I especially like 3306.
Chuck Norcutt
Chris Barker wrote:
> I can't remember where Hamish McBeth was based, Bob, sorry.
>
> But where we were was pretty blowy on one day, up to 73kts reported at
> Stornoway, not many miles west of us across the sea. So the lochs had
> white horses:
>
> http://gallery.me.com/zuiko#100085/_9083255&bgcolor=black
>
> And although Loch Inver is a sheltered sea loch the wind was whistling
> up from the open sea at our cabin; this is it on a calm day:
>
> http://gallery.me.com/zuiko#100085/_9113302&bgcolor=black
>
> And the view across Loch Inver to part of Lochinver, with Suilven and
> Canisp cloud-capped behind:
>
> http://gallery.me.com/zuiko#100085/_9113301&bgcolor=black
>
> It's probably a little more isolated than where you live, but just as
> beautiful.
>
> Chris
>
>
> On 10 Oct 2009, at 20:11, Bob Whitmire wrote:
>
>> Ah, Penman. Rich, but deadly to some pens. Not so bad in others. I
>> think I actually have a bottle or two around here somewhere, though
>> I'm not sure I could lay my hands on them. I don't know Storm, but
>> I've heard of Claret. Never tried it. I've got an Omas red that I like
>> quite a lot. And there's an old Shaeffer, Persian something, that is
>> _really_ nice.
>>
>> That place in Scotland, not where the fictional detective Hamish
>> MacBeth hangs out, is it?
>>
>> --Bob Whitmire
>> www.bwp33.com
>>
>>
>> On Oct 9, 2009, at 1:27 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
>>
>>> Agreed! I received a couple of decent inks last Christmas: Caran
>>> d'Ache "Storm" and Yard-o-Led "Claret". I am still only halfway
>>> through Storm. I miss the Parker Penman inks, of which I have only a
>>> bit of "Mocha" left. Apparently it tended to block pens and Parker
>>> withdrew it several years ago.
>>>
>>> I don't have a view of the breakers here, but I know a lovely place
>>> on
>>> the northwest coast of Scotland that would fit that bill nicely ...
>> --
>
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