tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78239214192414290992024-03-21T00:45:06.229-07:00Peak Rambler's Ramblings....Peak Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07645316221553542322noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823921419241429099.post-85799633522732286042022-02-21T07:02:00.000-08:002024-02-28T23:56:28.552-08:00Time ladies and gentlemen please.<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Peak Rambler's Ramblings 2012 first post went live on Tuesday 21st February 2012, titled: </span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/white-peak-walk-from-monsal-head-sunday.html" style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">White Peak Walk from Monsal Head Sunday 18th December 2011</a><div><br /><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-6434380a-7fff-834e-298a-39676f0dd106"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTsdMcZsfTmeYyVyK_HlcM4ZA9hwd8Nwl5GBhTDIjWpmoPGOYNp_w4QeEXZnCjRtzriwd39rhf6T9R9XtoHRKrvkXG-eR40V9VyhVZlv9EiSTtMUNxyXsRhiqM6ofy_N9Ldfa5LOn70oJ-uABNsEJAl6PhefgFX55pgwX2kC8NMPi7p82Zw0n3dHAN=s1024" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTsdMcZsfTmeYyVyK_HlcM4ZA9hwd8Nwl5GBhTDIjWpmoPGOYNp_w4QeEXZnCjRtzriwd39rhf6T9R9XtoHRKrvkXG-eR40V9VyhVZlv9EiSTtMUNxyXsRhiqM6ofy_N9Ldfa5LOn70oJ-uABNsEJAl6PhefgFX55pgwX2kC8NMPi7p82Zw0n3dHAN=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">One of the very first photos published in Peak Rambler's Ramblings</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I still remember now w</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">hat was going through my mind, what to say, how to say it and would it be of any interest.</span></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Peak Ramblers Ramblings is now ten years old, and while very far from the biggest blogs, it has been an enjoyable ride. A lot of people were starting out blogging at the same time, some I knew, walked and camped with and virtually all have long since stopped blogging.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Have I stood the test of time?</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I doubt it from a content perspective, from the perspective of time, perhaps I should have laid Peak Ramblers Ramblings to rest long ago.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My last proper hill walking blog was </span><a href="https://peak-rambler.blogspot.com/2017/02/kinder-low-and-kinder-downfall-winter.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kinder Low and Kinder Downfall</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, a Winter Wonderland, a true winter walk, snow, clag, and although it was only a short duration, the conditions required the use of an ice axe and crampons.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The following photos are some of the last photos to be published before my accident.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWc4AfRZuuBtCKovMVpI_rgUfkayfsoH74q5o119vmzEUtCxs2jXYiOEOmDRqdUbUfaSBNa9271DIx4nHsw_IblE4mr6Jhs-GBA_eg3nS_67RxZbvY85hpMpLSx9MbmrSRmW26pkeHgK6B_q5XYy-7e7P-xtXVCFM7QxIbu-c7rx_AeID_HfJQ0fel=s1024" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="1024" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWc4AfRZuuBtCKovMVpI_rgUfkayfsoH74q5o119vmzEUtCxs2jXYiOEOmDRqdUbUfaSBNa9271DIx4nHsw_IblE4mr6Jhs-GBA_eg3nS_67RxZbvY85hpMpLSx9MbmrSRmW26pkeHgK6B_q5XYy-7e7P-xtXVCFM7QxIbu-c7rx_AeID_HfJQ0fel=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Kinder Downfall from Kinder Low End</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhS2YVRT-9Z2XBkcQgxOzm3cQ9LExFeeS_O4wuMGVssC8inWfd5R51cunXUg1F8CNB3RwyXyD6oDThSImVGhVi6lUoeoxcCWmWI0MFDJfTa9Uf1jocJYCBLrsQS1_gghlhseqJhjT43JLQs7ZuBlcqFvDlYBsUuyJMkPKxnLhrxGmQj3m1PTmH0XE26=s1024" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="1024" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhS2YVRT-9Z2XBkcQgxOzm3cQ9LExFeeS_O4wuMGVssC8inWfd5R51cunXUg1F8CNB3RwyXyD6oDThSImVGhVi6lUoeoxcCWmWI0MFDJfTa9Uf1jocJYCBLrsQS1_gghlhseqJhjT43JLQs7ZuBlcqFvDlYBsUuyJMkPKxnLhrxGmQj3m1PTmH0XE26=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Kinder Low</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjwAnxEWcc8odEMqnTW2p_g9OGK5YiGy1ABOOgkC_KxPttJy7ttr3LKfMo65N8HlBUuoUwfc_RlQDWzAMPOJrxBq75Cq-wPCbXjnshori5irAyp2iBAzn49SFNeekd2RKg2P1QeM7Ai6yo1MKtXgbokwKRb0eBlJtJUHEw2kHZisgZwYZYvZ9VFD6ee=s1024" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1024" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjwAnxEWcc8odEMqnTW2p_g9OGK5YiGy1ABOOgkC_KxPttJy7ttr3LKfMo65N8HlBUuoUwfc_RlQDWzAMPOJrxBq75Cq-wPCbXjnshori5irAyp2iBAzn49SFNeekd2RKg2P1QeM7Ai6yo1MKtXgbokwKRb0eBlJtJUHEw2kHZisgZwYZYvZ9VFD6ee=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Yours truly</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZ89vcKvO8-Jnvg9OI8w0FCSsA6oQl-blA9jo4Cr2irsX8JTb39mP8Q5ILrHMkMhcjlersJCTASA-A3hn1AqjDzxpCDzKg3OYOKFy1wk87Ad8msiNGn_ghuRhg-Mx_H5zTNM5lROER9TB9FQP_urI7So6hw8coAfKtYEv52JTNcQpLWW4egWWFugs7=s1024" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="1024" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZ89vcKvO8-Jnvg9OI8w0FCSsA6oQl-blA9jo4Cr2irsX8JTb39mP8Q5ILrHMkMhcjlersJCTASA-A3hn1AqjDzxpCDzKg3OYOKFy1wk87Ad8msiNGn_ghuRhg-Mx_H5zTNM5lROER9TB9FQP_urI7So6hw8coAfKtYEv52JTNcQpLWW4egWWFugs7=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Pym Chair and the Woolpacks viewed from Kinder Low</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></span><div><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">There have been many breath takingly awesome moments, like being at Kinder Downfall when the wind was taking the water back up!</span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiYOz5aCXObupCYeYQoP2RaTAOf6INX9Y_EVLXU_xN3tsntYK-yMl-47av-MBDvAePhtC4xpXXWaPmGPoiT3tdsnAv5uGBw3AoGKrKx1goLU2EY_rJOdJoMnpRMxdi84xKnXEtdbI0N9TlpkO8k5a1ymKPSGgM33exxdqJxbhsXVQQfsTZH2gA4TqZp=s1024" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1024" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiYOz5aCXObupCYeYQoP2RaTAOf6INX9Y_EVLXU_xN3tsntYK-yMl-47av-MBDvAePhtC4xpXXWaPmGPoiT3tdsnAv5uGBw3AoGKrKx1goLU2EY_rJOdJoMnpRMxdi84xKnXEtdbI0N9TlpkO8k5a1ymKPSGgM33exxdqJxbhsXVQQfsTZH2gA4TqZp=w640-h360" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The breath takingly awesome sight of Kinder Downfall at its unique</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I have provided a full list of all my blogs still open for reading at the of this so if you want to have a look back at any, or even all, then please do.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">However, I feel it is right to call time on my blogging. It has become difficult to find content to write about.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Peak Ramblers Ramblings was intended to be a walking blog, the hills, moors, camping, the places I visited along with the people I met, walked and camped with. As many will know, that was taken away from me back in February 2015 when a motorist ran a red light while I was legitimately on a pelican crossing, resulting in major lower right leg reconstruction.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">As a result, my leg is now very misshapen, swells up a lot and I can no longer easily find trousers or footwear to fit, so suitable outdoor clothing is no longer an option to sensible hill and moorland walking, something a lot of people find hard to grasp, but that is the sad reality.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">So I have turned my outdoor activities to wildlife and landscape photography, it gets me out and gives me that escape from urban life I need to escape from.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">At that point I decided to write about my experiences with photography, the places I’ve been and what I saw. Although the change to vlogging, and other forms of video sharing of stories, adventures and exploits has been building up for years, Covid-19 changed that with the big turn to video calling and vlogging. Even though vlogging isn’t new, it just isn’t for me.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The way people interact via social media and other platforms has changed somewhat over the last decade, and I feel the time is right to call time on my blogging.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Facebook, nt that I use Facebook, has changed how people interact there, along with greater use of YouTube and Instagram, neither of which I enjoy using. I used to enjoy YouTube, but today it seems to me to be more money orientated, and I’m not interested.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Even though vlogging can be done without facing the camera, and I’m one of those who prefers to stay behind the camera, not infront, and while I don’t knock those who stand in front of a camera, it really isn’t my thing.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Instagram isn’t on my list of favourites, I’m afraid I don’t like their privacy demands, I’m not one who wants or likes personalised adverts. Yes, provide adverts, but not at the expense of sneaking a look at my purchases or websites visited, for the great majority of them are one off visits and that is it, and the way I want it to stay.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Also, post writing editing has become too complex. It used to be straightforward, now it is a lot more involved, and for me, time consuming requiring me to ensure everything is perfect, which I know it isn't, with the added complexity of accommodating all the many formats readers use, which dictates layout considerably.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">For me, now I'm retired, and while I don't have the same time constraints as to when I was working, my time is to be enjoyed, and not be a slave to tech any more than necessary.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">As things stand, the existing blogs will remain, unless I see a reason to remove them, which I had to do back in 2020 during the Covid-19 lockdowns, with three blogs.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Those blogs where I walked in tranquil and sensitive areas, but respectfully and with the way some people attempted to walk in the country, up the hills and across moors, leaving litter and an untidy mess behind, they had to be removed to protect not just the environment, but the local communities as well.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It was sad to have to do that, but it was seen as necessary at the time and still today, I have no regrets, they still remain to me special places I have visited and left nothing more than footprints which will have disappeared within minutes, taken lots of photos and memories away, and those places will remain special memories for the rest of my life.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">That I’m afraid is the future, and the clock will ever turn back, things will continue to progress and change, it’s just that change is not for me.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The money I would have spent on outdoor gear is now spent on my camera gear, and associated clothing, utilising the skills and knowledge of what clothing to wear gained from my hill walking days for my much tamer past times, that I intend to enjoy in my retirement.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I will continue to get out and about, I will continue to use my camera to take photos and some videos, and who knows, my trusty Digital Single lens Reflex (DSLR) camera may be upgraded to one of these new, but expensive swanky Mirrorless cameras.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">But that change requires a lot of outlay, not just the camera, but the lenses to accompany the camera.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">However, my online photos via <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/peak-rambler/albums"><strong>Peak Rambler on Flickr</strong></a>, are to continue. There are my old hill and moorland photos on view, along with my post accident wildlife and landscape photos.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><!--wp:paragraph-->
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<!--/wp:paragraph--></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Some of the more recent examples at the time of posting this finale, are a pre-storm sunrise at one of the many nature reserves I visit post accident. These sunrise photos herald the dawn of a new era for me.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWBs5qo32bKuXrgCznrtu5IN0rLfZccQqRIt71Egy2a2xMIJwIEAxZaE1y8_Qv6il9czJ1pAcvUt09vtzWiW4LEDgYhrHyg7p90EnSVvePWXkjrV4KlFHkNYVxD4C_soAPmU0W0WJY4ZfwNr8MV5RU6KbckMrOiydTIZZiikNpwTDT5eY2CPWXPCfq=s1024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWBs5qo32bKuXrgCznrtu5IN0rLfZccQqRIt71Egy2a2xMIJwIEAxZaE1y8_Qv6il9czJ1pAcvUt09vtzWiW4LEDgYhrHyg7p90EnSVvePWXkjrV4KlFHkNYVxD4C_soAPmU0W0WJY4ZfwNr8MV5RU6KbckMrOiydTIZZiikNpwTDT5eY2CPWXPCfq=w640-h426" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; 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font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It is here that I say for the final time,</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Finally, happy rambling and thank you for reading,</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><strong style="border: 0px; color: #2406f7; font-family: inherit; font-size: 36px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Peak Rambler</em></strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>The full list of blogs posted</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Google Blogs</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/white-peak-walk-from-monsal-head-sunday.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">White Peak Walk from Monsal Head Sunday 18th December 2011</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/lathkill-dale-and-bradford-dale-28th.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Lathkill Dale and Bradford Dale 28th December 2011</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/castletons-north-ridges.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Castleton’s North Ridges Sunday 19th February 2012</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/alport-to-stanton-moor-sunday-4th-march.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Alport to Stanton Moor; Sunday 4th March 2012</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/toughprint-waterproof-paper-from-memory.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Toughprint Waterproof Paper from Memory map</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/tuff-maps-laminated-ordnance-survey.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Tuff Maps, laminated Ordnance Survey maps with a detached cover</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/bleaklow-b29-superfortress-and-i-got.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Bleaklow, The B29 Superfortress and I got Bleaklowed!</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1hO6YwaSlTYkEHgdVoEJ9AOaCiM_4ev5XGDkzK5XN6AY/edit" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Bleaklow and the Bristol Blenheim Crash Site</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/tissington-well-dressing-ancient-custom.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Tissington Well Dressing, an ancient custom, today</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/bleaklow-and-defiant-on-hot-day-in-may.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Bleaklow and the Defiant, on a hot day in May!</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/beinn-bhreac-and-trig-point-on-carn.