Friday, 27 February 2015

Cycling Around the World – Moods of Future Joys and Thunder & Sunshine, by Alastair Humphreys

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I came across Alastair Humphreys during the TGO Awards Outdoor Blogger of the Year debacle . I was impressed to discover that he seems to b...
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Monday, 23 February 2015

Dunham Massey Winter Garden

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Yesterday, Sue and I popped down to the Winter Garden at Dunham Massey. The idea was to teach me how to photograph the flowers. My habit of...
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Friday, 20 February 2015

Thursday 19 February 2015 – The Adlington Circular Walk

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This was a revisit of our New Year’s Day Walk , by way of a morning outing for any LDWA Plodders or others who cared to come along. Lots o...
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Monday, 16 February 2015

Gatineau Loppet 2015

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The Gatineau Loppet is part of the Worldloppet circuit, a series of 16 Loppet races across the world. Whilst we stay in Canada we can exper...
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Friday, 13 February 2015

Thursday 12 February 2015 – Western Cabin from P10

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Just a short 16 km ski today, in cool and cloudy, but quite acceptable weather after another 10 cm of overnight snow. Sue and I drove to P...
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Thursday, 12 February 2015

Wednesday 11 February 2015 – O’Brien to Herridge

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The sun wasn’t as bright today, and with wind chill it was about minus 25C, but we enjoyed good snow conditions on the classic 10 km trail ...
Wednesday, 11 February 2015

Tuesday 10 February 2015 – A Trip to the Fire Tower

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The ski from Lake Meech to the Fire Tower and back is usually an enjoyable one, and in today’s (relatively) warm and sunny weather the 25 k...
Tuesday, 10 February 2015

Monday 9 February 2015 – A Beach Holiday

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Those who know us well may appreciate that Sue and I regard our winter trip to Ottawa as our annual ‘Beach Holiday’. Much of the time is s...
Monday, 9 February 2015

Sunday 8 February 2015 – The Whiteface Resort

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For our final day of this holiday within a holiday, we headed to the Whiteface Resort in Lake Placid, which had been recced by Helen yester...
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Sunday, 8 February 2015

Saturday 7 February 2015 - Mt Van Hoevenberg Ski Trails

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Light snow continued to fall overnight,  giving good skiing conditions if a distinct lack of mountain views in this area where the 46 Adiron...
Saturday, 7 February 2015

Friday 6 February 2015 - A Trip to Lake Placid

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It was minus 20 with flurries this morning in Ottawa. Skiing would be cold. Snow Crystals glinting in the sunshine brightened our day...
Friday, 6 February 2015

Thursday 5 February 2015 – The River Rideau and Mooney’s Bay

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Another cold day. Pictured above: ‘Waiting for Waxwings’. Exhausted after plumbing problems (beware anyone who invites us in – your conven...
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Wednesday, 4 February 2015

Wednesday 4 February 2015 – A Snowy Ski to Western Cabin

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We woke to a balmy minus 8C and snow that persisted all day. A trip to McKinstry Cabin had been planned, but after reaching P12 (Meech) at...