Friday, 2 January 2009

Thursday 1 January 2009 - Hoar Frost on The Sandstone Trail

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Happy New Year! A short drive in freezing conditions to the Candle Workshops at Higher Burwardsley (SJ 521 563) saw Sue and I setting off...
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New Year's Eve Royalty

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Princess Kate and Prince Andrew were our hosts for New Year's Eve and are responsible for my aching shoulders, as they had a Wii for Ch...
Thursday, 1 January 2009

A New Year's Eve Engagement

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Congratulations to Kate, and to Simon who chose to prostrate himself in front of my daughter in the last hours of 2008. Our very best wis...
Wednesday, 31 December 2008

Saturday 27 December 2008 - Cartmel and the Ellerside Ridge

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This was our last walk of the year.  It was fitting that the sun beamed down on us all day from a clear blue sky, leaving us - despite the ...
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Tuesday, 30 December 2008

Boxing Day - 2008

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A family occasion: Enough to break the lens - I gave up at that point despite the plentiful ammunition. I'm sure any readers wi...

Christmas Day - 2008

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We enjoyed a lovely day, with a walk by the Bridgewater Canal, a fine meal, and an enjoyable session with a pile of pressies next to the tre...

Wednesday 24 December 2008 - Styal Woods

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The allure of 'a short stroll with a grandma' was enough to attract Rosemary and Lucy to these pages for the first time.  They usua...
Wednesday, 24 December 2008

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

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Seasons Greetings from Timperley to all our readers and correspondents. With our Best Wishes for a Happy and Active 2009 from Sue and...
Saturday, 20 December 2008

The Engadine - Switzerland

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We've been a bit quiet recently.  Not because we've been away.  We've just been under the weather and busy with a variety of ...
Wednesday, 17 December 2008

Sunday 14 December 2008 - A Christmas Bimble

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The Vanilla Kitchen Coffee Shop in Tideswell provided welcome refreshment for the crushed passengers of the small car after the winding roa...
Thursday, 11 December 2008

Wednesday 10 December 2008 - Shutlingsloe – The Matterhorn of Cheshire (again)

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Déjà vu Tradition dictated that Sue, Andrew and I gather at Trentabank at 7.30 on this December evening for our final evening walk of the...
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Tuesday, 9 December 2008

Via Ferrata Ivano Dibona - 20 July 2007

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This Via Ferrata has the longest ferrata bridge in the Dolomites. The route starts at Rifugio Lorenzi at around 2900 metres after a l...
Monday, 8 December 2008

Sunday 7 December 2008 - A Stroll by the River Dove

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Today Sue and I managed to escape from our sick beds (well, Sue has 'flu, I just have a bit of a cold) to join Julia after her annual tr...