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Beinn Bhreac and a Trig Point on Carn an Fhreiceadain</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/derwent-moor-and-those-funny-shaped.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Derwent Moor and those funny shaped stones!</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/mill-hill-and-liberator.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Mill Hill and the Liberator Sunday 29th July 2012</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/moel-siabod-and-my-old-navigation.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Moel Siabod and my old Navigation Training Ground</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/peak-meet-parkhouse-hill-chrome-hill_2.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Peak Meet; Parkhouse Hill & Chrome Hill</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/monsal-head-camping-bleaklow-and-b29.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Monsal Head Camping, Bleaklow and the B29 Superfortress return visit</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/a-heartbeat-walk-from-aidensfield-on-to.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">A Heartbeat Walk from Aidensfield on to Howl Moor</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/whats-in-my-pack.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">What's in my pack?</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/win-hill-and-its-winning-views.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Win Hill and its winning views!</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/kinder-kinder-downfall-and-sabre.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Kinder, Kinder Downfall and the Sabre…..</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/stanton-moor-on-snowy-sunday.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Stanton Moor on a snowy Sunday</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/peak-ramblers-ramblings-one-year-on.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Peak Rambler's Ramblings one year on!</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/a-peak-winter-meet-bunkhouse-and-kinder.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">A Peak Winter Meet, a Bunkhouse and Kinder</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/derwent-moor-to-highshaw-clough-from.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Derwent Moor to Highshaw Clough from Cutthroat Bridge</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/bleaklow-b29-and-lancaster-kb993.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Bleaklow, the B29 and the Lancaster KB993</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/stanage-edge-on-sunny-bank-holiday.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Stanage Edge on a sunny Bank Holiday Sunday</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/froggatt-edge-big-moor-and-some-stone.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Froggatt Edge, Big Moor and some Stone Circles</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/axe-edge-moor-cat-and-fiddle-pub-and.html?m=1" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Axe Edge Moor, the Cat and Fiddle pub and a Stag Do</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/a-limestone-walk-from-monyash.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">A Limestone walk from Monyash</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://peak-rambler.blogspot.com/2013/08/crimpiau-nostalgic-walk-from-capel-curig.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Crimpiau, a nostalgic walk from Capel Curig</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/an-autumn-walk-on-bamford-moor-and.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">An Autumn Walk on Bamford Moor and Stanage Edge</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/bakewell-monsal-trail-and-tunnel.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Bakewell, the Monsal Trail and a Tunnel</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/eyam-plague-village-and-walk-on-eyam.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Eyam; a plague village and a walk on Eyam Moor</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/derwent-edge-and-ladybower-with-friends_8094.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Derwent Edge and Ladybower late autumn walk</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/bamford-hope-and-win-hill.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Bamford, Hope and Win Hill</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/peak-ramblers-ramblings-2-years-old.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Peak Rambler’s Ramblings; 2 years old, Twitter CB and a Stag Do!</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/mill-hill-kinder-and-kinder-downfall.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Mill Hill, Kinder and Kinder Downfall</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/long-mynd-pole-bank-and-nice-cuppa-in.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Long Mynd, Pole Bank and a nice cuppa in Carding Mill</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/a-windy-wander-on-mam-tor-and-along.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">A windy wander on Mam Tor and along Castleton’s Great Ridge</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/bells-palsy-flu-and-lymes-disease_766.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Bells Palsy, The Flu and Lymes Disease</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/walking-big-moor-white-edge-moor-and.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Walking Big Moor, White Edge Moor and Barbrook Reservoir</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/creag-dhubh-and-walk-on-wild-side.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Creag Dhubh and a walk on the wild side</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/trekking-poles-love-em-or-hate-em.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Trekking Poles, love ‘em or hate ‘em?</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/the-liebster-award.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">The Liebster Award</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/a-wander-from-monyash-to-magpie-mine.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">A wander from Monyash to Magpie Mine via Flagg and Taddington</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/classic-kinder-walk-and-some-gritstone.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Classic Kinder walk, and some Gritstone formations</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/alport-castles-alport-dale-and-alport.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Alport Castles Alport Dale and River Alport</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/stanton-moor-night-hike-and-drink-in.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Stanton Moor Night Hike, and a drink in the Druid Inn</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/axe-edge-moor-winter-walk-and-im-big.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Axe Edge Moor Winter Walk and I’m a BIG kid at heart</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/peak-ramblers-ramblings-another-year.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Peak Rambler’s Ramblings; another year ends and time to reflect</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/goyts-moss-short-walk-across-open.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Goyts Moss, a short walk across open moorland</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/mam-tor-and-great-ridge-old-classic.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Mam Tor and the Great Ridge, an old classic</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://peak-rambler.blogspot.com/2017/02/kinder-low-and-kinder-downfall-winter.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Kinder Low and Kinder Downfall, a Winter Wonderland</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/unplanned-walking-interlude.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Unplanned walking interlude</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/modern-technology-vs-traditional-methods.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; 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background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Peak Rambler’s Ramblings, from one historic year to another</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.com/2020/08/sir-william-hill-froggatt-edge-along.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Sir William Hill & Froggatt Edge, along with a few personal thoughts</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.com/2020/10/rspb-conwy-19-sept-long-overdue-visit.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">RSPB Conwy 19 Sept; a long overdue visit!</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.com/2020/12/peak-ramblers-ramblings-2020-testing.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Peak Rambler’s Ramblings; 2020 a testing year for all!</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-b7905523-7fff-b382-0c64-4f3f66901452"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; 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margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://peakramblerblog.wordpress.com/2020/04/03/arbor-low-stone-circle-and-gib-hill-a-painful-short-wander/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Arbor Low Stone Circle and Gib Hill: A short wander, with WOW factor</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://peakramblerblog.wordpress.com/2020/04/11/stanton-moor-an-old-favourite-revisited/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; 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background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Peak Rambler’s Ramblings; 2020 a testing year for all!</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://peakramblerblog.wordpress.com/2021/06/06/rspb-burton-mere-19th-may-2021/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">RSPB Burton Mere 19th May 2021</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://peakramblerblog.wordpress.com/2021/06/06/titchwell-marsh-thurs-3rd-june-2021/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Titchwell Marsh (and a trip to King's Lynn)</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://peakramblerblog.wordpress.com/2021/08/20/rspb-burton-mere-the-return/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">RSPB Burton Mere the return</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://peakramblerblog.wordpress.com/2021/08/29/rspb-conwy-thursday-26th-august-and-a-new-lens/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">RSPB Conwy Thursday 26th August and a new lens</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://peakramblerblog.wordpress.com/2021/11/01/brandon-marsh/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Brandon Marsh</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://peakramblerblog.wordpress.com/2021/12/21/2021-and-another-year-locked-in/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">2021 and another year locked in!</span></a></p><div><br /></div></span></div></div></div></div></div>Peak Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07645316221553542322noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823921419241429099.post-79470505944176882002021-12-21T14:06:00.001-08:002021-12-22T11:23:48.558-08:002021 and another year locked in!<span style="font-family: arial;">This year has been yet another tough year, with ongoing Covid19 restrictions in various forms and no obvious signs of things improving fast.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Not just Covid19, the weather as well, but the almost incessant dull grey cloud that has been over us along with the damp and wet conditions that come with it, which in itself has induced a form of additional lockdown for me, has made for me 2021 a difficult year.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">As many of you will know, after my accident back in February 2015, because walking the hills and moors is no longer a viable option, I have turned to wildlife and landscape photography which still gets me outdoors and also a very interesting and pleasant hobby to get in to.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi8XjZ1GBrWm_093Noi9VFu9U7WvOjagqHuYxGgg_t0AkFrhClLO8j4ennIIaufy7xzeniyIfLoGBBTvOPXRNt__B7J_tmCGnkXWarRb-DH-xRqJ6U7f-qOMM230l_mZkxFzMqsgN4yi-xV5XBOisqQN7b6holvCoXkiHPIDyi1F-XUYc4G-8K6fgj9=s1024" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi8XjZ1GBrWm_093Noi9VFu9U7WvOjagqHuYxGgg_t0AkFrhClLO8j4ennIIaufy7xzeniyIfLoGBBTvOPXRNt__B7J_tmCGnkXWarRb-DH-xRqJ6U7f-qOMM230l_mZkxFzMqsgN4yi-xV5XBOisqQN7b6holvCoXkiHPIDyi1F-XUYc4G-8K6fgj9=w640-h426" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">One of the first photos of 2021, a magpie finding breakfast on a sheep<br />before the first lockdown of 2021 was implemented</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">In my last a</span><span style="font-family: arial;">nnual review: </span><a href="https://peakramblerblog.wordpress.com/2020/12/13/peak-ramblers-ramblings-2020-a-testing-year-for-all/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Peak Rambler’s Ramblings; 2020 a testing year for all!</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-family: arial; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> I opened with the following:</span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">“</span><em style="border: 0px; color: #4a4a49; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">What a year 2020 has turned out to be.</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><em style="border: 0px; color: #4a4a49; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">For me, a daunting start to the year, which saw me relinquishing more of my independence, started off with surrendering my HGV, PSV, Motorcycle and full car licence categories, purely for automatic car licence only</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">.”</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I also stated that I didn’t see Covid19 settling down in 2021:</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">“</span><em style="border: 0px; color: #4a4a49; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I don’t anticipate the travel restrictions ending anytime soon, and even with the vaccination availability slowly gaining momentum, I feel the </em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" style="border: 0px; color: #497ca7; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Covid19</em></a><em style="border: 0px; color: #4a4a49; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> virus will hamper our ability to move around for the next year or so, but it will settle down, and we will regain the freedom we enjoyed before </em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" style="border: 0px; color: #497ca7; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Covid19</em></a><em style="border: 0px; color: #4a4a49; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> in good time.</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">“</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">For me, this year seems to have been a continuation of more freedom being removed from me, something that has been gradually happening since my accident back in February 2015, though it did seem that things were starting to turn around for the better.