Friday, 9 October 2009

Friday 9 October 2009 – John Beatty’s Wild Vision

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I’ve just returned from John Beatty’s excellent 2 hour presentation in Bolton to an audience of around 150. The promo video is below.  I ...
Wednesday, 7 October 2009

Tuesday 6 October 2009 - South Devon Coast Path - Day 4 – Teignmouth to Exminster

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A cheery breakfast prepared us well for the dampness outside. Waves crashed against the breakwater, denying us the low level route to Da...
Monday, 5 October 2009

Monday 5 October 2009 - South Devon Coast Path - Day 3 - Paignton to Teignmouth

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Drizzle splattered over the pavements of Paignton. Andrew decided to start the day as he had finished yesterday. On the bus. Yvonne, our lan...
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Sunday, 4 October 2009

Sunday 4 October 2009 - South Devon Coast Path - Day 2 - Dartmouth to Paignton

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We were greeted by a dull and overcast morning after overnight mizzle. But a full English had us champing at the bit for today's perambu...
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Saturday, 3 October 2009

Saturday 3 October 2009 - South Devon Coast Path - Day 1 - Torcross to Dartmouth

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24 hours after leaving home, Andrew and I finally made it to Torcross this morning, finishing our long journey on First's No 93 bus from...
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Thursday, 1 October 2009

Happy Birthday Blog!

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I started these scribblings on 1 October 2007 , exactly two years ago, so it is now six years since I was last in full time employment!...
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Tuesday, 29 September 2009

Sunday 27 September 2009 – The Macclesfield Half Marathon

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Last week Alastair mentioned that he had entered this local half marathon. I’d never done one, so, being free, I decided during the week ...
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Friday 25 September 2009 – Bike Route M4 – Roman Lakes, Rowarth and Mellor

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On the road again - as Phil celebrated a day on the open road (see here ) with Diana and Miss W, I enjoyed another largely off road pedal f...
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Friday, 25 September 2009

The Backbone of England

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Last night I enjoyed a trip to Littleborough at the instigation of former TGO deputy editor ‘Deputy Dawg’ John Manning , to an illustrated ...
Thursday, 24 September 2009

Wednesday 23 September 2009 – Last of the Summer Evening Walks

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Sue and I set off from The Swan With Two Nicks at 7.30, without even Andrew to accompany us.  The dusky light didn’t stop us wending ou...

Over there, Bob!

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Here’s my entry in Andy Howell’s competition . And for those of you needing the odd bit of kit - when he’s not setting fire to the co...
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Wednesday, 23 September 2009

Monday 21 September 2009 – The ‘Big Macc Ramble’

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I last did this on 24 July 2005. I know that because I wrote all about it here . It’s an excellent bike ride, with only one short sectio...
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The Timperley Triangle: The Bridgewater Canal, Timperley Station Canopy, and JJ

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If you have been reading carefully, you’ll know that these three icons of Timperley have recently been mislaid. Yesterday we saw our first...
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Tuesday, 22 September 2009

Sunday 20 September 2009 – A Taste of Trafford

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On a beautiful late summer’s day we wandered into Altrincham to sample the wares of a number of our local restaurants and other local and re...

Alpine Exploits – 27 August to 15 September 2009

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By way of an Index: Day 1   -   A Home from Home Day 2   -   Öeschinensee Day 3   -   Path Bagging in Kandersteg Day 4   -...
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Monday, 21 September 2009

Timperley Metro Station

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I used to commute into Manchester from Timperley Metro Station.  The canopy was really quite useful on wet days.  It kept the commuters dry....
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Sunday, 20 September 2009

Friday 18 September 2009 – Route E4 from Roman Lakes

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On a cool, dry, calm day, this bike ride was an ideal choice of activity.  It’s a shame it was cloudy, but you can’t have everything. Roma...
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