Saturday, 30 January 2010

Saturday 30 January 2010 – A Blue Sky Day…

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It’s always a good title - ‘A Blue Sky Day’, and it certainly was just that today. It was cold again – about the same as yesterday – aroun...
Friday, 29 January 2010

Friday 29 January 2010 – Brass Monkey Weather

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On Monday it was +9C in Ottawa.  Today it was –20C.  Taking account of wind chill, say –30 to –35C in Gatineau Park. Both Ken and Helen sk...
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Thursday 28 January 2010 – Meals on Wheels

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Sue and I are very familiar with the ‘Meals on Wheels’ concept as we frequently entertain our friends at their houses, so that the childr...
Thursday, 28 January 2010

Wednesday 27 January 2010 – A Bimble in Gatineau Park

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A routine sort of day really – I dropped H off at work then it was back home for breakfast and ski waxing before the short drive to P10 (Par...
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Wednesday, 27 January 2010

Tuesday 26 January 2010 – The Canadian War Museum

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Helen and I entertained ourselves today by visiting this museum .  It’s only a couple of miles away but this was H’s first visit, apart from...
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Tuesday, 26 January 2010

Monday 25 January 2010 – Rain, a Film Show, and some Chance Encounters

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Here’s Ken, aka ‘summitboy’ , tending assiduously to Sunday’s excellent BBQ.  At the time it was still around –10C, but then… …it warmed...
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Sunday, 24 January 2010

Sunday 24 January 2010 – Lac Philippe

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“Where’s Martin?” someone asked.  Yes John, I spent hours and hours trying to find Willie with my children, so I wouldn’t want to waste any...
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Saturday 23 January 2010 – A Trip to the Champlain Lookout

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No John, this isn’t Egypt, it’s back to weather that’s a reminder of Timperley during the first week of 2010. Today’s conditions were p...
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Friday, 22 January 2010

Leaking Skies over Timperley

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Here’s the canal today.  Still frozen, but grotty.  There’s even a palette on it in the distance.  The ice is remarkably thick, but gen...
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Tuesday, 19 January 2010

TGO Challenge 2010 – A Route is Born

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Late last night I finally pressed the ‘send’ button, delivering my route across Scotland in the last two weeks of May to be vetted. I...
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Friday, 15 January 2010

Friday 15 January 2010 – Shutlingsloe in Winter

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I think the only thing that got me out of bed on this rainy (the first for ages) morning was the fact that two rendezvous had been arra...
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Thursday, 14 January 2010

Wednesday 13 January 2010 – Deepest Cheshire

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Since Saturday we have endured a slow thaw under heavy skies, with the ground in Timperley becoming slowly icier.  It has not been exactly ...
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