tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29070294.post3989218449789889728..comments2024-03-22T07:20:37.601+00:00Comments on Dave MacLeod blog: Leaving DumbartonDave MacLeodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02442169589581067050noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29070294.post-66180992734143937542007-07-08T14:18:00.000+00:002007-07-08T14:18:00.000+00:00I was at dumby last week, only my 4th time there b...I was at dumby last week, only my 4th time there but it was good to go back.I might never be able to work out quite why I feel so chilled when I go there or why I find it so appealing.In front of me was grafitti(of varying degrees of goodness) broken bottles, industrial units and screaming youths, but somehow, the "Im at the beach" feeling collided with all that and created a surreal wee fuzz in my head, part of my brain saying "be on guard, dont relax,radges and broken bottles in the same place, not good" with the other part saying "check the lovely stillness of the water, look at the lovely boats and the seaweed and the big volcanic beast im sweating up"<BR/>I like it and will be back, i found the rock hard to get on with 1st time there but its growing on me.<BR/>Also, I watched a young lad with full dumby high street youth suit (adidas trackies in white, international football top and tattoos) on the warm up wall and thought, cool, he might get into the climbing one day but is probly just having a pish about, then he walked down to the sea boulder and I noticed he was kitted in rock shoes and chalk bag.I thought, hes got it already, thats f*cking ace!!<BR/>Go on wee man!!<BR/><BR/><BR/>And to yourself Dave, Go on wee man!<BR/><BR/>Happy hunting in Lochaber.<BR/><BR/>All the best.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29070294.post-79731458376297605592007-07-07T07:52:00.000+00:002007-07-07T07:52:00.000+00:00I've been to Dumbarton once. It's an interesting m...I've been to Dumbarton once. It's an interesting mix, but driving from Glasgow to Dumbarton just left me with the impression that it's a very economically depressed place. That feeling carried over with me to the boulders, and I couldn't really get pysched about the place, what with all the broken glass around and men with a million tatoos walking their pitbulls. As a Yorkshireman brought up on grit, the place just didn't resonate with me. A shame really, as it's obviously very special to some people, but I didn't feel that magic when I was there. <BR/><BR/>Good luck with your move.James Ableyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10389773375250732709noreply@blogger.com