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. Then my new dog Lucky The Dog who also died and now I have Ringo the daft Border Collie.
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Blots on the landscape. - Good evening. My delicious and filling lunch was a vegetable omelette. Mushrooms, cauliflower, broccoli and carrots, with grated cheese. Then I set off fo...
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16 to 19 January 2026 - A Visit to Home Farm Cottage, Napton, Warwickshire - * L to R: Gerry, Peg, Lyn, Sue, Robert, Martin, Chris, Jim, Louise* This is the group who for many years have been visiting Center Parcs ...
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A castle, the coast and a chapel - A castle, the coast and a chapel. January 23rd Unusually for Britain it has been a wet week so a shorter walk nearer home has been the suggestion. Walki...
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Discover the benefits of grounding - Earthing (sometimes also called Grounding) is the oldest conductive therapy of all time. More than that, it's 100% natural and more accessible ...2 days ago
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Wednesday 14 January - Drygarn Fawr & Carn Gefallt - It was -4 degrees as we set out from Rhayader this morning for the drive into the Elan Valley and even on first glance out of the window an hour earlier,...
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Hare Hill - We were on our way home, but had places to visit on route i make the most of our final day in Cheshire. Hare Hill is adjacent to Alderley Edge. In fact the...6 days ago
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thoughts on ice - For what seems like months - and indeed may actually be months - every path between house and barns and paddocks has been an unbroken sheet of thick ice....
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Once a community mug......... - * Sunday 10th January 2026* *A volunteers endeavours.* My local village hall was built in 1930 in memory of Richard Bentley Smalley whose family was hea...1 week ago
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Kayak Sailing & Camping - Bar doing a sailing exam; plus figuring food and rabbit logistics for multi-day bushcraft courses; the most intense and stressful job I had in 2025 was set...
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Hallowe'en Ceilidh - with thanks - *Our Hallowe'en Ceilidh at New Mills Town Hall raised a tremendous total of £982.06.* *Photos here.* *This has been equally divided between The Sea...
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A great ski guide – and a whole new way of seeing the Cairngorms - Book review: Skiing and Snowboarding in the Cairngorms National Park By Blair Aitken, Jamie Johnston, Katie Henderson and Scott Muir First things first: th...2 months ago
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The Troms Border Trail A solo trek from Sweden to Norway and finnishing in Finland The Abridged version - As is becoming tradition i ran away for my birthday again this year, this time i wanted to visit Norway and Finland so the Troms border trail was chosen. D...2 months ago
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Can a camping pillow make you happy? - 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.3 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🐾1 year 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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...8 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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