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  1. BobM

    Long distance Wanderers

    Boabab trees are one more bit of evidence that Australia was once connected to Africa. Before my time. Kuno was indeed walking on a typical 'outback' road in the north of Australia. One of the biggest concerns hiking or cycling these remote roads is having to take cover when a 'road train'...
  2. BobM

    Long distance Wanderers

    I had another chat with my friend who met Kuno Penner to get some more details. The flat slab on top of Kuno's cart is a solar array. He has rigged up a hand controller with a rheostat that he can simply press if he wants a power boost on hills. It's not simply 'on-off', Kuno can vary the boost...
  3. BobM

    Long distance Wanderers

    Always happy to help. I have sent you an email address to make things simpler. Bob M
  4. BobM

    Long distance Wanderers

    Well done! Re putting the trailer on your back reminded me of a young guy I shared a stage with somewhere on the VF. I was hiking with my pack, he was cycling with a very light load, but it did include a guitar slung across his back. He would cycle out of sight on the easy sections, but I would...
  5. BobM

    Long distance Wanderers

    I have not talked with Kuno about his exact routes, but I imagine he will walk where his cart(s) will go, ie probably not the official TA route (or PCT route) for the reasons you state. He seems to use different versions of his cart. Bob M
  6. BobM

    Long distance Wanderers

    That is pretty much why I gave up on the cart idea, even though the model I looked at was a single-wheel version Dixon Roller Pack that could handle rough terrain. I may have posted here about it. In any case, the UK VF Association ran an article I wrote for them. All these carts are worth...
  7. BobM

    Long distance Wanderers

    A friend of mine is travelling in north Australia. He came across a long distance wanderer called Kuno Penner and stopped for a chat. Kuno is walking around the world and has completed 25 countries to date. He plans to go on to NZ (Te Araroa Trail) and finally to Patagonia from Alaska on the...
  8. BobM

    BBC TV programme on Sultan's Trail (2020?) - Vienna to Istanbul

    Just watched the 3 episodes on ABC TV. The Sufi sequence in Episode 3 was one of the things I will certainly remember. Bob M
  9. BobM

    Seasons Greetings

    My beautiful balcony COVID survival farm! I have sadly neglected it of late. I better check out that jingly noise. Can it be? Could it be?. . . . Yes Santa's reindeer is about to land on my balcony!!! Bob M
  10. BobM

    Seasons Greetings

    I want to see a nice, COVID-safe Santa reindeer, please.🦌 Where are all our Scandinavian pilgrims? Surely they have reindeer frolicking in their backyards? Bob M
  11. BobM

    Seasons Greetings

    Well done! A Greek translation exercise for homework! And a beautiful tree to admire! Bob M
  12. BobM

    Seasons Greetings

    Best wishes for the Festive Season and for 2022.🎅 I am getting to know the Greek alphabet, which is something good that has come out of the pandemic. Thankfully, they skipped from delta to omicron, passing over kappa, the first letter of the Greek word kaos [Eng: chaos] (the abyss or emptiness...
  13. BobM

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD My COVID Passport

    You have to be careful with the dictionary. First it's just a couple of words a day, then it's 5 or 6 and before you know it you are in real trouble. Dictionaries remind me of the condemned man on the scaffold who was asked if he had any last words: A - first letter of the English alphabet...
  14. BobM

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD My COVID Passport

    We have our own ways of coping with the stresses of COVID-19. The lexicographer Sheidlower says: 'In times of stress people will go to things that will provide answers; the Bible, the dictionary or alcohol.'📖📕🍷 Take your pick! Bob M
  15. BobM

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD My COVID Passport

    De nada, Camino Chrissy. I stayed at a place in Italy on the Via Francigena. I forget the name. God! I have to start taking the pills again. Anyway, what was I saying? Ah yes! There was a big sign in the lounge room that said: "A day spent without laughter is a day wasted." Bob M
  16. BobM

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD My COVID Passport

    Thank you mspath. What a wonderful thread on the Cruz de Ferro! I have attached a photo of a more modest cross I took somewhere on the stage from San Martin to Astorga. in June 2007. The cairn needs more work. Perhaps someone else has seen the same cross and we can all wallow in nostalgia...
  17. BobM

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD My COVID Passport

    Great photo. You could use the facemask as a credencial on your next hike. Get it stamped each day. The cairn reminds me of one with a cross on the Camino (I forget the name). You are supposed to leave a stone that you brought from your home, so a great pile has built up around the cross. But...
  18. BobM

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD My COVID Passport

    Happy to help, Andrea.🙃 We need all the laughs we can get. Have a go at Laughing Yoga. Bob M
  19. BobM

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD My COVID Passport

    When the pandemic hit early last year there were some very funny photos of people planting TP rolls in their gardens to cope with the shortage. We may not be able to hike our next pilgrimage walks just now, but we can still dream and plan to give us hope that a better future is one day closer...
  20. BobM

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD My COVID Passport

    We Melburnians are in Lockdown 6.0, but it feels like Lockdown Infinity. You go a bit crazy and irritable locked in your apartment. I am thinking of putting a warning sign on my door. What do you think? Too wishy-washy? Should I be more direct? Then there is the TV that makes me want to throw...

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