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mdk
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 Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 3:37 pm Post subject: National trails |
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I have stumbled across a website talking about "national trails" in the UK.
What are they like? I am thinking about these tedious "Schengen agreement" regulations which apparently mean you can only legally remain 90 days out of any given 180 in a Schengen country. The thought occurs to me that I could do, say, private lessons in a Schengen country and then pop over to the UK and go trekking.
Has anybody spent any time on these national trails? What sort of daily expense would one incur? Are there any where you don't necessarily need to be a mountain goat?
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JonnyB61
Joined: 30 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 3:57 pm Post subject: Re: National trails |
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| mdk wrote: |
| I have stumbled................ |
Yes, that seems clear from the reaction that you have had on many other boards on this forum!
Your obsession with the Schengen Agreement is misplaced.
If you tried to teach English to the English then they wouldn't understand what the hell you were talking about!
If you tried to teach English in Europe, they would laugh at you because they speak far better English than you do.
Try Asia!
And by the way, you should have said thanks to Sweeney Todd for answering your last question. |
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mdk
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 11:36 pm Post subject: |
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What an interesting message.
Is this representative of the way people would act if I decide to go walking on these trails?
Maybe I'd better give England a miss and try the Irish Republic. |
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mdk
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| Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 6:55 pm Post subject: |
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I'll leave a tag here in case the subject is of interest to anyone else.
It seems there is a very helpful organization where one may go to find out more on this subject. It is to be found at:
http://www.ramblers.org.uk/
They seem very pleasant and helpful, so if you stay away from a certain type of brit it looks like a nice way to spend some time in the UK. |
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SueH
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| Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 10:12 am Post subject: |
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I think Jonny is replying in that way as you don't seem to have read the link that Sweeney gave in his post (nor did you thank him, unless by PM).
I didn't read Sweeney's post closely, but didn't it say you could stay for 6 months?
As for the trails; they'll be all sortsof terrain and your expenses will depend on whether you hotel, B&B, camp, Youth Hostel, cook for yourself, get take-away fish and chips etc... Just bear in mind that the UK is not a cheap place, and public transport in particular is extortionate. |
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mdk
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| Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 1:49 pm Post subject: |
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Dear Lady,
I am taking the trouble to copy my thank you from the original message, which you and whats-his-name can easily read.
Thank you in turn for your concerns about the financial aspects of my plan.
In point of fact, after a 40 year career in a much more demanding (and remunerative) profession than even ESL teaching - I can afford to go and live anywhere I wish in Europe quite legally. I can also teach ESL anyway that is agreeable to my students and I.
If anybody, doesn't agree with that, then here is a point to consider - I don't remotely give a fig.
I may or may not spend a few months wandering around the Cotswolds or the Cornish coast. I could also afford to take the time and expense to obtain legal permission to work in Britian - although why I would wish to do so escapes me. If anybody doesn't like that, they should drop a line to their member of parliament. (see above paragraph)
And now in response to your apparently quaint cultural mores, I shall prostrate myself upon the ground and offer up my great and abiding thanks for the profound kindness your exalted selves have shown by deigning to answer your poor servant.
If somebody has a question about, say, walking the Pacific Crest trail, please feel free to get in touch. We treat polite requests quite differently where I live. |
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JonnyB61
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| Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 3:47 am Post subject: |
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| mdk wrote: |
| I shall prostrate myself upon the ground and offer up my great and abiding thanks for the profound kindness your exalted selves have shown by deigning to answer your poor servant. |
Pull yourself together, stand up staight and stop grovelling, you obsequious little toad!
Right, pay attention and listen to me.
To ensure that you have a truly memorable time in the UK this is what you must do. Never say 'please' or 'thank you', ignore people who go out of their way to help you and whenever you feel insecure start talking about how much money you have. Be sure to do this in a North American accent and at a level several decibels louder than everyone else.
Oh, they are going to love you! I can picture it now. The men will be so impressed that they will be queueing up to have their photographs taken with you; and the women (you lucky feller) will be transported into such paroxysms of carnal desire that they will be uncontrollably hurling their underwear at you.
Now then, where to begin? I suggest that you try out your new Brit charming policy in the following areas: Tower Hamlets, London; Moss Side, Manchester; Borsal Heath, Birmingham; Toxteth, Liverpool and, of course, Gorbals, Glasgow. You should get the warmest of receptions in those places.
