Saturday 18th January, 25 I decided to stick the directive of consistency first and foremost, keeping today’s wandering local, plus I didn’t have the whole day to use up with Chris working the morning we …
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Life in an old dog!
Firstly let me just state for the record, “the old dog” to which the headline refers is an old PC I picked up for the bargain price of £20 in December 2024, not me! This …
Continue readingFirst of the year
December was okay as far as my walking goes, I think I managed four or five 5 – 10 milers, so not record breaking but not as sedentary as can happen some years. I do …
Continue readingA Monday Meander
My walking had really fallen off as of late. Countryside (real, off-road stuff) has been a no-go all year for reasons I really can’t justify, the unfulfilling slip and slide in January at Anglezarke really …
Continue readingGrey Knotts, Brandreth and Haystacks
The walk of Saturday the third of August, 2024. Me and Karl went to Honister Slate Mine in order to walk the four Wainwright summits of: Grey Knotts Brandreth Haystacks Fleetwith Pike With regret, I …
Continue readingPiecing together the monster route
And what a lame header that is! After the walk last month which served as an introduction to the rural / agricultural road which is New Lane, I decided to start putting together the components …
Continue readingThe New Lane to Moss Lane Experience
A Southport Walk on Sunday March 3rd, 2024 I had been in search of newer locations to explore in my beloved adopted town of Southport, this one had been tempting me for a month and …
Continue readingSnape Green to the Moss and back again
This was the walk of Sunday, 18th February,2024. I set off at 10:20, took the Maplebeck Drive route to Blowick Moss Lane as I reasoned the field would be a wet mess, this was evidenced …
Continue readingAnglezarke Angst on Sunday
My first return of the year to the West Pennines saw me start off from Rivington Bar Car Park at 10:28 (well actually half way down one of the drives as it was chocka!), and …
Continue readingThe After-the-storm walk of Thursday, 28th December, 2023
With Christmas being pretty much a social write-off thanks to our head of department (once again) bringing in a variation of influenza – which obviously I caught, it was imperative that I got out of …
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