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Beards and Barbours! (1 Viewer)
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Geoff Brown
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Like on the Fast Show - This week I am wearing Rohan!
And not a badge to be seen. That's really letting the side down.Kiki said:So, what have you been doing for the last 20+ years, wearing them in for someone else? (no beard in this one, but what coat is that.....) ||
Me, I've been a Barbour and beard man for years. Not sure about the rewaxing though. I think I might go for a bikini instead.
Phil Carter
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Just thought I'd resurrect this thread (my first ever post) to say, 32 years on, I've finally re-ticked that Cory's and yes, I have got a beard.
Phil
John Cantelo
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When I started birding seriously in the 1960s barbour jackets were themselves a rarity amongst birders (or at least they were in southern England). It was the prospect of three weeks autumn birding on Fair Isle that made me concerned about getting decent waterproof gear. I reasoned that gamekeepers and the ilk ought to know a thing or two about good wet weather jackets so I popped down to my local huntin' and fishin' shop and bought a Barbour - a Solway jacket i think - in August 1972. It served me well for the next couple of decades. As I recall I was one of the first birders to wear a Barbour, but they certainly caught on a few years later!
West End Birder
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Name a song (1976) that includes Patchouli Oil in it.
I had a 911 until 2010, I think that was absolutely not the car to go birdwatching in, but I did, and it was a great car.
I seem to recall that dungarees were favoured by one of the famous ones - and also a shirt and thin tie by another?
I agree with the comment about shoes - other than decent walking shoes or my rather nice Berghaus boots, the rest of what I wear is what I would normally wear, except when I am playing cricket.
I had a 911 until 2010, I think that was absolutely not the car to go birdwatching in, but I did, and it was a great car.
I seem to recall that dungarees were favoured by one of the famous ones - and also a shirt and thin tie by another?
I agree with the comment about shoes - other than decent walking shoes or my rather nice Berghaus boots, the rest of what I wear is what I would normally wear, except when I am playing cricket.
Pinewood
New York correspondent
Hello all,
I believe that Tilley hats may be de rigeur on this side of the Atlantic, but once I did see someone in a Barbour coat. However, on my patch, those Austrian binoculars seem to be required kit, among the 'ladies who bird.' As I lay no claim to being an expert, I won't describe my apparel, or appearance beyond writing that I have no beard, and my clothing is rather ordinary. Before becoming an OAP, I used to wear a sports jacket of Irish or Harris tweed, tie and fedora or a Panama hat in the summer. However, I still wear a Royal Lighthouse Service wristwatch.
Happy bird watching,
Arthur Pinewood
I believe that Tilley hats may be de rigeur on this side of the Atlantic, but once I did see someone in a Barbour coat. However, on my patch, those Austrian binoculars seem to be required kit, among the 'ladies who bird.' As I lay no claim to being an expert, I won't describe my apparel, or appearance beyond writing that I have no beard, and my clothing is rather ordinary. Before becoming an OAP, I used to wear a sports jacket of Irish or Harris tweed, tie and fedora or a Panama hat in the summer. However, I still wear a Royal Lighthouse Service wristwatch.
Happy bird watching,
Arthur Pinewood