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I’ve talked before about the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War">Cold War</a> years, and my thoughts, and the following I’ll never forget, when I started work back in the late 70’s as a trainee mechanic, my mentor was a superb guy, what he didn’t know about cars wasn’t even thought about at that time.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">His life skills were probably second to none as well. But one thing he did say that came back to haunt me, and remember, this was during the Cold War years:</span></div><div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">“</span><strong style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Son, now the Cuban Crisis is well and truly over, we are probably living in the safest times that mankind will ever live in. No one will ever intentionally press the button to activate a nuclear war. We’ve had chemical warfare, napalm, mustard gas, agent orange and others, but one thing that is yet to come, is biological warfare.</em></strong></span></div><div><strong style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></em></span></strong></div><div><strong style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;"><em style="border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">That one will be the killer, that’ll be our World War 3!</em>”.</span></span></strong></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Toward the end of last year I deactivated my Twitter account, which I have since re-opened. There are some very good people I know through Twitter, and it was nice to be able to meet back up with them.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">However, it still seems bent on forcing me to take up lists and follow accounts of which I have no interest in whatsoever.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In fact, generally I’m finding tech in any form these days to be dictoral and that is not a good thing. We as humans have learned how to think for ourselves and something we need to continue doing, and yet today that is being taken away from us, I fear many have lost the ability to think laterally.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">I’m being dictated to by big tech, telling me how I should lead my life, </span><strong style="border: 0px; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">and that is something I don’t take kindly to</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">But I’m not even a molecule size in this big world of hi-tech today and I certainly feel I’m very much alone in wanting to retain my independence.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">I’ve fought and worked hard, and not with that much support to rebuild my life after that IQ Zero ran a red light while I was legitimately on a pelican crossing, which resulted in my lower right leg requiring major reconstruction, taking away my ability to sensibly get out in all weathers and all terrains, either moorland walking or mountain climbing, summer or through to winter (</span><em style="border: 0px; color: #4a4a49; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">using ice axe and crampons</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">) and the in-between seasons.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">I don’t like losing my independence, and I certainly don’t want big (</span><em style="border: 0px; color: #4a4a49; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">or small</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">) tech dictating how I should lead my life, especially when something simple like predictive/autocorrect text tries to dictate and more often than not, wrongly dictate what it thinks you should be typing!</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And that’s simplistic artificial intelligence (AI), how will more complex AI cope?</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Currently it doesn’t, because it can’t cope with non-stereotype people where it tries to box me into categories that I’ve no connection or interest with….</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Anyway, in other news, my employer offered early retirement to all over the age of 60 towards the end of 2020, which at the time, with the financial package offered, was a good deal, financially.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Emotionally?</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">With Covid19 restrictions etc, I’m not so sure, I had a good employer and worked with a lot of good people, all of whom I am missing. I feel that if things were not so restrictive because of Covid19 and the incessant inclement weather, I would settle into retirement very easily, after all, it is something we all work hard for.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Recently I heard of yet more development taking yet more of our valuable and fast diminishing countryside being lost to construction, a solar farm of some 300+ acres moving the nearest countryside yet further from me.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Something I’ve said many times before, and possibly in an previous write-up is the questionable location of solar farms.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">While I understand the need tailor our reliance on fossil fuels, it has to be at the right cost, and I don’t mean financial costs either. There are many suitable places in our towns and cities where solar panels can be placed high enough to capture the sun, and one such place could be multistorey car parks, where the vast majority of them don’t have a roof on the top level. What better, a roof that helps not only the car park users keep dry when it’s raining (or even snow or hail), but the dependency on fossil fuels.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Many shopping malls could also contribute by having roof mounted solar panels….</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">From my home, it used to be a 10 minute walk to the countryside, with HS2, now it’s a 30 minute drive at the least, and if this solar farm does go ahead, add another ten minutes to that!</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It is only a matter of time before the West Midlands will be one big metropolis!</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And the government keep crying about keeping green, by imposing taxes!</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I really don’t feel the Government committed is to the environment, much seems to be pure lip service. Because in my view, if they were committed to the environment, then:-</span></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">why has Heathrow been granted a third runway?</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">and Gatwick a second runway?</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">why is the countryside always being used as the scapegoat for so-called green projects?</span></span></li></ul></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">So, I have my doubts, and very grave doubts for the future of the countryside.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I’ve recently booked a holiday for 2022, taking advantage of the retirement days and avoiding the peak holiday periods. However, I’m feeling very sceptical about it.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">So, what have I done this year?</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Not a lot, in fact, I did more last year!</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">One thing I have decided, I’m not maintaining two blogging platforms. There’s been some big changes to the Google Blogger platform and in my personal view, it’s lost some of its nice flexibility to edit. So, for now, I’ll just be posting to the WordPress platform and post periodical links from the Google Blogger.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">However, the existing Google based blogs will stay where they are, but no new blogs are to be posted for the time being.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://peakramblerblog.wordpress.com/2021/06/06/rspb-burton-mere-19th-may-2021/" style="border: 0px; color: #497ca7; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">RSPB Burton Mere 19th May 2021</span></strong></a></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As a post-accident new found activity to get outdoors and enjoy our fast-diminishing countryside and nature, combined with the fact I do enjoy photography, a first visit to Burton Mere Wetlands had been on the cards for a long time.</span></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiplARBFhdYWjh3E0Jn6Xk9Cr6icGMAZ_8sWldBs_YZR0HOml5IEapeFBkdqs9FfXydjUK-3vBgk7bacVb28xbDF3I7y83P7fa3BDwG9lKe3cFYbdc63Irs_kOZPpUEFbwPbz_GlmPoGdGU7H5K0XQLK2BO3BIoVAatXJ-ikhLuK94Va_ldx_uQ9CyT=s1024" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiplARBFhdYWjh3E0Jn6Xk9Cr6icGMAZ_8sWldBs_YZR0HOml5IEapeFBkdqs9FfXydjUK-3vBgk7bacVb28xbDF3I7y83P7fa3BDwG9lKe3cFYbdc63Irs_kOZPpUEFbwPbz_GlmPoGdGU7H5K0XQLK2BO3BIoVAatXJ-ikhLuK94Va_ldx_uQ9CyT=w640-h426" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4a4a49;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A general view of Willow Pool, the first pool after the visitor centre</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Covid19, along with the unsettled weather that 2021 has endured, had put that and many other reserve visits for us all on a back burner. For me getting out in the wet is not an option, if I slip, its not easy for me to get back on my feet again!</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Then, weather window occurred, and it was a last-minute decision made as I had got up, as normal around 04:00 one rare sunny morning.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://peakramblerblog.wordpress.com/2021/06/06/titchwell-marsh-thurs-3rd-june-2021/" style="border: 0px; color: #497ca7; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Titchwell Marsh (and a trip to King’s Lynn)</span></strong></a></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I’d heard about Titchwell Marsh, and felt it was worth a days jaunt out, but it needed to be a decent weather day, and yet another, but rare weather window occurred. is an interesting reserve, not just because its coastal with coastal marshes, but also being on the east coast, is home to WWII bunkers, in varying states of disrepair.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It was also interesting to see the many now derelict bunkers from WWI and WWII.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSFt_DhSMpyD3CdNdpJWyfX8zcDhftkEabAyr33mzcOtb_kMb4OOMBtKwju6_9X4ZCJLjx-MmnIWm-0UyjfbMqwSo9CCOfz9lY11-bDzDKYhl9J7idZl38s-5ZahsbvHQdH_P90aNDpuR_Ub5MrfYPnMVGsudGSnaMgjamfYQqplgfDGjMTga9pfee=s1024" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSFt_DhSMpyD3CdNdpJWyfX8zcDhftkEabAyr33mzcOtb_kMb4OOMBtKwju6_9X4ZCJLjx-MmnIWm-0UyjfbMqwSo9CCOfz9lY11-bDzDKYhl9J7idZl38s-5ZahsbvHQdH_P90aNDpuR_Ub5MrfYPnMVGsudGSnaMgjamfYQqplgfDGjMTga9pfee=w640-h426" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4a4a49;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A WWII bunker, known as ‘Merlin Perch’<br />on the marsh land to the east of
Titchwell reserve coastal path</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My wife fancied a day in Kings Lynn, not too far away, so I dropped her there and then carried on to Titchwell, before returning for a couple of hours in Kings Lynn with my wife before heading back home.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><strong style="border: 0px; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://peakramblerblog.wordpress.com/author/peakramblersramblings/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border: 0px; color: #497ca7; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">RSPB Burton Mere the return</span></a></strong></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I had said a return visit to Burton Mere was in the planning, and just waiting for a decent weather day amid the ongoing unsettled conditions that 2021 had been enduring.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It was good to be able to access all public areas of the reserve, and even better, was walking past the Bunker Hide, which was set in a mound alongside the path, and view across a different part of the reserve.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIqZF-rDrXAmP-ZJtaj-zGo-PX8SJya1guLLgrm4bnHWg21jfPfjdmM1LtCl_WM5iBjdfFDtklbV3fXHJxK9rHb_aNt-IivDoDZyGR4-SvMd6k_7mBACaI3QaQKglrPbEx9MRHA_NOcbLzQEN6hw65CVxew5b0eDsiuTqaTudeMIY2NPkvWQ7urwKc=s1024" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIqZF-rDrXAmP-ZJtaj-zGo-PX8SJya1guLLgrm4bnHWg21jfPfjdmM1LtCl_WM5iBjdfFDtklbV3fXHJxK9rHb_aNt-IivDoDZyGR4-SvMd6k_7mBACaI3QaQKglrPbEx9MRHA_NOcbLzQEN6hw65CVxew5b0eDsiuTqaTudeMIY2NPkvWQ7urwKc=w640-h426" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #4a4a49;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A collection of swallows, sand martins and some
other species<o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">For me the highlight to the day was all those swallows, a brilliant day, and with the company of two people I’d only been talking to via a forum.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://peakramblerblog.wordpress.com/2021/08/29/rspb-conwy-thursday-26th-august-and-a-new-lens/" style="border: 0px; color: #497ca7; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">RSPB Conwy Thursday 26th August and a new lens</span></strong></a></div><div><span style="color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgbN0BnS7hxw_D06M79YrLpZnQJkvl1UOjunULb5XnK1veMmKFXGBrumjxIME-Bd9B8nTbwBhwVqNysWuCA5YbGsvxFE0urQHVarHUyvpAlkDc6a4llXn-BVic7MYhZdielvUbchttF7Su_88ZFPjvrDTP6kxB-_k30JZoIokfaF59qyX3rBrESPGLl=s1024" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgbN0BnS7hxw_D06M79YrLpZnQJkvl1UOjunULb5XnK1veMmKFXGBrumjxIME-Bd9B8nTbwBhwVqNysWuCA5YbGsvxFE0urQHVarHUyvpAlkDc6a4llXn-BVic7MYhZdielvUbchttF7Su_88ZFPjvrDTP6kxB-_k30JZoIokfaF59qyX3rBrESPGLl=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Bee rescue....</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">This was a long overdue visit to Conwy, and a good opportunity to try out a new lens. A few days beforehand I had purchased a </span><a href="https://www.canon.co.uk/lenses/ef-100-400mm-f-4-5-5-6l-is-ii-usm-lens/" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Canon 100-400 USM-II lens</span></a><span style="color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> after seeing the difference people were getting with the Canon lens over the </span><a href="https://www.sigma-global.com/en/lenses/c015_150_600_5_63/" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Sigma 150-600 Contemporary</span></a><span style="color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">The Sigma lens was, and still is, a very good lens, with the right camera, and for me when I bought the Sigma, I was using the </span><a href="https://www.canon.co.uk/for_home/product_finder/cameras/digital_slr/eos_750d/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Canon 750D camera</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">, which I still like very much as far as budget cameras go and worked well with the Sigma lens. However, July 2019 I upgraded my camera to the </span><a href="https://www.canon.co.uk/cameras/eos-5d-mark-iv/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Canon 5D MkIV</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">With knowing Conwy Reserve so well, it was the ideal opportunity, plus good to see things I’ve haven’t seen much over the last couple of years, no thanks to Covid-19.