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Monday, 12 April 2010

Day 20 Postscript

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Whilst paused in Ripponden for elevenses this morning (which, unusually, fell before 11 as we had omitted 2nd breakfast) I had to re-read wh...
Sunday, 11 April 2010

Day 20 - By Hingcliffe Hill to Marsden

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Sunday 11 April Distance: 16 miles (Tot: 351 miles (that's more than 33% complete!)) A somewhat nippy night was had, which was perhaps p...
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Day 19 - Hathersage to by Hingcliffe Hill

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Sat 10 April Distance: 14 miles (Tot: 325) Number of bee/wasp stings: 2 Number of mountain hares: 1 Audio accompaniment to the day: the cack...
Friday, 9 April 2010

Day 18 - Alport to Hathersage

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(Photo: view down to Bakewell, early in the day, from above Haddon Hall) Fri 9 Apr Distance: 16 miles (Tot: 321) Number of people on Froggat...
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A Scream of Banshees

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Arriving at North Lees Campsite we find (from left to right) Phil, Dave and John (ex-colleagues of Mick's from Ferranti who have joined ...
Thursday, 8 April 2010

Day 17 - Beyond Thorpe to Alport

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Thurs 7 April Distance: 15 miles (ish) (Tot: 305) What a glorious day! After something of a nippy night we woke up to a clear blue sky this ...

New Kit

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Forgot to mention the other (more significant) change. A call to Backpackinglight.co.uk last week meant a parcel for me at the weekend, the...
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Kit Changes

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It was always intended that we would swap Wendy for Susie (assuming that all readers are now familiar with who Wendy and Susie are). Wendy m...
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Wednesday, 7 April 2010

Day 16 - Uttoxeter to beyond Thorpe

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Wed, 7 April Distance: 15 miles (tot: 290 miles) Number of non-killer dogs that I mistook for killer dog in a completely panicked way: 1 Wha...
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Shoes

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Over the first two weeks of this walk we averaged 18.75 miles per day. Most things stood up well to what I initially considered to be ridicu...
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Tuesday, 6 April 2010

Day 15 – Rugeley to Uttoxeter

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Tuesday, 7 April Distance: 11.75 miles Number of Stiles: about 2050 (or so it seemed) There was no repetition of the failure-to-set-al...
Monday, 5 April 2010

People (Mainly)

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Trevor, met by Rochester, poses with Mick as they show off their matching jackets and over-trousers Enormously fluffy cat makes friend...
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Of floaty things…

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 Hi, it's Mick here again with a little note:   Many of the miles covered so far have been along the somewhat muddy canal tow-...
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Day 14 – Tamworth to Rugeley

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Monday, 5 April Distance: 18.25 miles (Tot: 262.25 miles)   “What time is it?” asked Mick as we woke up this morning. I was just check...
Saturday, 3 April 2010

Day 13 – Ansty to Tamworth

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Saturday 3 April Distance: 21.5 miles (Tot: 244 miles) Wendy last night It was something of a novelty this morning, after 6 days of ca...
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Friday, 2 April 2010

Happiness is...

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There is happiness within Wendy. It's the little things, and tonight in the "will there be olives in my pasta sauce" lottery, ...

Day 12 - Braunston to Ansty

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Good Friday, 2 April Distance: 20 miles (Tot: 222.5) Number of canoeists seen in a day full of narrow boats: 1 On our original plan, as we l...
Thursday, 1 April 2010

Day 11 - Stoke Bruerne to Braunston

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Thurs 1 April Distance: 20.5 miles (Tot. 202.5) It was after a fantastic breakfast that we left Dove Cottage this morning. Looking out of th...
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Wednesday, 31 March 2010

Day 10 Photo

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Ooops - forgot the photo again. It wasn't a great day for photos, and I even managed to get my overmitt in the way of this one. Still...

Day 10 - Stoke Hammond to Stoke Bruerne

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Wed, 31 March Distance: 17.5 (Tot: 182 miles) Number of fishermen seen before 8am: 13 It was a dark and stormy night and the rain came down ...
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