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Thursday, 31 December 2015

Whitby

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There's something particularly pleasing about seeing a small child, dressed in a ski-suit, headed towards the beach clutching a bucket, ...
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Wednesday, 30 December 2015

Filey, followed by a Scarborough Fail

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The beach at Filey comprises the perfect sand for walking, being so firm that each step left only the barest hint of a footprint. Even so, o...
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Tuesday, 29 December 2015

Flamborough Head Circuit

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After another breezy night, this morning dawned fine, bright and calm - a perfect day for walking around Flamborough Head. The campsite owne...
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Monday, 28 December 2015

Flamborough to Bridlington

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Along the coast between Flamborough and Bridlington today the wind didn't know in which direction it wanted to blow, so it blew from eve...
Sunday, 27 December 2015

Bishop Wilton Wold (SE822570)

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There we were, driving along the A166 towards Bridlington just around sunset this afternoon, when I thought "I recognise this place...
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Monday, 7 December 2015

A Short Break in Ironbridge

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Monday 7 December Yesterday afternoon, in considering what to do with the final 24 hours of this trip, I discovered that Mick had never be...
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Stiperstones

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Sunday 6 December; Stiperstones (SO368986) Whilst the weather forecast had been unduly optimistic about the dryness of the day, the predic...
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No Hills In This Wind!

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Saturday 5 December At 1.30 this morning we were lying in bed just a stone’s throw away from today’s intended summit, when three conclusio...
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Saturday, 5 December 2015

Heath Mynd, Corndon Hill and Caeliber Isaf

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Colin is in need of a bath when he gets home. He’s had an adventurous (and dirty) day today, frolicking up some very little lanes of such po...
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Friday, 4 December 2015

Caer Caradoc Hill

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Thursday 3 December – Caer Caradoc Hill (SO477954) With the end of 2015 rushing towards us at a rate of knots, and with only 4 new Marilyn...
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Sunday, 29 November 2015

The Weather In The UK...

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...is very seldom as bad as forecast. I've said it many a time before and today was another case in point. It was just before 10 am when...
Friday, 27 November 2015

The Wrong Decision

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On Wednesday afternoon a decision had to be made: to head for our originally intended destination of Malham Tarn (33 miles away) or to chang...
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Sunday, 22 November 2015

A Visit to the Smallest County (4)

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Saturday 21 November Rutland Water is a sizeable body of water and, whilst in summer we wouldn’t think anything of walking its outside per...
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A Visit to the Smallest County (3)

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Friday 20 November “Back to Rutland Water!” I declared to be the plan for the day, this time with the intention of taking a stroll along t...

A Visit to the Smallest County (2)

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Thursday 19 November Having noticed on Wednesday afternoon that the Morrison’s supermarket just outside of Stamford doesn’t have any parki...

A Visit to the Smallest County (1)

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As much as I would have liked to have headed north or west, to visit a few previously unticked hilltops, the weather forecast for this week ...
Sunday, 15 November 2015

Colin’s Life in Numbers

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It occurred to me this morning that it was four years ago last Wednesday that we bought Colin (our WildAx Constellation panel van convers...
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Saturday, 17 October 2015

A Short Week in Wales - Thursday

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Moel y Golfa (SJ291125) Another fine morning greeted me so off I pootled the few miles to the village of Middletown, where a car park that...
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A Short Week in Wales – Wednesday

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Y Golfa (SJ182071) Vaguely coming to and looking at my watch at 0620 I was pleased to have woken early, as it meant that I could text Mick ...