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What a walk! I just wandered up the street from my apartment in Funchal. It was raining quite heavily and I was feeling lost for things to do as I hadn’t planned a normal adventure due to the bad weather.ย …
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Walk in Derbyshire. This is from the path up to Carl Wark and shows walkers enjoying the hazy sun from over Owler Tor. I finished the day off with a superbly cooked fillet steak and peppercorn sauce at The Italian…
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I had an enjoyable walk yesterday with Gerald Garratty and Stephen Dawson up and over Bamford Edge, then down to Ladybower and up and over Win Hill. This view shows Bamford Edge to the right, Win Hill in the centre…
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Eventful afternoon with Gerald Garratty …within the space of about four hours I’d tried 7 dim sum dishes, stumbled on a crack den, met a graffiti artist, bought a sofa, traveled in a lift (that surprisingly was fully functional –…
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Steve and I walked from Loxley to Bradfield, over to Strines and Derwent edge. Here we are taking a well earned breakย at Back Tor, the highest point.
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I keep forgetting to update this blog! Today I drove for 4 hours, using the sat nav for directions, from Sheffield to Wasdale Head. The route was fine and expected at the beginning via motorways to Lancaster, then as I…
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Walk with Nigel Darnborough to the Aircraft crash site near Higher Stones Shelf. This is on the descent with Doctor’s gate path in the background. A lovely sunny day, but the wind was quite ferocious.
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It’s bleak on the moors…a trip out to Bleaklow and Higher Shelf Stones with a stop off at the crash site of the 16th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron’sย Boeing RB-29A This was taken while we (Myself, Dave Ange and Jenny Horton)…
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Spent a weekend away with David Horton and his daughter Jenny and son Daniel. We went over to North Wales for a walk up Snowdon stopping in the Pen-Y-Pass Youth Hostel. We got the family room which was surreal…three bunk…
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Today proved to be a bit of a mare. I decide to go to Three Shires Head for the first time and forgot to take a road map. I headed off to the Cat and Fiddle with the knowledge that…

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