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Stuck on a Train

Posted by on Dec 10, 2013 in Blog, Other Places, UK | 2 comments

What a day to go south.  Only the worst storms since whenever blew over the north. Scotland was closed.  No trains from Glasgow or...

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Photogenic Fungi

Posted by on Oct 30, 2013 in Blog, Nature, Other Places, Photos, UK | 2 comments

Sometimes nature is not obliging. Things move. They dance about in the wind. They fly or run or leap. Light dodges around trees or shines...

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Feasting Fieldfares

Posted by on Oct 27, 2013 in Blog, Other Places, UK | Comments Off on Feasting Fieldfares

Spotted a flock of Fieldfares feasting on berries.  Tree stripped in half an hour!                ...

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Bewerley and Greenhow

Posted by on Oct 27, 2013 in Blog, Other Places, UK, Walking | Comments Off on Bewerley and Greenhow

Grey sky, grey walls and muted colour merged into into an endless apron of rolling dales. Autumn may have turned the woodlands into a rash...

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The 12th and Final Day!

Posted by on Sep 13, 2013 in Blog, Other Places, UK, Walking | Comments Off on The 12th and Final Day!

    Carried along on the euphoria of achievement this was possibly the shortest 19 miles I have ever walked.   With the...

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Clay Bank Top to Glaisdale

Posted by on Sep 11, 2013 in Blog, Other Places, UK, Walking | Comments Off on Clay Bank Top to Glaisdale

Our 11th and penultimate day, crossing the north York Moors.  It was a day of grouse and stones.  There  has been the odd grouse on other...

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