Saturday, 25 December 2010

Wishing You a Very Merry Christmas from all at Timperley Towers

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And have a Brilliant 2011!
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Wednesday, 22 December 2010

Brussels sprouts gratin with bacon, cream and almonds

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“Dad, if we are coming to yours for Christmas Dinner, we must have ‘The Sprouts’.” “Or we may not come!” My dear daughter can be quite f...
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Friday, 17 December 2010

The Temperature Drops Again

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The mercury fell from 6C to 2C over a 30 minute period yesterday lunch time. It froze hard last night. Captain Beefheart sadly failed t...
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Tuesday, 14 December 2010

Sunday 12 December 2010 – A Stroll from Wettonmill

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The previous Sunday, the Manifold Valley had been engulfed in snow, with temperatures lower than –10C.  During the week a slow thaw had...
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Monday, 13 December 2010

Sunday 5 December 2010 – A Day out to Center Parcs, Sherwood Forest

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An early start saw Sue and I negotiate icy roads to reach Center Parcs by 9.30 for our annual visit organised by Robert and Lyn, who wer...
Wednesday, 8 December 2010

Interlude

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It’s not that I’ve run out of steam.  It’s just that sometimes there are lots of tasks that need to be done in priority to blogging. I’...
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Thursday, 2 December 2010

Moving House

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Our friendly neighbours, Barney and Carmen, have moved house. They took it with them! Barney moves house Good luck in your n...
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Wednesday, 1 December 2010

XXL Hillwalking Club – Annual Dinner Meet, 2010

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This entry is by way of a reprise of the past few days’ activities. A slideshow is here .  Click on each Day heading for the postin...
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Monday, 29 November 2010

An Epic Journey - Phase 2

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Stuck in a Morrisons car park with only a Test Match for company.... Bored with that, a bit of action with the ice axe and some feverish man...
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Sunday, 28 November 2010

An Epic Journey - Phase 1

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I knew it wouldn't be easy to get home, but going to Poolewe may have been easier than this. Thanks go to the XXL Club for a great ev...
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Saturday, 27 November 2010

Saturday 27 November 2010 - XXL Team Conquers Creag nan Gabhar

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I'm here in Braemar for the XXL (Aberdeen/BP Hillwalkers) Club Annual Dinner at the Fife Arms. [Not that I'm currently a member, nor...
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Friday, 26 November 2010

On The Road Again

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This morning's warnings of dire traffic conditions would work in my favour, I was sure. And so it turned out. The wintry cloud over ...
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Last Leaves / First Ice

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The Bridgewater Canal on Thursday.  Sadly I missed both the sunshine and the dancing ducks, but the transition from autumn to winter is c...
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Wednesday, 24 November 2010

Tuesday 23 November 2010 – The Langdale Pikes, The Greater Traverse, including a variant of Great British Ridge Walk, Number 13

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I was due to pick Rick up at 7.15.  The alarm rang at 6.30; Sue woke, assumed I had left the bed, and went back to sleep.  I didn’t hear ...
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