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Sunday, 30 September 2007

Bivvy Bag Adventure: A Scaredy-Cat's Tale

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Firstly let me just say that this was not strictly a solo adventure. I was completely self sufficient (for the first time ever), however, be...
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Gayle E Bird's Bivvy Bag Adventure

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Just back from a night in the bivvy bag on Cannock Chase. Here's the preview, in pictures: The final kit selection (Aura substituted for...
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Friday, 28 September 2007

What Have We Here Then?

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Is it a little bit sad that this morning I really quite enjoyed my half an hour of finding out how small a kit I could put together for an e...

Don't Close The Competition Yet John!

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Earlier this year, John Hee announced a hip-pack competition with the stated aim of finding ‘the most successful outdoor use of the smallest...
Wednesday, 26 September 2007

New Toys!

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Yesterday Postie tried to deliver a couple of the items that I ordered last week. Alas, it was either not the usual Postie or he’d forgotten...
Saturday, 22 September 2007

Random Thoughts

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Running on the Chase - As we were to be travelling past Cannock Chase this morning, we thought that we would take the opportunity to take ...
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Thursday, 20 September 2007

The Tent - She Is On Her Way...

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I was today talking to my boss, who is based in the USA. With excellent timing, whilst I was talking to him, someone went and put a parcel o...
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Wednesday, 19 September 2007

This One's For Mike (You Know Who You Are...)

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This Saturday is the day of the Pumlumon Challenge , a 25 mile challenge walk in mid-Wales. A couple of months or so ago, I accidentally str...
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Tuesday, 18 September 2007

Still Summer?

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For those of you who hadn't noticed, today was 18 September. In my version of how the seasons run (which may be marginally warped) that ...
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Monday, 17 September 2007

A Walk In the Northern Rhinogau

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[I apologise for the attrocious formatting in this post. It was fine before I published it, and I've twice editted it to put it right, y...
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Sunday, 16 September 2007

Holding Post - This Weekend

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Wow - what an excellent walk we took yesterday, in the Rhinogau. If we were making 'best walks' awards, this one would certainly sco...

Weekend in Keswick - Sunday

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If you’ve never been to the Flock-in tea shop at Yew Tree Farm in Rosthwaite, then I would recommend that you pop in the next time that you’...
Friday, 14 September 2007

Weekend in Keswick - Saturday

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Last year we found some of my father’s old maps which he had marked with routes that we had walked and the dates upon which we had walked th...
Thursday, 13 September 2007

Too Little Time!

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I've not yet finished talking about the hills of last weekend, and tomorrow I'm off in the direction of more mountains, this time in...
Wednesday, 12 September 2007

Weekend In Keswick - Friday

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The first task of the day was to part with wads of cash in exchange for walking boots. Husband was under strong advice from the podiatrist t...
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Tuesday, 11 September 2007

Weekend in Keswick - The Prelude

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This was a rearranged camping/walking weekend with a number of colleagues and ex colleagues. I was the one that pulled out of the original t...
Sunday, 9 September 2007

And They're Back - Some Brief Random Thoughts

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Top Level Summary of the Weekend – The destination for this long-weekend was Keswick. Three full days spent camping and walking (campsite c...
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Thursday, 6 September 2007

And They're Off...

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...normal service will resume next week.
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Tuesday, 4 September 2007

The Sudden Inclusion of Photos

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No, I’ve not got a new camera. Rather my Mother has finally entered the modern age and got herself a broadband internet connection. In the b...
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Monday, 3 September 2007

Sunday On The Chase

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Continuing our recent run of good luck with walking weather, Sunday dawned with a clear blue sky. We soon ruined the weather by the applicat...
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