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Tuesday, 13 November 2012
Get Up and Go (To Buttermere
This is me off to Buttermere for some walking about, some eating, some drinking and some TGO 2013 route planning. I have maps, I have er... thingy and I have the will to implement it, whatever it is.
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.
Ghostly !
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Is anyone watching Jeanlouis Reels on facebooook? Photo's and short videos
keep popping up here. Don't know who is posting them. They are mostly short
v...
Skylark
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The mountains are alive with busy skylarks at the moment. This is what a
skylark sounds like, although you won't see it 🙂 This was a beautiful warm
sunny...
Friday 28 March 2025 - Hockenhull Platts
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We were booked into the Wildlife Photography exhibition at Chester Zoo at
17:40, so it was worth leaving home after lunch and ticking off one of Tony
B...
Whinlatter and Lord’s Seat
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The day after my Sour Howes outing with S. The MWIS forecast suggested
total cloud cover in the South Lakes but some chance of cloud free summits
in the No...
Dukesfield, Dipton and the Devil
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Dukesfield, Dipton and the Devil
Today we're off to walk from Slaley, a string of a village high above
Corbridge. Head west on the A69, turn off at the...
The Great Tommy Sleep Out ---Completed.
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*24th March 2025.*
On A very pleasant evening Gordon (Who hasn't been in a tent for longer
than he can remember) and I fulfilled our task for "The Great...
triangle
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Today is the anniversary of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in
New York, which left 146 dead. Ultimately, the Triangle fire was a major
catalys...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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