Friday, 22 July 2011

Tuesday 19 July 2011 – A Cheshire Ramble

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Steve and JJ sometimes lead walks for the East Lancs Group of the Long Distance Walkers Association (LDWA).  They have an idea that the ...
Thursday, 21 July 2011

Sunday 17 July 2011 – Training for the Cairngorm Challenge (aka ‘A Wet Day in the Peak District’)

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No, I’m not entered for the Cairngorm Challenge . But Richard is entered for the 100km Gold Route, and is trying to build up his fitness ...
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Wednesday, 20 July 2011

Saturday 16 July 2011 - Training for the Jungfrau Marathon (aka ‘A Wet Day in the Peak District’)

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No, I’m not entered for the Jungfrau Marathon . But Alastair is entered, and is trying to build up his fitness for the event on 10 Septem...
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Tuesday, 19 July 2011

Friday 15 July 2011 – Lantern Pike

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Tonight seven stalwarts of our evening walks congregated in The Pack Horse in Hayfield, under gathering skies. Rain was expected, but on...

Friday 15 July 2011 - Timperley to Sholver by Bike

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Sholver is a little north of Oldham. Kate lives there. The journey takes about 40 minutes by car. I’m in the habit of trying to combine f...
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Tuesday, 12 July 2011

One For The Road

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Happy Days in the Maritime Alps - here's a pic that missed the cut a few days ago. Note that I've now replaced the original image...
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Monday, 11 July 2011

A Stroll from Tende to La Brigue

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6km, 400 metres ascent, 3 hours, lots of flowers. Waking to another bright sunny morning (once the shutters had been opened) we enjoyed a...
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Sunday, 10 July 2011

A Day in Tende

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After nine consecutive days of exercise we've taken a day off. We waved goodbye to James and Helen, who are off to walk the 'Mon...

Saturday 9 July 2011 - A Walk from Refuge des Merveilles

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16km, 600 metres ascent, 7.7 hours. Today we completed the 'Mont Bégo Loop', all the way back to Casterino by 3.45, in plenty of ...
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Saturday, 9 July 2011

Friday 8 July 2011 - A Walk to Refuge des Merveilles

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12km, 1300 metres ascent, 6.25 hours. Having shed James and Helen from the reconstituted 'famous five' yesterday, we shed Susan t...
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Friday, 8 July 2011

Tende

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We are back in France. Here's the view from the balcony of our private room in Tende's gite d'étape. Yesterday afternoon Da...
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Thursday, 7 July 2011

Thursday 7 July 2011 - An Alpi Marittime Trek, Day 6, Rifugio Pagari (2650m) to San Giacomo (1210m)

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11km, 250m ascent, 5.4 hours. Trek Totals - 80km (50 miles), 6000 metres ascent, 40 hours including breaks. Last night we enjoyed our b...
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Wednesday 6 July 2011 - An Alpi Marittime Trek, Day 5, Rifugio Soria-Ellena (1840m) to Rifugio Pagari (2650m) via San Giacomo (1210m)

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18km, 1500m ascent, 7.3 hours. Yesterday's picture, if it wasn't obvious, was taken whilst we were enjoying a pot of tea outside ...
Wednesday, 6 July 2011

Tuesday 5 July 2011 - An Alpi Marittime Trek, Day 4, Rifugio Remondino (2430m) to Rifugio Soria-Ellena (1840m)

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13km, 1000m ascent, 8.4 hours. (All timings on this trip include stops. Gillian Price's book provides accurate walking times.) Anoth...
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