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This is the Second Edition (Revised & Enlarged) of a work that was originally published in 1974 (144 pages, cloth) and sold over 26,000 copies in the US alone. It was translated into French, German and Italian, and was also made into a movie, THE PERILS OF GWENDOLINE (1984, directed by Just Jaeckin). This revised edition was published on December 9, 1999, the birthday of `John Willie`, as well as the twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of the first edition. It contains 368 pages, which includes a wealth of previously unpublished and uncollected work by the artist. Also included in this expanded edition are 36 black and white reproductions of drawings and paintings (circa 1935-50), most from original artwork and all but 2 have never been published before. Along with the black and white illustrations are an equal number of full-color pages many of which are previously unpublished. The biographical introduction has been expanded to include much new information about J.W. - including 4 previously unpublished photographs of the artist!

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Sea kayaking round Morvern

A three day, 114km paddle round the Morvern peninsula via Loch Linnhe, the Sound of Mull and Loch Sunart.

Sunset in Loch Drumbuie, an offshoot of Loch Sunart.

Tides:

Lynn of Morvern/Loch Linnhe
NE flood -0545 HW Oban ((+0110 HW Dover)
SW ebb +0025 Oban (-0505 HW Dover)

There are some peculiarities in the tides here.

A narrow stream of the flood tide entering the Lynn of Morvern hits the

Metaphys 44113 Blanc Notebook

Note Booker Esq. kindly sent me his Metaphys 44133 blanc reporter's notebook after I "won" the giveaway he held late last year. Held up on its trans-Atlantic trip by winter weather and Christmas, it finally arrived here on 11 January 2011. My children were fascinated by it, mainly by its size: it measures a mere 104 millimetres long by 65mm wide and 9mm deep. It will fit completely within a standard 3x5 index card (see above).

One advantage of this small size is that it will fit comfortably in my shirt pocket, alongside a Uni Kuru Toga or my Pilot M90. Japanese pens and pencils seem to be a natural partner to this small but well-designed little notebook. Or is it a memo pad? The Engrish message on the front says:

METAPHYS Blanc is designed for drawing and taking a memo on the move

You would certainly have a hard time writing lengthy notes in this memo pad, unless you had really tiny handwriting. It's niche is, I feel, the quick note, telephone number, email address and so on. It is exquisitely made, though I agree with NB that it is expensive ($10.50 at Jet Pens). For that money you get a soft, fabric-clad cover, and a large number (I couldn't be bothered to count, ah wait a minute, the Metaphys website says 70) of white plain sheets of thin paper which is made seemingly from linen or cotton rag. This paper is, by necessity, very thin, as shown by the amount of bleedthrough in my fountain pen samples:

You should be able to see that the Diamine Woodland Green sample written with my M90 showed a lot of bleedthrough, more so than the Noodler's Bulletproof Black sample from my Pilot Capless. I tried out a number of types of pen and pencil, and concur with NB's findings that fountain pens can bleed a lot, and rollerball and felt pens less so, and ballpoints not at all. But the best partner to this memopad is a good old pencil, as the lines will not show through the thin paper.

One thing which struck me in this age of Moleskine and its assorted copies, is that the Metaphys Blanc lacks two of the essential elements of the classic pocket notebook: the page marker ribbon, and the elastic band closure. I find this a bit surprising. First, the cover does not close fully, but stays ajar; look carefully at the first picture. Second, this opening allows foreign objects such as crumbs, bits of fluff, hair, leaf mould etc to accumulate inside the notebook. I suppose the lack of these features marks out the Blanc as sufficiently different to all the Mole knock-offs on the market today, but I found that I missed them. The elastic closure is the most useful feature, in my opinion. In addition, the fabric cover also attracts hair and dust. In fact, I've just brushed off more biscuit crumbs from it.

In summary, then: this is a high-quality pocket memo pad for people with tiny handwriting and who need to keep a memo pad in their shirt pocket. It is pricey, but nonetheless a fine item, even if it could do with an elastic closure. I'll be using it in future.

Thanks again, NB.

ACT VETERAN CHAMPIONS WILL BE CHALLENGED AT NEW SMYRNA SPEEDWAY

For Immediate Release                                        ACT – 020311-10           Waterbury, VT –Veterans of the American Canadian Tour (ACT) will find plenty of eager young and veteran talent to challenge them at the inaugural Goodyear Speedweeks Cup event to be held at the New Smyrna Speedway during the upcoming World Series of Asphalt Stock Car racing this month.

