Postcard from Timperley

The main purpose of this blog is to keep in touch with friends and family, and maybe entertain others with common interests, particularly in relation to the outdoors. We hope you enjoy it, and your comments are valued....

Saturday, 2 May 2020

Raistricks, and other hills over 1000 feet in the Yorkshire Dales

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  Conrad (aka Sir Hugh ) put me on to this self published book, compiled as a labour of love by Bernard Peel as a retirement project. ...
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Friday, 1 May 2020

Our Wood Pigeons

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  Many people seem to have a problem with Wood Pigeons, but I find their cooing quite soothing, and their antics around the feeder can ...
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Thursday, 30 April 2020

Bogle Stroll - 4 and 5 March, 1994

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  Having recently published Nick's diatribe on the 1981 Bogle Stroll ( here ), I've now encountered photographic evidence of th...
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Wednesday, 29 April 2020

7 and 8 December 2002 - A Visit to Center Parcs

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  Another small folder near the start of the era of digital images has revealed a few photos from Center Parcs in 2002. This was probab...
Tuesday, 28 April 2020

Shogun Trail Breaker 3 - 30 years old today

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  Thirty years ago today I left work early on a Saturday morning and spent a good hour with a chap called Graham in Harry Hall's sh...
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Monday, 27 April 2020

Fundraising for the Levana School Partnership

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Yesterday I was supposed, like many others, to be taking part in the London Marathon. It has been postponed until 4 October, but who know...
Sunday, 26 April 2020

7 July 2005 - A View from the Walkers Haute Route

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  Just filling in, with my first posting from 2005, I think, after a day of 'Zooming' and technical problems with a monitor tha...
Saturday, 25 April 2020

Garden Comparison - November 2002 to April 2020

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  Here's our garden today. An oasis of calm in which to relax and read our books. The shed is just to the left in the next picture....
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Friday, 24 April 2020

Bogle Stroll - 6 and 7 March, 1981

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This photo sits on a chest of drawers in our bedroom. It's a reminder of Happy Days with a group of UMIST contemporaries. I've me...
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