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It was also a good opportunity to meet up with family who live nearby I’ve not seen since October 2019, again, no thanks to Covid-19.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><strong style="border: 0px; color: #4188bb; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://peakramblerblog.wordpress.com/2021/11/01/brandon-marsh/" style="border: 0px; color: #497ca7; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Brandon Marsh</span></a></strong></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I had made a return to Brandon Marsh mainly out of curiosity to see how things were after some big changes many years ago, which took away the character of the reserve, and I was totally taken aback that it had more or less returned to the old reserve I knew and enjoyed.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLXlabYU36UZ948XaTkebzooTOdjiSswFHla-XM5wTKUdK9-DWzs0BhJD08HazC8tQu3dKXglrGyegZUZq0oV-qOpPm4WmGKlg4M2pDu1iIQlyJ4TexaTv-cPLAIi_M38j9zvBRR0RItN_ahYc2XZ-9YLvCSsdGTCo7D9AXQ8A3hM_MM5wF6f6mdOq=s1024" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLXlabYU36UZ948XaTkebzooTOdjiSswFHla-XM5wTKUdK9-DWzs0BhJD08HazC8tQu3dKXglrGyegZUZq0oV-qOpPm4WmGKlg4M2pDu1iIQlyJ4TexaTv-cPLAIi_M38j9zvBRR0RItN_ahYc2XZ-9YLvCSsdGTCo7D9AXQ8A3hM_MM5wF6f6mdOq=w640-h426" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #4a4a49; padding: 0cm;">and the photoshoot…</span></b><span style="color: #4a4a49;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">OK, there were a few changes, like most of the hides had been renamed, but that didn’t detract from a very pleasant return visit, the reed bed that had once been a hive of wildlife activity, then changed to a pool, has been returned to a reedbed.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I have made a couple of very enjoyable return visits, and on two occasions, enjoyed watching and photographing a kingfisher, not an easy bird to photograph at the best of times.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I am seriously considering rejoining the Wildlife Trust that manages the reserve, along with a few other reserves, but that’ll wait until sometime early in 2022.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">I’ve also made a couple of visits to another local reserve, </span><a href="https://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves-and-events/reserves-a-z/middleton-lakes/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #497ca7; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Middleton Lakes</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">, which has been very quiet generally and not a lot to report back or write about, though on one of my last visits, I did see a </span><a href="https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/goldcrest/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #497ca7; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">goldcrest</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">, which is a winter migrant here, very small and very hard to photograph, particularly on a very dull day, something which for me, 2021 will always be remembered for.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">What for 2022, well, as I’ve mentioned before and in last year’s review, the Covid19 isn’t leaving us anytime soon and with restrictions still ongoing, but hopefully the weather will be a little better and I’ll be able to get out more, and of course, the late summer holiday.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">That is assuming things do start to ease and we don’t have another scenario like Covid19 to suppress the world.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I’ll close and wish you and your families a very Happy Christmas, hopefully without too many restrictions, and a Happy New Year.</span></span></div><div><strong style="border: 0px; color: #2406f7; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></em></strong></div><div><strong style="border: 0px; color: #2406f7; font-family: inherit; font-size: 36px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Peak Rambler</em></strong></div><div><strong style="border: 0px; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></strong></div><div><strong style="border: 0px; color: #4a4a49; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgdgacivGS5SU412attD4CHJawixMyvO9j8x1r84QoTlL8hCQp6hiEz22VkkNSb7RYixgHrkLliJ2gJGJfN-O1t2u1eY3SSdZEVAiiFf74H3QpkEcgaYG2hnjs88uAXy4CsuzaJu8W0JhhXzCnSSUNx0TQEHBF9tmHNcUQjKWF0qmoUCqtDx6EG7oJ=s1610" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;">Canon 100-400 USM-II lens</span></a></div><div><a href="https://www.canon.co.uk/cameras/eos-5d-mark-iv/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Canon 5D MkIV</span></a></div><div><a href="https://www.canon.co.uk/for_home/product_finder/cameras/digital_slr/eos_750d/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Canon 750D camera</span></a></div><div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Cold War</span></a></div><div><a href="https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/goldcrest/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Goldcrest</span></a></div><div><a href="https://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves-and-events/reserves-a-z/middleton-lakes/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Middleton Lakes</span></a></div><div><a href="https://peakramblerblog.wordpress.com/2021/06/06/rspb-burton-mere-19th-may-2021/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">RSPB Burton Mere 19th May 2021</span></a></div><div><a href="https://peakramblerblog.wordpress.com/author/peakramblersramblings/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">RSPB Burton Mere the return</span></a></div><div><a href="https://peakramblerblog.wordpress.com/2021/08/29/rspb-conwy-thursday-26th-august-and-a-new-lens/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">RSPB Conwy Thursday 26th August and a new lens</span></a></div><div><a href="https://www.sigma-global.com/en/lenses/c015_150_600_5_63/" style="background-color: white; 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vertical-align: baseline;"></span></footer></div></div></div>Peak Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07645316221553542322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823921419241429099.post-12963647006052190462020-12-29T08:15:00.001-08:002020-12-29T08:15:35.405-08:00A short walk in a small wooded area <span style="font-family: arial;">What a strange Christmas, like many, no visiting family, and while we’re enduring the restrictions of Covid-19, like a good many, I needed to get out and get some fresh air. So, that’s just what I did, to a nearby wooded area, away from people, peace and quiet and an opportunity to enjoy nature, before HS2 takes a lot of it away from me. <br /><br />It was a nice and quiet day, and nature as ever, was full of activity. <br /><br />The weather, though cold (but not freezing) was nice, dry and sunny, facilitating a country lane photo before I left the lane for the wooded area.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="393" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz1_O7BGpmyAVfdWKxK6DL5AEGM4KIoyNrOMBzPiJlkZLDUx-LvK7IhsXnEiCSxmJuS283gw6bWmo-49c7geHyAth10k695xXJH8xjfB9K9u47vaKhdiKUvEDOiRKdVC48EJwr2eormgs/w590-h393/202012277653_wm.jpg" width="590" /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">From there, it was just me and nature, no one else, just perfect. Usually, the nearby fields are a hive of agricultural activity, and I’m not one to get in the way of those working the land, that is their livelihood and our food, and in recent months, HS2 activity, which is an abomination, and in my personal opinion, definitely of no friend to nature or the environment. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />Less of my opinions, and more of the photos from the mornings wander.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">As someone who loves the countryside, a former hill and moorland walker, post accident, I've had to learn to adapt, and it's been very tough. However, I've always enjoyed photography as a second hobby, and when I used to frequent the hills and moors, I was a devil for continually stopping to take photos, of wildlife and landscapes, so I've invested in more dedicated photographic equipment to further this hobby.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Photography, like any other hobby, can be as expensive or not as you desire, because the real art of photography isn't bright shiny expensive camera gear and lenses, its the person behind the camera that composes the picture, not the camera.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The following photo of a shy robin, shows just how light, and shade, can impact a photo.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmjJPG-TzGeTLbQ1JVPRpQME8qM6rvy_Uz8Zo13qZAubj5rzLOOz_yAJTWMcYYBwSfwcIHLXDZww9J0lvNYCym9OMkwAF6LQM3a6P4N8kNUxsCw9nbUSgjAKBPcJdxGljEpUMDHEqLY14/s1024/202012277670_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmjJPG-TzGeTLbQ1JVPRpQME8qM6rvy_Uz8Zo13qZAubj5rzLOOz_yAJTWMcYYBwSfwcIHLXDZww9J0lvNYCym9OMkwAF6LQM3a6P4N8kNUxsCw9nbUSgjAKBPcJdxGljEpUMDHEqLY14/w640-h426/202012277670_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">While photography it is what the person sees, it is </span><span style="font-family: arial;">an art form, and it can tell a story. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">However, you do need to have some appreciation of how the light flows over a subject to get the subject appealing.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />The first field I passed before entering the woods, had the usual crows feeding followed by the next field, which had sheep, and then once on the woods, it was seeing the birds as you’d expect to see them, foraging and flying around.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhScGjwvOlthrJbKb0hmGmL17GZtpLR3vfNSkacowF6tCk0BqjlR771gaQaprQq5Mli-KB8L8F9bzlzPG01-1vd7dSN_NRVXbIBs2KzLPQrkVQL2CZ9lZs4ktHgY3o7ZUTItxP5QTsPAGI/s1024/202012277657_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhScGjwvOlthrJbKb0hmGmL17GZtpLR3vfNSkacowF6tCk0BqjlR771gaQaprQq5Mli-KB8L8F9bzlzPG01-1vd7dSN_NRVXbIBs2KzLPQrkVQL2CZ9lZs4ktHgY3o7ZUTItxP5QTsPAGI/w640-h426/202012277657_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYUAeZQBJvIBtH0x9is2KNxwd0oxB9bVp8x4n0VtRmkcrrj5nQ75T3QEI269_p6OLAySlPoRHxiGDS-qqmyMzwK1U4MOhFk_jd7yBBVdR3uDn8r33dTbbKzUxRlvxftby9FQ9b1W10mPs/s1024/202012277661_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYUAeZQBJvIBtH0x9is2KNxwd0oxB9bVp8x4n0VtRmkcrrj5nQ75T3QEI269_p6OLAySlPoRHxiGDS-qqmyMzwK1U4MOhFk_jd7yBBVdR3uDn8r33dTbbKzUxRlvxftby9FQ9b1W10mPs/w640-h426/202012277661_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br />The field with sheep may seem uninteresting, but you need to stop, and look around, because a field of sheep isn’t just a field of sheep, there is plenty of wildlife busily at work, feeding, and in a couple of months or so, many birds will be nest building. <br /><br />This next photo may seem like it is of sheep feeding, but look to the left of the left sheep, there’s a magpie. That magpie was following the sheep as they were feeding. As the sheep bite at the grass, they disturb the ground, and that magpie knew that, and was managing to forage and find food from that disturbed ground.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG6Eky12EAHa04veDfocrEPq27nFTCeumpXRRCNaf43TGEDsLP718FRdFdnUTWGmVhmFVOS8CwHf7sve-QZ2y_STvcwbMjoHoazYFqBYg8WyPU01UCUzAZeVZqIstAJofwvsw_yfnU4uI/s1024/202012277668_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG6Eky12EAHa04veDfocrEPq27nFTCeumpXRRCNaf43TGEDsLP718FRdFdnUTWGmVhmFVOS8CwHf7sve-QZ2y_STvcwbMjoHoazYFqBYg8WyPU01UCUzAZeVZqIstAJofwvsw_yfnU4uI/w640-h426/202012277668_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br />Walking through the wooded area, there were the usual blackbirds, robins, blue and great tits, among many other species, including the grey squirrel, all foraging for food. Timing can make a lot of difference, but so can nature when it catches you out, as you will see on the following photos, and the first on of a robin. Just as I pressed the shutter, the wind picked up and raised some of the robin's plumage.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8tJeYVJP-IbvYlS3c_l4RrQ07us1YT1jbaOc1uYY3eahjzVAVltrRQAzbQyb4aSX5mSBj_5JB8ToAwcKbnA1JaTw_nv_oQZvwg0Xug9XzVOEWx3-eh_Vl9voAbVdz8TOXwmf68r9TNKw/w640-h426/202012277675_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Blackbird (M) foraging</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8tJeYVJP-IbvYlS3c_l4RrQ07us1YT1jbaOc1uYY3eahjzVAVltrRQAzbQyb4aSX5mSBj_5JB8ToAwcKbnA1JaTw_nv_oQZvwg0Xug9XzVOEWx3-eh_Vl9voAbVdz8TOXwmf68r9TNKw/s1024/202012277675_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNByWd6099t4nN_uv4gT0U-raPfUy17AHArZctTk1m1MSHMFTo9sANenJolC41HdvMTP272OhjIbZP8fW83m4Il64uZMaacVPZILS177NYJfSfDxczdBBsQZc5cVDSEvur10yBMDvoxLU/s1024/202012277678_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNByWd6099t4nN_uv4gT0U-raPfUy17AHArZctTk1m1MSHMFTo9sANenJolC41HdvMTP272OhjIbZP8fW83m4Il64uZMaacVPZILS177NYJfSfDxczdBBsQZc5cVDSEvur10yBMDvoxLU/w640-h426/202012277678_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">An air dried robin!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7GjjHF3wujeFQL-im6bg5hxGhvdYXOdi3eeYi79sl2tGubC2KA4OYT9yzINYMr8OMmRvppmdAaFIheRRPDt2Dfv6a8nERfSX0JLLjgMmKUikmvQlaXdnGqus1IyzamnNYp9KiN4Bjg8M/w640-h426/202012277681_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And once the short gust of wind had passed</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7GjjHF3wujeFQL-im6bg5hxGhvdYXOdi3eeYi79sl2tGubC2KA4OYT9yzINYMr8OMmRvppmdAaFIheRRPDt2Dfv6a8nERfSX0JLLjgMmKUikmvQlaXdnGqus1IyzamnNYp9KiN4Bjg8M/s1024/202012277681_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWZuERFz8fj48CR3dTqnF0LEFBXP5uP06JE8inRwD98RavbyPu89u2R9OcpMZY0yAg6w1XMXHfVmWi2_nsclrI8ltN_2eiHixnFpVi3jrpsVP1q3VWfskeR1GOd8Ao25l-ptLS9-SB6F8/w640-h426/202012277687_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Blackbird (F) foraging</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWZuERFz8fj48CR3dTqnF0LEFBXP5uP06JE8inRwD98RavbyPu89u2R9OcpMZY0yAg6w1XMXHfVmWi2_nsclrI8ltN_2eiHixnFpVi3jrpsVP1q3VWfskeR1GOd8Ao25l-ptLS9-SB6F8/s1024/202012277687_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />This is where not being in a rush, stopping and taking in the view immediately around you pays off, you just never know what you might see. Also, stopping walking, and allowing all the senses to take in what is around you, sight is one, and listening is another. Take the time to listen to the sounds and then using your eyes, look around.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">A not so common sight for many, are long tailed tits, a little bit smaller than the normal garden birds we see, but nonetheless, a valuable part of nature. However, the long tailed tits didn’t stop around to be photographed for long.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxGjwa1v5mTvJFiz__BM5GzfCM4VarVY6qwcPPfS9KdOSM-cnzzvMSGe97S_Ppwe2JF6__5LMIBz21ijV566W-aGXl59XL0GuhSQfLLoSnq4JzOy-FdjRJvMujAoQoDHDTCYO5hzWNyG0/w640-h426/202012277699_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A long tailed tit feeding on new shoots</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxGjwa1v5mTvJFiz__BM5GzfCM4VarVY6qwcPPfS9KdOSM-cnzzvMSGe97S_Ppwe2JF6__5LMIBz21ijV566W-aGXl59XL0GuhSQfLLoSnq4JzOy-FdjRJvMujAoQoDHDTCYO5hzWNyG0/s1024/202012277699_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">It may be winter, but nature never sleeps, even though it may seem to. In the wooded area, there were some snowdrops in bloom, and daffodils starting to grow!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Snowdrops usually come into full bloom around early to mid February, while daffodils usually flower around late March.