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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.
Three pussies.
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Good morning. Coffee drunk, egg custard eaten, now I am going to visit
three pussies.
Please can I go outside now?
I'm alright, I'll stay here, snoozing...
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but has barely ...
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*Tuesday 13th August 2024.*
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*Start/End Point: *Coniston
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Another wee bit of scribbling
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OS map LR 42 January
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