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Tuesday, 27 January 2009

Getting Out … And Getting Back In Again

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Getting Out When Mick took himself off to the world of employment, leaving me carless, I thought that I would be a good idea to get my bic...
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Monday, 26 January 2009

More Same Old

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Ten and a half miles today, from the front door and almost entirely through ridiculous levels of mud. And I got chased by three horses. Do...
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Sunday, 25 January 2009

Same Old, Same Old

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When: Today Where: Cannock Chase What: 12 mile training circuit Ascent: 1500 feet Being a route that we’ve walked so many times ther...
Wednesday, 21 January 2009

Of Cubs, Scouts and Gear

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Sunday evening saw Mick and I packing our backpacks, an exercise that made both of us eager to go somewhere and to camp on a hillside. How...
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Playing in the Snow

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Had I looked out of the window earlier yesterday morning (and it was quite out of character that I didn’t) then, almost certainly, I would h...
Tuesday, 20 January 2009

Plans and Forecasts - Monday

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My plans seem too often to change. Or, looking at it another way, one of the advantages of unemployment is that I have the luxury of time ...
Saturday, 17 January 2009

Armitage to Armitage via Stockwell Heath

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It’s all too easy, in the course of our weekend walks, to keep taking the same routes over the local fields, or keep popping to repeat, or d...
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Thursday, 15 January 2009

A Good Turn, A Stoat, A Rabbit And The Missing Secateurs

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I went ‘equipped’ this morning as I set out for my shuffle around the block. Concealed in the pouch pocket of my Paramo was a pair of secate...
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Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Cold Canals

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Off went the alarm at an earlier than usual hour this morning and the temptation was to stay where I was, but that would have defeated the p...
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Tuesday, 13 January 2009

TGO Challenge – Route Vetted

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After a couple of posts about route planning and associated library visits back in November, I then failed to mention that by the middle of...
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Sunday, 11 January 2009

Much Mud

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It was a close call today. The intention was to take ourselves out for a bit of exercise, but with the wind blowing and unexpected rain fall...
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Thursday, 8 January 2009

Walking In The Queen’s Back Garden

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When I said to Vic, on Christmas Eve, that I would pop down to London see her this week, she suggested a walk along the North Downs Way. An ...
Monday, 5 January 2009

Wash, Wash, Thrice I Wash

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According to the Paramo website, one of their waterproofs needs washing after 4-8 weeks of regular use and should be reproofed every 6-12 mo...
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Ice and Quiet

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Five days into the new year and I’ve been for four walks. I’m quite pleased with that start. Admittedly they’ve all been very short, there...
Friday, 2 January 2009

Start As You’d Like To Go On

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It’s likely that I’ll be doing a lot of walking locally over the next few months (what with having no car whilst Mick’s away) and it’s equal...
Thursday, 1 January 2009

The First of the Year

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I walked down the stairs this morning and happily noticed that my knee didn’t hurt. Yeah! Now that’s the sort of miraculous recovery I was l...