Avast the poetry of the Old King James. I'd have liked to have heard your reading, Don. Who though is Rohan Trousers?Your quote Anty seems redolent of Pound or even Dylan Thomas to me.

At this juncture Mr Dough feels it incumbent to point out that (apart from the occasional kilted interlude) he has been a constant wearer of various Rohan equipment for well over twenty years, as may be verified by this picture of him high in the Andes a couple of years back: both the vest and strides are Rohan items, designed for easy packing and care, but very strong and protective despite their lack of weight.

The Riders of Rohan, IIRC, Don B.

Winter bags, with their extra lining, do take a bit longer to dry, but normal Bags, and those Global Cargos I wear on treks will dry on you, so if you're caught in rain, shortly after it's stopped, your own body heat will have sorted them out for you. The gear certainly isn't cheap, but it lasts and lasts: I don't think I've ever worn anything out, though there are some things I've outgrown since 1986, being more of a Tisnow build in those days rather than the big laddie I am now...

(Where is Tisnow, by the way? He doesn't seem to have been around for ages.)

I always think Rohans look nice, sort of casual without being a total scruff-bag.

Now, I arrived home today and met my neighbour Roger, he who is fabled about pronouncing about the size of Wagner's chords and the fact that listening to him is better than anything.  Including that

Well, his son David is to be wed!  Much rejoicing of course that a 36 year old has suddenly met a a girl he knew from schooldays and they fell in love.  Ahhh!  David is of course a lone parent as his soon to be wife is.  (In Wales it is customary to  try out your fertility before committing yourself to anyone, six children by six different partners if you live in Gurnos is the norm.  That's a very Welsh joke which will go over everyone's heads unless you are a Health Visitor!)

So, of to book the Church.  And, evidently new rule, although you may be Christened if you don't have the Cert to prove it then that's £20 for a new Cert to prove it and if you are not Confirmed, then you have to become newly Confirmed for another £50!!  (But, slightly sinister, you do not have to attend Confirmation Classes)

Of course I will be there in July, in a hat!

I must say that I never expected to find such discussions concurrent on a music message board (exclamation mark assumed).

Having been also raised within the R.C. Church and later bearing the stigmata of divorce, I resolutely still wanted to partake in the Catholic Sacrament of Marriage. One thing led to another and I found (in Hollywood, natch) the existence of The Old Catholic Church which was established in Utrecht in the 1870's as a reaction to the Papal Doctrine of Infallibility.

Wikipedia is as good a place as any to pick up an indulgence:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Catholic_Church

Yes, Don - historically the OCC and Anglicans are pew buddies (exclamation mark assumed).

Is your non de plume, Italo inspired? I visited my great-grandfather's village in godfather country (Sicily) a year ago. Unforgettable...

There's hope for me yet!

I wish I could say I've been using my absence from these boards to spend more time at the gym, but I'm not sure I've made it there more than twice in what I now discover is the whole 4 weeks I've not logged on.