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.
Oh dear.
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Monday 20 October 2025 20:47, UK
A major outage caused by an issue at Amazon Web Services affected hundreds
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Gardening Leave
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Wednesday A post to cover the remainder of the first fortnight of our
summer break, after our North Wales trip, excluding a couple of away days
(of which m...
when you least expect it
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A post about food.
Since discovering Extra Extra Coarse Bulgur a few years ago, it's been a
staple in my pantry. I stopped cooking with rice; I find the ...
The Best UK Destinations For Keen Hikers
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The UK is one of the best places in the world when it comes to hiking and
walking holidays, and you would not really need to look elsewhere to get
your wal...
GM Ringway Stage 14. Bromley Cross to Blackrod.
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*Tuesday 14th October 2025.*
To get to the start of the walk for 9.15 meant we had to get a bus to
Castleton (Manchester), then the train coming from Ro...
Climb each hill like it’s your last
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The picture shows an old man lying in the heather looking across a loch at
a great cliff face. The cliff is the massive Creag an Dubh Loch and the man
is D...
A Walk from Alwinton
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Alwinton, Puncherton, Rookland. Not Carey Burn. October 10th
It's quite some time since we gadgies walked from Alwinton, a village in
Coquetdale, nestli...
Blath Bhalg (NO 01938 61113; 640m)
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2 October 2025
*Start: *Parking area at track end to W
*Distance and ascent: *7.1km, 380m
*Weather: *Heavily overcast with low cloud base and mizzly until th...
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.
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...
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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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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