Maalie on a Mission
Maalie deserves a break. He is on a mission to the Spanish Pyrenees on a quest for the Bonebreaker. A report will follow upon return, about 12 February. Regards to all.
posted by Maalie at 11:44 am
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Sunday, February 03, 2008
Maalie deserves a break. He is on a mission to the Spanish Pyrenees on a quest for the Bonebreaker. A report will follow upon return, about 12 February. Regards to all.About Me
- Name: Maalie
- Location: Askam-in-Furness, Cumbria, United Kingdom
I live in the English Lake district, where the beautiful Duddon Estuary is at the end of my street. All pictures on my blog are my own except when explicitly stated otherwise
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61 Comments:
You never did tell us exactly what a bonebreaker is. It sounds like an old fashioned early bicycle.
L.
We'll be able to franglais in the comments boxes to our blood-pumps' content then :-)
Yes, what exactly is a bonebreaker? The mind boggles.
Have a nice holiday!
Have a great trip (any room for a small one in your baggage?)
Mainenant Kiwi, nous parlons le franglais quand Maalie est dan espagnole avec Raelha et son desosser de fracture. Il ne aime pas les chats de Raelha parce que ils chasent les oiseaux. Elle a trois de chats.
Aurevoir Kiwi,
de Lorenzo.
Lorenzo, oui, c'est vrai. Je n'ai dit rien aux chats de Maalie et son voyage en Espagne. C'est mieux qu'elles sont dans l'ignorance. Mais elles chassent plus les souris. Hier elles nous ont laisse un tres grand dans la cuisine - le grand roi des souris. Puf, il faut que j'etudie plus le francais, parce que chaque fois que j'intente penser d'un mot, je pense en espagnol.
Raelha ma chere, nous sommes ecrit dans franglais ne degree pas standard francais!
Je suis une personne simple et je ne comprends pas tout de ta mots.
Est ce-que ta chats chassent les souris ou sourire?
Lorenzo la llama.
Gosh lorenzo... nous can parler beaucoup en franglais avant que le fevrier 12 quand le maalie retournera. Nous avons beaucoup de jours pour causer le havoc. C'est tres bon!
Aujourd'hui je go a voir un exhibition sur whales et l'evolution sera la.
oo la la Kiwi! Un exhibition de whales hey? Non exhibition de pay de galles?
Les fundamentalists n'aime pas les exhibitions de evolution, ne c'est pas?
Il y avait beaucoup des signes d'evolution dans l'exhibition about whales lorenzo! Il y avait un series de skeletons des autres pays showing comment bones ont changes. C'etait tres interessant.
Quelques fundamentalistes pensent que la terre est seulement quatre milles ans old. Je pense que ca c'est ridiculous.
it seems Maalies fly at really high altitudes judging by his photo!
I shall look forward to deleting all these off-topic comments when I get back home!
Balls to all the French commentary, I just want to know if Maalie has found his runcible bird yet.
Meta, you just don't want your comment delected!
Oui, les balles a tout le comments sur les oiseaux.
Nothing off-topic about whales. Didn't birds descend from whales? Oh no... hold on, wait a minute... ummmm... make that from some dinosaurs... Never mind. It makes a mess of the comments boxes for maalie anyhow. And we still have quite a few more days to mess around in here, whether it be in franglais or boring old English!
Maintenant... pour continuer le franglais.
okey dokey here is some nice birdy stuff for you maalie:
"A previously unknown sub-species of bird has been discovered in the southern grasslands of Nepal, scientists say.
The bird is a warbler with a very long tail and slender beak and has been named the Nepal Rufous-vented Prinia.
Scientists say the bird provides an important geographical link between previously-known varieties in Pakistan and India.
But they warn its tiny population means the sub-species is endangered.
The bird was first spotted in 2005 in a wetland area.
But it is only now that taxonomists have decided it is distinctive enough to be described as a separate sub-species. "
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7227696.stm
Raelha, I'd love to have it delected, if you find it delectable.
Kiwi, cette petit oiseaux est feathers left behind par un sherpa Nepalese quand il monte la Annapurna avec le mountaineer celebre, Sir Ed Hilary, the Viking fameurse.
Be careful in those Pyrenees... aren't they full of ETA terrorists..??
