Saturday, 13 November 2010

Wednesday 10 November 2010 – Darwen Tower and White Nancy

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Last Wednesday JJ’s finely honed team of runners dragged me up Darwen Tower on a 14km recce for a fell running trip over Darwen Moor fo...
Friday, 12 November 2010

Tuesday 9 November – South African Memories

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On 28 April, Sue and I enjoyed giving a little slide show to the Stockport Walking Group .  It covered trips to the Drakensberg and the ...
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Tuesday 9 November 2010 - An Important Announcement and an Expectant Grandad

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Here they are on 24 July 2009 . Since then, Simon and Kate have been busy.  A sproglet is due to arrive on 17 May 2011. Congratula...
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Thursday, 11 November 2010

Sunday 7 November 2010 – Elite Karting

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My son in law, Simon (more about him in the next posting) kindly organised a trip to Elite Karting in Wigan. It took me over an hour...

Saturday 6 November 2010 – A Sunny Saturday Morning at Dunham Massey

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It’s a bit like April weather just now in the Timperley area.  Sunshine and showers. On Saturday Sue and I enjoyed a short visit to D...
Wednesday, 10 November 2010

Friday 5 November 2010 – The Bridgewater Way

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I frequently stroll down the section of the canal that runs between  Timperley and Sale.  Today, a gang of Polish workmen was install...
Tuesday, 9 November 2010

Thursday 4 November 2010 - Shutlingsloe

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Is it really January since I was last up here? Today I revisited that walk in the snow with JJ and Graham Brookes, this time on my o...
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Monday, 8 November 2010

Tuesday 2 November 2010 – The Trans Pennine Trail and the Bridgewater Canal

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We woke early, due to a loud bang in nearby Irlam.  A row of houses, wrecked by a gas explosion.  Not good. Rain was forecast, so it seeme...
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TGO Challenge 2011

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A satisfyingly weighty ‘plop’ through the letter box this morning brought the excellent news that Mike and I have been accepted for the...
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Friday, 5 November 2010

A Christmas Walk, and other stuff

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Those of you using Google Reader to view this blog may have noticed that I accidentally posted a round robin message, which you may also hav...
Wednesday, 3 November 2010

Summer

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It’s on dull, overcast, somewhat drizzly days like this that it’s nice to revisit images from earlier in the year, and re-live those lovely...
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Tuesday, 2 November 2010

Sunday 31 October 2010 – Autumn Leaves – A Circuit from Cressbrook

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An email from Sue and David drew us this morning to a 9.30am rendezvous, after a suitable lie-in due to the clocks going back, at Owl Cotta...
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Thursday, 28 October 2010

Ramsoc Weekend at Kettlewell – 23/24 October 2010

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  It seems no time at all since the last Ramsoc weekend, on which I reported here . This year was Sue W’s tenth in charge.  She tried to f...
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