tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7109597837911345568.post1007108777138294480..comments2024-01-30T10:46:39.914+00:00Comments on Dartmoor Ramblings: HOW DO THEY STAY UP?Em Parkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04789754528697848623noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7109597837911345568.post-41839420505345137062013-02-15T19:15:34.626+00:002013-02-15T19:15:34.626+00:00Not sure you'll like the next post which will ...Not sure you'll like the next post which will be lots of photos of frog spawn! Thank you though and I'm very excited about your painting arriving; I can't wait to see it.Em Parkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789754528697848623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7109597837911345568.post-46612380680701477152013-02-15T14:37:56.528+00:002013-02-15T14:37:56.528+00:00Love the walls! What great photos of them also.
T...Love the walls! What great photos of them also.<br /><br />The black face sheep are really cool too~<br /><br />Love your photos whether rainy, snow covered or bright and sunny!Gail H. Ragsdalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09491594160247541113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7109597837911345568.post-41161205943853344712013-02-12T13:54:22.189+00:002013-02-12T13:54:22.189+00:00BB - Glad you like them. I sometimes wonder about ...BB - Glad you like them. I sometimes wonder about some of the pictures I put on here. They are like very bad jigsaws aren't they!<br /><br />CT -I do miss riding so much but I relive the accident in my head and how easily it happened and how badly it affected my family. Perhaps one day I'll have a plod on a nice easy horse but, quite frankly, that has never appealed to me at all. No luck finding a home for him yet but you never know. I'll put a link in my list and you should appear on it.Em Parkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789754528697848623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7109597837911345568.post-81597690340498102372013-02-12T13:19:31.482+00:002013-02-12T13:19:31.482+00:00Hi Em, thanks for your message. I was feeling a bi...Hi Em, thanks for your message. I was feeling a bit pathetic about letting Minty go so your story has been very timely and has cemented my resolve, thank you. I cut and paste the addresses of any blogs I want to follow into my reading list, that seems to work. If it doesn't let me know and I'll figure something else out. Thanks for your lovely comments about my blog, I'm enjoying yours too- so nice to hear tales from different places.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7109597837911345568.post-87420278934591817772013-02-12T10:33:24.459+00:002013-02-12T10:33:24.459+00:00I think they're lovely too Em. We have some b...I think they're lovely too Em. We have some bits around here, mostly set with a bank, but most tumbled down and not maintained any more.<br /><br />Love the windy gaps in your Dartmoor ones - like missing bits in a jigsaw puzzle.Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7109597837911345568.post-46511695525046561212013-02-11T17:12:34.606+00:002013-02-11T17:12:34.606+00:00Thank you Jenn. I love that little swirly thing be...Thank you Jenn. I love that little swirly thing before your name by the way....Em Parkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789754528697848623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7109597837911345568.post-36665868378656842872013-02-11T17:04:17.285+00:002013-02-11T17:04:17.285+00:00You have a gift... not just anyone could make ston...You have a gift... not just anyone could make stone walls interesting!<br /><br />Lovely photos, as usual... I especially liked the icy ones you shared last week.<br /><br />¤´¨) <br />¸.·´¸.·*´¨) ¸.·*¨) <br />(¸.·´ (¸.·`¤... Jennifer<br />http://jennsrandomscraps.blogspot.caJennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09829127758663992087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7109597837911345568.post-30558941378890168442013-02-11T14:39:07.682+00:002013-02-11T14:39:07.682+00:00Elizabeth - I do envy you but, as far as I remembe...Elizabeth - I do envy you but, as far as I remember, my partner had a VERY achy back after the walling weekend he did some years ago. Pack your lower back support!<br /><br />Gill - I'd start by phoning someone else to do it! They are beautiful aren't they?Em Parkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789754528697848623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7109597837911345568.post-77078250261535984002013-02-11T12:33:32.986+00:002013-02-11T12:33:32.986+00:00first of all it's lovely to see photos that ar...first of all it's lovely to see photos that aren't covered in snow!!! Dry stone walls are very unusual over here. I would love one on the front of our porperty but wouldn't know where to start.