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH7VlhH7S1lHjVofB1qVL3IL3qgkYimo15eC1c1lFQaxkT06eFpok46TPgWAgDk2NdVUHmM6ANrlrGtYu-bG37XX51HDbPMca8l0jCTZMisBxm9JwnynWiL1u0x-uefOEITW6VTLpEqnc/s1024/202012277682_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH7VlhH7S1lHjVofB1qVL3IL3qgkYimo15eC1c1lFQaxkT06eFpok46TPgWAgDk2NdVUHmM6ANrlrGtYu-bG37XX51HDbPMca8l0jCTZMisBxm9JwnynWiL1u0x-uefOEITW6VTLpEqnc/w640-h426/202012277682_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Next springs daffodils starting to grow</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh85PzYn4fLZuQkRDkWx5FR3Dew6RpO-hawxhu5loHks5LJSKOtsjsvl4aNSb5gCJDEEmTJyLeivX5c2XSQ0qQhzrZ0icptwUSXURKrcs8sfG57bOTLcAlfKH4_gSt9zGGg4bXNKzW1rRI/s1024/202012277721_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh85PzYn4fLZuQkRDkWx5FR3Dew6RpO-hawxhu5loHks5LJSKOtsjsvl4aNSb5gCJDEEmTJyLeivX5c2XSQ0qQhzrZ0icptwUSXURKrcs8sfG57bOTLcAlfKH4_gSt9zGGg4bXNKzW1rRI/w640-h426/202012277721_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Snowdrops in bloom</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />Look around you, look up, and look down, as well as right to left, even behind you, where you have trodden, just like the magpie mentioned earlier, many birds will look and forage on the ground you have just walked on.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">This great tit was doing just that, once I'd stopped and it felt I was no threat, the great tit came down from a tree above where I had been walking, and started to forage for food among the leaves on the ground.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKzW6tLgN_iqZ8SfqIE50-zziqYidLOR9r22edKBOVHNS1EgVoB9AeWlqsiQUferz7-hRzIXesioz1epDUASYq5JUsRTs-8BKsHZ4fUddHxGndVQJauzAvNmKE_HB_ICU57oEQsNQ1nG0/s1024/202012277704_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKzW6tLgN_iqZ8SfqIE50-zziqYidLOR9r22edKBOVHNS1EgVoB9AeWlqsiQUferz7-hRzIXesioz1epDUASYq5JUsRTs-8BKsHZ4fUddHxGndVQJauzAvNmKE_HB_ICU57oEQsNQ1nG0/w640-h426/202012277704_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This great tit came down to forage for food, that may have been disturbed by me</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKnDK1WiUa3sxM3t6c3pwLszF43FNTy27YZi8-UVI9DaDUQSl1nPYXMnTCPrrd2gTrrjmuHpXbdpopdy2YHRPTTDSKz6yhmdPEwnWgMgR3mMVixLAsEACY_coDern4d_6smsthv268GVE/s1024/202012277711_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKnDK1WiUa3sxM3t6c3pwLszF43FNTy27YZi8-UVI9DaDUQSl1nPYXMnTCPrrd2gTrrjmuHpXbdpopdy2YHRPTTDSKz6yhmdPEwnWgMgR3mMVixLAsEACY_coDern4d_6smsthv268GVE/w640-h426/202012277711_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Shuffling among the leaves</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtLK6Thx_BZEqtsv2WJsAP-veINS8_W8VbGgw4_mrPOeilmVBQ-VWvX-gRK2tRz-SFNQSX3IoOhGIJqWFMju2UFTnwAQHw3_pMlKLRGVXcNXzlX1WInsivIOyWaLNKiDfiaKK98nuc-AQ/s1024/202012277712_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtLK6Thx_BZEqtsv2WJsAP-veINS8_W8VbGgw4_mrPOeilmVBQ-VWvX-gRK2tRz-SFNQSX3IoOhGIJqWFMju2UFTnwAQHw3_pMlKLRGVXcNXzlX1WInsivIOyWaLNKiDfiaKK98nuc-AQ/w640-h426/202012277712_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Even trying to discard leaves, that somehow, ended up on the bird!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh85mj-Mk6IGxh6XdWyfRGDH6VuJYuxvU-7HtMH2ckok67ouxCsbKKvOByON5T0L5LS2H0hcMJ2nGfXh17IWiU-8xma_2zNd_9UqLsKMefF4AzDmI9iT1Su3jCqO_dMRaW6yz1R2QE5OxA/s1024/202012277714_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh85mj-Mk6IGxh6XdWyfRGDH6VuJYuxvU-7HtMH2ckok67ouxCsbKKvOByON5T0L5LS2H0hcMJ2nGfXh17IWiU-8xma_2zNd_9UqLsKMefF4AzDmI9iT1Su3jCqO_dMRaW6yz1R2QE5OxA/w640-h426/202012277714_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Still looking</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">If you look at many deciduous trees, that is trees that lose their leaves at the end of autumn, you will see many have small buds, which are next years leaves! <br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">So next time you’re out for a walk in the countryside, or through the woods, don’t be in a rush, take time to stop and look, you will be surprised at what is going on.</span></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="line-height: 18.4px; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Happy rambling and thank you for taking the time to read,</span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 15.3333px; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br /></span><strong><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><em>Peak Rambler</em></span></strong></div>Peak Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07645316221553542322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823921419241429099.post-49175714119107309212020-12-13T05:49:00.002-08:002024-02-28T23:38:39.407-08:00Peak Rambler’s Ramblings; 2020 a testing year for all!<p style="text-align: left;"></p><div><span style="font-family: arial;">What a year
2020 has turned out to be.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />For me, a
daunting start to the year, which saw me relinquishing more of my independence,
started off with surrendering my HGV, PSV, Motorcycle and full car licence
categories, purely for automatic car licence only.<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Why, well, I
can only drive a car today with adaptations, my right leg no longer able to
safely operate the right-hand pedals of a manual or standard automatic vehicle,
nor will it operate the foot controls of a motorcycle or reliably sustain
holding the weight of a motorcycle while stationary.<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">So, it is a
safe move, but one, that has seen my hard work to attain those categories, only
to relinquish them, my independence, my pride and self-esteem.<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">To be fair to
the DVLA, they did say that should I become able to safely handle vehicles in
those categories again, then I could have them reinstated.<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">If that wasn’t
enough, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic"><span style="color: blue;">Covid19</span></a> came along, and lockdown in March,
making visiting anywhere questionable without risk of spreading this
potentially fatal virus to anyone and everyone.<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">We need to
remember with this silent and invisible killer, it might not be us directly
affected, it could be someone close and dear to us who we infect and seriously
so, or even fatal.<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">So, it was
three months off work as the UK was in lockdown to slow, and hopefully, stop
the spread of Covid19, and it seemed things might be working.<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I returned to
work in June, to help complete work that had to be stopped back in March, to a
very surreal scenario, one-way systems, social distancing, alcohol gel stations
on virtually every corner and by every doorway, no shaking of hands to welcome
colleagues, and of course, the compulsory wearing of face masks or face
shields, all of which is still current practice.<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">My employer,
like many other employers globally, have taken a big financial hit, and have
used the UK’s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furlough"><span style="color: blue;">Furlough Scheme</span></a> to try and save jobs for when things
improve, though as it seems, that isn’t going to happen anytime soon, anywhere.<b><span><br /></span></b><b><span><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>TWITTER!<br /></span></b>I’ve dumped my
Twitter account.<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Why?<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I’ve become
tired of the endless regime of dictations who I should follow and what topics,
to the point I was seeing more from Twitter than the people and organisations
who I wanted to follow.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />I’m all for
tech that supports and makes things palatable, but I’m seeing more and more,
algorithms and artificial intelligence software trying to goad down a specific
route, rather than supporting.<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Even email
clients are introducing so-called Smart features, which again, do not reflect
what I want to type, just like Autocorrect has that annoying habit of changing
text before you send your message.<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I guess my
problem is, I’m too old skool, I was taught to think for myself, and that’s
what I’m happy to do. When I get to the point of not being able to think for
myself, that’s the time to shoot me, place me in that wooden box and seal the
lid.<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I did check to
see whether the account had been removed, or if it was still there after a few
weeks, and to my surprise, it was, but minus my profile, profile photo, followers
and those who </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I followed, but surprisingly, tweets and retweets are still
showing. So if you’ve been wondering where I’ve gone and why, that is the
reason.<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Whether I’ll
return or not, I don’t know, currently have no plans, it’ll remain a dormant
account for the time being.<br /><b><span><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>So
what of 2020; the year of Covid19?</b><b><br /></b></span><b><span><br /></span></b></span></div><div><b><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>Pre-Covid19:
Middleton Lakes, Snowdonia & RSPB Conwy<br /></span></b>I did however
manage some outings this year, starting with normal visits to Middleton Lakes
and Baddesley Clinton, then a trip to Snowdonia to capture some snow scenes on
Snowdon from alongside Llyn Mymbyr, then to the Glyderau for more snow scenes
from Ogwen Cottage and a visit to <a name="_Hlk58750091"></a><a href="https://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves-and-events/reserves-a-z/conwy/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk58750091;"><span style="background: white; color: blue;">RSPB Conwy</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk58750091;"></span>
for some wildlife and the surrounding hills.<br /><o:p></o:p><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_nIUBqC3fomodBesndd5-n4_aBcbCWkQp3Go1Rdf14abbUS3VRx64eUa2R_5QW3SwBgy1YZWI2xgiB1hHuKDso9WTHuFOgKJxlc-ysfqmQEjTA8HLnZjF-AoYD5iPWwrj3nssaBNkTMI/s1024/202001190157_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_nIUBqC3fomodBesndd5-n4_aBcbCWkQp3Go1Rdf14abbUS3VRx64eUa2R_5QW3SwBgy1YZWI2xgiB1hHuKDso9WTHuFOgKJxlc-ysfqmQEjTA8HLnZjF-AoYD5iPWwrj3nssaBNkTMI/w640-h426/202001190157_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Blue Tit at Middleton Lakes enjoying the seeds of a bull rush reed</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9rSDpzs60srypIg498QYqyNLMez67bcg3BBIliB42eSZDhEAzIdHhozlVKZJg7Yy9K4QNqgUltpNNCJTSKStxX52kL9o1sLp0GBzzUdrg8z8t1kM-QUTJNKIUW7G3SA8ku7ouBJ2KNys/s1024/202002010292_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9rSDpzs60srypIg498QYqyNLMez67bcg3BBIliB42eSZDhEAzIdHhozlVKZJg7Yy9K4QNqgUltpNNCJTSKStxX52kL9o1sLp0GBzzUdrg8z8t1kM-QUTJNKIUW7G3SA8ku7ouBJ2KNys/w640-h426/202002010292_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Baddesley Clinton Grounds</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_szvpFdm68nBESBo5W-iMPX95ykK60sr13ag3coW6HvqXbsJQF7_dksCx13NpEwV3PjDqGrm1WKZ_zcJMpK6K0lYM3rUxWwQlzz627EZaxdq3nh6Ghto4ybRsQZRx1E7Su1V4pWj3sng/s1024/202002010315_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_szvpFdm68nBESBo5W-iMPX95ykK60sr13ag3coW6HvqXbsJQF7_dksCx13NpEwV3PjDqGrm1WKZ_zcJMpK6K0lYM3rUxWwQlzz627EZaxdq3nh6Ghto4ybRsQZRx1E7Su1V4pWj3sng/w640-h426/202002010315_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Snow Drops at Baddesley Clinton</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUeKoyvtA4xFHCaAqQcMpLppQqyG2f3GyAWWkavOS5YFJqqkVJDLOqvOmldsW8P0xBPEERDKunKxGrCWo_yBwSGtv8rx7jWo9Hf8lqJKb77R23MbNLSG-V3w9uRNMn0MVxOBntQYpVB7k/s1024/202002020354_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUeKoyvtA4xFHCaAqQcMpLppQqyG2f3GyAWWkavOS5YFJqqkVJDLOqvOmldsW8P0xBPEERDKunKxGrCWo_yBwSGtv8rx7jWo9Hf8lqJKb77R23MbNLSG-V3w9uRNMn0MVxOBntQYpVB7k/w640-h426/202002020354_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Grey Heron with nesting material, RSPB Middleton Lakes</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">That particular
day in Snowdonia and at <a href="https://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves-and-events/reserves-a-z/conwy/"><span style="background: white; color: blue;">RSPB Conwy</span></a> was as ever, a pleasant visit, where I
managed to capture Snowdon, and using the big lens, a solitary person reaching
the summit trig point!</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd52G1Z3aefkz1KCxWYt3It7mKLi0OeYrGjtBAWLPxkAKkJ3_4fczblmXUZ3jLwxmuG7pUvCSnb09sZ3uBdrpnp58KzoqmoAt-U6n2-MYfRQLw2dOnFNA-I5rf475tApV3tMa6OZhh0z4/s1920/202002290564_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd52G1Z3aefkz1KCxWYt3It7mKLi0OeYrGjtBAWLPxkAKkJ3_4fczblmXUZ3jLwxmuG7pUvCSnb09sZ3uBdrpnp58KzoqmoAt-U6n2-MYfRQLw2dOnFNA-I5rf475tApV3tMa6OZhh0z4/w640-h360/202002290564_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f3f5f6; color: #212124; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The key Snowdonia mountains (apart from Snowdon which is just out of view to the left)<br />identified from Rhydlydan.</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />The short visit
to <span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ogwen-cottage"><span style="color: blue;">Ogwen
Cottage</span></a></span> was a bit of a tease, for I have walked those
mountains in all weathers, and the photo opportunities are still as enjoyable as
ever. Afon Idwal provides great views upstream towards Y Garn, while looking
east, there is Tryfan, and west, Elidir Fawr and the Menai Straits.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Being a dullish
day, there was a good opportunity to set a tripod up and remote shutter
release, facilitating a long exposure setting (<i>photos where the shutter
would be open for longer than 1/30 sec, often 5-10 seconds),</i> to take some
photos of Afon Idwal with the water appearing to have a smooth silky effect.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYt8OpCWFkiqPW6XZEXWU27GjZRhq1GyfqaL_ututeaa0e3XhIwlDq9dGOP35p1trpeFfzKfz0H8Rq1pFFRuwu_AvUxNhgJpcviXBipdDjoelfvkedNrpKlcTJBGY2bs0k-jkYv-v5VQA/s1024/202002290599_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYt8OpCWFkiqPW6XZEXWU27GjZRhq1GyfqaL_ututeaa0e3XhIwlDq9dGOP35p1trpeFfzKfz0H8Rq1pFFRuwu_AvUxNhgJpcviXBipdDjoelfvkedNrpKlcTJBGY2bs0k-jkYv-v5VQA/w640-h426/202002290599_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Afon Idwal (Long Exposure) with Y Garn in the background<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />From <a href="https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ogwen-cottage"><span style="color: blue;">Ogwen Cottage</span></a>, I then went to <a href="https://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves-and-events/reserves-a-z/conwy/"><span style="background: white; color: blue;">RSPB Conwy</span></a>, and though a bit blustery, it was a very pleasant day not just watching the wildlife from the hides, but also wandering around the reserve.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCrkRflsIIIsYwr9anbXscPCuBDx6nSYogtVYR3g0pHP-pkokCOrccJbCAikpSPgywMsWEiZsbkLvshKy6QO6x6byeB0xh0hi31Z_k6iIaFq4FJRYak0oI-MYEQNn6Y_ois6z7rBw3CsI/s1024/202002290671_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCrkRflsIIIsYwr9anbXscPCuBDx6nSYogtVYR3g0pHP-pkokCOrccJbCAikpSPgywMsWEiZsbkLvshKy6QO6x6byeB0xh0hi31Z_k6iIaFq4FJRYak0oI-MYEQNn6Y_ois6z7rBw3CsI/w640-h426/202002290671_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Red Breasted Merganser swallowing lunch at RSPB Conwy</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Literally hours