Are you excited? You should be, you lucky little rascal! You're going to have an unforgettable experience.
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JonnyB61
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| Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 5:22 am Post subject: |
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Oh, just one more thing:
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| If somebody has a question about, say, walking the Pacific Crest trail, |
Then they wouldn't be looking on the United Kingdom board, would they? Come on, think about it.
Sarcastic????
Moi? |
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mdk
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| Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 6:26 am Post subject: |
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| Pull yourself together, stand up staight and stop grovelling, you obsequious little toad! |
Note to forum monitors. As I understand it there are certain rules here forbidding personal abuse. I don't know what this guy's problem is, perhaps he's drunk, maybe he's jealous because he couldn't buy a job back home and has to go live somewhere else... I don't know and I really don't care. He is calling me a toad, can I call him,say, a pettifogging Tartuffe?
The question I have is this, "Is this sort of abuse is allowable here?" Can I answer this so-called "gentleman" back in kind? Or should I recall the wise words of Mark Twain who tells us never to argue with a fool because people may come by and not be able to tell the difference between you.
In a way it's been sort of instructive. If I want to have a good time in Britain, I reckon that I should stay away from bars and anywhere a British ESL teacher would hang out. Somehow, I'm guessing that would be far away from one of these trails. |
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grahamb
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| Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 10:14 am Post subject: Politeness |
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| Never mind the Anglo-Saxons, mdk; you'll get a warmer reception in Scotland and Ireland (north and south). |
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mdk
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| Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 10:31 am Post subject: |
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Say, hoss, I was raised in the Christian religion and I know that envy is a sin. Your rancor wouldn't arise out of sinful envy of this money I scraped together over 40 years of dangerous hard work (which you doubtless wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole - to keep your "professional" mitts clean) which now allows me the freedom to live my life pretty much as I wish. That's not what's hassling you, is it pal?
I mean you being a professional and all means that you aren't one of those guys in Japan who are living hand-to-mouth in a glorified rabbit hutch are you? You're saving that great salary of yours so you don't end up in some bed-sitter in, where was it?
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| Tower Hamlets, London; Moss Side, Manchester; Borsal Heath, Birmingham; Toxteth, Liverpool and, of course, Gorbals, Glasgow. |
Naw! A polite, educated professional like you would never do anything like that. You are butting your mug in here and calling me these insulting names because of your native British belief in justice, fair play, and all around decency. Good for you, little chum! It's an honor to have you try to wipe your feet on me.
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mdk
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| Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 10:34 am Post subject: |
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Thanks grahamb,
Grandad warned me about these sassenach clowns. Next time I'm in LA I'm going to leave some flowers on his grave for having the perspicacity to get the heck out of Fifeshire.
I hear there's a very nice walk down speyside.  |
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SueH
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| Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 11:41 am Post subject: |
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| mdk wrote: |
| If anybody, doesn't agree with that, then here is a point to consider - I don't remotely give a fig. |
I don't think anybody else gives a toss either, to be frank, and you could probably overstay your six-months without anybody caring too much. If you want specific information on the trails you've already found an appropriate site, are there are no doubt others of a similar nature.
I have no idea about your financial circumstances, and not at all impressed that you felt the need to bring them up, but it was you who asked an open-ended, how-long-is-a-piece-of-string question about expenses. What sort of answer were you expecting anyway? As I pointed out there are too many variables. |
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JonnyB61
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| Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 2:15 pm Post subject: |
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| mdk wrote: |
| can I call him,say, a pettifogging Tartuffe? |
Pettifogging and Tartuffery are two of my specialities.
Everyone likes to be appreciated.
Thank you.
| mdk wrote: |
| Grandad warned me about these sassenach clowns. Next time I'm in LA I'm going to leave some flowers on his grave for having the perspicacity to get the heck out of Fifeshire. |
Hold on! Your Grandfather left Scotland because he didn't like the neighbours? Is that what you're telling us???????
I'd like to nominate your grandfather for the 'Alex Salmond Medal for Woolly Thinking', postumously, of course.
May I ask you a question?
Are you getting angry?........ Just wondered. |
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JonnyB61
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I've just realised. This customer has quite a history on this forum.
More later. |
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