Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

Good luck with your appointment, GT.

Thank you, GT.

The Valley Jack is always cool.

 

Thanks, Gary. Good luck with your eye procedure.

 

David my Grandfather was from Scotland and told us about the wall with a proud twinkle in his eye. I'm thinking it was looked upon as a wee stumbling block.

 

Thanks Gary!

@5K Qs

 

Thank you sir. I believe it is Rosewood.

Wonderful rich and not-so-recent relic of renown Harvey. J CROOKES & "COOPERS DIP".

Gracias amigo.

If ever a rare and regal razor of ravishing repute regaled the porcheteers tis Valley Jack. I've never polished it GT but its been rubbed down a many a time with a rag. I must confess - It is in the capable & artistic hands of our very own Glennbad even as we speak. I wish you a speedy recovery from your eye procedure my friend. Take care.

 

LOL! You should of seen the state I was in when I got to the top. However it's amazing just how quick you recover when you remember that from there it's all downhill to the pub.

Ahhh thanks for posting that Jack; that settles it then. George Fox was only born in 1624 and he didn't do his famous climb up Pendle Hill in Lancashire until 1652? So the Broadbent name in Yorkshire easily pre-dates the Quakers. I wonder if a load of Broadbents moved to Lancashire then.

That just oozes quality doesn't it.
Yip it's Hadrian's Wall.

Thanks GT. The hill was almost as steep as the valley side on your Valley Jack.
Good luck for the surgery.

It was after the Romans upped and left. That's partly how I ended up where I am.

A bit like beer prices, roadworks on the A1(M) and those appalling Virgin Trains do now then...

Yip everyone it's Hadrian's Wall. Of course Hadrian's Wall has never actually sat in Scotland. Since the formation of the English and Scottish kingdoms the wall has only ever sat within England.

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/hadrians-wall/

 

And Barbara Feldon and Annette O'Toole both carry lambsfoots all the time in real life!
Dreaming is free.
And I don't mind lying, if that's what it takes to give lambsfoot content to my derailments.

I thought it was built by the Romans to keep the Picts out, when the Scots were still in Ireland.

 

I don't remember that part. The only thing I remember from that movie (aside from a pretty decent David Bowie song) is from back in my college days. One night, we were watching it on the big living room TV, and right at the moment Miss Kinsky transforms into a were-cat, our black cat came in through the little cat-door in the window screen and got her claw caught in the curtain. She was hanging there yowling, and everybody screamed, and I was almost laughing too hard to go unhook her.

Best of luck with the procedure.

Hey, @JohnDF ! Talk about successful marketing! I saw these today and had to buy them just because Doctor Who likes them.

 

Thank you again and again for bringing these to us.

John,its kind of like when I see a young fella drive by in a brand spanking new black Dodge Ram truck.

I have been invited to come to a father, Son, Grandfather fishing get together on fathers day on the 15th

Thank you, Dwight.

Thank you Jack.

Thanks GT your a good soul.

haha I know this is off subject a wee bit but it reminds me of Alberta being the only province that is rat free. There are pest control men all along the eastern border between Alberta and Saskatchewan keeping the rats out On our western border, the Rocky Mountains serve as a natural barrier.

That darn back is a real thorn in the flesh Jack, I'm so sorry it flared up again.

David,if you didn't live there we wouldn't be privy to all the fantastic photos and history you post for us neophytes.

 

Here in the U.S.???
I'm on the hunt... I'll take a case of 'em.
edit... Found them on The Big River site. Thanks.

 

Your absolutely right of course Jer. The Picts came from what is now Scotland. The Scotti came from what is now Ireland. After the Romans left in 410AD the Picts and Scotti started raiding (or increased their raids of) northern Britain. The story is the Romano-Britons then invited Anglo-Saxon mercenaries over to help fight the Picts and Scotti. The Anglo-Saxons initially did just that but then liked what the saw and decided to take it for themselves.
Hadrian's Wall was not so much a definate barrier as more of a border and customs control. Given the number of gates through the wall it would appear the southern Picts and Romano-Britons were probably in constant contact and trade. Though certainly in the 2nd Century AD during and in the years after the walls construction, there is plenty of documentary evidence to suggest there was regular fighting at the wall and in it's hinterlands, with high Roman casualties indicating just how fierce the fighting was.

Oh wow! didn't know you could get them over the pond! Enjoy!

Your welcome Dave! I actually don't live anywhere near Hadrian's Wall but wish I did as the north of England is stunning and particularly empty of people. I do though get up into the north quite regularly.

 

Sassenachs! My new word of the day "The term SASANACH is a Scottish and Irish Gaelic term for the name Saxon" thanks Jack.

 

Back from a "too short" getaway to Yale Reservoir near the town of Cougar, Washington. Can you spot the lambsfoot in the photo?

 

Nice little 1000 acre impoundment:

 

You need and deserve a pint to go with that bath. Here’s to your aches easing shortly.

Thank you. The covers are beautiful. The interesting thing about this Lambsfoot is how solid and substantial the feel and heft is. The other interesting note is that it was far easier to find information on Cooper’s Dip than on the knife.

Thank for the consuming effort that you are and will expend.

@donn David, your recommendation is outstanding. Thank you.

@Fodderwing Thank you Dwight. You have my vote for the Guardians’ Bard position.

@mitch4ging Dennis, you asked me about the patch. I just wanted to share this with you. My apologies to the rest of you, because I feel like I’ve been going on and on.


From one of my many books on the Battle of The Bulge.