tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post4156681993361656854..comments2023-10-30T09:26:32.732+00:00Comments on Now's the time: modesty, mountains, reincarnationAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-63244109731878309422008-10-12T23:02:00.000+01:002008-10-12T23:02:00.000+01:00Lovely light hearted post and great photos. Thank ...Lovely light hearted post and great photos. Thank you<BR/>LindaLinda S. Sochahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03281672541959206302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-75294574643918051132008-10-09T20:22:00.000+01:002008-10-09T20:22:00.000+01:00A Yorkshire accent, is it? Now I shall always her...A Yorkshire accent, is it? Now I shall always here his comments read with one!Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-50352130114269993052008-10-09T11:46:00.000+01:002008-10-09T11:46:00.000+01:00But speaking with which accent? It should have bee...But speaking with which accent? It should have been Hampshire. Mind you, anything would be an improvement on the ineradicable inheritance this Barrett Bonden received from the West Riding. The strongest possible encouragement to enter the world of letters and to keep my mouth shut.<BR/><BR/>I approached the film <EM>Master and Commander</EM> fearfully since I have read the O'Brien series at least three times and I have very strong mental images of the main characters. The Stephen Maturin character proved to be a mere sketch, but Russell Crowe did very well with Jack Aubrey. In fact when he told Jack's anecdote about Nelson not needing a cloak because he was warmed by his love of England I was genuinely moved. As I am now in transcribing it.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-7270764887404124782008-10-08T17:07:00.000+01:002008-10-08T17:07:00.000+01:00An actor, of course, as the novels are set during ...An actor, of course, as the novels are set during the Napoleonic wars. Sorry if this was too esoteric.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-40931364112734797532008-10-08T16:34:00.000+01:002008-10-08T16:34:00.000+01:00'the voice of the original Barrett Bonden' - reall...'the voice of the original Barrett Bonden' - really?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com