Thought Don Henly’s song would be a good choice for today’s title. It has been a gorgeous summer day. I thoroughly enjoyed my\u00a0 cycle ride especially as there was no wind! I am running out of different places to ride-so today I went up to Painswick from Upton St Leonards because I knew the road wouldn’t be that busy (wouldn’t normally try it)and I found a different route from there to the Slad Valley (those of you not familiar with Gloucestershire Geography was made \u00a0famous by the book Cider with Rosie).<\/p>\n
Talking of Cider with Rosie when I first came to Gloucestershire I stayed with the school secretary for a fortnight till I got somewhere and she was at school with Laurie Lee -I did ask her if she was Rosie-she if I remember gave an enigmatic answer! When I first lived in Stroud and I didn’t know anyone in those early months so on a Sunday I would often walk in the Slad Valley and frequently saw Laurie in the Woolpack.<\/p>\n
Yesterday’s Quiz answers on Climbers -all answers have connections with the Himalayas.<\/p>\n
a) Tenzing Norgay<\/strong> <\/span>accompanied Edmund Hillary to the summit of Everest\u00a0\u00a0 b) Reinhold Messner<\/span> <\/strong>did the first solo of Everest without oxygen\u00a0 c) George Mallory and “Sandy” Irvine<\/span><\/strong> disappeared on the 1924 expedition (Into the Silence is an excellent book on that expedition)\u00a0\u00a0 d) Joe Brown<\/span> <\/strong>died this year \u00a0\u00a0 e) Sherpas<\/span> <\/strong>are the Nepalese people famed for living in the Himalayas.<\/p>\n Today’s questions are all connected with Laurie Lee or Gloucestershire<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n a) What instrument<\/strong> <\/em>did he take with him when he left Gloucestershire?\u00a0\u00a0 b) What organisation<\/strong><\/em> did he join in Spain in 1937 ?\u00a0 c)\u00a0 “As I walked out………………”(<\/strong><\/em>fill in the missing three words for one of his books\u00a0\u00a0 d) What seven (old style counties) border<\/strong> <\/em>Gloucestershire ?\u00a0\u00a0 e) What actor<\/strong> <\/em>who starred in Hot Fuzz grew up in Gloucestershire?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Thought Don Henly’s song would be a good choice for today’s title. It has been a gorgeous summer day. I thoroughly enjoyed my\u00a0 cycle ride especially as there was no wind! I am running out of different places to ride-so … Continue reading