Saturday, 22 December 2007

Friday 21 December 2007 - A Quiet Day’s Fishing, and a Frozen Canal

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First, it was supposed to be a quiet day’s fishing! But there was a good two inches of ice on the canal, so fishing (even if I had a rod) wa...
Friday, 21 December 2007

Thursday 20 December 2007 - A Visit to a Soil Farm

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It was a lovely day, so after an early lunch I went for a walk from New Moss Wood, by Cadishead. I’d never been there before – it’s not far ...

Wednesday 19 December 2007 - Shutlingsloe – The Matterhorn of Cheshire

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It’s the way traditions develop. Go on a particular outing that is enjoyed by all, and then make similar plans for the same time next year. ...
Wednesday, 19 December 2007

Tuesday 18 December 2007 - Highlights of the Year – Part 4 – New Year’s Day 2007

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We try to start with a good walk. It sets the year off with a good feeling. After a lovely meal at home with Mike (why should my 22 year old...
Tuesday, 18 December 2007

Monday 17 December 2007 - Hoary Plynlimon

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Today’s jaunt was triggered by a call on Saturday from an old friend who ‘needed a good walk’. He suggested joining us in the Glyders on Ne...
Sunday, 16 December 2007

Sunday 16 December 2007 - Market Day in Manchester

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A crowded tram sped into Manchester on this bitterly cold, overcast day. There was a warm ambience of excited children, and once in Albert S...

Saturday 15 December 2007 - Around Culcheth

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It was a lovely calm morning, with a bright winter’s sun trying to raise the temperature to above freezing. But, with jobs to get done, it w...
Saturday, 15 December 2007

Friday 14 December 2007 - Showell Styles (Part 2)

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I referred to Showell Styles in my brief entry on 4 October when I was (like today but worse) playing catch-up with the blog. This is the ma...

Thursday 13 December 2007 - Bird Life by The Bridgewater Canal

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A stroll down the canal today attracted the usual flotilla of Mallard, anxious to find small children with large crusts. The Mallard have be...

Wednesday 12 December 2007 - Highlights of the Year – Part 3 – Berliner Hohenweg - 27 July 2007

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The Berliner Hohenweg, or the ‘Zillertal Rucksack Route’ as Allan Hartley describes it in his Cicerone guide published in 2003, was my choi...
Thursday, 13 December 2007

Tuesday 11 December 2007 - Sunrise over Timperley

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On a crisp morning we enjoyed this beautiful introduction to a wonderfully sunny day during which the temperature hardly troubled the mercur...
Wednesday, 12 December 2007

Monday 10 December 2007 - UK Outdoor Bloggers Christmas Pantomime

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If you go down to the woods today you’re bound to be in for a surprise. This may well be a first for the UK outdoor on-line community. So pl...
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Tuesday, 11 December 2007

Sunday 9 December 2007 - A Sunday Stroll in the Best of Company

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Twelve people turned up for the pre Christmas Walk, as planned, though for some reason most of them parked some way down the road. Andrew wa...
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Saturday 8 December 2007 - The Battle of Culloden - April 16, 1746

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Is this suitable subject matter for an Outdoors Blog? I don’t know. But it did happen in the outdoors, so here goes. Whilst in Madeira in ...
Monday, 10 December 2007

Friday 7 December 2007 - The Munro Society

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A surprise item in today’s post was The Munro Society Journal – No. 1, 2007. I’m not an active member, having joined following my ‘compleati...

Thursday 6 December 2007 - TGOC Issues and ‘Digital Challengers'

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Alan Sloman’s blog on 3 December – please do read it – most eloquently describes a process of preparing for a particular outdoors challenge...
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Saturday, 8 December 2007

Wednesday 5 December 2007 - The Ship Inn and The Hanging Stone

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A break in the weather gave me the chance to nip out to The Ship Inn at Danebridge for a little circuit to clarify this coming Sunday’s rou...
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Tuesday 4 December 2007 - A New Camera

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At last. Sue has chosen her long-awaited birthday present. Here it is, and it looks fantastic. But the images will be huge, so careful editi...

Monday 3 December 2007 - Highlights of the Year – Part 2 – The Canadian Ski Marathon (CSM) – Saturday 10 February 2007

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This, my fourth CSM , was a great day. We were up at 6 am in our hotel in Montebello. After breakfast in the room shared by 5 of us we got t...
Friday, 7 December 2007

Sunday 2 December 2007 - Il-Quccija - A Maltese Celebration

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The Quccija celebrates a baby’s 1st birthday. At the Quccija guests consisting of relations and close friends are invited by the parents to...