Before my time too, Louise. I love that old stuff [koff....] Maggie - Its irony - a scouser (whom nobody can understand) doing a comedy scotsman (whom nobody understands) I think it's a poem by Ronnie Burns (Rabbie's incomprehensible cousin)
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.
GM Ringway Trail. Stage 12
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* Thursday 25th September 2025.*
*Stage 12 covers the route between the Bridge Inn on Edenfield Rd Norden to
Bury Metro station.*
Another lovely morning...
The art gallery in a church
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Good morning. It's the end of another week, and it is sunny outside. I am
feeling all the joys of spring.
Yesterday I had a look at the new exhibition at...
Hotter Than July
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This didn’t really belong in June’s post, nor will it sit comfortably with
what’s coming next – a weekend with old friends – so here’s a short post to
say ...
Tyne Green with the Greens
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Tyne Green with the Greens. September 21st
A Sunday walk with the Greens, another collection of happy older strollers.
Starting from the Tyne Green Coun...
Gear review – the Isobaa merino 180 SS hiking top
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Winter warmth, summer cool, a hiking top that does everything?
Love merino wool but sometimes find its fibres delicate on tough outdoor
days? This cleve...
morning chores for lily and violet
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*Note: I am still working on a borrowed laptop and cannot upload images or
access the thousands of images stored on my broken laptop. But I found some
draf...
HopGoblin Ceilidh, 1st November 2025
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*Supporting The Christie and The Seashell Trust:*
HopGoblin and Ye Olde Vic Band again join forces as HopGoblin Big Band for
a spooky ceilidh, so get you...
Cat Law and Creigh Hill
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Cat Law (NO 31888 61065; 670m) and Creigh Hill (NO 27078 59356; 498m)
Friday 29 August
*Start and End: *end of track to Corriehead, to E (no parking; I wa...
Anatomy of a bothy work party
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Everything had been planned in advance. We knew what we wanted to
accomplish, we’d gathered all the tools and materials we needed, and made
sure there woul...
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...
5 comments:
Sir, sir!! (Sittin' at t' back wi' me 'and up) but it's obviously waaaaay before my time. My brother was a fan. He's Much Older.
Loved it, but would need those last few sentences translated! Merry Christmas from the US.
Maggie
Before my time too, Louise. I love that old stuff [koff....]
Maggie - Its irony - a scouser (whom nobody can understand) doing a comedy scotsman (whom nobody understands) I think it's a poem by Ronnie Burns (Rabbie's incomprehensible cousin)
Do you know that's really spooky - not only do I love Christmas, we just happened to get a new carpet last Christmas too...
Eee you couldn't make it up, Chrissie...
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