before the full lockdown, I did manage a visit to Baddesley to capture the
daffodils by St Michael’s Church in all their springtime glory.<br /><o:p><br /></o:p></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKRrI6OQwhGytfvicBJBpd8IL_iKUYbzfDrds0Sn2oyS_IKswdJSvx03RhdGUT5Ma7gHcMXvu8XMhrtjZ2RRHJx3V6wjVp6BOig7UD6PxIYEKPybv3sdHbTxQpdRiUOAiBfuBnl3XugWU/s1024/202003210996_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKRrI6OQwhGytfvicBJBpd8IL_iKUYbzfDrds0Sn2oyS_IKswdJSvx03RhdGUT5Ma7gHcMXvu8XMhrtjZ2RRHJx3V6wjVp6BOig7UD6PxIYEKPybv3sdHbTxQpdRiUOAiBfuBnl3XugWU/w640-h426/202003210996_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Daffodils by St Michael's Church, Baddesley Clinton</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In the interim during full lockdown, I spent a lot of time in the garden with the camera, capturing photos of urban wildlife in the garden. Some of the photos below are examples of what I managed to achieve.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0WcxX1IHDfsel2i0qBCoAjwufDQlqw4rXPWIIHPMonuMLdHGiuc5G_ZRzmNRsxHVIGQ2JtMcckXs-qdlPfbyxham_aM54FNIkLjzYh4OXw1nfQp1hNEYLAJ_ffnkua3D-_v0jVy3BQqw/s1024/202004051370_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0WcxX1IHDfsel2i0qBCoAjwufDQlqw4rXPWIIHPMonuMLdHGiuc5G_ZRzmNRsxHVIGQ2JtMcckXs-qdlPfbyxham_aM54FNIkLjzYh4OXw1nfQp1hNEYLAJ_ffnkua3D-_v0jVy3BQqw/w640-h426/202004051370_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Great Tit</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxDwwIY6GM-x_LCH1UVnl8s-PBPDEC8VG6ZMHQDILFALm4UJpKl2xrbhn8fibmNEbzXNEJJos_T87LtPjMHiYNMEWoEHUmoWF8yZzKYjPhgAzkDvMviauJQxJ4UkVPVMmu_gehLZRzUSg/s1024/202004061414_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxDwwIY6GM-x_LCH1UVnl8s-PBPDEC8VG6ZMHQDILFALm4UJpKl2xrbhn8fibmNEbzXNEJJos_T87LtPjMHiYNMEWoEHUmoWF8yZzKYjPhgAzkDvMviauJQxJ4UkVPVMmu_gehLZRzUSg/w640-h426/202004061414_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Adult Crow</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJwosMSv684iSRobSS5n5KeXJo22_dpaksReI62zoGLjiF2Rcnkax9rcR-wpBndhES_ZWXG_51FS6vW9PtQ9Jca7nKfYGU4jtTc2nAJ6-n1VrpcuZkVx43hf4rfffH7qGAHNplT0FHxQI/s1024/202004061446_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJwosMSv684iSRobSS5n5KeXJo22_dpaksReI62zoGLjiF2Rcnkax9rcR-wpBndhES_ZWXG_51FS6vW9PtQ9Jca7nKfYGU4jtTc2nAJ6-n1VrpcuZkVx43hf4rfffH7qGAHNplT0FHxQI/w640-h426/202004061446_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Pair of robins, the male feeds the female as part of courtship</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm-Y3ruefs1ZNqLll57pf6irZkZmvH-BSBQhSvn3nC1R1lbp_m8thSn2CpeN9rgZk5ZXmotHRmMpmtkiJS11tm6J3ELC4tjNyUP6URcZwBiLnhkwhpcVqUjYDUwb9kURcjz1-fwJcSmnI/s1024/202004121745_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm-Y3ruefs1ZNqLll57pf6irZkZmvH-BSBQhSvn3nC1R1lbp_m8thSn2CpeN9rgZk5ZXmotHRmMpmtkiJS11tm6J3ELC4tjNyUP6URcZwBiLnhkwhpcVqUjYDUwb9kURcjz1-fwJcSmnI/w640-h426/202004121745_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGN0XOsCiJGJKMVeiIxuBVwqQokHDtiQ5Q5_bMoNFvY4ZytU6crwKfJVbVNSXlYObChlPBhSxbrWVs0LW1UsRCEfa_6dzdN58Xux37O5d-_LMuUt-iZonpHscMyYSwNSStpuyGyEA29g0/s1024/202004121760_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGN0XOsCiJGJKMVeiIxuBVwqQokHDtiQ5Q5_bMoNFvY4ZytU6crwKfJVbVNSXlYObChlPBhSxbrWVs0LW1UsRCEfa_6dzdN58Xux37O5d-_LMuUt-iZonpHscMyYSwNSStpuyGyEA29g0/w640-h426/202004121760_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A robin with lunch</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEg8UzOVROw91tj0c-_emeJC_eC89HSjSYrrcVA9IiKgF75DTPbkwF35clmQCuVx1RijrVbfgw5grq1fNWcAQxVUSmOWqitga4XlZXqbMeD1dAYI-hKRn7NsJo58xfBR-xociDKlT7Zao/s1024/202004242405_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEg8UzOVROw91tj0c-_emeJC_eC89HSjSYrrcVA9IiKgF75DTPbkwF35clmQCuVx1RijrVbfgw5grq1fNWcAQxVUSmOWqitga4XlZXqbMeD1dAYI-hKRn7NsJo58xfBR-xociDKlT7Zao/w640-h426/202004242405_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A male blackbird having a bath on the fountain in our pond</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtEmEGGOvU80EE2a4Pwwg1k5SMT7bn6Rs7Pq67bHusYwViXLlQQQcUcE7cGQJYOFzdrw-LGv_yOYLfnqSSLYlhdVYqtuvKchlJDWQ3yZLdr-gs5SQ9WPCreG_acPILGg0QpPZ0MJvMUFg/s1024/202004272682_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtEmEGGOvU80EE2a4Pwwg1k5SMT7bn6Rs7Pq67bHusYwViXLlQQQcUcE7cGQJYOFzdrw-LGv_yOYLfnqSSLYlhdVYqtuvKchlJDWQ3yZLdr-gs5SQ9WPCreG_acPILGg0QpPZ0MJvMUFg/w640-h426/202004272682_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A male blackbird with lunch</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMYAuJ1hILq2x6-2rPixumttwtANxWK5Nl-VOcC1guHB-eeDHspG2W9k68ccE672gA6jE_Xz7RofvTuBabr5_rDNKcFqIAkvzVR7zCuxV0bLrHEwXCrJymgMQcMjqhEIqwt0___O0TMa4/s1024/202005073227_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMYAuJ1hILq2x6-2rPixumttwtANxWK5Nl-VOcC1guHB-eeDHspG2W9k68ccE672gA6jE_Xz7RofvTuBabr5_rDNKcFqIAkvzVR7zCuxV0bLrHEwXCrJymgMQcMjqhEIqwt0___O0TMa4/w640-h426/202005073227_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">White Tailed Bumble Bee</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCXJtBIH3ua0ApXHP0Er6t2lhOrsAGfkCSls6t094FrRWZLeUw0I3lWEEnGChBXB9z5IFbRmm85stNmNe9qLNmr8FF0skAW2JueohvXqWNa_FzO_ynDkpAK8m-TnxXXKQNTMW6SyoSfHk/s1024/202005274481_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCXJtBIH3ua0ApXHP0Er6t2lhOrsAGfkCSls6t094FrRWZLeUw0I3lWEEnGChBXB9z5IFbRmm85stNmNe9qLNmr8FF0skAW2JueohvXqWNa_FzO_ynDkpAK8m-TnxXXKQNTMW6SyoSfHk/w640-h426/202005274481_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A house martin in flight.<br />Not an easy bird to photograph in flight, so this was one lucky photo</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQXzVETHIOmnfg4wHUTex2AIAhf2fnuzi76FfzWArJjmWy1rHauMz5qC3QKyPYzqmd1Qpt-HGyijXBhafWjyajeleJznZEZIPtCgRHWjlb4NOTQLL5GRmhvW8aXIac1Fx3suBRenPJ9cc/s1024/202005294505_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQXzVETHIOmnfg4wHUTex2AIAhf2fnuzi76FfzWArJjmWy1rHauMz5qC3QKyPYzqmd1Qpt-HGyijXBhafWjyajeleJznZEZIPtCgRHWjlb4NOTQLL5GRmhvW8aXIac1Fx3suBRenPJ9cc/w640-h426/202005294505_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A male blackbird taking flight</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA_gGmgaLZXTkmLi4NFS-QE8A8tSDa79eqE_NBi2eQnEDqV8BDB8EYOzVwXTOANv6T7sc_TB9T6iaypYc_7EF9j1dv1rW2Yv0htWTJPTd-kvdgRVAkZiH4JCGhnA3C1JRB4Pu1CASaquU/s1024/202006034655_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA_gGmgaLZXTkmLi4NFS-QE8A8tSDa79eqE_NBi2eQnEDqV8BDB8EYOzVwXTOANv6T7sc_TB9T6iaypYc_7EF9j1dv1rW2Yv0htWTJPTd-kvdgRVAkZiH4JCGhnA3C1JRB4Pu1CASaquU/w640-h426/202006034655_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Grey Squirrel action!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB3aOK3k3n4cJiXjxPRx-JtsJi6FXng4f78gaZyaw4vZsBK-jjkgNrEBHJPuKgAkZqXKl7zrG7lRvLYSdFLjvgfyzYN7LMVpq6eG_2T47kJbwuasVbam_PTYkY9CDki7vRI9Ww-d3QSXU/s1024/202006034657_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB3aOK3k3n4cJiXjxPRx-JtsJi6FXng4f78gaZyaw4vZsBK-jjkgNrEBHJPuKgAkZqXKl7zrG7lRvLYSdFLjvgfyzYN7LMVpq6eG_2T47kJbwuasVbam_PTYkY9CDki7vRI9Ww-d3QSXU/w640-h426/202006034657_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Grey Squirrel: "A leap of faith grey squirrel"</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTpRAkh5Lzpi_iUyyOY57ZZR6BPoAdwCDv38oPX69jlfOkJqRJSWflnBTQDRR2UzmKv3u_yEra9mEvFQBoc7rn_6-xBL7ye5esC4AOlE9Mu-iK2mT9SEuD2dcc9XHdWOcLOMgk0G3cs_k/s1024/202006295128_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTpRAkh5Lzpi_iUyyOY57ZZR6BPoAdwCDv38oPX69jlfOkJqRJSWflnBTQDRR2UzmKv3u_yEra9mEvFQBoc7rn_6-xBL7ye5esC4AOlE9Mu-iK2mT9SEuD2dcc9XHdWOcLOMgk0G3cs_k/w640-h426/202006295128_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Long Tailed Tits<br />Typically a woodland bird, but we had dozens of them, taking over the feeders</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Many of these photos can be seen on the <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/peak-rambler/albums"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Peak Rambler Flickr</span></a> account.</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>Sir
William Hill, Froggatt Edge, and the Bearded Vulture<br /></span></b>During the
spring, the UK, or more precisely, the Peak District, had a new and rare visitor,
the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bearded_vulture"><span style="color: blue;">Bearded Vulture</span></a>.<br /><o:p></o:p><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">So, I took
drive to the Upper Derwent Valley, where the sightings had been reported,
though I could only go where it was sensibly accessible due to my disabilities,
which in this instance, was a car park alongside Ladybower Reservoir looking
towards Derwent Edge, which is where the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bearded_vulture"><span style="color: blue;">bearded vulture</span></a> was reported to be inhabiting.<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Apart from a
pair of buzzards and a few other species, there was no <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bearded_vulture"><span style="color: blue;">bearded vulture</span></a><span style="color: blue;"> </span>to be
seen. It was a good day out, and nice to see somewhere I’d not been to for a
good while.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW4ZzRNt2d0FutcCskNqgatteRHnk2_EjVIrZqzHI6vuS_-LVaTB8s1Yx2r5wWEnLyUeAmJu-qKEw9919ka6QNS1cZBClPTPBleB_pc50d_RV92t7HvC9xMlsHR9wUWNx_s9XgtPdy7dA/s1024/202007265622_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW4ZzRNt2d0FutcCskNqgatteRHnk2_EjVIrZqzHI6vuS_-LVaTB8s1Yx2r5wWEnLyUeAmJu-qKEw9919ka6QNS1cZBClPTPBleB_pc50d_RV92t7HvC9xMlsHR9wUWNx_s9XgtPdy7dA/w640-h426/202007265622_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A pair of common buzzards at Ladybower</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPMbLnxlQFpHAXbFwV4joam4KYQY8mv000YDhZi3fOxJ6SLB3qA7OhXNSFl1LzKKJVbKyCP9yPuwpbC5BaVPCFJEYu3hMVf7HdMjHNyOkh67AnPdRAQzv_mSghhH4osEe9FUPeuz8mgN8/s1024/202007265652_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPMbLnxlQFpHAXbFwV4joam4KYQY8mv000YDhZi3fOxJ6SLB3qA7OhXNSFl1LzKKJVbKyCP9yPuwpbC5BaVPCFJEYu3hMVf7HdMjHNyOkh67AnPdRAQzv_mSghhH4osEe9FUPeuz8mgN8/w640-h426/202007265652_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Looking over toward Lost Lad, and where the bearded vulture was supposed to be.</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The photos for that day can be seen in the <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/peak-rambler/albums/72157714970210667/page2"><span style="color: blue;">first part of the July 2020
Album</span></a>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Derwent Edge is a place I’ve walked along many times in
the past, and documented two wanders in pre-accident blogs:<br /><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/derwent-moor-and-those-funny-shaped.html"><span style="color: blue;">Derwent Moor
and those funny shaped stones!<br /></span></a><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/derwent-moor-to-highshaw-clough-from.html"><span style="color: blue;">Derwent Moor
to Highshaw Clough from Cutthroat Bridge<br /></span></a><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/derwent-edge-and-ladybower-with-friends_8094.html"><span style="color: blue;">Derwent Edge
and Ladybower late autumn walk<br /></span></a><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>The
full photo albums are:<br /></span><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/peak-rambler/albums/72157633124848654"><span style="color: blue;">Derwent Edge
2012<br /></span></a><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/peak-rambler/albums/72157633136321432"><span style="color: blue;">Derwent Moor
and Highsaw Clough<br /></span></a><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/peak-rambler/albums/72157636771374826"><span style="color: blue;">Derwent
Reservoir</span></a><span>
(No write up for these photos)<br /><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/peak-rambler/albums/72157638261908665"><span style="color: blue;">Derwent Edge December 2013<br /></span></a><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Later in July,
determined to try and get a photo or two of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bearded_vulture"><span style="color: blue;">bearded vulture</span></a> I made another trip to the Peak
District, though sightings had become very quiet with some dubious reports in
areas where it wasn’t natural habitat for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bearded_vulture"><span style="color: blue;">bearded vulture</span></a> to live. Knowing how tight parking and
access is at Ladybower and the Upper Derwent Valley can be, I decided to make
alternative plans, which would encompass the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bearded_vulture"><span style="color: blue;">bearded vulture</span></a> if there were any reliable sights, and
took a trip to Eyam Moor, where I could perch at the top by the trig point on
Sir William Hill, which wasn’t far from the nearby road.<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">It was a
glorious day, the views were superb, even across to Derwent Edge, and bearing
in mind the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bearded_vulture"><span style="color: blue;">bearded vulture</span></a> had a wingspan of some 3 metres,
catching a glimpse if she should appear would be more the feasible.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGkPzIDRSo1fuW8f0xXVPmsKpW4wEsNmY3VC2XTEEBUzJDaP470EphJudNFf8n-cqMYxGaYxx5fIPx_BlhJU1lFU5zSqygcZDjmXkhsVnwOOjTEWoAGybEER7GKSoQyzSlPPHGAVittkw/s1024/202007315760_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGkPzIDRSo1fuW8f0xXVPmsKpW4wEsNmY3VC2XTEEBUzJDaP470EphJudNFf8n-cqMYxGaYxx5fIPx_BlhJU1lFU5zSqygcZDjmXkhsVnwOOjTEWoAGybEER7GKSoQyzSlPPHGAVittkw/w640-h426/202007315760_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Looking over to Derwent Edge</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik1jSBj_mDUz-6VKpQCjUecwDaGFqSigMEHB5BTiLHK6Vh1Le59x6Bpr34N6v4-HlB4iEEKS7lIzE59hjXT26ZOj8zTUGMKYEbqUlOIzjUMGMGQ8qxHXJs7Fhebblggbp3gCx3Qvc2zsc/s1024/202007315779_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik1jSBj_mDUz-6VKpQCjUecwDaGFqSigMEHB5BTiLHK6Vh1Le59x6Bpr34N6v4-HlB4iEEKS7lIzE59hjXT26ZOj8zTUGMKYEbqUlOIzjUMGMGQ8qxHXJs7Fhebblggbp3gCx3Qvc2zsc/w640-h426/202007315779_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A swallow on Eyam Moor</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">It wasn’t to
be, but it was still a good day out, though I was in some discomfort with my
leg for a few days afterwards. You can read about that day here in: <a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.com/2020/08/sir-william-hill-froggatt-edge-along.html"><span style="color: blue;">Sir William Hill &
Froggatt Edge, along with a few personal thoughts</span></a><span style="color: blue;">, </span>and the photos are in <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/peak-rambler/albums/72157714970210667/page2/"><span style="color: blue;">second part of the July 2020
