This is an extremely delayed report on my walk of… Oh dear lord, I think this was on Saturday 16th July! We didn’t bring home much of a tan from our holiday in marvellous Majorca, …
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The Roaming Read
Let’s chart the progress of this book around the world Watership Down by Richard Adams Isbn
Continue readingTreading through Turton
The walk of Sunday February 27th Even though my last walk had covered a lot of this route I felt the need to revisit the lovely villages of Affetside, Hawkshaw and Turton Bottoms once more. …
Continue readingWalking the 30:Jumbles and Two Brooks Valley – COMPLETED
Another post in the series: “To walk 30 walks of the West Pennines.” Off to the Two Brooks from Jumbles Country park yet again. Until this year I had scarcely heard of the Two Brooks …
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These days I don’t make New Year’s Resolutions, because I never stick to them. Also, this would be a practice deployed by someone far more organised than I. Also, it’s kind of an Insta-Social Media …
Continue readingWalking the 30:The Three Reservoirs walk – COMPLETED
Another post in the series: “To walk 30 walks of the West Pennines.” Since the 2nd of January ‘swim’ around the reservoirs I have made a successful return, accompanied by a friend and thoroughly enjoyed …
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The Great Three Reservoirs Walk of 2nd January, 2022 Ask any walker who has spent any time at all wandering around the hills and moors of the West Pennines about which walks to try out …
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The Walk of Friday December 31st, 2021 As much as I would have liked to have journeyed down to Rivington and packed in one final Pike and Winter Hill ascension for 2021, I favoured Ainsdale …
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The walk of Monday 27th December, 2021 As many times I have strolled along Pool Hey Lane in Southport’s / Scarisbrick’s boundary area, I’d never actually headed off towards the oddly named “Snape Green” a …
Continue readingI am serious, but you can still call me Shirdley!
The walk of Sunday December 12th, 2021 For many years I have contemplated going for a rural wander over Shirdley Hill. I’ve walked through this tiniest of all tiny villages on just one previous occasion …
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