By: Blonde Two
We Blondes are out on expedition at the moment. We will be waking up in our favourite cow pen this morning and setting off across Dartmoor again once we have managed to swallow our porridge. So here is a story that I have been saving for you:
A year or so ago, the Two Blondes found themselves, as they have a few times before and since, waiting for Ten Tors teams in a minibus. This time we were accompanied by a trio of blokes and, when banter had run out, we decided to play a game.
The game is all about finding out what your Mountain Guide name should be. I am fairly certain that Bear Grylls rejuvinated his ursine childhood nickname when he decided to abandon his career in flower arranging in favour of macho adventuring. Before that, he was probably named Alstromeria Grylls. In order to develop your own uber-macho Mountain Guide name, you have to put together the name of your favourite chocolate bar and a popular make of power tool (you may note from the names in the title that we Blondes quickly ran short of power tool knowledge). Our very favourite is Yorkie Bosch and the poor chap who invented it is called it still by his Blonde friends (we think he secretly likes it).
So, Blondees and Blondettes, have a go and inventing your own Mountain Guide names and do please share. If you are feeling clever, you could look at the two names in the title of this post and guess which belongs to which Blonde. We may or may not tell you if you are correct!
We (the family) do North American Indian names.
Daughter Jill is High Horse (was a career teacher until made redundant last week but the characteristics remain).
Me – Furrowed Brow – I’m not sure why, but I worry about it sometimes.
There have been others including Yellow Fang, but this was all many years ago and I have forgotten most of them.
My blog gravitar arises from my middle name Hugh being synonymous with Sir Hugh Munro compiler of the 284 Scottish three thousand list which which I have completed. That has been a disappointment to occasional American visitors to my blog who got excited about the prospect of claiming association with the British aristocracy.
My sympathies to High Horse with the redundancy thing. I think we may be (with your permission) stealing your name idea sometime soon for the blog and for our youngsters!
Your message has been passed on to daughter – thanks.
Permission granted for the name game. I will be looking forward to the results. Remember, no modern words and the bias towards subjects from flora fauna and the world of nature in general.
The best I can do under your rules is: Aero Decker.
Aero Decker sounds dignified but very knowledgable – he will have walked some impressive places and have some stories to tell!
I’m KitKat Karcher. Miaow!
She sounds like someone who likes to go places … not sure which places though!
Mine is Black Flake!
Or maybe Flake Black …
Boost DeWalt at your service ladies…
Well hello there …
Twix Ryobi – needed b&q to help me with the power tools!
Me too – the boys are doing much better at this but they could be making the power tools up for all I know!
Does it have to be chocolate, or can I please be Sherbet Fountain Braun?
or maybe Spangles Kenwood?
(How many fellow blog watchers can claim to remember spangles?)
If it must be chocolate, then how about Rollo Panasonic B.M.
(BM bread maker)
Spangles Kenwood sounds good to me 🙂
Spangles Snap-On. I sound more like a Vegas chorus girl…..
I think you might have hit on another type of name entirely there!
Loving Bean Machine from Montezuma I guess that makes me Bean Axminster