tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289959181066348088.post2498441467337115184..comments2023-04-05T10:41:29.645+01:00Comments on FAST TRACK TO NOWHERE IN PARTICULAR: TGOC 2011 Day 4Andrew Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14744521212967848460noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289959181066348088.post-6124478962515072352013-11-07T18:03:07.532+00:002013-11-07T18:03:07.532+00:00Can't see why I would want to send a letter ab...Can't see why I would want to send a letter about something that long ago.<br />Maybe she was going through a bad time in her life.<br />Who knows.<br />Seem quite educated.<br />Amazing how academic ability and common sense do not always go hand in hand.<br />Andrew Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14744521212967848460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289959181066348088.post-11155718019700954842013-11-07T16:27:39.283+00:002013-11-07T16:27:39.283+00:00You'll find all about the dear young lady HERE...You'll find all about the dear young lady <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/catherine-fitzgerald/66/11a/52b" rel="nofollow">HERE</a><br />Appears on LinkedIn to be a perfectly respectable lady.<br />Amazing how people's public persona differs from reality. A nice letter to WGIM might let her employers know what they are really dealing with.Alan Slomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966543499033330765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289959181066348088.post-24286028813128034852013-11-07T15:46:50.053+00:002013-11-07T15:46:50.053+00:00She never ever came back did she!!!!!!!She never ever came back did she!!!!!!!Andrew Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14744521212967848460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289959181066348088.post-39805655695595777682012-08-24T19:13:26.190+01:002012-08-24T19:13:26.190+01:00No wonder we won so many boxing medals at the Olym...No wonder we won so many boxing medals at the Olympics,<br />what with all this aggressive behaviour and all that.<br /><br />Anyway, please feel free to respond Catherine, please.<br /><br />I/We are most interested in the concepts, ideologies and also motives that fuel your initial comment.<br />Also in your many contributions to society in general and in particular the Bearnock Area.<br /><br /><i><br />Do you live there?<br /><br />What do you do there?<br /><br />Why do you feel that someone passing through Bearnock for a matter of minutes has "failed in their life" by not absorbing the entire social and political history of the area through some osmotic process?<br /><br />Are you enjoying this discourse?<br /></i><br /><br />So many unanswered question ...<br />Andrew Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14744521212967848460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289959181066348088.post-11916797278253102352012-08-24T17:56:19.102+01:002012-08-24T17:56:19.102+01:00Catherine appears to be very "shouty." A...Catherine appears to be very "shouty." All those capital letters!<br /><br />I wonder if she will pop over to my blog for some more shouty stuff, or perhaps the kiss & cuddle?<br /><br />Catherine: How about a photo? I am fascinated by people and would love to hear more from you.Alan Slomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966543499033330765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289959181066348088.post-48398848329595745512012-08-24T17:36:14.242+01:002012-08-24T17:36:14.242+01:00As a follow up to Alan last comment.
=============...As a follow up to Alan last comment.<br />====================================<br /><br />Please note that it was ALAN's comment.<br /><br />Please make any response to <b>MY</b> comments to me<br />and <b>Alan's</b> comment to Alan<br /><br />We are different people you know,<br />we have different personalities and different opinions,<br />we are not a collective entity.<br /><br />You can always visit Alan's blog <a href="http://alansloman.blogspot.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>, if you wish to take him up on his offer.Andrew Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14744521212967848460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289959181066348088.post-55320889859803890432012-08-24T17:13:18.962+01:002012-08-24T17:13:18.962+01:00I think our Catherine's a troll.
:-)
Or just s...I think our Catherine's a troll.<br />:-)<br />Or just stupid.<br />Could be ill?<br />Or all three.<br />The invitation's still there, Catherine. Pop over to my blog. There's a darling.<br />A quick search of WGIM & Catherine Fitzgerald brought nothing up on the internet. I wonder if an email to the company webmaster might bring more results? It would be fascinating to see what Catherine does with her life. It might be interesting for her employers to know what she does in the company's time too...<br />Just speculating...<br />:-)<br />Catherine - How about a cuddle or a quick kiss?<br />xx<br />Alan Slomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966543499033330765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289959181066348088.post-43680662348595938212012-08-24T14:55:44.708+01:002012-08-24T14:55:44.708+01:00"GET A GRIP - YOUR WEB LOG IS PATHETIC."...<i>"GET A GRIP - YOUR WEB LOG IS PATHETIC."</i><br /><br />A bit of <b>hypocrisy</b> here Catherine.<br />But well done for removing the anonymity form your comments.<br /><br />You belittle my blog because it does not pander to your own concept of meaningful.<br />You say that you were insulted, but you leave an anonymous post attacking a post as pathetic, written by someone you do not know.<br /><br />You then go onto to include me as a psychopath because of a comment made by someone else.<br />This is hardly a rational or logical correlation is it?<br /><br />You would have a point IF I was visiting the area and getting to know it.<br />If I had been spending a holiday in the area and writing it up.<br /><br />But you miss the whole point of this post.<br /><br /><i>Some of the greatest people I've met come from this area, and do either of you go out of you're way to meet and greet them?</i><br /><br />I arrived in Cannich late on Sunday afternoon.<br />I left Cannich early on the Monday morning heading to Drumnadrochit.<br />I very briefly passed through Bearnock, which was NOT part of my original intended route, so was actually unexpected anyway.<br />We were there for no more than 30 minutes as we passed through on a coast to coast walk.<br /><br /><i>One of the most popular authors of the last century lived there - do you know who?