Album</span></a>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>During lockdown, I had purchased a new camcorder, a </span><a href="https://www.canon.co.uk/video-cameras/legria-hf-g60/"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Canon Legria HF G60</span></a><span>, and I took that with me to Eyam Moor, and had a play around. An early result, using a tripod, was to capture a kestrel swooping down on a small rodent on the moor. Alas, the kestrel came away empty, but it was a first attempt at following nature in action.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">You can see the short video by clicking <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/peak-rambler/50180869062/in/album-72157714970210667/"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">HERE</span></b></a>, to view in my <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/peak-rambler/albums/72157714970210667/"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Flickr July 2020 Album</span></a>,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Earlier in the
year, I compiled a writeup about the village of Eyam (<i>pronounced Eeeem</i>)
in the Peak District, which during the Great Plague of 1665/6, under the
leadership of the Rev William Mompesson, the villagers of Eyam self-isolated
themselves, a period that took well over a year and with a very high death toll
on the village, from the rest of the world to try and contain the plague.<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">You may find
it interesting reading, for I feel it has a lot of similarities to what we have
been through, and still are, with <a name="_Hlk58144036"></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic"><span style="color: blue;">Covid19</span></a>,
in: <a href="https://peakramblerblog.wordpress.com/2020/04/20/eyam-a-plague-village-which-went-into-self-isolation/"><span style="color: blue;">Eyam; a
plague village which went into self-isolation</span></a>.<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; white-space: pre-wrap;">I have always enjoyed photography, particularly landscape and wildlife, after my hill and moorland walking, so it was easy to find another hobby to keep me active, and I’m always keen to try new and different aspects to photography, and sometime, stellar opportunities come along, in the form of the comet Neowise, where I managed to get a couple of half decent photos of the comet in the north western sky at night, using the big lens on a tripod, I managed to get a clear photo.</span><br /><b><span><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPrFwNvK1814ZODeYvNkOlcW9QrNO4xGWfdhS1OPLrE66SgoAObLGQo_VdEpUM7rfm_hzQbfq_XOSoxFJWNDA7PWJozJCPgsX9iSgLEF_cx4IncOra-UTAHVnYbCoApvBZ4u6kSKocF_Q/s1024/202007285682_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPrFwNvK1814ZODeYvNkOlcW9QrNO4xGWfdhS1OPLrE66SgoAObLGQo_VdEpUM7rfm_hzQbfq_XOSoxFJWNDA7PWJozJCPgsX9iSgLEF_cx4IncOra-UTAHVnYbCoApvBZ4u6kSKocF_Q/w640-h426/202007285682_wm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; white-space: pre-wrap;">Comet Neowise</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU4Vgp6wg30Da9J3D4QBu6nRUg5J1y7QIMnp66OLXM3fHUhvxPLW2Gv1qN30yur4jF7hYsBE1IskVZ92t8408UyOpG3pPyuvclVJsZPIv2-H31Be3vUOQR7UTib1eN_Tu3OEsZ5qm4ETg/s1024/202007285686_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU4Vgp6wg30Da9J3D4QBu6nRUg5J1y7QIMnp66OLXM3fHUhvxPLW2Gv1qN30yur4jF7hYsBE1IskVZ92t8408UyOpG3pPyuvclVJsZPIv2-H31Be3vUOQR7UTib1eN_Tu3OEsZ5qm4ETg/w640-h426/202007285686_wm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cropped image Comet Neowise</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span><br /></span></b></span></div><div><b><span><span style="font-family: arial;">Warwickshire,
<span style="background: white;">Tu Hwnt i'r
Bont</span><span style="background: white;"> </span>and
RSPB Conwy</span></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Desperate for
some photos away from the garden, which during the two periods I was on
Furlough, continued to yield many photo opportunities, I managed to make some
trips into <span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">nearby Warwickshire
during September, and later in September, with restrictions nicely eased, I
managed a trip back up to North Wales to capture the red foliage on </span><a href="https://www.tuhwntirbont.co.uk/"><span style="background: white; color: blue;">Tu Hwnt i'r Bont</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black;">, a
tearoom on the south side of Llanwryst, before making a long overdue trip to </span><a href="https://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves-and-events/reserves-a-z/conwy/"><span style="background: white; color: blue;">RSPB Conwy</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black;">.<br /><o:p></o:p></span><span style="background: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx2Pat8hP3vHBq7oSkzRSCyEMrmQvPpDdh9t_YrsGse9CZpgaPWa3zrbZLjlPHwOkKXY920e4-wjN39KsCdqwTAIgw8BmgKbtZ6QZwNZa_uh5mI5s-TbxkUQBdzl80ZuxMMcFn1DZkoQU/s1024/202009196650_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx2Pat8hP3vHBq7oSkzRSCyEMrmQvPpDdh9t_YrsGse9CZpgaPWa3zrbZLjlPHwOkKXY920e4-wjN39KsCdqwTAIgw8BmgKbtZ6QZwNZa_uh5mI5s-TbxkUQBdzl80ZuxMMcFn1DZkoQU/w640-h426/202009196650_wm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.tuhwntirbont.co.uk/" style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: blue;">Tu Hwnt i'r Bont</span></a><span style="background: white; text-align: left;">, a tearoom on the south side of Llanwryst</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzQ901TyilNrLiH8Y9ovIo50R_H5Zm9JnXZA7dMt1v4Uy1WQSb03G4A94Ys-TESNeDScsNB8kaHpP3T8-_r02pFVK8ZuEfm4QwoQZ7UWvQZyUFJ-i22-IAS70k4pjcCtrZfx8zBDydwyM/s1024/202009196657_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzQ901TyilNrLiH8Y9ovIo50R_H5Zm9JnXZA7dMt1v4Uy1WQSb03G4A94Ys-TESNeDScsNB8kaHpP3T8-_r02pFVK8ZuEfm4QwoQZ7UWvQZyUFJ-i22-IAS70k4pjcCtrZfx8zBDydwyM/w640-h426/202009196657_wm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the many Carneddau Foal born during 2020 at <a href="https://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves-and-events/reserves-a-z/conwy/" style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: blue;">RSPB Conwy</span></a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaWO6ieFBs1zKsfW9DIkAF98fR4yRjRcV0bqsug7-_biynDs9g9IP5lE-PJEmC1bONN5ECn39vaAGQH9UkZzajs7nQg5ZmGs3OTk9JR-gEnzWBnjfobrhm_LlpJhjbbQVhzHcTOZIvnT8/s1024/202009196757_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaWO6ieFBs1zKsfW9DIkAF98fR4yRjRcV0bqsug7-_biynDs9g9IP5lE-PJEmC1bONN5ECn39vaAGQH9UkZzajs7nQg5ZmGs3OTk9JR-gEnzWBnjfobrhm_LlpJhjbbQVhzHcTOZIvnT8/w640-h426/202009196757_wm.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red Shanks taking flight at <a href="https://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves-and-events/reserves-a-z/conwy/" style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: blue;">RSPB Conwy</span></a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="background: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white;">While it was good to get back to the
reserve at Conwy, it was very surreal, but the staff and volunteers as they
always do, did a fabulous job of maintaining the reserve and making visitors feel
welcome. You can read about that day in: </span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.com/2020/10/rspb-conwy-19-sept-long-overdue-visit.html"><span style="background: white; color: blue;">RSPB Conwy
19 Sept; a long overdue visit!</span></a><span style="background: white;"> and the photos are in the </span><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/peak-rambler/albums/72157715938237133"><span style="background: white; color: blue;">September
2020 Album</span></a><span style="background: white;">, along with the Warwickshire photos.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">Soon after this, Wales then went through a national
lockdown, followed by England and many other parts of the UK, so visits
anywhere were curtailed again, and as I write, still under curfew!</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">While travel restrictions are sill imposed, I've continued to take urban wildlife photos in the garden and here are a few more.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWNMJukEfJN_igWuqVZnFsPdDj_v8EGAU8ZhFuHgzwLGc0B4y1YiN3zzWSE4KVs4kZmSKyzjO0EmCN0t2klDGUjk8os0zkMLGggM3snSBRHFVQgcCeX26DS8tDHd5Cn2LLumMpYy8c03Q/s1024/202009016496_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWNMJukEfJN_igWuqVZnFsPdDj_v8EGAU8ZhFuHgzwLGc0B4y1YiN3zzWSE4KVs4kZmSKyzjO0EmCN0t2klDGUjk8os0zkMLGggM3snSBRHFVQgcCeX26DS8tDHd5Cn2LLumMpYy8c03Q/w640-h426/202009016496_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Warwickshire countryside</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv1acFCHfzk0-iltB1MC4isxzXhn_MFN_XX_2GNfmDa7jisNPJncjQ5he4WJuQWzN9l0f2tL7Lm8KFgrABRADzxDwTeFxUtsKDBPTnhN8au1F_ikNbNMCvYUN_2GmCymyUKQVo0n08iwo/s1024/202009016516_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv1acFCHfzk0-iltB1MC4isxzXhn_MFN_XX_2GNfmDa7jisNPJncjQ5he4WJuQWzN9l0f2tL7Lm8KFgrABRADzxDwTeFxUtsKDBPTnhN8au1F_ikNbNMCvYUN_2GmCymyUKQVo0n08iwo/w640-h426/202009016516_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Barn, Old Milverton</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinaHBglji5he1jeu3LBhkU7NbyBeU4ZDCGS5B2RIw3iT2BgKUNqBwE8pyUaU_zJxXN_GxBZaa1Z7-T2N1cFsOn6pQe5kR_6CnjrBEwXvCaYIlI9SCBRWM7vxY7LNrbqS7jc7yKbwP2Bkc/s1024/202009126560_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinaHBglji5he1jeu3LBhkU7NbyBeU4ZDCGS5B2RIw3iT2BgKUNqBwE8pyUaU_zJxXN_GxBZaa1Z7-T2N1cFsOn6pQe5kR_6CnjrBEwXvCaYIlI9SCBRWM7vxY7LNrbqS7jc7yKbwP2Bkc/w640-h426/202009126560_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Long Itchington Village Pond</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRCTPaZlRXLC9A7u-yC9YQqfsbo0s46Q7RJT8t6c-7TG5nRqdIAzl8U9tQ-r2nQehF1w9IkLtddWhOty6mkHePG5wNpgoJ6_Agk6u5PGUhm-sdbzctR_GGkWu-e1iOMB9nZjkh5sVX768/s1024/202009126564_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRCTPaZlRXLC9A7u-yC9YQqfsbo0s46Q7RJT8t6c-7TG5nRqdIAzl8U9tQ-r2nQehF1w9IkLtddWhOty6mkHePG5wNpgoJ6_Agk6u5PGUhm-sdbzctR_GGkWu-e1iOMB9nZjkh5sVX768/w640-h426/202009126564_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Long Itchington Village Green</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjevQCbuTUzEzQ9oHMVTL-PybYSJlwemB3vmz7yZpa3Sos38UgunxGMXC18I4wjLdXOG-kxMK42Hv3TQHEzDpb0GdOXbGKgzkV23RQaPJksKmZtTh59Z-qfRiytK7jsj6Grs5SQVB55Fu4/s1024/202010266920_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjevQCbuTUzEzQ9oHMVTL-PybYSJlwemB3vmz7yZpa3Sos38UgunxGMXC18I4wjLdXOG-kxMK42Hv3TQHEzDpb0GdOXbGKgzkV23RQaPJksKmZtTh59Z-qfRiytK7jsj6Grs5SQVB55Fu4/w640-h426/202010266920_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Autumn Colours in the garden</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik4nS4GZBDIRmU1lnFLvJAygxBxxEmoMpO8OwpWaigT9UYJ4jUIxXL4fgvYAhNZfNonXfxeAePmDzmEdUEqa7oMjHmzv1AKvyUuW7mA7vcAClCbUNus-jadzhAtjoQXx2fd_8ARcQKKuc/s1024/202011016967_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik4nS4GZBDIRmU1lnFLvJAygxBxxEmoMpO8OwpWaigT9UYJ4jUIxXL4fgvYAhNZfNonXfxeAePmDzmEdUEqa7oMjHmzv1AKvyUuW7mA7vcAClCbUNus-jadzhAtjoQXx2fd_8ARcQKKuc/w640-h426/202011016967_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Autumn Colours in the garden<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ8OBE_n6LWNc0FvMNA960bLugd49zjud5l5062W5M76IqC7hBu1Ij9jULmvMoAQV3mJI5WPhDowwyzLLqrXAXqjacDv15mQO1K4i_cnnvu-bCpS2DMeNuMp2W12dEq5kMzEY9m6b-LAU/s1024/202011066980_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ8OBE_n6LWNc0FvMNA960bLugd49zjud5l5062W5M76IqC7hBu1Ij9jULmvMoAQV3mJI5WPhDowwyzLLqrXAXqjacDv15mQO1K4i_cnnvu-bCpS2DMeNuMp2W12dEq5kMzEY9m6b-LAU/w640-h426/202011066980_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A nearby home firework display</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh65GtsWG-ojWy8TKfHZwuy9w3Qq5Q8S3QLc4Ex7fRvDxkbntnbVu1RsATRk6mw4DRMm4O5HtRZ-yjfmZDLv9HOk1LKD5Y1zyhNG41UVfG8189WnoMJvi4KQnBml9rRLc5BTgZFVbOUZaQ/s1024/202011067066_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh65GtsWG-ojWy8TKfHZwuy9w3Qq5Q8S3QLc4Ex7fRvDxkbntnbVu1RsATRk6mw4DRMm4O5HtRZ-yjfmZDLv9HOk1LKD5Y1zyhNG41UVfG8189WnoMJvi4KQnBml9rRLc5BTgZFVbOUZaQ/w640-h426/202011067066_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A nearby home firework display</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWDY0vpRAVcHLdtJJGKJXwbM_HB_b_V9kBKR_5XiD6-D0kxhLJX_qYlPmYaf_d8uSfzYr9bkJbpEs8Xc4OjM-2WDCyMUaaLO0EkCQHji3PeoMiLY1AhwgzPG_IbTgN3S-efRVhJhUtd6Y/s1024/202011147154_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWDY0vpRAVcHLdtJJGKJXwbM_HB_b_V9kBKR_5XiD6-D0kxhLJX_qYlPmYaf_d8uSfzYr9bkJbpEs8Xc4OjM-2WDCyMUaaLO0EkCQHji3PeoMiLY1AhwgzPG_IbTgN3S-efRVhJhUtd6Y/w640-h426/202011147154_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">On a very wet day, a robin enjoying a bath in a puddle on the patio</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white;">I don’t anticipate the travel
restrictions ending anytime soon, and even with the vaccination availability
slowly gaining momentum, I feel the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic"><span style="color: blue;">Covid19</span></a><span style="background: white;"> virus will hamper our
ability to move around for the next year or so, but it will settle down, and we
will regain the freedom we enjoyed before </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic"><span style="color: blue;">Covid19</span></a><span style="background: white;"> in good time.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white;">A final photo, for those wondering what my injuries and leg condition is, below is a photo showing my swollen and misshapen leg.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhojRf5IxIsW6qlD2PF-LGaMtcnIkaxjkMH8wxPwfG7yyJCffVIu6n_lO6st8ifvP0ISBpaNpNiSMF4YVBfDdard351IfDxfS1kf3GoQl3zn1qMh370R6FSb_UqD3P6wHQOkpviyVi6foA/s1024/IMG_4152_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhojRf5IxIsW6qlD2PF-LGaMtcnIkaxjkMH8wxPwfG7yyJCffVIu6n_lO6st8ifvP0ISBpaNpNiSMF4YVBfDdard351IfDxfS1kf3GoQl3zn1qMh370R6FSb_UqD3P6wHQOkpviyVi6foA/w640-h426/IMG_4152_wm.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="background: white;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;">You can comment on any of the blogs, however,
ALL comments are moderated before publication, so please accept my apologies in
advance for any slight delay to publishing publishable comments.<br /></span><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;">In the interim, thank you for reading,
stay safe, take care and we’ll meet again, and finally, </span><span style="background-color: white;">Wishing Everyone a Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year, lets hope 2021 is a better year.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-hSxE8MVw1392xi7EIyql_3aH0Od5esWxUYHW-lxo3xYiTuS7ERIXS5OZqOXRgUZ4TwJ6tTvsRipfMRAlaGKygvvTjXFfmiC-lCJiRHuXLrjmqr_7H6wkCijzsm3flagwsvHdmqHELi8/s1024/20181220377900000.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-hSxE8MVw1392xi7EIyql_3aH0Od5esWxUYHW-lxo3xYiTuS7ERIXS5OZqOXRgUZ4TwJ6tTvsRipfMRAlaGKygvvTjXFfmiC-lCJiRHuXLrjmqr_7H6wkCijzsm3flagwsvHdmqHELi8/w640-h426/20181220377900000.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i><b><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: xx-large;">Peak Rambler</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></i></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>NOTE:</b> <i>During the lockdown periods, I have
been playing around with two formats for compiling blogs, the current and old
format is via Google Blogger, and the new one, which I have a slight preference
for, is Wordpress, so you will see what appears a duplicate set of links, for
the same text and photos but in two different formats.<br /></i><o:p> <br /></o:p><span style="color: black;">In no particular order, some of the links mentioned in
this blog:<br /></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic"><span style="color: blue;">Covid19<br /></span></a><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ogwen-cottage"><span style="color: blue;">Ogwen
