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Day 2 on the Pennine Way
20 km Torside to Standedge Wet from the start. A deluge day interspersed with patches of brilliant sunshine. So strong the rain evaporated instantly into a fine wavey mist. Started with a deceptively benign...
Read MoreThe Pennine Way – from the beginning!
Edale at 8am was bright and sunny. Then up on the moors, so typical for June, the hail came in horizontally But the walk was worth. All a surprise as I’d done little research and most was new. The main...
Read MorePennine Way Prequel
In 2012, my son, who was living in the USA, sent me Wild, by Cheryl Strayed. A...
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Isle of Skye; Back to the Blog
Things seem to be balancing into a ‘new normality’. I still feel anxious...
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Recollections of my COVID Year
Back in 2012 I put a blog together along the lines of ‘Twelve for 2012’, I’ve...
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Coming out of Lockdown in Buttermere
The weather came out of lockdown with a vengeance. As pubs and shops and...
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April 2020 – COVID Spring
There has been a perverseness to spring this year. While many have been locked...
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