Quiet Around Here

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Originally Posted by Derby Tup

Pound of cloves? :eek:

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Oh at least :D

5 jars of mamalade sitting on the windowsill cooling:cool:

builder still here but hopeful of a 1.00am finish:rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak

5 jars of mamalade sitting on the windowsill cooling:cool:

builder still here but hopeful of a 1.00am finish:rolleyes:

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1am Ian?! :eek:

Feeling squiffy although have not eaten anything to make me so. Oh Ian have you ever been in the forces as you seem to have a lot of skills.

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Originally Posted by Derby Tup

1am Ian?! :eek:

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see! it's really getting to me!!!!

1.00pm really fingers crossed:rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Herakles

Feeling squiffy although have not eaten anything to make me so. Oh Ian have you ever been in the forces as you seem to have a lot of skills.

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Not me mate. all that crawling around in the mud, running lots of miles with a pack on. sounds insane. ;)

Fantastic day outside, deffo out for a run or bike later!

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Originally Posted by ukhursty

Fantastic day outside, deffo out for a run or bike later!

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Enjoy yourself! My headtorch is on charge ;):cool:

Its always abit dead on a saturday round here.


P.S My gay skins compression socks have finally arrived.:o:eek::D

Good luck with them mate!

I'm currently contemplating doing a girly XC race for a laugh.

:D

Very QAH this morning!

Bit of house work for me :o

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Originally Posted by Al Fowler

Its always abit dead on a saturday round here.


P.S My gay skins compression socks have finally arrived.:D

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did you buy the ones with the sussy belt;):D

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Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak

did you buy the ones with the sussy belt;):D

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pmsl :D

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Originally Posted by ukhursty

I'm currently contemplating doing a girly XC race for a laugh.

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I envy you, the doc has told me to stop running for an as yet indeterminate amount of time.

Nice socks Al, if this compression thing works for you, you could give this a try...:D

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:K...thon_424pa.jpg

Meh, bored now, gunna have a wander over to Wilson's and see what all this XC caper is all about :p

Does anybody know what that grass stuff is called when its boggy - usually on a field?

It grows in big clumps and cuts your fingers if you grab it?


Its green.

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Originally Posted by Al Fowler

Does anybody know what that grass stuff is called when its boggy - usually on a field?

It grows in big clumps and cuts your fingers if you grab it?


Its green.

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Grass :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Derby Tup

Grass :rolleyes:

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The classroom idiot strikes again. I KNEW someone would say that!:D

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Originally Posted by Al Fowler

Does anybody know what that grass stuff is called when its boggy - usually on a field?

It grows in big clumps and cuts your fingers if you grab it?


Its green.

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Cotton grass do you mean? And most of the cotton grass at the minute is a bit greeny - brown isn't it? Cotton grass is the stuff that flowers with white tufty cotton balls in the summer.

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Originally Posted by Al Fowler

The classroom idiot strikes again. I KNEW someone would say that!:D

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My mum has a wonderful saying, 'ask a silly question and you get a silly answer!' :p

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Originally Posted by Stolly

Cotton grass do you mean? And most of the cotton grass at the minute is a bit greeny - brown isn't it? Cotton grass is the stuff that flowers with white tufty cotton balls in the summer.

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This stuff -->

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/9201/moorlandlrg.jpg

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Originally Posted by Stolly

Cotton grass do you mean? And most of the cotton grass at the minute is a bit greeny - brown isn't it? Cotton grass is the stuff that flowers with white tufty cotton balls in the summer.

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That may be the stuff, although when i googled that, it also brought up rush grass...which seems similar but more of what im after.:rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Al Fowler

That may be the stuff, although when i googled that, it also brought up rush grass...which seems similar but more of what im after.:rolleyes:

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What you need Al is:





[drum roll]





GrassBase

'What's that?' you ask. It's a database of the world's grass species that can be searched using name or description.

http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db.html

Enjoy. I'll be asking questions later. ;)

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Originally Posted by noel

What you need Al is:





[drum roll]





GrassBase

'What's that?' you ask. It's a database of the world's grass species that can be searched using name or description.

http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db.html

Enjoy. I'll be asking questions later. ;)

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Erm, wow...i dont know whether i should thankyou or not.:rolleyes: It seems to be about plants fro other countries though?

