Friday, 17 May 2013

Friday 17 May 2013 -TGO Challenge Day 8 - Wild camp near hut to Grantown-on-Spey

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Route: as planned except that I continued to Kinross House B&B rather than stay on the campsite See http:/www.topwalks.com/tgoc2013.html...
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Thursday, 16 May 2013

Thursday 16 May 2013 -TGO Challenge Day 7 - Wild camp at NH 787 413 to Wild camp at NH 888 363

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Route: virtually as planned  See http:/www.topwalks.com/tgoc2013.html Day 7 for map Distance: 17 km (Cum 175) Ascent: 580 metres (Cum 6210) ...
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Wednesday, 15 May 2013

Wednesday 15 May 2013 -TGO Challenge Day 6 - Dochgarroch Lock to Wild camp beyond Dalroy

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Route: as planned, but passing through the centre of Inverness for provisions See http:/www.topwalks.com/tgoc2013.html Day 6 for map Distanc...
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Healthy Eating?

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For the curious, here's an example of Challenge fayre, following my recent restocking for a couple of days.  The fruit was eaten before ...

Tuesday 14 May 2013 -TGO Challenge Day 5 - Struy to Dochgarroch Loch

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Route: as planned,  with some adjustments See http:/www.topwalks.com/tgoc2013.html Day 5 for map Distance: 34 km (Cum 130) Ascent: 900 metre...
Monday, 13 May 2013

Monday 13 May 2013 -TGO Challenge Day 4 - Wild Camp by waterfall to Struy

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Route: FWA as planned, plus a diversion - basically descent to Glen Strathfarrar and a long road walk to Struy, plus an exploratory diversio...
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Sunday 12 May 2013 -TGO Challenge Day 3 - Wild Camp near Lurg Mor to Wild Camp below Beinn na Muice

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Route: FWA more or less as planned See http:/www.topwalks.com/tgoc2013.html Day 3 for map - FWA (foul weather alternative) continues beside ...
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Saturday 11 May 2013 - TGO Challenge Day 2 - Loch nan Gillean to Camp near col

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Route: More or less as planned, wild camping at NH 057 412 (630 metres)  See http:/www.topwalks.com/tgoc2013.html Day 2 for map Distance: 25...
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Friday, 10 May 2013

Friday 10 May 2013 - TGO Challenge Day 1 - Plockton to Loch nan Gillean

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Route: More or less as planned See http:/www.topwalks.com/tgoc2013.html Day 1 for map Distance: 23km (Cum 23) Ascent: 1150 metres (Cum 1150)...
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Thursday, 9 May 2013

TGO Challenge 2013 - Getting to the start

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Sleep didn't come easily.  The 5.15 alarm wasn't needed.  I enjoyed breakfast with Sue, who kindly rose early and dropped me at Picc...
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Wednesday, 8 May 2013

Raising Funds for Levana School Partnership

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Please bear with me for a quick plug for this small charity, Levana School Partnership . Sue and I are delighted to be able to help raise ...
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TGO Challenge 2013 – Final Preparations

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I’d like to be able to post a picture of some neatly laid out gear, but I can’t.  These snaps were taken just before it was thrown into a s...
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Tuesday, 7 May 2013

Tuesday 7 May 2013 - Curry Club at ‘This & That’

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Looks a bit of a mess, but very tasty, and only £5.50. This was a nice little jaunt by a slightly odd route, with Rick, JJ, Alan R and Viv...
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Tales from the river bank

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Sun worshippers by the River Mersey.  In search of curry. Sent from the river bank
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Sunday, 5 May 2013

Sunday 5 May 2013 - Mellbreak and Hen Comb

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Rain this morning kept us and eleven others company for the ascent of these two hills, following which Sue and I were joined by Richard and ...
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Saturday, 4 May 2013

Saturday 4 May 2013 - A Bank Holiday Bimble

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Overnight rain didn't persist beyond breakfast time at Dalegarth campsite at the end of Buttermere. On a cool morning Sue and I parked u...
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Friday, 3 May 2013

A new phone

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At last! But I'm not finding it easy. Please bear with me.
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Wednesday, 1 May 2013

Sunday 28 April 2013 – A new bridge at Jackson’s Boat

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Last Sunday I enjoyed another bike ride along the Bridgewater Canal to Stretford, then along the Trans-Pennine Trail to join the Macclesfie...
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Monday, 29 April 2013

Jacob’s First Bike

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Jacob’s second birthday was last week.  These days that means a youngster is ready for a bike, though I think in my day it may have been t...
Saturday, 27 April 2013

Not Quite Spring in the Peak District

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Yesterday Sue and I enjoyed a brief stroll from Upper Burbage Bridge, over Burbage Rocks to Burbage Bridge, returning over some slightly bo...
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