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Recent Walks
- Torr Point and Red Haven in 24 degrees
- O’er Burnswark Hill, we cheerily roam’d
- Quintinshill and the River Sark
- The Debatable Lands on the King Charles III England Coast Path
- Two roads diverged in a yellow wood: Annandale Way – Lockerbie variant (part 2)
- Two roads diverged in a yellow wood: Annandale Way – Lockerbie variant (part 1)
- The Comedy Way: 3 – bring me sunshine
- The Comedy Way: 2 – the two chimneys
- The Comedy Way: 1 – another nice mess
- Butterhole Hill: Another of Monica’s neighbours
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Category Archives: Far away
Cailleach’s Wrath
7.5 miles 3h 52min 835m ascent Blencathra via Blease Fell Warm, negligible wind and scattered showers was somewhat off the mark. The weather man had badly misread the Veiled One’s mood. So our ambitious plan, hatched in the belief that the goddess of … Continue reading
Ben Lomond and Scotch Mist
7.6 miles 974m ascent 5h 4m Fortified with the full Scottish Breakfast we set off on our Halloween walk. The weather looked clear but as we drove along Loch Lomond low cloud gradually became low lying mist. It was in … Continue reading
The Cobbler
7.53 miles 919m ascent 4h 39m The weather on the way up to to Beinglas was dreadful with plenty of standing water on the roads. Each time we drove through one of these monster puddles the windscreen was drenched like … Continue reading
Foot and Ankle 5K
Not a walk, but my first fun run. 5K around the roads and woods of Yorkshire. My intention had been to walk the course, but that proved impossible since it was not a well defined route so I had to … Continue reading
Forth Clyde Canal
A two day outing with a stop over and Halloween party in Kirkintilloch. Day one was reasonable weather but the next day was spoiled by constant rain. I had expected the scenery to be better on the second day, but … Continue reading
Copenhagen
These were two short walks while I was in Copenhagen. The first was around the city itself (6 miles), the second was to Christianshavn (7 miles). I would recommend the first but the second had less for the tourist to … Continue reading
Chipping – still a fond memory
about 10 miles, about 350m ascent, date approximate Chipping to Whitewell and back Memories do not persist, within moments details are lost, and with the passage of years fundamental details may also fade. But the event I am trying to … Continue reading