<br /><br />GillGill - That British Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17456247587052149765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7109597837911345568.post-69728813287019275112013-02-10T22:58:55.021+00:002013-02-10T22:58:55.021+00:00Fabulous pictures! I am going with a friend to sp...Fabulous pictures! I am going with a friend to spend a week building dry stone walls this summer. Whether I will then be able to tell you how they stand up remains to be seen!Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7109597837911345568.post-88235005569789954962013-02-09T19:23:11.108+00:002013-02-09T19:23:11.108+00:00Ragged R - Thank you, yes....I am recovered, altho...Ragged R - Thank you, yes....I am recovered, although I have very achy hands from raking and picking up months worth of horse poo yesterday!<br /><br />Thelma - Just a HUGE lump of hardy granite here. The ones I find amazing are the little tiny things perched on top. Amazing.<br /><br />Shy S - My partner did a course about ten years ago and now does the odd garden project. It takes him HOURS to place one stone so it looks just right. I don't think the wallers who did the ones in the pictures would have had the time to do that!Em Parkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789754528697848623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7109597837911345568.post-31994147096752539612013-02-09T12:57:11.159+00:002013-02-09T12:57:11.159+00:00Living on the edge of the Cotswolds there are lots...Living on the edge of the Cotswolds there are lots of dry stone walls near me. They are so intricate, a very skilled craft of course.<br /><br />Love the Kestrel. <br /><br />We have heavy snow forecast here for tomorrow...of course they may change their minds by then :-)ShySongbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08148381873578585910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7109597837911345568.post-75371307088072248422013-02-09T12:28:11.038+00:002013-02-09T12:28:11.038+00:00I suspect the walls stay up because they are heavy...I suspect the walls stay up because they are heavy, not a bit like the Cotswold walling round Somerset though, which are much neater, though of course the stone to hand on Dartmoor is hardly limestone, or is it?thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7109597837911345568.post-71673269329814048132013-02-09T10:27:08.108+00:002013-02-09T10:27:08.108+00:00Beautiful photos :) Dry stone wall sequence fascin...Beautiful photos :) Dry stone wall sequence fascinating - they have a beauty all of their own :)<br /><br />We have a sprinkling of snow here again today although now is turned to rain. Looks like more snow tomorrow!<br /><br />Hope you have recovered from events in your last post. Brilliantly written!Ragged Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7109597837911345568.post-683324277423736862013-02-09T10:14:06.463+00:002013-02-09T10:14:06.463+00:00Elizabeth - We're hearing reports about seriou...Elizabeth - We're hearing reports about serious weather over your side of the pond so it must be bad. Keep safe!<br /><br />Rusty D - Geological magic perhaps. It is very precarious looking!<br /><br />Bev - thank you! I don't know what one of those is but I'm going to go and have a look. Much appreciated and glad you like the walls. Em Parkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789754528697848623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7109597837911345568.post-88352442786958198202013-02-09T06:51:10.648+00:002013-02-09T06:51:10.648+00:00the walls are beautiful. i nominated you for the v...the walls are beautiful. i nominated you for the versatile blog award. :)Bevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09800433104178336837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7109597837911345568.post-19392839697661981212013-02-08T19:54:57.718+00:002013-02-08T19:54:57.718+00:00I do love dry stone walls. Some of those pics do m...I do love dry stone walls. Some of those pics do make you wonder. I suppose they offer less resistance to the wind - it goes straight through the gaps! <br /><br />Of equal interest, how does Thornworthy Tor stay up?rusty duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12238493821002258459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7109597837911345568.post-11466922695467340772013-02-08T19:22:42.997+00:002013-02-08T19:22:42.997+00:00I'm not a bit asleep --but fascinated......
L...I'm not a bit asleep --but fascinated......<br /><br />Lots of dry stone work in Morocco<br />which I love to look at too.<br />Sitting round waiting for a blizzard to kick in here!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964291132366262298noreply@blogger.com