Thursday, 5 December 2013

Thursday 5 December 2013 - Top O'Selside

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Emergency lighting at 5.30am signified a power cut. Wet and windy outside, it was soon dark again inside the Ghyll Head bungalow. A candle-l...
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Wednesday, 4 December 2013

Wednesday 4 December 2013 - A Saunter from Sadgill

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On a fine, bright day, Sue and I eschewed the attractions of the final stage of East Lancashire LDWA's assault on the Thirlmere Way, in ...
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Tuesday, 3 December 2013

Tuesday 3 December 2013 - Fairfield in Cloud

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Whilst others wrestled with the intricacies and rendezvous logistics of the Thirlmere Way, Sue, Barbara and I enjoyed a five hour escapade f...
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Monday, 2 December 2013

Monday 2 December 2013 - A Dull Day in the Lake District

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It was cloudy on the tops, so nine of our group of fourteen enjoyed a circular walk from Ghyll Head, where we arrived last night, featuring ...
Sunday, 1 December 2013

Saturday 30 November 2013 – Another Visit to Center Parcs

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  It’s that time of year.  We join eight friends for a day at Sherwood Forest’s Center Parcs complex.  This year we confused everyone by j...

Thursday 28 November 2013 – Dog Walking with Heather

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  It had been a while since my last visit to Long Preston, so it was good to find Heather on good form. One of her regular duties is t...
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Friday, 29 November 2013

Tuesday 26 November 2013 – A Walk from Tideswell

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I popped out to Tideswell and Monsal Head to check out a route – a worthwhile trip as I now have to shorten the plan.  We’d otherwise have ...
Thursday, 28 November 2013

Wednesday 20 November 2013 – A Medlock Meander

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The weather forecast was terrible, so only the hardy turned up for this East Lancs LDWA midweek walk that I’d volunteered to lead. Five Plo...
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Monday, 25 November 2013

Tuesday 26 November 2013 – Lindow (Wilmslow)

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Last Tuesday evening was allocated to an 8 km walk around Lindow, in Wilmslow. It’s not far from home, so I decided to recce the route, whi...
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...