Postcard from Timperley

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Saturday, 20 June 2009

Saturday 20 June 2009 - Molveno

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Molveno is one of our favourite places. We reached here without a hitch and with the assistance of the local Tourist Information Office t...

Saturday 20 June 2009 - On our travels again

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We'll be up bright and early to fly to Milan, for a regular trip to the Dolomites.  We are staying with Collett's in Arabba (a...
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Friday, 19 June 2009

Topwalks Trips

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Just to let you know, evening walk venues for the rest of the year have now been 'planned' and are detailed here on our Topwal...

Thursday 18 June 2009 - Dunham Massey Ducks

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There are lots of ducks at Dunham Massey .  Mainly mallards, but here they come in many differing 'shades', from albino to the more...
Thursday, 18 June 2009

Wednesday 17 June 2009 - A Strutting Peacock in Swettenham

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The expected squadron of participants for tonight's walk failed to materialise following a stormy day.  It was just Andrew and I who sat...
Wednesday, 17 June 2009

TGO Challenge 2009 - A Slide Show

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  There's now a slide show - restricted to 100 images - click here . If you want to see the slide show in full screen mode, press F11...
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Monday, 15 June 2009

Saturday 13 June 2009 - Welsh Wales

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As you may gather from the previous entry, Sue and I nipped down to Dolgellau for the day, so as to join a few friends for an evening at the...
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Saturday, 13 June 2009

A Day Out

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A well preserved ancient stone circle forms part of the boundary of the cricket pitch. Where are we? Here's an extract from 'The Dol...
Friday, 12 June 2009

Canalside

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The Bridgewater Canal is now in its summer plumage. The bramble is in flower and the blackberry fruits are already forming. ...
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Thursday, 11 June 2009

Swine Flu - The Antidote

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Tuesday, 9 June 2009

June 1 to 6, 2009 - A Walk based on The Dales Way

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I'm not doing a detailed index for this trip.  To view all the postings, scroll down the page from here, clicking on 'Older Posts...
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Saturday, 6 June 2009

Saturday 6 June 2009 - Fair Weather Walkers

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This final 'mobile' image is of the disused railway viaduct at Hewenden - one of many fine man-made structures in the area. It was t...
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Friday, 5 June 2009

Friday 5 June 2009 - M & G Come For A Walk

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What happens? Mick and Gayle arrive, and it rains - it had started to 'spot' when the previous posting was sent. We had enjoyed some...
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Mick + Gayle Arrive

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It starts to rain!

Urban Arteries

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I'm now sitting on a grassy bank under a main road at (wrong - this was a new road overhead, waypoint 53 still being some way off!) way...
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Back on the Dales Way

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After pleasant South Pennine moorland from Ilkley, with curlews and plovers in plenty, the cotton grass has been replaced by the buttercup f...
Thursday, 4 June 2009

Thursday 4 June 2009 - The Dales Way

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I've not walked the Dales Way before, though I've covered most of it in day walks. I didn't walk it all this time, but it's ...
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White Wells

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This place must have some history that I'll research when I get home. Here's a link . It's deserted, apart from the Dog Walkers...

Wrong! This is The Swastika Stone!

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Curious?

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The Swastika Stone (I think)...
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