Saturday, 19 April 2014

Good Friday 2014 - Lakes - Day 1

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The cupboards full of hiking gear were ransacked yesterday,  and supermarket shelves were raided, resulting in a rather tubby rucksack.  Thi...
Thursday, 17 April 2014

Summer arrives in Trafford

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This time last year we were having to cancel trips because of snow. The trees hadn’t started to show any greenery. This year is quite diffe...
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Wednesday, 16 April 2014

Tuesday 15 April 2014 - Hanging Stone and Lud’s Church

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This year’s first ‘daylight’ evening walk covered familiar ground that has featured in other reports – here you will find out much more ab...
Sunday, 13 April 2014

Saturday 12 April 2014 – The Calderdale Hike

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This is the fourth report I’ve written on the Calderdale Hike , since starting this blog in 2007. In 2009 I walked a slightly longer cour...
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Thursday, 10 April 2014

Wednesday 9 April 2014 – Plodders invade Bollington

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Some troops landed late. Military activities in Hale Barns and Wilmslow were blamed. Others landed early, but in the wrong place. The Vale ...
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Tuesday, 8 April 2014

Alpine Flowers – A Cicerone Guide by Gillian Price

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This pocket guide was published by Cicerone earlier this year. It is very much a ‘pocket’ guide, measuring 16 cm by 10 cm and weighing ju...
Sunday, 6 April 2014

The Silvermoon Quartet at Etruria

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Indifferent weather kept us mostly indoors today, the highlight of which was a visit to Knutsford’s premier Mediterranean Bar and Restauran...
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Friday 4 April 2014 – A Troutbeck Trot

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Well, more a sort of amble. It was about 8pm on Thursday night. I was fiddling on the computer with something inconsequential and gravita...
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