tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post4949178235888107912..comments2024-03-26T17:48:56.627+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': On SnowdonMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-48936227932458631392011-07-13T20:30:37.236+01:002011-07-13T20:30:37.236+01:00Mountaineering by train? I think I could live up t...Mountaineering by train? I think I could live up to that :) <br /><br />Wonderful pictures, and the third one is absolutely breathtaking. It does call for a British thriller of the very best kind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-8737022276850142702011-07-13T11:25:13.743+01:002011-07-13T11:25:13.743+01:00Happy Birthday!Happy Birthday!Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12679605532704204031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-69447866140000485782011-07-13T07:21:27.598+01:002011-07-13T07:21:27.598+01:00A belated Happy Birthday to you, Martin. Glad you...A belated Happy Birthday to you, Martin. Glad you enjoyed Snowdon.<br /><br />Funny you mentioned skydiving as a no-no for you. I was up at the skydiving centre at Cark in Cumbria the other weekend. My eldest daughter Sarah and my son’s girlfriend Charlotte did a skydive to help raise funds for the wonderful Northwich-based charity The Joshua Tree. And of course I was reminded of Kirsty’s skydive in The Cipher Garden – bet you visited Cark for that scene! <br /><br />Sarah and Charlotte did tandem jumps with instructors from 14,000 feet and both enjoyed it immensely – the freefall plunge face-down with arms and legs wide at 120 mph (would have been 200 but for their tiny drogue-chutes), then the controlled descent beneath their main, wing-style chutes, turning this way and that with the Lake District and Morcambe Bay spread out below. They landed softly right on target with big grins and thumbs up, both saying they just wanted to do it again. Sure you wouldn’t like to give it a go?<br /><br />One thing I can recommend from personal experience is gliding – I’ve been up with instructors over the Fens and over the Derbyshire Dales. Riding the thermals with birds of prey, corkscrewing up through the clouds, then banking the craft into a dizzying dive…sensational! Maybe something for your next birthday?<br /><br />Great to hear you’re starting work on the next Lake District mystery.<br /><br />All best, PaulPaul Beechnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-27339893576306374282011-07-13T03:09:59.109+01:002011-07-13T03:09:59.109+01:00Martin - Those are wonderful 'photos! Thanks f...Martin - Those are wonderful 'photos! Thanks for sharing them. I agree with you, too; getting out and about is a great way to get inspired for writing...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com