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Saturday, 25 September 2010

Peebles – Moffat: Earwiggo

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It has been a busy week.  A South West Coast Path summary will follow in October, but in the meantime feel free to peruse a slide show.  T...
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Friday, 17 September 2010

Friday 17 September 2010 - South West Coast Path - Chideock to Abbotsbury

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Distance: 20km Ascent: 590 metres Time: 5.5 hours including stops Just a brief entry for now, as we return home tonight and I can't do t...
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Thursday, 16 September 2010

Thursday 16 September 2010 - South West Coast Path - Seaton to Chideock

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Distance: 23km Ascent: 950 metres Time: 8.0 hours including stops After Notchy's early morning Light and Sound Show, and a fine breakfas...
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Wednesday, 15 September 2010

Wednesday 15 September 2010 - South West Coast Path - Sidmouth to Seaton

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Distance: 15km Ascent: 830 metres Time: 6.5 hours including stops After yesterday's gloom and overnight rain, we woke to blue skies and ...
Tuesday, 14 September 2010

Tuesday 14 September 2010 - South West Coast Path (SWCP) - Exmouth to Sidmouth [Aka More Adventures with Notchy]

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Distance: 22km Ascent: 850 metres Time: 6 hours including stops Picture: before the final section to Sidmouth, with tomorrow's route obs...
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Sunday, 12 September 2010

Saturday 11 September 2010 – The Langley 11 – and a Slight Misunderstanding

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    It’s always good to catch up with old friends.  Alan and I worked, for different firms, on the same cases in years past, with happy o...
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Thursday, 9 September 2010

Thursday 9 September 2010 – Another ‘Big Macc Ramble’

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It was a pleasure to be back on the old boneshaker today, for a two hour buzz around this familiar route .  Despite some rain, the sun ...
Wednesday, 8 September 2010

Monday 6 September 2010 - A Stroll from Knonau

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The local farmers were busy with their late summer activities as I started through the pretty village on an amble that had a final destinati...
Tuesday, 7 September 2010

Going Home - Torbole to Manchester

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Saturday: Josef's Ford Transit Estate Van proved an ideal way of transporting us and the bikes to Dornbirn, being rather more convenien...
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Friday, 3 September 2010

Friday 3 September 2010 - Chilling Out in Riva/Torbole

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Wow! A lie in! From my bed I could see green hillside merging into grey cloud that concealed the summit of Monte Baldo. But as the sense...

Transalp '10 - Epilogue

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Regular readers will know that I find this 'post trip' entry necessary as a means of inserting an index and some links to try to mak...
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Transalp '10 - Day 8 - 2 September 2010 - Val d'Algone to Torbole

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Route: Albergo Brenta – Preore – Tione di Trento – Storo – Passo di Tremalzo - Passo/Bocca di Various (circa 1800m) - Pregasina – Riva – Tor...
Thursday, 2 September 2010

Torbole - we've Arrived

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Here's our view, earlier this afternoon, from above Pregasina. Riva is hidden to the left, but our destination, Torbole, where we ar...
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Transalp '10 - Day 7 - 1 September 2010 - Dimaro to Val d'Algone

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Route: Dimaro – Madonna di Campiglio – Lago di Val d´Agola – Passo Bregn del Ors (1836 m) – Val d'Algone (Night: Albergo Brenta) Distan...
Tuesday, 31 August 2010

Transalp '10 - Day 6 - 31 August 2010 - La Baita to Dimaro

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Route: Val Rezzalo – Passo dell´Alpe – Passo Gavia (2618 m) – Pezzo – Ponte di Legno - Passo del Tonale – Ossana - Dimaro (Night: Jolly Bar/...

Transalp '10 - Day 5 - 30 August 2010 - Arnoga to La Baita

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Route: Arnoga – Passo di Verva (2301 m) – Eita – Grosio - Sondalo – Le Prese – Fumaro – Baita Rezzalo (Night: Rifugio La Baita) Distance: 4...
Sunday, 29 August 2010

Transalp '10 - Day 4 - 29 August 2010 - Lü to Arnoga

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Route: Lü – Alp Champatsch – Pass dal Fuorn – Alp da Munt – Buffalora – Jufplaun – Lago Livigno – Passo di Fraele – Lago di San Giacomo – Tr...
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A Sunny Day in the Alps

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We are taking it easy. It's a short day, so there are plenty of stops to admire views like this one, on the Swiss/Italian border beyond...
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Saturday, 28 August 2010

Transalp '10 - Day 3 - 28 August 2010 - Zernez to Lü

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Route: Zernez – Susch – Ardez – Scuol – San Jon – Val S-charl – S-charl – Alp Astras – Passo da Costainas (2251 m) – Lü (Night: Gasthaus Hir...
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Friday, 27 August 2010

Transalp '10 - Day 2 - 27 August 2010 - St. Antönien to Zernez

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Route: St. Antönien – Küblis – Klosters – Laret – Davos – Dörfji – Flüelapass (2383 m) – Susch – Zernez (Night: Hotel Bär) Distance: 60-65 ...
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