This is Oli.
Oli was a founder member of the Dales Walk last year. He also helped plan the thing, raised a hell of a lot of money, and created the walk’s logos that you can still occasionally see littering the internet today.
Oli is also a confirmed member of Team Ocelot for next years Hadrian’s Walk, and let me tell you we’re extremely lucky to have a man of such enthusiasm and joviality along with us (plus his mum really knows how to shake a charity tin).
However there is one thing that worries me about Oli. Take a look at what he’s been doing over the past couple of months:
I’ve emailed him a couple of times to ask exactly why he’s built a medieval siege engine in his back garden, but have yet to receive any reply. My only conciliation is that he lives in Scotland, and is therefore too far away from my house for me to worry about big rocks being launched through my bathroom window whilst I’m on the bog.
I suppose the fact he lives in Scotland is an explanation in itself. An Englishman in a foreign land has to defend himself somehow I’m afraid, and if he can perhaps convert the machine to fire haggis and deep friend mars bars into a neighboring garden then maybe he can distract the marauding Scots long enough to make a speedy getaway.
Anyhow, whatever the reason for it’s creation, you have to admit that Oli’s trebuchet is a thing of beauty and I applaud his genius. I’m even tempted to build my own siege engine and challenge him to a life sized game of crossbows and catapults.
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When I’ve worked out why I’ve built a Roman siege engine, I’ll let you know…
@Oli, Roam eh? Hadrians Wall. You live in Scotland. it’s all starting to make sense.
who needs a why for something so awesome!
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@Arjan, that’s what i’m sure my workmates say about me behind my back.
It is truly a thing of beauty. Looking forward to meeting Oli, even if he’s on the other team. :D
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@Jo Beaufoix, he’s on our team, unless of course you’ve defected to their team, in which case he’s still on our team but not your team.
I’ve been watching the video Oli and i could be wrong, but i think you need a more ridged pivot.
He is bringing that thing on the walk, right? If anyone is too tired to carry on, they can be flung from place to place.
@Idaho Dad, yeah he’s bringing it, but you’re carrying it.
I want one! Where can I buy one of these?
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@Sam, try making Oli an offer. It is after all Mark III, so there must be two others hanging about his back garden somewhere.
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That could surely catapult me a mile or two, if needed?
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@Xbox4NappyRash, at least. Perhaps we could spend the next year or so manufacturing an entire chain of them so we can just be flung from point to point the whole way.
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