Thursday, 12 August 2010

A Short Journey in the Peak District - Part 2

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Yesterday’s return from Bonsall to Marple was as enjoyable, if less eventful than the previous day, which featured sections of bridlewa...
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Wednesday, 11 August 2010

A Short Journey in the Peak District - Part 1

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Just a taster tonight, as it has been a longish day. Setting off from Graham's house in Marple worked well (Roman Lakes having refused t...
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Monday, 9 August 2010

Sunday 8 August 2010 – A Bimble around Tideswell

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Sue W organised this bimble (thank you, Sue), and nine of us turned up reasonably on time at the car park just south of Tideswell. Sue ...
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Saturday, 7 August 2010

Monday 2 August 2010 – Dunham Massey and a Banded Demoiselle Damselfly

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After noting recently that the ‘rare’ Banded Demoiselle Damselfly is the emblem of the Mersey Vale Nature Park, it was still somethin...
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Thursday, 5 August 2010

Thursday 29 July 2010 – A circuit from Wrenbury

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Our jolly little band of five assembled in the busy Cotton Arms and waited.  “ Trekking Britain (aka Jamie) might arrive” I pronounc...
Wednesday, 4 August 2010

Thursday 29 July 2010 – A Trip to Lyme Park

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“A little less than 50 years ago the Marple Aqueduct was close to ruin. After gradual decline due to lack of maintenance over many years,...
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Tuesday, 3 August 2010

Wednesday 28 July 2010 – Goodbye Swifts

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Our swifts arrived in mid May whilst I was walking across Scotland.  They’ve been living in our eaves just above the study window for ...
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Monday, 2 August 2010

Friday 23 July 2010 – The ‘Big Macc Ramble’

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Hello all, apologies for the recent hiatus.  I’ve been taking a break.  I’ll now try to catch up… Some ten days ago I revisited this ...
Monday, 26 July 2010

Some Evening Walks

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Just in case any of the local (to Timperley) bloggers may be interested, a list of our evening strolls for the rest of the year is here ....
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Three Weeks of Sunshine

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It’s nearly a week since we returned from our sojourn in the sun to the world of anaemic coffee and disintegrating sun tans, though nobod...
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Monday, 19 July 2010

Piazzo dei Signori - Treviso

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We enjoyed a short, sunny, sedate journey, then booked into the Continental Hotel (where we have a comfortable air-conditioned room, albeit ...
Sunday, 18 July 2010

Our Last Day in the Dolomites

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Whilst Sue enjoyed a flower bagging foray from Chalet Angelo onto the Pralongia plateau, I enjoyed my final day here with Dan from Collett...
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Collett's (Corvara Section) 'A' Team summits Sassongher!

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Saturday, 17 July 2010

Monte Cavallo

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This morning the chairlifts from Pedraces took Sue and me painlessly up 700 metres to Rifugio San Croce, from where path number 7 led us for...
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Friday, 16 July 2010

The Esoteric World of Alpine Flora Identification

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Today we joined Graham and Jackie and an assortment of Collett's guests (Maggie and Ada) for a rummage in the sunny meadows and rock fie...
Thursday, 15 July 2010

Piz da Lech and an Italian Sandwich

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This was my first Via Ferrata route for some time. Sue went for a walk to the Nuvolau with Chris, Helen and Simon, and various others from ...
Wednesday, 14 July 2010

A Short Walk up Sas Ciampac

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Wednesday is a day off for Collett's staff. There were no organised activities for us to be sociable on, and others felt our own plans ...
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Tuesday, 13 July 2010

The Azalea Walk

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The 30 minute chairlift ride from Pedraces got 15 of us up from 1350 to 2045 metres, a satisfactory way to start the gently descending path ...
Monday, 12 July 2010

A New Home in Corvara

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The previous posting may be deceptive - it's just a small sliver of a wide panoramic view of hazy rock peaks for as far as the eye can s...