</i><br /><br />I have no idea, other than Lady Grant, I am unaware of any local authors, and anyway, as I have said repeatedly, I was not there to study the area.<br /><br />The point of the walk was has to do with the scenery, the landscape and the interaction with other challengers, and was a write up of 1 day of the TGO Challenge, which is a walking event, not an in depth study of the people and the social history of any specific area.<br /><br />If you read the whole event, or even this years, you will see it is a very social event, but studying the local area in depth is NOT the point of it, nor is it the point of my blog post.<br /><br />In my blog, I have nothing other than praise for any locals we met, so there are NO insults or anything negative here, other than plans to blight a wonderful wilderness area with 50+ wind turbines.<br /><br />So, although you are of course entitled to your opinion, you really really need to look at what you write in context.<br />I would also add, that if you write anonymous comments, which attack people for not adhering to your own particular likes and dislikes, then you should expect comeback.<br /><br />As to what have I achieved with my life?<br />Life is always relative thing, and this is not the forum to discuss it, but you can of course always email me directly.<br /><br />Please do feel free to let us know what magnificent things you have achieved.<br />Do you have a blog of your own, let us know, we will gladly read it as enlightened educated humans, and it will help us understand better your perspective.<br />Even if we were to consider it pathetic.<br /><br />A shame you had to finish your comment with the same comment on the whole log being pathetic, but such is life.<br /><br />Anyway, maybe my explanation of the posting above will explain my point of view.<br />If you cannot accept that then fair enough, not much I can really do about that is there.<br /><br />OR, is the whole point of this really based on my disagreement with the plan to destroy much of the area with Wind Turbines, a sadly misguided concept.<br />I note that you work for WGIM which amongst other things is related to renewable energy.<br /><br />I can say that as far as Wind Energy is concerned, we would definitely not agree.<br /><br />Well that's it for me........<br /><br />Andrew Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14744521212967848460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289959181066348088.post-48627344463018505452012-08-24T13:54:04.652+01:002012-08-24T13:54:04.652+01:00FITZGERALD, Catherine (WGIM) [Catherine.Fitzgerald...FITZGERALD, Catherine (WGIM) [Catherine.Fitzgerald@wgim.com]<br />Andrew, Alan,<br />I quote "This blog post has NOTHING to do with Bearnock, or the people that live there."<br />That's the WHOLE POINT! It's the PEOPLE that you know nothing about that are the life blood of any community. Some of the greatest people I've met come from this area, and do either of you go out of you're way to meet and greet them? For example one of the most popular authors of the last century lived there - do you know who?<br />A serious question, you don't seem to care about people, Andrew insults someone he's never met, and Alan says "I enjoy beating the shit out of ignorant oiks like you" are you physchopaths? What have you ever achieved in you're lives? Let's hear it!<br />GET A GRIP - YOUR WEB LOG IS PATHETIC.<br />Catherine<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289959181066348088.post-62052287532434838142012-08-22T17:40:09.526+01:002012-08-22T17:40:09.526+01:00Hey Anon
Do you like excitement? Come over to my b...Hey Anon<br />Do you like excitement? Come over to my blog so I can roundly abuse you, you little turd. Thought I would be polite, seeing as this is Andy's place.<br />Come over to mine though and get dealt with properly as you seem to need a good kicking. I enjoy beating the shit out of ignorant oiks like you.<br />:-)<br />Just sayin'. <br />Alan Slomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966543499033330765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289959181066348088.post-91544937514024947602012-08-09T00:50:23.629+01:002012-08-09T00:50:23.629+01:00And as a corollary to that last comment.
You can l...And as a corollary to that last comment.<br /><i>You can look up that one if you like.</i><br /><br />This blog post has <b>NOTHING</b> to do with Bearnock, or the people that live there.<br />It is a diary of a walk across Scotland on one day on the TGO Challenge.<br />Not a socialogical, geographical, or historical essay on Scotland or Bearnock.<br /><br />Maybe you need to get out more..whoever you are.Andrew Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14744521212967848460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289959181066348088.post-19563890107359867182012-08-08T14:44:52.724+01:002012-08-08T14:44:52.724+01:00I have no ideas who you are anonymous and apparent...I have no ideas who you are anonymous and apparently neither have you, or you would write your name.<br />Assuming you know it.<br />I am also at a loss as to what aspect of this diary entry has a go at the people that live in the Bearnock area.<br />In all honesty, even a complete arse is entitled to an opinion, and so you are entitled to yours.<br />So I am publishing your comment for all to see.<br /><br />And you reckon I need a life...Andrew Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14744521212967848460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289959181066348088.post-6688276261872165102012-08-08T14:05:14.984+01:002012-08-08T14:05:14.984+01:00Total pretentious bore.
DO SOMETHING WITH YOUR LI...Total pretentious bore.<br /><br />DO SOMETHING WITH YOUR LIFE.<br /><br />I happen to know the people that live in the Bearnock area and you haven't even scratched the surface of who they they are and what they represent.<br /><br />GET A GRIP - YOUR WEB LOG IS PATHETIC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289959181066348088.post-70356219814755781802011-06-26T15:25:56.310+01:002011-06-26T15:25:56.310+01:00Aggressive Drivers of large public service vehicle...Aggressive Drivers of large public service vehicle hate cleaning walkers out of their radiator grills, even more so then having to slow down or even stop to avoid running them over.<br /><br />Important Note! We should let future Challengers know that there is a far better pub with decent real ales a bit further into Drumnadrochit, so don't go into the first pub you see...(which is what we did.) I think it's called the Benleva Hotel. JJ or Ian Coterill will know it's name for sure.Alan Slomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966543499033330765noreply@blogger.com