Ok, ta for the japes everybody - the truth is (wait for it...) the truth is that it's inscibed on the door of a commercial premises in the lovely village of Bowes at the Eastern end of Stainmore Pass on the beautiful A66. An odd thing to draw on your door...
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.
Birds eye view.
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I'm trying to sort this drone thingy out. The trees keep getting in the
way. 🌲🌳🌴
That's a bit better. Looks like a nice park.
Oooops, nearly hit the ...
Ysgyryd Fawr (SO 33118 18283; 486m)
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13 July
Start Point: National Trust car park on S side of hill
Distance and Ascent: 4.6km, 290m
Weather: sunny and hot (30 degrees), but with some fluf...
Embleton to Craster and back
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Embleton to Craster and back.
"It was a sunny day,
Not a cloud was in the sky"
Another heat wave, another walk on the coast to take advantage of a cooling ...
Night Kayaking In West Cork, Under A Full Moon
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What a job; what a night [image: 🙂]
Full moon rising, stars, baby seals calling through the darkness, barking
fox, magic bioluminescence everywhere, and ...
Blooms, views and an angry falcon
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It was one of those weekends I might not have bothered if I hadn’t already
said to pals I’d be there. The weather forecast was pretty gloomy: low
cloud, ra...
mornings
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The best time to take photographs these days is 5:30 in the morning. This
is also the best time to hang up the bird feeders, refresh the water
troughs...
Fellfoot Drove Folds. Worse Again.
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Into April. The first day, in fact, of our Easter holidays. We had
something on that afternoon, I forget what, and so needed a relatively
short outing. The...
St. Georges castle . Argostoli
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*Wednesday18th June 2025*
Greece is so Soporific.
It’s tough getting your mindset in place to do long walks here. The heat is
draining.
Our day star...
GM Ringway, Stage 6
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*In the beginning..... *
From the *Greater Manchester Ringway* website:
The GM Ringway is Greater Manchester’s walking trail.
"Designed around existing ...
My camps of 2024
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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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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Knipe Towers.
Shrouded in mystery??
The gates of hell?
On second thoughts, it could be wallpaper for a Goth's bedroom.
It is Mike's Knipe Towers front parlour.
Is it Time Team does Fred West's back garden?
(Sorry....)
Goole?
Ok, ta for the japes everybody - the truth is (wait for it...) the truth is that it's inscibed on the door of a commercial premises in the lovely village of Bowes at the Eastern end of Stainmore Pass on the beautiful A66.
An odd thing to draw on your door...
Goole ! Arf!
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