 

Past American Canadian Tour Champions, Brian Hoar from Williston, VT, Karl Allard, Ste Felicien, QC, Donald Theetge, Quebec City, QC and Patrick Laperle from Ste-Denis sur Richeleau, west of Montreal, have all won multiple championships during their successful careers.   Hoar is a seven time and defending ACT Champion. He has been winning races at all levels of competition for nearly 20 years. After winning five ACT Late Model championships between 1993 and 2000, he moved over to the former NASCAR Busch East division. He became a top competitor, won Rookie of the year in 2001, a Busch East race at Thunder Road Speedbowl in ’03, and the yearly track championship at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in 2006.   “The New Smyrna events are going to be great for our team. First we want to have some fun. We also want to try and get some momentum heading into the coming season. I think this will be the ultimate ‘neutral track’ for all our teams. I guess Joey (Polewarczyk), Patrick (Laperle) and Eric Chase are the only guys to have been there. I might have to follow Joey around for a few laps, but we are kind of tired of finishing behind him after his great run last September. Hopefully we can turn that around in a few days,” said Hoar.   Theetge and Allard are two of the most successful short track ‘long track’ (tracks ½ mile or longer) stars in the ACT organization. Laperle is the only driver to win both the ACT US title and the ACT Serie Castrol title. Laperle has also competed, won, and nearly won the overall title in the crate division at New Smyrna Speedway’s 10 days of short track racing two years ago.     Joey Pole, from Hudson, NH is currently the leader of the pack among ACT’s 21 year-old and under group of talent. He won five races in the last half of the 2010 season, with two career highlights: in September, the ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and the 48th annual Milk Bowl at Thunder Road in Barre, VT. Among others, Pole will be joined by Série Castrol Rookie of the Year Alex Labbe from Ste-Albert, QC, and U.S. Rookie-of-the-Year runner-up Austin Theriault from Fort Kent, ME.     Long-time ACT followers will be surprised to see Mike Bruno from Rutland, VT returning to ACT after a number of years off racing on the former Busch East Series, the Dirt Modifieds in New York and Vermont, and more recently Dirt Asphalt Modifieds.   2010 Lee USA Speedway track champion, Wayne Helliwell, Jr. and Twin State Speedway, Claremont, NH champ Aaron Fellows have joined the field for the Goodyear Speedweeks Cup.   Twenty-eight teams from New England, New York, Quebec and Ontario will head south for the unique ACT twin 100-lap format event. Sunday, February 13th and Monday February 14th will start the 2011 stock car season for those teams. Northern style qualifying and double file restarts will be in effect. On Monday the best will have to come from the rear following results from Sunday.   The traditional New Smyrna Speedway World Series opens Friday, February 11 and continues until Saturday, February 19, 2011. The ACT events, February 13 and 14 will post at 7:30 each night.     For additional information contact the ACT office at 802.244.6963, www.acttour.com, or media@acttour.com.                                             -30-

 

 

 

All the essential sea kayaking elements round Morvern.

As we approached the head of Loch Sunart we came to the Liddesdale narrows. It was spring tides and the ebb rate runs out at 3.5 knots. We arrived at slack HW and negotiated entrance to the inner loch with minimal effort.

Garbh Bheinn (Garven) 885m dominated the view to the head of the loch. It is one of the highest mountains in Ardgour which borders the Morvern peninsula to the north.

The wind

Umbrellas in a sunny Loch Sunart.

After lunch we continued westwards, deep into Loch Sunart. As we passed  Rubha Aird Earnaich we were passed...

...by the Ronja Pioneer, a live fish carrier, which was making her way up the Loch to a fish farm. Once she had loaded with fish she would make for the fish processing plant in Loch Creran.

A nice westerly breeze got up and I soon hoisted my Flat Earth sail.

Not to be outdone, David

A post prandial doze under the ancient oak woods of Ardnamurchan.

From Loch Teacuis we crossed to the north shore of Loch Sunart...

...and landed at a lovely little beach under the ancient oak woods of Ardnamurchan.

David was a little too keen to land and he fell out of his cockpit, getting soaked in the process!

While David got changed, Phil and I started our luncheon. Out came oatcakes and a selection of fine mature cheeses, though we left the runnier

REVSTAR PR - Une première se transforme en exhibition

En l'absence d'un des réguliers, Jean-Nicolas Gareau qui n'a pu se présenter en raison d'un conflit d'horaire avec son nouveau travail et des déboires de Daniel Nadeau dès la première pratique, les organisateurs ont décidé que la course inaugurale sur glace serait remplacée par une course d'exhibition. L'entrée officielle est donc reporté à la semaine prochaine, lors de l'épreuve présentée à Repentigny.

 

