Another Way Around Blog

Hi Jimbo, On the World Cup! My view is have a look at the facts! Us Scots could not reach the final stages at any time with a few brief jollies to the final some years back!Germany 74 - 5* Willie Ormand Squad,Argintina 78 - Ally Mc Leod the comedian(Well he was!)-Spain and Mexico - Jock Stein, Alex Ferguson and Andy Roxburgh! When you look at some of the so called Europe good team like the Handy French and the Pasta Italians - Both on the Easy Jet Home! Then the Scots are not far back than we think!
Having a go at previous World Cup winners is a little like throwing the toys out the “Bike Panniers".
Still it’s the Kelso Bash in a few weeks and hope to see you there.
It be good to support the British team as we have no team in South Africa!
I’m a believer in the best team / indivdual with the ability should win and been a model with their conduct so that kids look up too! Over and Out! Kevzzzzr

Hey ZZZZZRRRRRRRRRRRRRR ,, hope all is well and your doing ok.. Dont worry about my previous post bud,, it aint the england fitba team im on about or have a problem with its the media hype,, even the bloody adverts .. As for scotland i dont think they will get to the last 16 in a long time .. ,,

Anyroads ,, again as i say ,, fitba aint not for me ,, roll on next month as its the superbikes at knockhill ,, bring it on yeee haaaa

See ye all soon

Daveeedoff

Jesus whepps,, everytime i turn the tv on the now its foo a fitba shite,, engaland this engaland that ,, 1966 this and 1966 that,, well trust me their certainly no winnin it thats for sure but to be honhest i couldny give twa fecks who wins it ..

Anyway the reason for this mini rant is i watched this the other night and i found it to be a really good 2 mins of tv advertising and it has two of my fav bikes in there,, the vfr and the fireblade,, i enjoyed this better than the other 22 fannies kicking a baaa aboot..

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Daveedoff

Yohh folks what about this fantastic bloody weather were getting at the mo,, its like being in bloody spain every day,, its roastin oot there ,, its that hot all the pot holes roon here are filling up with the tar that s all melting..

Im still waiting on sponsor monies coming in and im no happy,, but at the moment i can vouch for a worthy £6000 pounds raised for our charities,, bloody fantastic if ya ask me .. Im giving them to the end of the week for the money or i will just need to forget them as i want to get the monies to the charities ..

So there ya have it folks and i have to say a massive well done to all the folks involved for helping us raise the total above ..

Daveeedoff

Just a quick thanks to Oncle Fish for the gig last week for everyone after the walk,, it was bloody brilliant,, great food, beer and tunes

Bruce Watson played a few tracks and was brilliant as usual,, he even done this and i was well chuffed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_RQdMKrl-w

Dunno if any of ya ever had the chance to see these guys before stuart died but by eck they were bloody fantastic live,, sadly missed and what a waste

Then it was oncle Fish that took the stage and thankfully the big mans voice is getting back to full strength ,, the place was buzzing with a great atmosphere within the crowd,, especially when he sang this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwySVgA9odE ,, top marks and top marks also to Frank Usher on guitar as per usual

Roll on the gig in glesga in august,, oh yes we will be there

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So there ya have it folks,, great walk finished off by a great gig,, cheers big man,, see you soon

Daveeedoff

Just to let you all know that I’ve updated the web site! Drop in to http://www.anotherwayaround.com/ and have a look.

Best
Mo

Cheers Mo your a star and it was good to see you and pete down at the gig last week

Daveedoff

Very big thanks to the support team: Ian, Jim and Sue. You were life savers and occasional party animals. I had a great week. LOL Jo

Thnks for the feedback jo,, it was a great week and a pleasure meeting you all,, could nt have been a nicer group of folks..

Thanks to graham and nick for helping us out with the generators also,, if it was nt for you guys our food stock would have been scrap,, thanks again..

Still trying to get monies in as we speak but hopefully wont be too much longer,, will obviously let ya all know what we have raised as a group..

Over and out

Daveeedoff

As a lot of you out there will know a bunch of us have just returned from a fantastic walk from the start in Milngavie in Glasgow to the end in Fort William other wise known as the west highland way..

