Saturday, 9 May 2020

New Zealand Revisited (1)

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  This blog was started for the purpose of Sue and me keeping in touch with friends and family whilst on a seven week trip to New Zeala...
Friday, 8 May 2020

Waterlog, by Roger Deakin

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  Paul and Jeanette gave me this book to mark an auspicious occasion some time ago. With over 300 pages of tightly condensed script, it...
Thursday, 7 May 2020

Thursday 7 May 2020 - Churchill's Fruit Cake

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  The National Trust has been encouraging its members to stay active during The Crisis. Yesterday's email broadcast their recipe fo...
Wednesday, 6 May 2020

'Pilgrimage to Portree' - 18 to 26 March 1994

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  This is a report on a rather wet week in Portree, for me (MB), Martin W (MW) Dave S (DS) and John M (RIP) (JM). It's triggered by...
Tuesday, 5 May 2020

Saturday 18 March 2006 - On the track to Oeschinensee

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  Just a short entry today, from a random 'mouse click' on some unprocessed images.   March 2006 saw a few of us popping ov...
Monday, 4 May 2020

On Ya Bike!

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  I have a small library of some twenty or so Mountain Biking books. Here are the latest three.   Firstly, 'Wild Cycling' ...
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Sunday, 3 May 2020

Meals on Wheels under Lockdown

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  Lockdown is difficult for an elderly person with dodgy replaced hips. Especially when they live on their own and have been 'socia...
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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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