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About Me
- Mike Knipe
- Crook, County Durham, United Kingdom
- 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.
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A dene, a sluice and a pond - A dene, a sluice and a pond. October 26th. A repeat of a walk we did with the Greens earlier this year, fairly short and local as the weather forecast t...
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Let's go to Matlock Bath. - Hello Spooky Sunday is here. So what did I do yesterday. I set off from home at 3.15pm and drove to Cromford in Derbyshire, arriving at 5pm. There was a ...
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Hanging Stones. - This was a walk long in the planning. Our friend J is a fan of the work of artist Andy Goldsworthy. When she heard about his Hanging Stones project from a ...1 day ago
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Scene of the crime - There’s not, to be honest, much of a view from the site. The foreground is all low-growing heather and heath, with a couple of rounded heathery hills frami...2 days ago
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18 to 20 October 2025 - RAMSOC goes to Haworth YHA - 35 former members of Ramsoc, Nottingham University's rambling society, plus hangers on like me, met for the weekend in Haworth's Youth Hostel, the exclu...
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Great Power Bank For The Wilds :) - Got given this power-bank/power-pack recently to try out. Delighted with it. In fact having been in the woods for the past seven days, bushcraft trai...
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when you least expect it - 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 ...
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The Best UK Destinations For Keen Hikers - 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...1 week ago
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GM Ringway Stage 14. Bromley Cross to Blackrod. - *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...1 week ago
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Blath Bhalg (NO 01938 61113; 640m) - 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...
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Can a camping pillow make you happy? - 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.3 weeks ago
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HopGoblin Ceilidh, 1st November 2025 - *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...
5 weeks ago -
Beyond the Road: - *Recollections From a European Cycle Tour.* *Part One: * A week ago, I boarded the overnight ferry from Saint-Malo to Portsmouth. This marked the...
10 months ago -
Pebbles And Islay Go Nadventuring - 🐾i’s dun a little vidio of owr adventures its only 5 minits long but better than mums vidios🐾1 year ago
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11 - 17 September 2024 - Braemar - 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 ...
1 year ago -
TGO Challenge 2022, Days 13-14, Tarfside to St Cyrus (published from a saved draft) - *DAY 13: TARFSIDE TO NORTH WATER BRIDGE* DAY 13, WEDNESDAY. RIGHT-CLICK TO ENLARGE IN NEW WINDOWDistance: 27.0 km Ascent: 150 m LOUISE & BARRY AT...
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Cateran Trail..what a gem - 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...2 years ago
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Read Before You Buy: RAB Electron Down Jacket for Women - I absolutely love this jacket and I can recommend it to hikers and campers. Its mid-weight size and warmth makes it amazingly versatile technical jacket. I...5 years ago
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2019 in Review - 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...
5 years ago -
Happy New Year 2019 / 20 - 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...
5 years ago -
Borrowdale - 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...
5 years ago -
FOR SALE: Gossamer Gear Mariposa (Robic version) Size M + Hip Belt (Price Drop) - *Gossamer Gear Mariposa* (*Robic version*) Size *M* + Size *S* Hip Belt *FINAL Price Drop. £120 delivered UK. * *If it doesn't sell, I'll keep it, the pri...
5 years ago -
Come on Heart: Pennine Way Day 4, Jack in at Jack Bridge - Manchester, 5.50am This is a post about how I lost my love of backpacking and why I gave up walking the Pennine Way. Was it difficult to write? Definit...
6 years ago -
Kungsleden, part 1. Hemavan to Kvikkjokk. - 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...
6 years ago -
Wainwrights - Low Pike and High Pike from Ambleside - From the parking in Ambleside (£7.00 and toilets not open first thing) we (Moira, Graham and Sandra) headed up the Kirkstone road for a few hundred metres...
6 years ago -
The Arctic Trail – Kautokeino to Kilpisjärvi pt4 (mountains and waterfalls) - The Arctic trail starts at Kautokeino in the far north of Norway and heads south for approximately 800 kilometres. It crosses into Finland and Sweden, fini...7 years ago
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Breaking Free. - 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...8 years ago
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msr night glow zipper pulls - 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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