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Friday 1 October 2010
Intermission and Apportionment of Responsibility
Yet another of one of those long gaps is now about to happen during which most of my readers disappear. This time I'm off to Wales to bag Berwyns and other stuff near Y Bala
First of all, I’d just like to remind peeps about the competition. There’s not been many entries. the prize is a merino wool buff. Its very nice. if nobody wins it, I get it. All you have to do, folks, is send me a message with the name of a Yorkshire Dales 610 metre high hill on it. Its not rocket science. You might win – gwan give it a try. To win, the hill name must be the one that I intend to do last in my series of Yorkshire Dales hills since October last year. There’s only two left – this is a strong clue – it’s a hill which is close to another one. And it’s in Yorkshire. A comment on this post, or the other one, will do nicely. In the meantime, the video below provides a nice scapegoat for the damage to Alan Sloman’s digits.
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.
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...
Baileguish to Newtonmore
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Friday 4 October
*Distance and ascent: *9km, 100m
*Weather: *overcast with one shower and a few other passing spots of rain.
My day started with a burs...
Antisocial behaviour
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Fly tipping is getting worse. People have so much stuff they want to get
rid of. Easy to dump it wherever they like. Some people are disgusting.
Busy today...
Uprising
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Photos from two mid-March local weekend walks. I took my camera, rather
than just my phone, and with the sun shining and no leaves on the trees,
conditions...
Four go off to Lindisfarne
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Four go off to Lindisfarne. September 27th
Holy Island, also known as Lindisfarne, is a small island off the coast of
Northumberland. Famed for the foun...
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 ...
A Short Swedish Hike Over Legendary Epic Scenery
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between the rains
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For weeks, it seems plants have been waiting for the sun.
The jewelweed, usually knee-high or maybe waist-high, is over my head in
places -
but has barely ...
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...
En Patagonia: Chapter Twelve
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I caught an early bus from El Chaltén– the first of three buses that day. I
got a great seat – top deck, front row. I watched the landscape change –
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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...
4 comments:
Probably not been paying attention........Baugh Fell.
Enjoy Wales.
I'll have a stab at Ingleborough seeing I did it in May.
Birks fell ?
i'm going to go with the great shunner fell.
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