This is a personal blog mainly to do with hillwalking things but with other stuff as well.....maybe the odd rant..
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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. Now I have Lucky the pup. He's a bit like Bruno, only smaller and more suspicious.
What's in a name?
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What's in a name? There were various versions of my name when I was a
nipper, because no one could say it correctly, as spoken by my German
mother. Gran...
Monday 25 November 2024 - Newborough Forest
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We left our nice house at Henllys and drove to Newborough, from where a
lovely woodland walk through Newborough Forest led to the coast near
Llanddwyn ...
Oxenber Woods and Smearsett Scar
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The Sunday at the end of Whit week. I decided to make good on an old
promise to myself to come back to Austwick to explore Oxenber Woods, where
I knew from...
Stannington Vale
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Stannington Vale November 22nd.
It has been seasonally cold, the day's are shorter so a local easy walk
seemed like a good idea. For various reasons we ...
barn update
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The goat barn has a new and improved roof:
For comparison, the roof on April 4:
It took months to decide what to do with the barn. In June I set up my ...
Overnight in Glen Banchor
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Scotland is such a good place for wild camping, the autumn colours are so
lovely just now, and I was owed a night in a tent after last weekend’s
adventur...
Dispatches from my bicycle
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Before I set off on this trip, there were a few specific things that I
hoped to see and do. Dreams, if you will. One was to cycle over the Simplon
Pass. A...
Campervan capers
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At a bit of a loose end after my Swedish trek & needing a break, I packed
up the campervan & headed to Scotland for a wander & called in on Matthew
on the ...
A brief visit to Skipton. Yorkshire.
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*Monday 30th September - Wednesday 2nd October.*
The drive from home to Skipton was horrible as the weather was shocking and
the spray from trucks and v...
11 - 17 September 2024 - Braemar
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The 70 mile drive took longer than usual, mainly because of heavy traffic
in Perth, but it was a pleasant journey all the same with me in the
motorcaravan ...
Lyme Park to Buxton, 18th July 2024
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A text message from my mate Vinny suggested we might go for a bit of a
walk, he quite fancied Lyme Park to Buxton. It promised to be a nice day,
so w...
Reflections TGO 24
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This Challenge was important.
I needed to complete my 9th Challenge, I needed to successfully cross
Scotland so I can try to get my 10th next year. It's...
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...
A wet, windy wander
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My friend Chris suggests a couple of night's backpacking, away from our
home in the Peak District and leaves it me to choose. After some thought I
suggest ...
Another wee bit of scribbling
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OS map LR 42 January
In need of a breath of fresh air, I took the night coach north. Changing
at Glasgow, it was on to the Fort William train. The weat...
Happy Christmas 2020 ... if that's possible !!
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Well Hello, just wanted to wish anyone reading this a Happy Christmas with
a scene from my local village in the Derwent Valley North East. I'm not
sure h...
Wainwright’s - Fellbarrow and Low Fell
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From the parking at Waterend we followed the Bridleway opposite towards
Miresyke. As we climbed up the views opened out over Loweswater towards
Burnbank F...
Under the Northern Lights
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The previous week had been frustrating. I was 430 kilometres north of the
Arctic Circle and the Aurora forecast had been good. Whilst deep in the
wildernes...
Here I Go Again!
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On Friday I arrived home from a day of tiring work. Feeling jaded and ready
to pounce on the nearest thing that irritated me, which turned out to be
our un...
msr mini groundhogs
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An easy way of losing weight from your rucksack is to replace the the tent
pegs that come with your shelter. Whilst these aren't necessarily poor
qualit...
The Sappers’ Bothy
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I’ve noticed folk referring to ascents of Ben McDui remarking on passing
the ‘ruined hut’ – or the Sappers’ Bothy if they know the name – as a sign
that th...
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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