Postcard from Timperley

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Friday, 24 June 2011

Wednesday 22 June 2011 – Wheeling and Walking in the Peak District

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Today Sue was booked in at a function in Baslow to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of Andrew Montgomerie’s ordainment as a vicar. I decided to...
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Tuesday, 21 June 2011

Summer in Timperley (2)

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Back home in Timperley, our swans have produced two youngsters. The towpath is fairly dry, apart from at a spot where a water main ...
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Saturday, 18 June 2011

A Dales High Way - Day 8 - Newbiggin-on-Lune to Appleby-in-Westmorland

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21km, 300 metres ascent, 5.7hrs incl stops. Weather: rainy all morning, overcast afternoon with more rain later. Gayle - good to hear f...
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Friday, 17 June 2011

A Dales High Way - Day 7 - Sedbergh to Newbiggin-on-Lune (Brownber Hall)

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19km, 850 metres ascent, 5.7hrs incl stops. Weather: cloudy morning turning to drizzle for a couple of hours from 12 to 2, then sunny period...
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Thursday, 16 June 2011

A Dales High Way - Day 6 - Chapel-le-Dale to Sedbergh (Holmecroft B&B)

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25km, 800 metres ascent, 7.5hrs incl stops. Weather: emerging from an early heavy shower, a pleasant, cool day with sunny periods. No of com...
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Wednesday, 15 June 2011

A Dales High Way - Day 5 - Giggleswick to Chapel-le-Dale

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24km, 800 metres ascent, 6.7hrs incl stops. Weather: heavily overcast, with a light shower in the afternoon. We decided to start from R+J...
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A Dales High Way - Day 4 - Malham to Stainforth

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17km, 600 metres ascent, 7.0hrs incl stops. Weather: fine and sunny Phil - thanks for your comment, if you want to wild camp this route it w...
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Monday, 13 June 2011

A Dales High Way - Day 3 - Skipton to Malham(Beck Hall)

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22km, 700 metres ascent, 7.0hrs incl stops. Weather: starting as heavily overcast as is possible without it actually raining, then a bit of ...
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Sunday, 12 June 2011

A Dales High Way - Day 2 - Ilkley to Skipton (Chinthurst B&B)

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19km, 530 metres ascent, 5.1hrs incl stops. Weather: fine morning, steadily clouding over, maturing into a drizzly afternoon. After a bright...
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Saturday, 11 June 2011

A Dales High Way - Day 1 - Saltaire to Ilkley (Craiglands Hotel)

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17km, 500 metres ascent, 3.7hrs incl stops. Weather: fine, with sunny periods and a brisk SW breeze on higher ground. Another day, another t...
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Thursday 9 June 2011 – Deepest Cheshire

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In view of the formidable sound of this evening stroll: “An adventure with Notchy - Deepest Cheshire - starting at 7.30 pm from The E...
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Friday, 10 June 2011

2 to 6 June 2011 – A Long Weekend based at Windermere Youth Hostel

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There were eleven participants on this trip.  Whilst youth hostels aren’t particularly cheap these days, this one at Windermere has been...
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Monday, 6 June 2011

Summer in Timperley (1)

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We are back here for a few days (for the benefit of Gibson) after a very summery trip to the Lake District on which I will report later i...
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Thursday, 2 June 2011

Wansfell

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Here we are, in the sunshine with the pixies for a few days of R+R. I'm taking a short break from mobile blogging whilst we are here,...
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