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Saturday, 7 November 2009

Little Josh

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Mick holding first-born Grandson for the first time:     He’s five days old now (Josh that is; Mick’s a tiny bit older!), and we...
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Friday, 6 November 2009

The Trent & Mersey

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Having announced that I was taking myself out for a walk this morning, Mick asked where I was going. I gave the matter some thought and reel...
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A Touch of Disappointment

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Places on the TGO Challenge were announced earlier this week, followed swiftly by much comment around t’internet as people expressed their e...
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Sunday, 1 November 2009

Step Away From The Pudding…

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(This is a missing post. Typed on Friday evening, it should have preceded the last two, to explain where we were and why. It’s failure to ma...
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A Day on Dartmoor

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A lengthy bumslide was certainly a quick way to descend Great Link Tor but it wasn't my intended method. What it did achieve was the dee...
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Saturday, 31 October 2009

On Kitty Tor

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Bit murky up here! Sent using BlackBerry® from Orange
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Sunday, 20 September 2009

K2CW: Route Outline

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I will post the full itinerary separately, but here’s a rough outline of the route that we’re planning to take from Kent to Cape Wrath: ...
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Thursday, 17 September 2009

Kites. Red Ones. Lots of.

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For the last six months I have travelled up and down the M40 an average of once per week. As many will know, the immediate vicinity of the...
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Wednesday, 16 September 2009

The Next Big Walk

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From Kent to Cape Wrath it is - or K2CW as I’m calling it for short. The initial seed of a plan started to form when I was watching the we...
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Tuesday, 15 September 2009

Lengths and Breadths

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We never set out to walk the lengths and breadths of Britain. On 7 July 2008, when we reached John O’Groats, our ‘lengths and breadths of Br...
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Wednesday, 9 September 2009

Dora's 1st Outing

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It has been something of a cultural week thus far. On Sunday we spent an uncommonly long time perusing Carlisle castle (often in the rain). ...
Tuesday, 1 September 2009

The Night Before

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What I didn’t mention was that I set out on the Chase on Friday with something of a sore head. Thursday night had seen a celebration. Pe...
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You’re Mad!

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“You’re going in this weather?” Mick asked me incredulously as I bade him farewell on Friday morning to take myself for a bit of a leg-stret...
Thursday, 27 August 2009

Friday 21 August: From Cannock Chase to Wolverhampton

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I’ve been following Richard’s progress southbound from John O’Groats since he set out in July and knowing that he would be passing close to...

The Trials of Technology

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Until a small handful of months ago I had not owned a ‘new fangled’ phone which did things like take pictures and send emails. My brief dall...
Tuesday, 4 August 2009

AWW Day 2

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(A retrospective replacement for Sunday’s accidentally deleted post) I did not have a good night’s sleep on the campsite in Llanidloes. Fo...
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Kit and Cards

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A definite contender for the ‘best birthday card ever received’ award After card opening (the one shown above did make me laugh!), a maj...
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Monday, 3 August 2009

AWW Day 3

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Monday - 16ish miles It was a 7.15 start this morning after an excellent, blissfully quiet, night's sleep. A bit of light rain had falle...
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AWW Success

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Toes have been dipped in the sea following arrival in Aberystwyth. A successful trip! Sent using BlackBerry® from Orange
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AWW Day 2

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After a long hard day yesterday (Sunday), we pitched our tents and fell into them just as the first shower of the day passed by. After c...