This ditty is for all, or at least, any, of my friends who are currently suffering from the Shingles. Eat More Fruit! You know it makes sense.
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About Me
- Mike Knipe
- Crook, County Durham, United Kingdom
- 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.
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GM Ringway Trail. Stage 12 - * Thursday 25th September 2025.* *Stage 12 covers the route between the Bridge Inn on Edenfield Rd Norden to Bury Metro station.* Another lovely morning...
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The art gallery in a church - Good morning. It's the end of another week, and it is sunny outside. I am feeling all the joys of spring. Yesterday I had a look at the new exhibition at...
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Lowland Leader Assessment - Cork; And Lowland Leader Training - Wicklow - *Lowland Leader Assessment* coming up in Glengarriff, with some spots available, 4th-5th Oct. *Mountain Skills 1* (beginner friendly), Glengarriff, 11th-1...
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Win an ICE Trike Cycling Experience at a National Trust Location - The Outdoor Guide has teamed up with ICE Trikes and the National Trust to give one lucky winner the chance to enjoy a unique cycling experience3 days ago
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Sunday 21 September 2025 - Hootin' Annies Big Band at Sale Conservative Club - My musician son, Mike, has secured a position as guitarist in The Hootin' Annies Big Band. It's a group of 17 musicians with a singer who enjoy getting...
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Hotter Than July - This didn’t really belong in June’s post, nor will it sit comfortably with what’s coming next – a weekend with old friends – so here’s a short post to say ...4 days ago
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Tyne Green with the Greens - Tyne Green with the Greens. September 21st A Sunday walk with the Greens, another collection of happy older strollers. Starting from the Tyne Green Coun...
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Gear review – the Isobaa merino 180 SS hiking top - Winter warmth, summer cool, a hiking top that does everything? Love merino wool but sometimes find its fibres delicate on tough outdoor days? This cleve...1 week ago
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morning chores for lily and violet - *Note: I am still working on a borrowed laptop and cannot upload images or access the thousands of images stored on my broken laptop. But I found some draf...
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HopGoblin Ceilidh, 1st November 2025 - *Supporting The Christie and The Seashell Trust:* HopGoblin and Ye Olde Vic Band again join forces as HopGoblin Big Band for a spooky ceilidh, so get you...
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Cat Law and Creigh Hill - Cat Law (NO 31888 61065; 670m) and Creigh Hill (NO 27078 59356; 498m) Friday 29 August *Start and End: *end of track to Corriehead, to E (no parking; I wa...
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Anatomy of a bothy work party - Everything had been planned in advance. We knew what we wanted to accomplish, we’d gathered all the tools and materials we needed, and made sure there woul...1 month ago
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My camps of 2024 - Not many camps this year, but some interesting ones. First camp of the year was in March on the Corfu trail, an interesting bivvy first of all on a picnic ...9 months ago
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Beyond the Road: - *Recollections From a European Cycle Tour.* *Part One: * A week ago, I boarded the overnight ferry from Saint-Malo to Portsmouth. This marked the...
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Pebbles And Islay Go Nadventuring - 🐾i’s dun a little vidio of owr adventures its only 5 minits long but better than mums vidios🐾11 months ago
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11 - 17 September 2024 - Braemar - 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 ...
1 year ago -
TGO Challenge 2022, Days 13-14, Tarfside to St Cyrus (published from a saved draft) - *DAY 13: TARFSIDE TO NORTH WATER BRIDGE* DAY 13, WEDNESDAY. RIGHT-CLICK TO ENLARGE IN NEW WINDOWDistance: 27.0 km Ascent: 150 m LOUISE & BARRY AT...
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Cateran Trail..what a gem - 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...2 years ago
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Read Before You Buy: RAB Electron Down Jacket for Women - I absolutely love this jacket and I can recommend it to hikers and campers. Its mid-weight size and warmth makes it amazingly versatile technical jacket. I...5 years ago
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2019 in Review - 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...
5 years ago -
Happy New Year 2019 / 20 - 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...
5 years ago -
Borrowdale - 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...
5 years ago -
FOR SALE: Gossamer Gear Mariposa (Robic version) Size M + Hip Belt (Price Drop) - *Gossamer Gear Mariposa* (*Robic version*) Size *M* + Size *S* Hip Belt *FINAL Price Drop. £120 delivered UK. * *If it doesn't sell, I'll keep it, the pri...
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Come on Heart: Pennine Way Day 4, Jack in at Jack Bridge - Manchester, 5.50am This is a post about how I lost my love of backpacking and why I gave up walking the Pennine Way. Was it difficult to write? Definit...
6 years ago -
Kungsleden, part 1. Hemavan to Kvikkjokk. - 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...
6 years ago -
Wainwrights - Low Pike and High Pike from Ambleside - From the parking in Ambleside (£7.00 and toilets not open first thing) we (Moira, Graham and Sandra) headed up the Kirkstone road for a few hundred metres...
6 years ago -
The Arctic Trail – Kautokeino to Kilpisjärvi pt4 (mountains and waterfalls) - The Arctic trail starts at Kautokeino in the far north of Norway and heads south for approximately 800 kilometres. It crosses into Finland and Sweden, fini...7 years ago
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Breaking Free. - 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...7 years ago
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msr night glow zipper pulls - 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...
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5 comments:
Ah the genius that was Spike Milligan
Thanks Mike. I appreciate the sentiment.
Haven't seen this before...makes ye smile!
Loved Spike since I was a kid. Indeed a genius of the highest order.
Word: ampses (n) an Orcish term for electricity.
Thanks each - I liked the way they flirted in the middle....
My grandson liked the hair loss at the end...
ampses - arf...!
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