tap at one time too, but it wasn't very good. Beers were 'OK'. The tap shut a few years back, and maybe the brewery did too. I guess the name could be entirely coincidental. Sorry the beer didn't live up to expectations, I hate it when that happens! There's a trendy overpriced 'craft ale' shop up the road from me, which I go in every six months or so. I bought a high ABV (eye-watering price) 'Barley Wine' from there, which turned out minging, and worst of all, my memory is so bad, I repeated the mistake!

That looks good David, nice patina on your Lambsfoot too Cheers, I've been off the ale a few days, but I'm just having a few Saltaire beers

 

[donn]

I think you're right about that my friend That's very handy, there's some reasonable countryside not too far from me, but it's a fair old trip to the moors and fells I've kind of mined out the local walking, and am missing going farther afield

Yeah, I only know about them because ScruffUK used to know one of the brewers, think she was the manager of The Grove at one time. They had a small brewery tap at one time too, but it wasn't very good. Beers were 'OK'. The tap shut a few years back, and maybe the brewery did too. I guess the name could be entirely coincidental. Sorry the beer didn't live up to expectations, I hate it when that happens! There's a trendy overpriced 'craft ale' shop up the road from me, which I go in every six months or so. I bought a high ABV (eye-watering price) 'Barley Wine' from there, which turned out minging, and worst of all, my memory is so bad, I repeated the mistake!

That looks good David, nice patina on your Lambsfoot too Cheers, I've been off the ale a few days, but I'm just having a few Saltaire beers

Haha yeah last couple of weeks I barely touched a drop but this week it's been steady away. I'll have to look up Northern Monkey, I've got my beer guides knocking about but didn't buy this years one.
Though I'm not to fussed about the ale, I'll know better next time and being used to beer festivals (remember them) I'm used to coming across the odd dud. I guess it balances out; it was my birthday a couple a weeks back and the brewer gave me a bottle of a one off bottle-conditioned bitter he'd brewed a few years ago, and which had been sat on the rack in the brewery for a few years. Got it home and it was gorgeous! Like a Barley Wine actually though only 4.8%, and it was free. Unlike your Barley Wine. Ouch! An 'expensive ale' to get wrong but we live and learn.
Thanks, I've barely done owt to bring that patina on in recent months, especially with all the computer stuff I've been doing recently as well.
And get yourself on a bus and get out Jack. Lockdown ended weeks ago over here and everywhere I've been as well. If your waiting for these clowns to make the right move you'll never see the hills again and I've decided I'm certainly not letting the clowns dictate my health.

 

[Pt-Luso]

 

[Jack Black]

Haha yeah last couple of weeks I barely touched a drop but this week it's been steady away. I'll have to look up Northern Monkey, I've got my beer guides knocking about but didn't buy this years one.
Though I'm not to fussed about the ale, I'll know better next time and being used to beer festivals (remember them) I'm used to coming across the odd dud. I guess it balances out; it was my birthday a couple a weeks back and the brewer gave me a bottle of a one off bottle-conditioned bitter he'd brewed a few years ago, and which had been sat on the rack in the brewery for a few years. Got it home and it was gorgeous! Like a Barley Wine actually though only 4.8%, and it was free. Unlike your Barley Wine. Ouch! An 'expensive ale' to get wrong but we live and learn.
Thanks, I've barely done owt to bring that patina on in recent months, especially with all the computer stuff I've been doing recently as well.
And get yourself on a bus and get out Jack. Lockdown ended weeks ago over here and everywhere I've been as well. If your waiting for these clowns to make the right move you'll never see the hills again and I've decided I'm certainly not letting the clowns dictate my health.

A belated Happy Birthday David I can remember beer festivals, just I don't buy the beer guides often, and committed a terrible faux pas with regard to a copy some years ago. I was out with a mate, in his car, and we were discussing a pub we had just passed. I mentioned that it was included in the guide, and he asked me what it was like. I told him that I really didn't think it was worth buying, and that I'd gladly lend him my copy. Then I remembered, he'd actually bought it me as a birthday gift! I'd dug myself in far too deeply to extricate myself, and just had to give him an unconditional apology Yorkshire Dales is a fair way from here, but even bus travel closer to home is hard work here at the moment, and I'm reliant on lifts when I can get them, even then folks are being stopped The idea that I can't go for a walk 10 miles away because some folks insisted on having a foreign holiday p%£$%s me off considerably! Hope you have a good weekend mate