Monday, 20 February 2012

Sunday 19 February 2012 – The Gatineau Loppet Freestyle Event - 51km

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Yesterday, the Classic Loppet, today the ‘Freestyle’ Loppet.  This involves the use of skate skies, and is a very energetic activity....
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Sunday, 19 February 2012

Saturday 18 February 2012 – The Gatineau Loppet Classique

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Regular readers will realise that whilst there’s nothing I enjoy more than a plod in the countryside, I am up for the occasional challe...
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Saturday, 18 February 2012

The Gatineau Loppet Warm-up Loop

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Today’s continuing ‘heatwave’ failed to deter Helen and me from a little adventure onto the sloppy snow. We chose the Loppet warm-u...
Friday, 17 February 2012

Susan and Roy - Loppeteers

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If someone who enters a ‘Loppet’ is a ‘Loppeteer’, Susan and Roy fit that description.  Today they had me up at the crack of dawn for a...
Thursday, 16 February 2012

A Hot Ski to Lusk Cabin

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After the previous night’s indulgencies at Woodroffe Towers, it was 10.30 by the time Helen and I had rendezvoused with Susan and Roy a...
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Tuesday, 14 February 2012

A Day out with Susan and Roy

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Readers may recall that we met Susan and Roy on the TGO Challenge in 2008.  We’ve subsequently become good friends and occasionally mee...

An Icy Afternoon in Gatineau Park

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The good news is that Ken returned home last night with a gold bar, having completed the 160 km Canadian Ski Marathon .  Sadly, Michael...
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Sunday, 12 February 2012

Another Ski Weekend

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This is the weekend of the Canadian Ski Marathon , which Sue and I have taken part in on several occasions, as has Helen.  But this yea...
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Friday, 10 February 2012

Après Ski, and the Wakefield Triangle

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Today (Friday) Helen joined Sue and me for a couple of hours’ respite from our ‘beach holiday’, by way of a whizz around the 17 km ‘W...
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Penguin Hill

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Today I dropped Sue (exhausted from 5 days’ skiing) and Helen (exhausted from 2 days at work) at the Spa in Chelsea, then parked up at ...
Thursday, 9 February 2012

Lac Philippe

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With Ken and Helen both at work today, Sue and I headed out on a cold, clear morning to P17 (Wakefield) and a 24 km circuit. First ...
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Wednesday, 8 February 2012

Shilly-Shallying at Shilly-Shally

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OK Gibson, put your hands up, you are to blame for this entry, for most of the content of which I have to thank Charles Hodgson and the Gu...
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The Khyber Pass

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Today’s (Tuesday’s) exertions took Sue, Tim and me (Ken and Helen having both gone to work) to P7, Kingsmere, for a sunny 22 km ski, ma...
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Monday, 6 February 2012

Monday 6 February 2012 – A Short Ski from P3

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Just 15 minutes from home, Parking Lot P3, on the eastern edge of Gatineau Park, is just about our closest trail head.  It’s not genera...

Ski Weekend

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It has been a lovely weekend in Gatineau Park.  I’ve written more than enough about our recent trips to this area – here – so this yea...
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Saturday, 4 February 2012

Friday 3 February 2012 – British Mountains

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We passed over here yesterday.  A fine view.  But where is it? Anyway, it looks like a fantastic weekend for strapping on the crampon...
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Thursday, 2 February 2012

Jacob – 9 Months, and reports of a New Arrival

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The old Vaude papoose has been lent to a friend, and last Saturday Jake graduated to a new transportation system, in which he sits in a ...
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Tuesday, 31 January 2012

Friday 27 January 2012 – A Long Preston Amble

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I pottered up to Long Preston for a morning stroll with Heather, of TGO Challenge fame.  It had snowed overnight above around 250 met...
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