On Fri, 6 Feb 2009 19:39:43 -0000, "Jon O'Rourke"
wrote:

Guess I'm a little less brave/stupid now.

On Boxing Day 1962 I drove the 200 miles from Basingstoke in Hampshire to
Cardigan in West Wales in my Mini Van. By the time I got to Swindon about 1 inch
of snow, Gloucester about 3 inches and Radnor Forest in the dark and about 4
inches was 'interesting'. All this time it was snowing quite heavily and didn't
stop until I reached the coast road at Aberystwyth. It took me eight hours
rather than the normal five.

There's no way that I'd do that now and I put that down to lack of bravery.

--
Alan White
Mozilla Firefox and Forte Agent.
Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, overlooking Lochs Long and Goil in Argyll, Scotland.
Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/weather

in 46255 20090207 084154 Alan White wrote:
On Fri, 6 Feb 2009 19:39:43 -0000, "Jon O'Rourke"
wrote:

Guess I'm a little less brave/stupid now.

On Boxing Day 1962 I drove the 200 miles from Basingstoke in Hampshire to
Cardigan in West Wales in my Mini Van. By the time I got to Swindon about 1 inch
of snow, Gloucester about 3 inches and Radnor Forest in the dark and about 4
inches was 'interesting'. All this time it was snowing quite heavily and didn't
stop until I reached the coast road at Aberystwyth. It took me eight hours
rather than the normal five.

There's no way that I'd do that now and I put that down to lack of bravery.

Is it lack of bravery or an increase in the wisdom that comes with age?
50 years ago I would drive long distances in poor conditions without even thinking
about it. Today I think too much about it.

In '63, I was studying in Liverpool and travelling home to S.Derbys at
weekends in a Mini..
I used to pick different routes depending on weather - and recall taking the
'Cat & Fiddle' road often to encounter incredible snow scenes. Got stuck
once only and ended up playing cards in the back of a van with others
similarly immobile. Another nearby van was supplying hot bacon butties - a
memorable occasion - but I wouldn't do it now - wisdom? - not sure about
that - more likely cowardice!
PeterJ

"Bob Martin" wrote in message
om...
Guess I'm a little less brave/stupid now.
Is it lack of bravery or an increase in the wisdom that comes with age?
50 years ago I would drive long distances in poor conditions without even
thinking
about it. Today I think too much about it.

On Sat, 07 Feb 2009 08:54:31 GMT, Bob Martin wrote:

Is it lack of bravery or an increase in the wisdom that comes with age?
50 years ago I would drive long distances in poor conditions without even thinking
about it. Today I think too much about it.

In my case it's lack of confidence (or bravery if you will) which, I've found,
has crept up on me over the past ten years or so.

I've always lacked wisdom.

--
Alan White
Mozilla Firefox and Forte Agent.
Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, overlooking Lochs Long and Goil in Argyll, Scotland.
Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/weather

"Alan White" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 6 Feb 2009 19:39:43 -0000, "Jon O'Rourke"

wrote:

Guess I'm a little less brave/stupid now.

On Boxing Day 1962 I drove the 200 miles from Basingstoke in Hampshire to
Cardigan in West Wales in my Mini Van. By the time I got to Swindon about
1 inch
of snow, Gloucester about 3 inches and Radnor Forest in the dark and about
4
inches was 'interesting'. All this time it was snowing quite heavily and
didn't
stop until I reached the coast road at Aberystwyth. It took me eight hours
rather than the normal five.

There's no way that I'd do that now and I put that down to lack of
bravery.

And lack of the M4, no doubt!
--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl