Friday, 25 May 2018

A Hot Day in the Control Room

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Some were camped nearby, but forty or so more Challengers arrived before the 5pm deadline, Richard Flint being last to sign in shortly after...
Thursday, 24 May 2018

A Busy Day at TGO Challenge Control

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A very busy day here in Montrose. Past the campsite on my early morning run, then a full day in the Control Room. Great to see so many old a...
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Wednesday, 23 May 2018

Montrose

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Here are three images of Montrose taken on today's 'biscuit run'. A great day without too much pressure on the TGO Challenge Con...
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Tuesday, 22 May 2018

TGO Challenge Control on a quiet day

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The lull before the storm. Only thirty or so finishers to process so far. Over 300 to go. It'll be all hands to the pumps: Goodie bag Di...
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Monday, 21 May 2018

A Trip to Tarfside

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Many TGO Challengers pass through Tarfside, which is between one and three days from Montrose, depending on which way you walk. A small team...
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Sunday, 20 May 2018

Scurdie Ness

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Scurdie Ness, seen here from a vantage point during an early morning bout of light exercise, is a favourite finishing point for TGO Challeng...
Saturday, 19 May 2018

TGO Challenge 2018

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This isn't the usual TGO Challenge report. There are ten of those to choose from to read amongst these pages, plus another in 2007. This...
Thursday, 17 May 2018

Wednesday 16 May 2018 – Happy Valley with SWOG

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On such a nice evening Sue and I felt obliged to attend Stockport Walking & Outdoors Group’s (SWOG) evening walk to Happy Valley, which...
Monday, 14 May 2018

Sunday 13 May 2018 – Along the Bridgewater Canal and Trans Pennine Trail, and some Hangers-on

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Once the paths have dried out I enjoy an 18.7km circuit on the bike along the Bridgewater Canal to Stretford, then along the Trans Pennine T...
Saturday, 12 May 2018

Saturday 12 May 2018 – Wythenshawe parkrun number 338

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The pictures above and below this text were taken after 11 o’clock this morning, when most of the runners had left the post run sanctuary kn...
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Friday, 11 May 2018

First Brood

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Whilst our swifts are rustling to the sound of Radio 2’s non-stop oldies in their cosy incubatory nest under the eaves, the local lady malla...
Thursday, 10 May 2018

Still Summer in Timperley

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I’m not getting out much. It feels a bit odd to be staying at home when all the TGO Challengers are flocking up to their starting points on ...
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Tuesday, 8 May 2018

Monday 7 May 2018 – Six in a Bar at Eagley Jazz Club

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Sue and I hadn’t seen Mike Lovell’s ‘Six in a Bar’ band before, so it was a great pleasure to get to this gig, despite the police shutting ...
Sunday, 6 May 2018

High Summer in Timperley

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We made it back from Mallorca sometime after midnight, the delay and the flight enabling me to enjoy Gail Honeyman’s most captivating read –...
Saturday, 5 May 2018

Saturday 5 May 2018 - Soller and Port de Soller

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Another rainy day. We helped Robert and Lyn to clean the apartment as we were all leaving today. They have three nights in a nice B&B ...