Most of us met through at onkle Fish s place on the friday and what a fantastic day weather wise it was .. Myself, Ian and Jim Pender picked up the van from GM flooring in linlithgow so it was up to beecraigs to pick up all the pre cooked food and beer .. Through to haddington to get the bags and meet some of the walkers ,, There was Derick Hughes, Nick Jefferson and bella the dug (MASCOT) ,, Dug Hacket,, John Davidson,, Jo Vincent,Helen Donohoe, Dirk Pagelow, Christoff ??,, Big John and course Fish.. These guys were catching the train through to glasgow then over to the camp site at Milngavie where we were met by Iain Allan, Sue Arber, Blair Pender and Jamie Symington.. Van unloaded, tents up and barbque on it was all go,, all the beer we had on the van was drunk that night but good..
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Day one was an easy jaunt through milngavie to drymen,, 11 miles or so but the heat was un believable but bloody fantastic
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The site at drymen had poor facilities but hey when your knackered with the heat anywhere will do.. A few of the guys went off to the pub in the village to watch the european cup final but a few of us stayed back and watched the sunset and drank a few beers
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Day two was was again a kind of easyish day with an 11 to 12 mile walk to cashel farm camp site ,, again the weather was fantastic and hardly a cloud in the sky

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Day three was around twenty miles,, bloody tough but my favourite part of the walk along the banks of the mighty loch lomond and again the weather was amazing..
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We camped that night at inverarnan and the site was great and so wis the bar

Day four was an easier day as it was over to tyndrum,,12 miles in all and yes the weather was still great and the scenery was getting better and better ..

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Tyndrum was a hoot that night as we hit paddys bar and yet again most of us were on the sauce and they even had marillion tunes on the duke box just to annoy oncle fish

Day five was started with a large breakfast at the hotel in tyndrum and it was just what the doc had ordered,, £5 for as much as you could eat,, braw!!!
Defo needed a breakfast like that as it was a 19 miler today and it was a tough one but again the surroundings were awesome and the weather was still dry.. Over to the bridge of orchy where we met dug taking pics
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Then it was over the hill to the inveroran hotel for a pint of crabbies,, what a drink for quenching your thirst,, if you have nt tried it get on it and make sure ya get it with ice..
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From here it was a long slog up onto the drovers road and up and over rannoch moor,, it was now starting to get really cold as usual up there but ye haar it was still dry..

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So we all eventually made it to the kingshouse Hotel and yet aagin there was a beer in there somewhere but well deserved .. Budgie and sue had the job of ferrying us all down to the red squirel campsite and lifesavers they were as at this point i think a lot of the folks were starting to tire and feet begining to hurt
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Day six was a damp start but spirits high as every otherday ,, we were joined by Dave Barras and bear the dug from here so dave helped sue and ian ferry us all back up to the kingshouse to where we left the day before..
Today was a 9 miler , up and over the devils stair case and it was lovely at this point as it had dried up
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The weather if you dont know changes in a whim up here and it did,, down it came and the temperature dropped rapidly but it certainly did nt hamper us crackin on down in to kinlochleven,, hardcore
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Day seven was a long haul to the finishing line in fort william and by now a few in the groups feet were playing havoc,, blister city.. 16 miles to go and we were home and dry

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The last night was spent at the lochy camp site in fort william and most of us were really knackered as it was a long haul,, late nights and drink are a major problem with us lot ya see but we would nt have changed it for anything..
What a fantastic group of people that came forward for this challenge and it was a pleasure to walk and spend time with ya all week and look forward to meeting up with ya all definately in the future ,, i shall remember this for the rest of my life..
As for our totals raised for the charities i should hopefully have them by mid next week so keep your eyes peeled on what we have raised as a group..

Im gonna stop for now as im kinda tired and im on all weekend so for now i will be seeing ya

Daveedoff

Hey jamie it was a privelage to meet and walk with ya fella,, you made us laugh and kept our spirits high and ye always had boiling water with the aussie kettle

Thanks for organising the jaunt guys. Without whom……

I had an absolute blast. Just what I needed.

It was a privilige to meet and get to know everyone.

A wonderful walk.

A remarkable journey.

Jamie

Hey folks I should have made a start up dating the blog by now I know but yesterday for some un known reason to me I could nt get on here as the server was down.. Anyroads I was going to start writing this morning but instead I wwent a run out on the bike and ended up at my big pals place in Haddington.. Jenn was finishing at one today so it was decided to hit the road with tent in hand so we are now in fort William at the lochy site where we stayed on Friday night after the walk and it’s bloody lovely blue skies,, Just had some dinner at the pub and it was great.. So don’t worry folks I will have it all in hand and up dated in the next couple of days ,, in the meantime i’m offskee .

jamie good to hear from you today,, will post your comment up tomorrow when I get back home as it ain’t so easy on an iPhone ,, nick I told jenn the wig wam story and it was a hoot,, take it easy all ,, speak soon

jimbo daveedoff