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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.
DIY health care
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Good morning. With the NHS seemingly unable to keep up with the demand for
their services, why not check out some private health care providers. No
need...
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...
special delivery
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I get a lot of deliveries. Without a vehicle, it's the only reliable way to
Get Stuff Here. Some of the drivers will bring packages to the top of the
dri...
From the Tyne to the Wall, almost
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From the Tyne to the Wall. June 27th
Back in Northumberland after the Cotswolds Way today's walk starts and
finishes in Corbridge. The small town on t...
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...
A weekend saved on Sgor Dubh
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I’ve written about the Sgor Mor-Sgor Dubh massif before but it’s such a
braw and extensive area that it’ll do no harm to mention it again. I was up
at Bob ...
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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