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Originally Posted by Stolly

This stuff -->

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/9201/moorlandlrg.jpg

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Yeah, that's it, barbed wire, often silver / rust coloured but sometimes green.

They are on this picture - http://web.ukonline.co.uk/jed/Images1/DSC00514a.jpg

Good old winter hill!

Thats what I call (dunno about Kew) Cotton Grass. The whole of the Dales is plastered with it.

Having done two minutes of internet research, I now feel quite an authority on the subject.

It looks like mat grass (Nardus stricta) to me:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/davejglaves/267708707/

http://www.jstor.org/pss/2255503

Or it could be cottongrass (cheers Stolly):

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

This grows where it's more boggy, hence it commonly being called bog cotton.

Fascinating grass-related facts :cool:

Anyone fancy a 'Today's moorland vegetation' thread ;)

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Originally Posted by noel

Having done two minutes of internet research, I now feel quite an authority on the subject.

It looks like mat grass (Nardus stricta) to me:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/davejglaves/267708707/

http://www.jstor.org/pss/2255503

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Thats the stuff...although, on further googling mat grass seems to be alot thinner...but this cotton grass stuff, ive never seen this grass in question to have any cotton like flowers on it.

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Originally Posted by Al Fowler

Thats the stuff...although, on further googling mat grass seems to be alot thinner...but this cotton grass stuff, ive never seen this grass in question to have any cotton like flowers on it.

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Al there's a few different but similarly looking 'grasses'. This web site is "really really useful" ---> Peatlands

I reckon it could be any of the following:

Black Bog Rush
Deer Grass or Deer Sedge
Common Cottongrass
Hare's Tail Cottongrass

I now feel a total bog grass expert :cool:

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Originally Posted by Stolly

Al there's a few different but similarly looking 'grasses'. This web site is "really really useful" ---> Peatlands

I reckon it could be any of the following:

Black Bog Rush
Deer Grass or Deer Sedge
Common Cottongrass
Hare's Tail Cottongrass

I now feel a total bog grass expert :cool:

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I think black bog rush is the winner - actually now im not so sure.

Looking at deer sedge...i remember seeing that in the past, but always thought i was just the ordinary stuff that had been eaten/hadnt grown properly.

Wow, how did i ever go out on the fells and never previously pay any attention to the grass...my, it puts another dimention onto our hobby!:rolleyes:

It was quiet here!!! .... a lovely morning.

Anyone Guess which race it was???

The reason its quiet is that I'm so slow I got an early handicap offing :D

praps I ought to 'ave renamed the pic :p

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Originally Posted by Mike D-H

praps I ought to 'ave renamed the pic :p

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I'll delete my post, you rename and repost the picture and you can let everyone guess.;)

still .... i got to the end and looked like this with me T - shirt

and get this .......... Icebreaker caught a view of some of the images and invited me to Blog on their site !!!!

http://blog.icebreaker.com/category/athletes/

look down to September!!

an I got freebies! who'd `ave thought someone so slow gets appearance money :eek: am I disqualified from owt now? :confused:

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Originally Posted by Derby Tup

Fascinating grass-related facts :cool:

Anyone fancy a 'Today's moorland vegetation' thread ;)

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...guided tours are available of labrador tea plants and if it's the right time of year the ultra rare(in this country) Bog Billberry. Cloudberries also a speciality;)

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Originally Posted by Mike D-H

and get this .......... Icebreaker caught a view of some of the images and invited me to Blog on their site !!!!

http://blog.icebreaker.com/category/athletes/

look down to September!!

an I got freebies! who'd `ave thought someone so slow gets appearance money :eek: am I disqualified from owt now? :confused:

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You like merino then?