Saturday, 12 May 2012

Friday 11 May 2012 - TGO Challenge Day 1 – Ardrishaig to Ford – A Fine Day in the West

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Route: virtually as planned - see http://www.topwalks.com/tgoc2012.html Day 1 for map Distance: 29.5km Ascent: 600m approx Time taken: 9hrs...
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Thursday, 10 May 2012

Thursday 10 May 2012 - TGO Challenge Day 0 - Montrose to Ardrishaig - A Rainy Day 'Up North'

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After a sunny six hour drive to Montrose, with spring foliage and rape looking splendid in the bright light, we soon got into the 'Chall...
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Wednesday, 9 May 2012

Paul Brunn – 1950 to 27 April 2012

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It was with great sadness that I attended Paul’s funeral today. Paul was a contemporary of mine at UMIST over forty years ago, and is p...
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The TGO Challenge 2012

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It’s that time of year again.  Doesn’t it come around quickly? Tomorrow (well, later today actually, but after a sleep), Sue and I em...
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Tuesday, 8 May 2012

Sunday 6 May 2012 – Tales from a Towpath

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So, the day finally had to arrive… “Time for some TGO Challenge training” declared Sue, suddenly becoming aware of the imminence of our...
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Monday, 7 May 2012

Friday 4 May 2012 – An Evening in Deepest Cheshire

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The first of Andrew’s ‘Deepest Cheshire’ evening walks of the year took place on a fine if overcast evening, starting with a taste of...
Friday, 4 May 2012

Nelson Peach – Jack Frightenem Goes Viral?

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Sue and I were privileged last night to attend the launch of Cult Folk Band, Nelson Peach’s latest CD launch. It was an excellent ...
Thursday, 3 May 2012

Who ate all the Chocolate Pudding?

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I’ll give you one guess. “Just bulking up for the TGO Challenge” quipped the culprit.  Fair enough, I suppose, he/she had walked 50 m...
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Wednesday, 2 May 2012

Curious Brothers

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I entered this image of two young ibex in the Austrian Alpine Club Photo Competition (2011).  It didn’t win anything. However, it’s m...
Saturday, 28 April 2012

Tuesday 24 April 2012 – An Evening Stroll on the Sandstone Trail

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The venue for tonight’s evening walk was Beacon Hill, near the start of the Sandstone Trail .  I had thought I might be alone, but Sue ...
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Friday, 27 April 2012

Scotland – Monday 16 to Sunday 22 April 2012

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Monday 16 April I reported on a sunny drive to Skye here .  This posting summarises ‘Monday to Friday’ and gives a little more about th...
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