howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#21
The Konik ponies make the Western Heights look untidy sometimes with their grazing.
Weird Granny Slater likes this
Weird Granny Slater
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
- Posts: 3,095
#22
Taken last Friday (21st), the last time the sun was out.
Bold ponies:
Shy Dexters:
Belgian-registered sporty types in a tangle:
The next bit to fall into the sea?
Perhaps Dovorians can chip in to help the poor folk of St. Margaret's restore or replace this sign, or perhaps the latter haven't noticed it:
howard mcsweeney1 and Jan Higgins like this
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,931
#23
I hope it is ok to use your picture of the cliff on another group W G S simply to highlight the danger. I will remove if you prefer.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Weird Granny Slater- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
- Posts: 3,095
#24
I doubt there's any real danger, JH: the picture is a little tongue-in-cheek, in keeping with the others. That part of the cliff has been like that for as long as I can remember (and that's a very long time indeed: the cliffs were a playground for me), there are well-worn paths across it and, as you can see, vegetation growing in the gap. I'm certain that, given the history of cliff falls in the area, the NT would be wise to any imminent threat. I'm not alone in not wanting to see any more fences in the area: the fewer of those the better. I don't mind the picture being used to show the beauty of the place, but I wouldn't want it to be used to raise any fears.
Jan Higgins likes this
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
Reginald Barrington
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
- Posts: 3,261
#25
Has anyone in memory gone off the cliffs in a sudden cliff fall?
Ted here highlight the danger but it seems ok to be close to the edge if you're wanting to take a picture to get yourself in the paper again!
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/dover/news/sightseers-dicing-with-death-128735/Arte et Marte
Button
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
- Posts: 3,109
#26
Reginald Barrington wrote:Has anyone in memory gone off the cliffs in a sudden cliff fall?
No, but the cliffs are notorious for sudden falls and are also, as the article says, "notorious for fatal falls" - which are a pain to deal with.
(Not my real name.)
Weird Granny Slater- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
- Posts: 3,095
#27
Like thousands of others, I've negotiated Striding Edge on Helvellyn and descended Carnedd Dafydd in a thick mist (and skirted a rather large red bull at the bottom: no way was I going back up). But, though I've climbed Snowdon half a dozen times by different routes, I wouldn't try it by Crib Goch: I know my limits and we have to trust that others do too. We'll spoil it for the sensible majority if we organise everything around preventing the stupid or wreckless from doing stupid or wreckless things. As for suicides, well, no fence will stop them.
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
Weird Granny Slater- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
- Posts: 3,095
#28
I've no problem with social distancing. I've been practising for so long now I've got it pretty much perfect. But I've never seen this area so empty of human life and, really, I don't need this much space. Shouldn't people be working their lungs and increasing their fitness levels? After all, there could be trouble ahead...
Jan Higgins and Judith Roberts like this
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
Weird Granny Slater- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
- Posts: 3,095
#29
Don't worry; I kept my distance.
Alec Sheldon, Judith Roberts and Jan Higgins like this
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
Weird Granny Slater- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
- Posts: 3,095
#30
Combine harvester with ponies.
(Up to 6 now, having been 5 for some while.)
Jan Higgins likes this
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
Button- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
- Posts: 3,109
#31
Well spotted - we only saw 5 just last week:
(Not my real name.)
Weird Granny Slater- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
- Posts: 3,095
#32
Odd. I took mine last Thursday, but certain I've seen 6 for a couple of weeks at least.
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
Weird Granny Slater- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
- Posts: 3,095
#33
Can it really be 2 years since someone posted a pony pic?
Jan Higgins likes this
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
Button- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
- Posts: 3,109
#34
And then there were four?
Jan Higgins likes this
(Not my real name.)
Weird Granny Slater- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
- Posts: 3,095
#35
No, actually 5, but the other was munching grass and wouldn't be herded.
Button likes this
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
Button- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
- Posts: 3,109
#36
Fair enough, although I note that HSBC doesn't seem to have that problem...
(Not my real name.)
Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,397
#37
Button wrote:Fair enough, although I note that HSBC doesn't seem to have that problem...
So much for Lloyds spending all that money for 'brand recognition'?
Button likes this
"The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Button- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
- Posts: 3,109
#38
Oops! Big mistake - huge!
(Not my real name.)
Weird Granny Slater likes this
howard mcsweeney1 and Jan Higgins like this'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
Jan Higgins and Judith Roberts like this'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
Alec Sheldon, Judith Roberts and Jan Higgins like this'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
Jan Higgins likes this'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
(Not my real name.)
Jan Higgins likes this'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
