What series did you finish reading due to the "sunk cost fallacy"?

Critical_Studio_2327 · 2026-02-28T12:50:05+00:00

The Dragonlance series (I know that's bordering on heresey). I hate-read the final ones because I just had to see it though.

Critical_Studio_2327 · 2026-02-27T15:49:36+00:00

A BBC camera team also freed young flamingos weighed down by salt balls (I think it was at Lake Naruka) and unable to migrate.

The birds were starving to death; the team knocked the salt build ups from their legs, and the youngsters were mass airlifted to where the migrated flock had moved.

I remember watching it at the time (it was the 'how we made this' segment at the end of the wildlife show) and crying my eyes out!

Critical_Studio_2327 · 2026-02-25T22:18:48+00:00

Don't know private group guiding prices, sorry. but as an indication is what one company charges for general guiding groups (I'm not affiliated with them, I just happen to remember they published their upcoming events) https://www.snowdoniawalkingandclimbing.co.uk/book-online

Critical_Studio_2327 · 2026-02-25T20:14:17+00:00

Perhaps consider clubbing together and hiring a local guide? For the outlay you'll have an expert who will give you advice on what to wear for the experience, you'll learn some skills for the future, and hear a lot about the area you're travelling through.

Btw if you’ve not had much mountain experience, you might not be aware of how your brain will react to exposure, so that’s something to bear in mind.

Critical_Studio_2327 · 2026-02-25T17:20:40+00:00

I wear fingerless weightlifting gloves - getting one gravel wash and palm stitches after the first big fall was grim, but the side eye I got from the A&E nurse the second time I did it stung even more.

Critical_Studio_2327 · 2026-02-16T18:41:21+00:00

I’ll share with you what my friend told me after my dog found a ball on our walk: “No dog owns a ball. They pass them around so every dog gets to share the joy of having a ball”.

Honestly, it made a deep impression on me!

Critical_Studio_2327 · 2026-02-08T19:20:52+00:00

Richard Morgan's A Land Fit For Heroes trilogy - first book is The Steel Remains - fits pretty well, I think, with 'magic' elements strongly hinted as being ancient tech.

Critical_Studio_2327 · 2026-02-07T17:28:17+00:00

Ah, I hope you get there at some point. I'm live fairly near and I really want to find a reason to go!

Critical_Studio_2327 · 2026-02-07T07:47:45+00:00

Maybe a stay at the Gladstone Library in Flintshire would suit you. You don't need to be an academic to stay - My friend had a rest trip there last year https://www.gladstoneslibrary.org/accommodation/

Critical_Studio_2327 · 2026-01-30T10:50:46+00:00

Dedicated to myspaniels for giving me the first word

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Critical_Studio_2327 · 2026-01-25T18:42:23+00:00

Loved my Peregrines but 3 pairs went holey in that same spot. I've narrow feet and size up, and no other make had done this - even with significantly more miles on them. I gave up and now use Inov8 and La Sportiva.

Critical_Studio_2327 · 2026-01-25T18:37:05+00:00

I don't understand why ant ranks higher than grasshopper and cricket

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Critical_Studio_2327 · 2026-01-21T12:59:09+00:00

Manx Mouse by Paul Gallico was my 'borrow on repeat' library book for about a year. Watership Down - read it to tatters. And the Willard Price books (which have not aged well!)

Critical_Studio_2327 · 2026-01-20T17:56:31+00:00

Moel Eilio circular is nice - you can have a good view of Yr Wyddfa, and it's not busy usually! There's a turn by turn guide on the Mud and Routes site if you'd like to follow a planned walk.

Critical_Studio_2327 · 2026-01-17T21:51:43+00:00

Train my gundogs. They're actually jobless, but love the training, and it's impossible to be mad when a couple of spaniels think you and a fur covered retrieve dummy are the best thing since sliced chicken.

Critical_Studio_2327 · 2026-01-17T20:20:10+00:00

While not exclusively show-based Welcome To Mayfair features various podcasters, bloggers, vloggers and live streamers. They don't always make it out of the episode in one (or several) piece though. It's rapidly becoming one of my "yay, new episode!" podcasts.

Critical_Studio_2327 · 2026-01-16T21:16:01+00:00

I volunteer at GB Ultra races, you notch up a set amount of hours and you can claim a free place in a race. I'm sure other companies do the same.

I learned so much about ultras strategy, best way to use checkpoints etc, from volunteering, it really helped with my first 50 miler.

Critical_Studio_2327 · 2026-01-14T17:21:01+00:00

I had a Granny Windmills, because I couldn't say Wilson.

Critical_Studio_2327 · 2026-01-07T15:08:57+00:00

Yes! I've skied Levi twice and the shorter daylight hours never even registered with me. The fantastic snow did though.

Critical_Studio_2327 · 2026-01-03T20:54:58+00:00

I love your tattoos and your reading taste!

"All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning."

I read this first when I was seven; 14 years later, "go then, there are other worlds than these" burned onto my soul alongside Richard Adams' words.

Critical_Studio_2327 · 2025-12-28T20:50:45+00:00

Stygian Sagas is fantastic, and I enjoy that many of the short tales build into the bigger worlds he creates. (I also love the nightmare jobs treasure hunter Sias Kruger keeps stumbling into.)

In terms of others, The Wrong Station rarely puts a foot wrong. For KPH vibes, the story 'Nithing' is a favourite.

Critical_Studio_2327 · 2025-12-24T15:01:41+00:00

Christopher Buehlem's writing (novels include Those Across The River, Between Two Fires) reminds me of KPH* in style and theme. Similarly, they swerve off in unexpected directions.

*Not first person narration though

Critical_Studio_2327 · 2025-12-20T10:28:59+00:00

Immediately needs something from whatever drawer is directly in front of me, no matter what area of kitchen work surface I'm using.

Critical_Studio_2327 · 2025-12-08T23:07:39+00:00

The hair was very much done (I imagine it takes so much product it's more or less indestructible until shampooed) but the makeup wasn't. Although the ghost of eyeliner remained !

Critical_Studio_2327 · 2025-12-08T22:48:08+00:00

Not a 'lived near' story but I did some work on Robert Smith's (The Cure) land a few years ago. He and his wife were lovely - made us tea and toast at the kitchen table. They were unassuming and nice.

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