Saturday, 10 November 2007

Saturday 10 November 2007 - A Grand Day Out

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After the usual leisurely start (this is a holiday), we drove up to Ribeiro Frio. It wasn’t too cold so we dropped Dave (Billy No Mates) off...

Friday 9 November 2007 - Last of the Summer Wine Go Levada Walking

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There they are – Foggy, Compo and Clegg, alias Keith, Dave and Alan, all in step, having fun on the Levada do Norte. Today we were joined by...
Friday, 9 November 2007

Thursday 8 November 2007 - A Day of Four Halves

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1. Levada do Canico Dave and I drove up to Camacha for a third time to enjoy the levada walk down to Assumada which we have both appreciated...
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Wednesday, 7 November 2007

Wednesday 7 November 2007 - Another Victim

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Topwalks Extreme Trips proudly announces that it has another victim to add to the growing list. Readers from the UK should bear in mind that...

Tuesday 6 November 2007 - Return to the Levadas of Madeira

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After a bit of a shock for Dave involving some ‘Chocolate Covered Cornflakes’ – an interesting start to the day – we grabbed Alan from two f...
Tuesday, 6 November 2007

Monday 5 November 2007 - Mission Accomplished

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Well, as you can see from today’s photograph of 'sunshine over Canical', yesterday’s resolution has been achieved by this smug corre...
Sunday, 4 November 2007

Sunday 4 November 2007 - Fog over Cheshire

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Well, yesterday’s weather forecast said today would be sunnier. So we postponed our planned walk to today, when the Yellow Orb would shine b...
Saturday, 3 November 2007

Saturday 3 November 2007 - Miscellany

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The Villain Whilst I have to admit to being one of those people who can find Jim Perrin’s TGO magazine contributions a little hard going, th...
Friday, 2 November 2007

Friday 2 November 2007 - A Postcard from Timperley

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I have been to work today, and have an exciting evening ahead. So this is a genuine ‘Postcard’, of this morning's view from the towpath ...
Thursday, 1 November 2007

Thursday 1 November 2007 - Bye Bye Bus

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It is the end of a minor era. Today I had my last drive in the car that we have enjoyed using for trips over the past three years. It has be...
Wednesday, 31 October 2007

Wednesday 31 October 2007 - A Dental Problem, and a Via Ferrata

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I have a sweet tooth. I have always had a sweet tooth. This has led to most of my teeth having been filled, and those fillings become old a...
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Tuesday, 30 October 2007

Tuesday 30 October 2007 - The Bonington Boys

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The gear shop I mentioned yesterday as having latterly been occupied by Nevisport was, as I said, once a fine retail outlet. It must be abou...
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Monday 29 October 2007 - “It’s Been Emotional”

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Firstly, I forgot yesterday to thank the good people of Alderley Edge, particularly the residents of Marlborough Avenue, for their generosit...
Monday, 29 October 2007

Sunday 28 October 2007 - Familiar Ground, Unfamiliar Weather

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J & J stayed over and after our statutory extra hour in bed and a leisurely breakfast we headed off to Alderley Edge for a stress free s...

Saturday 27 October 2007 - Heliskiing

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This evening we enjoyed the company of John and Janet. I worked at the same firm as John for many years until leaving in 2004. Now he has re...

Friday 26 October 2007 - A Golite Quest

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I have a shiny new rucksack. An impulse buy. Being in the Malvern area, I felt a compulsion to visit Bob and Rose, who we discovered in thei...

Thursday 25 October 2007 - The Malvern Hills

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After a few gloriously sunny few days it was disappointingly overcast as Sue and I set off from British Camp with Julia, Ian, Caroline, Mega...
Sunday, 28 October 2007

Wednesday 24 October 2007 - The ‘GTA’ or Grande Traversata Delle Alpi

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The final map for our two month trip based on the GTA route, planned for next July and August, arrived today from Stanfords. The whole set w...
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Tuesday 23 October 2007 - A Nice Place To Work

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On this Glorious Autumn Day I chatted for a while with the sun-tanned guys on our local ‘dredger’ whilst they ‘cleansed’ the canal of the e...
Saturday, 27 October 2007

Monday 22 October 2007 - Coots and Trout

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Casting back to our recent walk up Lathkill Dale, one of the most common residents is the ubiquitous coot, many of whom were nesting on isla...