I can't sign in using my palmtop. No, haven't seen the runcible bird, going to the Pyrenees on Thursday. Saw Balearic Shearwater today.
I think that is absolutely wonderful news that you can't sign in. We franglais-ers don't want to be deleted yet! We want to continue making a mess of your comment boxes...don't we lorenzo!!!
Poor Maalie! What you're doing to his blog is not fair.
Oui certainment Kiwi! Il y a ne topic pas sur cette posting so nous n'avons pas peuvre aller off topic. So la Maalie.
Thank you May, you are very considerate! Today I saw the cathedral with the biggest knave in Christendom in Girona'. May not be able to log on after tomorrow evening as we change hotels. Be good and don't abuse my blog!
maalie.... vous etais dans une cathedrale??/ Ca, c'est tres catholique en espagne!
Alors, peut-etre je serai dans la meme cathedrale en juin.... main peut-etre pas! Que sera, sera!
knave or nave maalie? Or both?
I'm not "in Christendom" or else I'd have the biggest one.
Meta, tu as un grand un?
Maalie, certainment tu es un Catholic garcon bon!
Actually, since he is in Spain... he is more like a peregrino catolico ;-)
Meta, nous esperons ta response avec interet.
Delectable. Desde luego. Que quieres que te haga?
Voy a seguir su ejemplo...
Lorenzo,
Oui.
You are a dirty stop out ;-) I hope your mission is successful.
Ye should all be speaking Scandanavian, so you should.
Stuart wanted to drag me away from the swamps this afternoon so he could go back to 'Old Girona' to see some buildings in daylight. I told him we didn't come all this way just to see some buildings, and there are plenty of buildings to see in England.
Maalie, you should have a look round Girona, if only briefly - there are plenty of birds to see in England too.
I'm surprised he didn't say 'navel'.
maalie loaths only 2 things in life:- one is motor vehicles ( and anyone who talks about them)
Two is buildings.....
Maalie,
Hope you're making good progress on your venture. It sure sounds to me like it must be warm there, warmer there than here, anyhow. I guess I easily think about warmth, and imagine where you're at to be so, since we're getting a little winterfried here.
Look forward to pics and your thoughts on what you are doing.
ted... y'all are in the wrong hemisphere for warmth. Nice and warm here down under ;-)
Mais oui Kiwi mais il est hiver ici, mais maintenant il will est ete et tu will es en hiver!
Non non non lorenzo..... parce que le 8 avril je serais en Paris. Je will skip l'hiver en NZ!
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Mais oui Kiwi. J'oublie. Tu viens pays de paella pour ta grande promenade!
Maalie's seen a bustard!
Maalie has seen his bonebreaker! I quote:
"you may report that on day 6 after an arduous ascent from Camp 3 with rations exhausted and brandy cask dry, we finally found the bonebreaker".
Huzzah!
Good on ya maalie... you have given us a great reason for more gallivanting around in your comment box ;-)
Mais oui Kiwi, tu peur gallivant avec gusto.
isn't it about time you are to head home?
I agree and start behaving like a normal retiree!!!! ahahahahahahahah!!! ;o)
and get rid of that boyish enthusiasim
nahhhh simon, I am sure he will be back to this part of the world soon.... just as soon as they bring in some 1 Euro fares..that's all here needs!
Maalie needs to go to the Chatham Islands next. There has just been some scientific excitement there. Some scientists (from Monash in OZ- not sure if from anywhere else too) went there to look for dinosaur fossils about 65myo. They found those. They also found a newly exposed piece of coastal shelf that seems to date back to when we split from Gondwanaland, and on it they got very excited because they found some very very old bird fossils. They are keeping coy about what the birds are for now, but it seems they have some ideas.... So, are you to the Chathams next Maalie?
No certainly not Kiwi. You will just upset his idea of Noah and his ark by poluting his blog with tales of fossils.
Hola Tio!
Soy Jemima. Espero que cosas estan felizes en Espana.
Ven a visitarme! Hay muchos pajaros.
(come and visit me! There are lots of birds)
Besos
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Glad you're safely home and found your bird.
Come on then. It's Feb 12th and your faithful readers demand proof of the legendary bonebreaker.
Wow, 60 comments, I#m impressed. I hope you have a safe journey home.
Don't be too impressed, I've a feeling half these comments or more are soon to be deleted.
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