Saturday, 13 April 2013

Saturday 13 April 2013 - GEA - Day 6 - La Burraia (Rifugio CAI di Forli) to Passo del Muraglione

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The cold Apennine wind huffed and puffed and whistled all night. Extra blankets were needed in our 8C room. Marco and Christina gave us a g...
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Friday, 12 April 2013

Friday 12 April 2013 - GEA - Day 5 - Badia Prataglia to La Burraia (Rifugio CAI di Forli)

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Last night we weren't, for a change, the only guests. Despite being an 'upmarket' hotel (with no doubt much higher prices in th...
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Thursday, 11 April 2013

Thursday 11 April 2013 - GEA - Day 4 - Chiusi La Verna to Badia Prataglia

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Thanks for your comments, Conrad Jules and 'ipad Gibson'. Yes, it's a good time to do this trek, though we seem to be in a mino...
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Wednesday, 10 April 2013

Wednesday 10 April 2013 - GEA - Day 3 - Caprese Michelangelo to Chiusi La Verna

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Firstly, hearty congratulations to Kate and Simon. I should be a grandad (again) in October. This was another short but very pleasant day. ...
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Tuesday, 9 April 2013

Tuesday 9 April 2013 - GEA - Day 2 - Passo di Viamaggio to Caprese Michelangelo

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It was to be a fairly short day, so we fancied a lie in. Unfortunately that plan was foiled last night when Maura announced (after plying u...
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Monday, 8 April 2013

Monday 8 April 2013 - The Grande Escursione Appenninica (GEA) - Day 1 - Bocca Traboria to Passo di Viamaggio

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Happy Birthday Dot - 88 today. Weren't we lucky! I omitted to mention yesterday the help we got from Gillian Price regarding the train ...
Sunday, 7 April 2013

Sansepolcro

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We slept in this morning due to the room being silent and blacked out, but we still managed a leisurely breakfast and a trip to the station...
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Saturday, 6 April 2013

Rome

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After an energetic Parkrun, and thanks to Mike's Taxi, Jet2's Boeing 737-300 and a Terravision bus, we made it in good time to Hotel...

The Grande Escursione Appenninica

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Good morning. We’ve had enough of this cold northerly wind.  A month of it is a shade excessive in our book.  It’ll probably subside now, ...
Friday, 5 April 2013

Wednesday 3 April 2013 – The Thirlmere Way–Stage 1

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Reg’s next ‘Plodder Project’ is a walk that traces the line of the Thirlmere water pipes all the way from Heaton Park to Thirlmere, startin...
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Monday, 1 April 2013

Friday 29 March 2013 – A Good Friday Bike Ride from Adlington

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Today had originally been allocated to an attempt at the Mary Towneley Loop, but as conditions prohibited that, Robert and I met for a shor...
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Friday, 29 March 2013

Thursday 28 March 2013 – An Evening Walk to Chadkirk

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Having postponed walks planned for last Friday and last Monday, and abandoned this Friday’s plan to cycle the 47 mile Mary Towneley Loop, a...
Wednesday, 27 March 2013

Wednesday 20 March 2013 – Dunham Winter Garden (6)

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Hello!  Nallo Lady here again!  After delivering a lecture to undergraduates at Manchester University, and having an unexpected coffee (and...
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