Bloguemahone: Dispatches from the road

[dave 81]

Well worth the wait James. Thanks! An enjoyable read. Particularly, Miss Walshy...."Smashed....so smashed."
A proud moment for our Miss.

Hey, fair play to the girl - she found us in the pub with the wrong name in spite of her heavy intake and she very generously tried to make me take a backstage pass Mr C had got for her sister. I wouldn't and now I regret it!

I really enjoyed the latest instalments from James. Surely this must be a book eventually........

You should've popped home to Worsley and admired the canal that's no longer orange at a cost of several million EEC euros.

No harm, no foul.........what caused the orange waters of Worsley? Factories?

[soulfinger]

No strangely, it's to do with the high clay content. The water in the canals and mineshafts hereabouts have always been a kind of rusty orange.

The local council applied to the muppets in Brussels for a shedload of cash to set up a scheme to remove the colour through some big filtration plant thingy and sadly, unlike most European schemes it seems to be working.

[dave 81]

No strangely, it's to do with the high clay content. The water in the canals and mineshafts hereabouts have always been a kind of rusty orange.

The local council applied to the muppets in Brussels for a shedload of cash to set up a scheme to remove the colour through some big filtration plant thingy and sadly, unlike most European schemes it seems to be working.

Just curious, as where I'm originally from in upstate New York, The Black River was basically a "dead" river when I lived there, due to runoff from paper mills. 25 years later, and an aggresive NY Conservation initiative, there are now Atlantic Salmon running up the river annually
Meanwhile, back to the thread...........

[Alex]

Lovely read. Thanks a lot, James. It's a pleasure!

[firehazard]

Thanks so much, James. We're really privileged to get to read this. Do you have a publisher?

[MissWalshy]

wow.

I just printed off the installments to save my poor eyes. 33 PAGES!! (Arial 12)

I'm yet to read about my drunkness.. although, I might add - I didn't think I was *that* bad!

Philip--- HELP!

[Simon Maguire]

Great read as ever James, Didn't know Katie Melua was backstage on the 22nd. Cool.

And for the benifit of Miss Walshy.

I meet with Miss Walshy. It’s her birthday and she’s smashed, and so smashed I have to ask her to repeat pretty much everything she says.

tut, tut.

[Irish Rover]

That was a brilliant read. Thanks James

[JamesFearnley]

The water in the canals and mineshafts hereabouts have always been a kind of rusty orange.

The local council applied to the muppets in Brussels for a shedload of cash to set up a scheme to remove the colour through some big filtration plant thingy and sadly, unlike most European schemes it seems to be working.

I haven't been to Worsley since the canal colour changed - and I wonder why. (I don't mean why I haven't been back there, but why they bothered to change the colour of the water). My suspicion is that it's something to do with the racecourse they're going to build there. And then my thoughts turn to the Muscovy ducks that used to shit all over the grass and pathway at the bottom of the steps coming down from Worsley Road (you know the bottom of the Brow, I think it is, to the bridge toward the Packet House). Or do they still shit there?

[Eric V]

Thanks for the read. I like your style very much, and its interesting to get your perspective. Sounds like after years of touring you have all found a way to balance the logistical nightmare and list/organization/schedule thingy, with personal space.

Now... back to the discussion on water coloration and duck shit.

[philipchevron]

Lovely, James. You choose words for the warmth of the exasperated affection you mean them to express.

Publish or be damned.

After you've heard from Miss Walshy's lawyers, of course.

[JamesFearnley]

You choose words for the warmth of the exasperated affection you mean them to express.

Hey, thanks, Philip - and thanks everyone else. 'Snice to have an outlet for my affectionate exasperation, warm as it is.

Took me a while to get what you meant, warmly, leastways, exasperatedly, possibly, affectionate, I hope so. That's pretty much it, in a nutshell. After twenty something years, one's affection is like to get exasperated. And I mean that, warmly.

There was a sunken barge in the Delph (Delft - no that's Dutch pottery). Is it still there? Actually, there were two. One on the south side of Worsley Road. The other on the north, and both coated with curds of iron oxide.

And the racecourse? Is that still going ahead?

[soulfinger]

The water in the canals and mineshafts hereabouts have always been a kind of rusty orange.

The local council applied to the muppets in Brussels for a shedload of cash to set up a scheme to remove the colour through some big filtration plant thingy and sadly, unlike most European schemes it seems to be working.

I haven't been to Worsley since the canal colour changed - and I wonder why. (I don't mean why I haven't been back there, but why they bothered to change the colour of the water). My suspicion is that it's something to do with the racecourse they're going to build there. And then my thoughts turn to the Muscovy ducks that used to shit all over the grass and pathway at the bottom of the steps coming down from Worsley Road (you know the bottom of the Brow, I think it is, to the bridge toward the Packet House). Or do they still shit there?

It's not quite orange free yet but it's starting to fade. Yeah, the racecourse is just what we need. It seems very on and off but money talks loud and they'll get what they want in the end. The delph is still a bit grotty to be honest but in September we saw three herons down there all at once which was impressive (but not to my aussie relative who was with me - he said "we shoot stuff like that at home!")

As for duck shit near the Alphabet Bridge - we still got plenty!

[Mick Molloy]

Wow just finished reading and what a gem again. Nice to read what happened to your suit (again ). Seems like you're the reincarnation of Leonardo da Vinci: you can do everything!

[Celtic.Dave]

Great work James.
Hope we will be reading more of this stuff in March

All the best