Aiming-Off
by Gnasher the Dog (aka Mike Knipe)

This refers to a situation when your aim isn't quite right. As in "Your aiming was off"

Obviously, if you're tossed a Spillars Shape and it bounces off your nose and disappears into the grass, then this is a case of the tosser (and I really do mean that), having "aimed-off"

What it has got to do with navigation is a complete mystery, except, maybe, that the resulting search for the delicacy will be so disorientating that you don't know which way you're pointing.

My advice is to hand your dog a sweetmeat nicely. Don't just chuck it. Good grief! We won't bite your hand off y'know! Well, not unless you're a coalman, a postman, a paper boy or the Avon lady.

Useful phrase: "Aiming off? Not me! You could end up anywhere"

© Mike Knipe. Mike Knipe is an experienced outdoor enthusiast, walk leader and writer who has worked with Durham County Council and English Nature (aka Natural England).

Other articles by Mike Knipe on go4awalk.com include:

The Mike Knipe Column

The Art of Getting Lost . . .

How to start Peak Bagging . . .

How to sound like a walking expert . . . (writing as Gnasher the Dog) and

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