Watching nature take its course, from the top of a hill in a rural area of northern England......
Here I write about this, that and the other; posts are about whatever catches my eye, or captures my imagination: my take on the world usually comes from a rural perspective, but I make no promises.......
I have a bit of a ‘magpie’ mind, it is eclectic and has a preference for collecting bright shiny things, so all bright shiny contributions are welcome as comments or emails........
We are a family of four; my self, Mr Uphilldowndale (Mr Uhdd), and our two boys, Tom aged 16 and Joe 14. In addition there's Dandy the cat and 5 maverick chickens and last but not least a young dog named Spud who has his own post every week 'Spud on Sunday'.
I love the landscape here and the wildlife, I have a special interest in lumps of rock, as you will see if you stay around for a while.......
Welcome to this blog, I hope you find something of interest, and if you do, please call again; next time you are passing.
Heather Uphilldowndale
I think this is where they got the idea
Thanks Stuart, I can see where they are coming from, this blog takes an interest in the making of TV commercials, followings Mr Uphilldowndales début in a commercial for Hovis Bread
Wonderful video and very much appreciate the post.
I would never argue with Vinnie. But now I have this curious urge to stride down the boulevard to a thumping disco beat.
I learned how to do CPR to the tune of “Nellie the Elephant”. Not sure which tune is more unsuitable to be sung (or hummed) when pounding on the chest of some poor soul!
I probably would argue with Vinnie – just for the heck of it, you understand. Mind you, my mother always said I could “start a fight in an empty hoose”!
It must be something about the way the shoulders take up the slack but neither of these two men seemed able to keep to the beat at all. I wasn’t sure if it was supposed to be two beats to the bar or one. I think maybe this wasn’t the best tune to choose, except that the words are perfect.
Like fee, I learnt to ‘Nellie the Elephant’… I believe there is an alternative of ‘Another One Bites the Dust’ by Queen, but as far as singing it out loud? It is even less appropriate than Nellie!.
That “Stayin’ Alive” refrain does word associate quite well with the kind of situation you’d need to use CPR in. However, there is an age cutoff below which “BeeGees” would provoke a look of total cluelessness.