Friday, 22 November 2013

Autumn in Timperley

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Just to confirm I’m alive and well. Darryl at the fish shop in Sale insisted that I publish this photo, taken today from the Bridgewater C...
Sunday, 17 November 2013

Sunday 17 November 2013 - Moel-y-gest (again)

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Today's continuing fair weather allowed Sue and me, and our guests R&J, to be joined by our 'fair weather walker' landlord f...
Saturday, 16 November 2013

Saturday 16 November 2013 - Mynydd Anelog and Mynydd Rhiw

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Jon left for Gairloch after breakfast, from where he plans to visit the Hebridean island of Longa tomorrow.  Meanwhile, R&J had arrived ...

Friday 15 November 2013 - Mynydd Mawr and Moel Tryfan

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A grey day with cloud slowly descending over Snowdonia drew us to these two modest hills. It was a wise choice. We escaped the cloud and enj...
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Thursday, 14 November 2013

Thursday 14 November 2013 - Moel-y-gest (262 metres)

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This fine little hill overlooking Porthmadog makes for an interesting half day excursion.  Today I chose the north eastern ascent route from...
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Wednesday 13 November - The Great Outdoors Awards 2013

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An SOS from car less Carey saw me picking him up from BMC HQ in Didsbury and wrestling with the M60's rush hour traffic, arriving eve...
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Wednesday 13 November 2013 - Moel y Dyniewyd

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Whilst Jon and Sue headed south to bag one of Jon's few remaining Welsh Marilyns, I headed to Beddgelert for what I planned to be a shor...
Tuesday, 12 November 2013

Tuesday 12 November 2013 (pm) - Manod Mawr

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A surprise car park on the outskirts of Blaenau Ffestiniog provided an excellent base for this afternoon's ascent of Manod Mawr.  It was...

Tuesday 12 November 2013 (am) - Allt-fawr - 698 metres

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Jon is a Marilyn bagger. He has now climbed 1263 of these 'Relative Hills'. So he has 294 left to climb. (A 'Marilyn' is a h...
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Monday, 11 November 2013

A Wet Day in Porthmadog

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Here's the view from the balcony of our home for the week in South Snowdon Wharf.  The cloud came and went at the level of the houses. R...
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Sunday, 10 November 2013

A Pyrenean Adventure – The Book

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My first book is out, thanks largely to TGO Challenger Humphrey Weightman, who I discovered on my return from the Pyrenees had re-formatte...
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Friday 8 November 2013 – Rivington’s Towers

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I organise a monthly (or so) evening walk. They aren’t particularly popular, but they get me out and I enjoy them, so who cares? Anyway, w...

Monday 4 November 2013 – In Search of the River Medlock

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Some considerable time ago I volunteered to lead one East Lancashire LDWA’s Wednesday walks. Since it was to be on 20 November I chose what...

A Big Birthday Party

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Last Friday, 1 November, saw us in Tewkesbury celebrating Julia’s (pictured on the left above, with her friend Liz on the right) 80th birth...

A Walk in the Clouds – Fifty Years Among the Mountains – Kev Reynolds

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This is a lovely book, in which mountain guidebook guru Kev Reynolds relates 75 short stories covering a few of his more memorable experien...
Saturday, 9 November 2013

Wednesday 30 October 2013 – A Plod from Adlington to Abbey Village (featuring Fish ‘n Chips and a Quagmire)

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It’s some time since I went on a proper ‘Plodder’ walk, apart from that nice excursion to the Roaches with Don and Neil , having spent the...
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Friday, 8 November 2013

The Munro Society – Anniversary Anthology 2002-2012

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I was delighted to receive the other day this lovely volume from The Munro Society, especially as it includes some of my own work. I’ll rep...

Ramsoc Weekend at Eyam – 26/27 October 2013

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This is the sixth Ramsoc weekend to be mentioned in these pages – Sue’s University Rambling Club reunion has come round again. This year sh...
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