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Friday, 24 July 2009
Tam Lin
Just having a liddle experiment with Youtube... I like this song. I wonder if a wild camp at Carterhaugh might be a bit too spooky, though... Carterhaugh is quite near Selkirk and, apart from angry witches, was quite close to a war crime just after the battle of Philliphaugh which involved the drowning of several dozens of women and children in the river, held down by lances....their men were marched off and shot at Newark castle nearby. You wouldn't want to be there at night.... on your own.... bad dreams.... (shiver) .... probably just a fox calling.....or an owl silently flitting ghostly beside the riverside.....or the wind in the trees... hush and listen (to the hairs on your neck standing up a line at a time) You wont sleep again till dawn.
I am a retired NHS Personnel person. All I do nowadays is walk about.I used to have my pet dog Bruno with me, (in the front page pic). he was Superdawg but he died. Then my new dog Lucky The Dog who also died and now I have Ringo the daft Border Collie.
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Make Mondays Great Again.
The start of a new week, who knows what it will bring. I am starting with a
new video from Terry. The man with the musical ta...
Autumn in Allen Banks
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Autumn in Allen Banks October 8th
We have chosen this walk today as there is a fair amount of woodland and we
want to enjoy the autumn colours.
To re...
Bessyboot, Glaramara, Allen Crags, Seathwaite Fell
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A Friday in early July. Slightly out of sequence, since this was before my
second High Rigg walk with OGS. Why wasn’t I at work on a Friday? Well, it
was a...
A Postcard from Cornwall and Devon
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Hello from Princetown, where we have WiFi reception after a few days of
'phone/WiFi in Cornwall that wouldn't support a diary posting.
Our excellent ac...
Introducing my new podcast
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As October dawns, so does the weather. This is the time of year we can
expect unsettled and windy weather coming in off the Atlantic
Braeriach again, and back to the source
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Absolute delight. I let out a wordless exclamation from the sheer joy of
the moment. It hadn’t started that way. Morning at Corrour Bothy was windy
and dre...
fresh
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Guess who got a ride to a Farmers Market last week! So happy.
I'm lucky in that I can get most of my groceries delivered from WalMart,
but one thing I r...
Thursday 4 June - Carn Mor (NJ 265 183; 804m)
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*Start Point: *The Lecht Ski Centre car park
*Distance and Ascent: *13.3km, 420m
*Weather: *Sunny intervals with one (very cold!) shower
I'd thought that C...
Quencha MH500 walking boots.
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*May 19th 2026.*
We have been in North Wales for 2 weeks and just like the rest of the UK
the weather has been unusually cold and wet for May. Must be t...
Can a camping pillow make you happy?
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Time to swap that jacket stuffed dry bag for an actual camping pillow?
The post Can a camping pillow make you happy? first appeared on Fi Darby.
Beyond the Road:
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*Recollections From a European Cycle Tour.*
*Part One: *
A week ago, I boarded the overnight ferry from Saint-Malo to Portsmouth.
This marked the...
Cateran Trail..what a gem
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Day 1 Blairgowrie to Kirkmichael 24.5 km 523m ascent Day started dry but
with light rain coming in & staying for most of the day, so donned the
waterproofs...
2019 in Review
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April 2019 saw us celebrating our Silver Wedding Anniversary, so we hired
a campervan to have an adventure in Scotland. We spent a lovely few days on
a wh...
Happy New Year 2019 / 20
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Well hello from my local village green in between Christmas and New Year.
I'm still active on here although only just and wondering how many other
peopl...
Borrowdale
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A few photos from a couple of days camping in Borrowdale. Many thanks to
Mike for all his help.
Over the last few months my Parkinson's condition has worsen...
Kungsleden, part 1. Hemavan to Kvikkjokk.
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It's late in the day and overcast as we disembark from our flight to the
tiny town of Hemavan.
We unwrap our rucsacs and pack the flight bags and a coup...
Breaking Free.
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Life just seem to keep on turning………ying and yang, ups and downs, positive
and negative. The older one gets, the easier it is to understand and cope
with t...
msr night glow zipper pulls
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A simple and effective tent upgrade that adds less than 3g* to the shelter.
They are easily installed by looping through the zip and back through the
loo...
2 comments:
Ah, Sandy Denny had a voice that really couldn't be matched. She is sorely missed, Fairport have never been quite the same since her passing.
JJ
Sad but true John J.
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