La neige complique la tâche des pilotes REVSTAR Sur la surface de l'anneau de glace de Beauharnois, beaucoup de neige s'est accumulée rendant les conditions difficiles pour les pilotes, puisque les voitures REVSTAR sont de type "Open Wheels". Les roues soulevaient la neige rendant la visibilité pratiquement nulle. Derek White en relève ! Le pilote, qui avait loué la voiture 66, est également inscrit dans deux classes locales. Avec l'horaire chargé de la journée, c'était devenu impossible pour lui de prendre part à la série REVSTAR. Il a décidé de laisser le volant à son bon ami, Derek White bien connu des amateurs de Nascar. Après sa première présence en piste, Derek n'a pas caché sa joie : "Woow, ! quelle sensation." Malgré le peu de voitures sur la grille de départ, le spectacle a été relevé. Après la première séance de qualification de 8 tours chaudement disputée, les pilotes étaient de retour pour la première course (non officielle). Dès le début, une véritable bagarre s'est engagée entre Derek White et Gabriel Richer. White pouvait contenir les attaques de Gabriel Richer durant les 4 premiers tours, mais Richer s'est fait encore plus insistant, pourchassant le pilote de Nascar avec des attaques de tous bords, tous côtés. Richer aura finalement le dessus et parviendra à croiser le drapeau à damier en première place pour remporter sa première victoire de sa jeune carrière. Gabriel Richer était fier de pouvoir enfin savourer sa première  victoire et par surcroit devant un pilote aussi renommé que Derek White.  Les nombreux spectateurs ont bien apprécié la performance des pilotes de REVSTAR   Une première expérience qui s'est avérée plus difficile que prévue mais ce n'est que partie remise. Les organisateurs ne sont pas découragés et ils comptent se reprendre la semaine prochaine sur le petit Bristol de glace de Repentigny dans un programme organisé par Buddy Ford qui s'annonce dès plus prometteur. Nous sommes convaincu que la glace sera de très bonne qualité et qu'elle conviendra mieux à nos bolides. REVSTAR met tout en oeuvre pour avoir un plateau d'au moins 6 voitures au départ. La série REVSTAR tient à souligner l'excellent accueil des organisateurs de Beauharnois malgré des conditions de glace différentes de ce que nous nous attendions. Les amateurs ont eu droit à un excellent programme dans toutes les catégories. On vous donne rendez-vous la semaine prochaine, cette fois sera la bonne ! Vous pourrez assister à la toute première course officielle de la série REVSTAR sur glace. Une première à ne  pas manquer ! REVSTAR ABF http://www.revstar.ca Calendrier des courses sur glace Date Lieu Liens Gagnant Dimanche, 30 janvier Beauharnois Ici Gabril Richer * Samedi 5 février  Repentigny Ici à venir Dimanche 13 février  St-Guillaume Ici à venir CONGÉ week-end de course à Valcourt Samedi 26 fevrier  Ste-Eulalie Ici à venir Dimanche 27 février Mont-Carmel Ici à venir *Course hors championnat

 

Three jewels of Loch Sunart: Oronsay, Loch Teacuis and a buried diamond!

A little breeze soon cleared the mist from Loch Drumbuie as we headed off on the third and final day of our circumnavigation of Morvern.

We left Loch Drumbuie by its west entrance as it was still low water and the shallow eastern entrance was still dry.

We were now on a mini circumnavigation of the tidal island Oronsay which divides Loch Drumbuie from Loch Sunart. There are several Oronsays

NDS MOTORSPORTS PR - ANDREW RANGER FINISHES 22ND IN ALL-STAR EVENT

For immediate release NDS – 2010-01-29 - 001   IRWINDALE, CA — January 29, 2011 — Andew Ranger overcame a cancelled flight due to a snow storm, slept in an airport and survived 11 cautions to finish in 22nd place in the eighth running of the NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown, which brings together the top racers from across North America and has grown into the "Daytona 500 of short-track racing".

 

Ranger, the driver of the No. 35 Waste Management Recycling NDS Motorsports, lined up in 8th place for Saturday night's All-Star event after turning the eight fastest lap of all in time trials the night before.  Forty-six competitors, representing five countries, attempted to qualify for one of the forty starting positions in the main event.   The 225 lap NASCAR K&N Pro Series All-Star race was broken up into three segments.  After each one, crews were given 10 minutes to service the car before returning to the track in the same order they completed the previous one.   In the first segment of 102 laps, the Roxton Pond, Quebec native climbed as high as fifth place in the standings before fading back in the field when the car's handling changed.  "We qualified the race car under very hot conditions.  We adjusted the car's setup for the night time race, at first we were very competitive, we were battling in the top 10, but it didn't stick.  We must of went too far and I just could no longer drive the car, it wouldn't turn" said Ranger.  He finished the segment in 26th position.   In the second segment, from laps 103 to 198, Ranger still had his hands full behind the No. 35 Waste Management Recycling car steering wheel.  "During the competition yellow, we went too far.  We went from a tight car to a very loose car.  Already with 1 lap down, I lost two additional laps in the pits under green to fix the car's setup.  It went much better from that point on".   Ranger started the third segment and last 27 laps dash in the 27th starting position and took advantage of a much better handling car to improve his finish at the end.  He would cross the finish line in 22nd position three laps down to the leader.   Participating in his third Toyota All-Star Showdown, Ranger who was involved in an accident in 2007 and finishing 15th in 2010, he and the No. 35 Waste Management Recycling NDS Motorsports crew came to Irwindale, CA with very high expectations.  "Obviously, it's disappointing.  Everyone worked hard.  We tested before coming here and we had high hopes.  Missing the setup cost us a top five finish" added Ranger.    Instead of the win, the Vermont based team will return home with very important information about racing in the Southwest's temperature.  Instrumental information for the next race which will take place at Phoenix International Raceway on February 24th when they participate in the NASCAR K&N Pro West Series event.   ###   Source : NDS Motorsports             Steve Hibbard / Marc Patrick Roy

 

Dave Turns Five

Congratulations to Dave on the fifth anniversary of his Mechanical Pencils Blog.  His was one of the first pencil blogs I found in the internets, and it sets the standard which I have no hope of matching. 

Thank you very much for your contribution the pencilblogosphere, Dave!