Saturday, 8 February 2020

Saturday 8 February 2020 - Kanata parkrun number 119

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Paul Barber, famous for his 'slowest ever' first finisher statistic at Wythenshawe parkrun, will be impressed with this. How about a...
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Friday, 7 February 2020

Friday 7 February 2020 - Snowshoeing to Healey Cabin

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After an overnight dump of snow, and with no fresh grooming of the ski trails, we decided to drive to a new venue - P15 (Cross Loop Road) on...

Thursday 6 February 2020 - Mooney's Bay

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Snow flurries today left us choosing to enjoy our beach holiday mainly at home, where I'm pictured in the Waxing Room. But we also ventu...
Wednesday, 5 February 2020

Wednesday 5 February 2020 - Fat Bikers at Larose Forest

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Just for a change, Sue and I hired some bikes and joined Ken, David, Chris and Peter for a jaunt on two wheels around the 'single track...
Tuesday, 4 February 2020

Tuesday 4 February 2020 - The Burma Road

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Today's ski with Helen and Sue (Ken went hard core with another group) started up Fortune Parkway from P10. After a couple of kilometres...
Monday, 3 February 2020

Monday 3 February 2020 - Herridge Cabin from P11 (O'Brien)

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The sun shone briefly on another warm day. Slippery skis made for slow progress despite the purple wax and the cinnamon buns. Switched to Ki...
Sunday, 2 February 2020

Sunday 2 February 2020 - P19 and the Taylor Lake Loop

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Snow flurries and warm conditions (minus 6°C) for another nice ski, with Ken joining us today after recovering from yesterday's exertion...

Saturday 1 February 2020 - Pink Lake from P6

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With Ken tired out from the excesses of a winter triathlon (skate 6.2 km, run 5.2 km, ski 5.1 km - it took him 1 hour 14 mins), Sue, Helen a...
Saturday, 1 February 2020

Kanata parkrun number 118

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We arrived here in Ottawa late last night, but we did manage to drag ourselves out for a 9 am burst of exercise. Whilst Helen volunteered, S...
Friday, 31 January 2020

Bottled Water!

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Philadelphia airport is so hot that you need plenty of liquid. We found ourselves sitting next to an advertisement for 'LIFE WTR', m...
Thursday, 30 January 2020

Thursday 30 January 2020 - An Iris Day

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  A glance into our garden this morning gave us the first sight of irises, thanks I suppose to the warm January weather. A pleasure to ...
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Wednesday, 29 January 2020

East of West, West of East - by Hamish Brown

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  Hamish Brown is well known as a Scottish hillwalker and backpacker, and inspirer of the TGO Challenge. He still turns up, at the age ...
Tuesday, 28 January 2020

The TGO Challenge - Vetting Days (14)

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  The map above (try clicking on it for a better version) shows some of the routes I've been vetting (not sure why the north coast ...
Monday, 27 January 2020

The TGO Challenge - Vetting Days (13)

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Perhaps I should have written about last night's Book Club Christmas meal, where book club members and partners who aren't member...
Sunday, 26 January 2020

Saturday 25 January 2020 - UK National Track Championships at the Velodrome

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After a routine Saturday of parkrunning etc, Sue and I enjoyed our first visit to the Velodrome as spectators. We usually just use the café,...
Saturday, 25 January 2020

Friday 24 January 2020 - Irlam and the Mosses

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  The last of my current series of Friday morning walks was due to start from Irlam Station, but Paul and I couldn't find any satis...
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Friday, 24 January 2020

The TGO Challenge - Vetting Days (12)

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The most southerly starting point for the Challenge used to be The Grey Gull Inn at Ardrishaig. Sue is pictured here before our 2012 star...
Thursday, 23 January 2020

The TGO Challenge - Vetting Days (11)

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  Today I've been vetting a route that follows the Rob Roy Way from Kenmore to Aberfeldy. That means the Challengers concerned will...
Wednesday, 22 January 2020

The TGO Challenge - Vetting Days (10)

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  Here I am, on 17 May 2009, on the suspension bridge by Tarf Falls, which we found a little disappointing.   The trigger for this ...
Tuesday, 21 January 2020

Center Parcs - Sherwood Forest - 17 to 20 January 2020

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  Here are just a few pictures from our weekend sojourn at Center Parcs in Sherwood Forest.   We had house/chalet number 889 again,...
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