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. Then my new dog Lucky The Dog who also died and now I have Ringo the daft Border Collie.
Today is the day. 5th June 2026
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It pains me to post this. Did you know that today is World Environment
Day. I will post some of the text from the web site here. Copy and paste. I
am no...
Upper Wharfedale and Cow Close Gill
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In brief, a walk from Buckden to Hubberholme, Yockenthwaite, Cray, Cow
Close Gill and back to Buckden. Our party had fragmented again. The Tower
Captain ha...
Wednesday 3 June - Cook's Cairn & Corryhabbie Hill
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*Cooks Cairn (NJ 302 278; 755m) and Corryhabbie Hill (781m)*
*Start Point: *Allenreid car park, at the end of the minor public road
running SE from Tomn...
The Manchester 10K Run, and a bit of Jazz
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On 31 May 2026, 'Team Owen' took part in the Manchester 10 kilometre race,
together with over 38,000 other runners. Owen overcame his difficulties to
fin...
We're going down to the woods today
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We're going down to the woods today! May 29th.
We have not walked in Thrunton Woods for a couple of years so off we go on
what is promised to be a hot d...
Quencha MH500 walking boots.
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*May 19th 2026.*
We have been in North Wales for 2 weeks and just like the rest of the UK
the weather has been unusually cold and wet for May. Must be t...
still with the markmaking
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Daily Markmaking is now in year nine. Can you believe it? I had to check it
twice.
Yesterday was #3048: this very small section of a very large red oak
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Welcome to spring
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I’ve always loved the mountains in winter, from early experience of
climbing hills in the snow as a teenager to later years of more technical
challenges st...
Hallowe'en Ceilidh - with thanks
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*Our Hallowe'en Ceilidh at New Mills Town Hall raised a tremendous total of
£982.06.*
*Photos here.*
*This has been equally divided between The Sea...
Can a camping pillow make you happy?
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Time to swap that jacket stuffed dry bag for an actual camping pillow?
The post Can a camping pillow make you happy? first appeared on Fi Darby.
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...
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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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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