Cottage<br /></span></a></span><a href="https://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves-and-events/reserves-a-z/conwy/"><span style="background: white; color: blue;">RSPB Conwy<br /></span></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furlough"><span style="color: blue;">Furlough Scheme<br /></span></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bearded_vulture"><span style="color: blue;">Bearded Vulture<br /></span></a><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/derwent-moor-and-those-funny-shaped.html"><span style="color: blue;">Derwent Moor
and those funny shaped stones!<br /></span></a><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/derwent-moor-to-highshaw-clough-from.html"><span style="color: blue;">Derwent Moor
to Highshaw Clough from Cutthroat Bridge<br /></span></a><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/derwent-edge-and-ladybower-with-friends_8094.html"><span style="color: blue;">Derwent Edge
and Ladybower late autumn walk<br /></span></a><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/peak-rambler/albums/72157633124848654"><span style="color: blue;">Derwent Edge
2012<br /></span></a><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/peak-rambler/albums/72157633136321432"><span style="color: blue;">Derwent Moor
and Highsaw Clough<br /></span></a><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/peak-rambler/albums/72157636771374826"><span style="color: blue;">Derwent
Reservoir<br /></span></a><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/peak-rambler/albums/72157638261908665"><span style="color: blue;">Derwent Edge December 2013<br /></span></a><a href="https://www.tuhwntirbont.co.uk/"><span style="background: white; color: blue;">Tu Hwnt i'r
Bont</span></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: blue;"><a href="https://www.canon.co.uk/video-cameras/legria-hf-g60/" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Canon Legria HF G60</span></a><a href="https://www.tuhwntirbont.co.uk/"><br /></a></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="color: black;">Wordpress<br /></span><a href="https://peakramblerblog.wordpress.com/2020/04/20/eyam-a-plague-village-which-went-into-self-isolation/"><span style="color: blue;">Eyam; a
plague village which went into self-isolation<br /></span></a><a href="https://peakramblerblog.wordpress.com/2020/08/21/sir-william-hill-froggatt-edge-along-with-a-few-personal-thoughts/"><span style="color: blue;">Sir William
Hill & Froggatt Edge, along with a few personal thoughts<br /></span></a><a href="https://peakramblerblog.wordpress.com/2020/10/11/rspb-conwy-19-sept-a-long-overdue-visit/"><span style="color: blue;">RSPB Conwy
19 Sept; a long overdue visit!<br /></span></a><span style="color: black;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="color: black;">Google<br /></span><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.com/2020/08/sir-william-hill-froggatt-edge-along.html"><span style="color: blue;">Sir William Hill & Froggatt Edge, along with a few personal thoughts</span></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/7823921419241429099/5003367292741182961"><br /></a></span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.com/2020/10/rspb-conwy-19-sept-long-overdue-visit.html"><span style="color: blue;">RSPB Conwy
19 Sept; a long overdue visit!</span></a></span><br /></div>
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<p></p>Peak Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07645316221553542322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823921419241429099.post-80468512513768543642020-10-11T04:02:00.015-07:002024-02-28T23:32:09.132-08:00RSPB Conwy 19 Sept; a long overdue visit!<p><span style="font-family: arial;">What a year 2020 has been, with no sign of any let up from
Covid19!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;">This
is the second visit of 2020 to the reserve at Conwy (<i>the last was Saturday 29th February 2020</i>)</span><span style="color: black;"> and the
way things are looking, this will possibly the last before 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;">The
day was, as always, an early start for a three hour drive, and a planned
September detour to see </span><a href="https://www.tuhwntirbont.co.uk/"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Tu Hwnt i'r Bont</span></b></a><span style="color: black;">, Llanwrst, a pretty
former 15th century courthouse now a tearoom, I've yet to visit, but always
looks spectacular at this time of year as the foliage around it turns to a
brilliant red.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It
was a little difficult to get a properly aligned photo, trying to maintain
social distancing while other photographers were there, but it was nice to see,
and Pont Fawr, the bridge (<i>Pont is Welsh for bridge</i>). always looks splendid.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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there, it was on to the reserve, only recently reopened after a long time
closed due to lockdown. I say closed, they'd actually opened the reserve up, but without the
facilities, which I require after a three hour drive.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;">After
catching up with many of the volunteers and staff who I'd not seen for months,
it was a late wander around the reserve, which as you'd expect, the hides were
still closed for Covid19 reasons.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I
want to say here, the staff and volunteers have done a brilliant job at
enabling Covid19 restrictions making the reserve as safe as possible for all to
visit, and I take my hat off to them all, it has been a real pleasure to see
the old faces again, even with the sad news that one gent, a disabled chap who
I know, had a stroke just before lockdown and from what I understand, there had
been complications, so I hope all goes well and I manage to meet up with him
sometime at the reserve, or Burton Mere, where I think he also visits, in the
future.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Not
to be perturbed, I always enjoy a wander away from the hides, keeping to the
paths, and using the viewing screens around the Deep Lagoon, which can and do
yield some good views, though this time, they didn't. What was strange, there
were no robins or blackbirds along the paths leading to and around the hides!</span></p>
<p><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;">To
be fair, I didn't hang around, the paths were quiet from a public perspective,
so I wanted to make the best of the quietness and get out into the open areas
enabling social distancing. But even in the past on a quick walk along those
paths, there is usually some bird life!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The
wildlife was just out of range of the big lens, so many photos are heavily
cropped, and a greater number were ditched because the sun was at the wrong
angle.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;">However,
one thing I wanted to see, was this years Carneddau Foals, which by now, had
grown somewhat, but there was one fairly new addition, the sixth this year.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAcvOV1ZPv-18hGaCxIljZ9UupAVYFamlZDgpInxPbzWuTvke4SMNdaikOgUuqmvrv4Hf3rgHRZEoopileLvHSTi9Bl3TJB6h5Gmmy8ipmyjXi1OWkQedxOsK8CNnfokm5AolS5B-vhOk/s1024/202009196657_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAcvOV1ZPv-18hGaCxIljZ9UupAVYFamlZDgpInxPbzWuTvke4SMNdaikOgUuqmvrv4Hf3rgHRZEoopileLvHSTi9Bl3TJB6h5Gmmy8ipmyjXi1OWkQedxOsK8CNnfokm5AolS5B-vhOk/w640-h427/202009196657_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">One of this years Carneddau Foals<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This
little one arrived was part of the routine Carneddau pony exchanges, where they
swap them around to avoid inbreeding, and mum was pregnant upon arrival to the
reserve.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqROeLVHzNwNAJ12MGAe7Q_c8H8ck9RvlVPyQXFWeUrf_5wCRueGIZ0fFF_1Mh6stU3BBXJo4B9G0xBRFXEJcznn4DafVO9NoJ2rfUauCohG5dSMlAPoXhNLUeYNuRGflIydHhFZ59SlU/s1024/202009196690_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqROeLVHzNwNAJ12MGAe7Q_c8H8ck9RvlVPyQXFWeUrf_5wCRueGIZ0fFF_1Mh6stU3BBXJo4B9G0xBRFXEJcznn4DafVO9NoJ2rfUauCohG5dSMlAPoXhNLUeYNuRGflIydHhFZ59SlU/w640-h426/202009196690_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">You can take a horse (<i>Carneddau pony</i>) to water....</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The
only area I managed to get any decent photos from was the Foel Fras screen,
(named after a nearby hill). It was also wide enough for me to settle at and
allowed others to view from while not affecting social distancing.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;">There
were plenty of curlew, aided by the fact the tide hadn't long reached high tide
on my arrival.</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRqV_-Ro55OjGH1piXI7qpHEgviGfzhiGNnRXNttsyTNB3ChNTDXreczbC1Eg5Q6wd-E3p3CndJ78TlEueWEtjjXH4zAU7xK8ctN5iR0D1dmy6gRyumnxqC7w2MkXkknmIVcV2gINZ1s8/w640-h426/202009196678_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Redshank, Widgeon and Curlew<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRqV_-Ro55OjGH1piXI7qpHEgviGfzhiGNnRXNttsyTNB3ChNTDXreczbC1Eg5Q6wd-E3p3CndJ78TlEueWEtjjXH4zAU7xK8ctN5iR0D1dmy6gRyumnxqC7w2MkXkknmIVcV2gINZ1s8/s1024/202009196678_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;">There were plenty of widgeon, and this one was having a splash. I never expected to get a decent photo in view of the distance and the angle of light....</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;">There
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egret, again too far away to get a decent photo. I also took the new camcorder,
it worked well on the tripod, but again the wildlife was too far away. However,
the tripod came in handy for this one photo of the great white....<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Great white egrets until
recently have been quite a rare bird, and only perhaps in the last year or so,
have become more common in and around the UK's reserves.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Little Egrets were once a very
scare bird, only a handful were seen on the south coasts around the early
2000's, and today, are a very commonplace wader seen at virtually all wetlands.
The likelihood is the same will occur with the great white egret over the next
few years.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Another egret that is slowly
becoming more prevalent on wetlands, is the Cattle Egret, though to-date, I've
only seen one, among cattle near a local reserve. But I do know of many more sightings around the UK.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p>
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was an eerily strange day for me, <strong>no
fault of the reserve staff or volunteers</strong>, they were their usual
friendly and welcoming selves, it was great to see them again and catch up on
the gossip.</span><p></p>
<p><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Many
of the visitors were people who probably wouldn't have dreamt of visiting if it
wasn't for Covid19, so there was a new learning experience for many, not
something I could easily share because of social distancing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;">What
was frustrating, and no fault of the reserve, was folk walking off path to meet
the ponies, which moved away, and probably had a knock on effect to the
wildlife around the reserve.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Perhaps
I'm being a bit too sensitive.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;">One
thing I did miss, was my visit to enjoy the local haddock, chips and mushy
peas....</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I always went to a nearby restaurant and had a bite to eat, and cuppa, before the three hour drive back home.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMYYOFqUMiwH5D4GlTqS7Y9pPpxmfSj8RQ4BJJQ_pcfGLY045H-C5kPujLxIKPB8kmrizBajFJ2WkwIVBBO7p1iLyCAWy3m7heLxnLpvV3iSFtFfBmZoyOkxFuRfaHL3unIQHXvKA_jGk/s1375/%2523+peak+rambler+signature.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="397" data-original-width="1375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMYYOFqUMiwH5D4GlTqS7Y9pPpxmfSj8RQ4BJJQ_pcfGLY045H-C5kPujLxIKPB8kmrizBajFJ2WkwIVBBO7p1iLyCAWy3m7heLxnLpvV3iSFtFfBmZoyOkxFuRfaHL3unIQHXvKA_jGk/s320/%2523+peak+rambler+signature.jpg" width="320" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMYYOFqUMiwH5D4GlTqS7Y9pPpxmfSj8RQ4BJJQ_pcfGLY045H-C5kPujLxIKPB8kmrizBajFJ2WkwIVBBO7p1iLyCAWy3m7heLxnLpvV3iSFtFfBmZoyOkxFuRfaHL3unIQHXvKA_jGk/s1375/%2523+peak+rambler+signature.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Photo Album</span><span> </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77330842@N05/sets">Peak Rambler Flickr Photo Album</a><span> </span></span></div><div><br /></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;">For the technical, the equipment for the day was:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Canon 5D MkIV</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Canon 24-105 f4 IS II USM</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Sigma 150-600mm Contemporary f5-6.3</span></p><h1 class="page-title nosp" data-price-promise-enabled="" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal; left: 0px; margin: 0px; max-width: 645px; padding-bottom: 0px; width: 910px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">MANFROTTO Compact Advanced Tripod</span></h1><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Nikon 10x25 Travelite Binoculars</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;">Canon LEGRIA</span><span style="background-color: white;"> HF </span><span style="background-color: white;">G60</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Vaude Triset 25+4 rucksack</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Folding walking stick/seat</span></p>Peak Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07645316221553542322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823921419241429099.post-50033672927411829612020-08-21T07:22:00.001-07:002024-02-28T23:29:48.920-08:00Sir William Hill & Froggatt Edge, along with a few personal thoughts<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I’ve more or less written 2020 off totally, and feeling like I've been defeatist, which isn't my style. With Covid-19 and getting Furloughed among many other personal issues, I've been fighting the demons again, but there's no escape, no matter which way I turn.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">What a year 2020 is turning out to be, with Covid-19 across the world and Britain going into a lockdown from 24th March for some three months before restrictions were being lifted, and as I type this, we’re facing the threat of another Covid-19 phase later this year.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The last few years have seen some significant and unwelcome changes to my life, and it seems as time goes on, my life is changing rapidly to something I don’t like, being locked in an urban environment.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Earlier this year, I had to surrender my driving licence while the DVLA reviewed my driving options. While I can still drive, albeit automatic only with adaptations, I've lost the categories I worked hard to attain, and also cost me a lot of money, and a large chunk of my independence has been taken away.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My licence was one that not only had the categories for driving any cars, it also had motorcycle, HGV and bus categories on among a few others, all gone.</span></span></p><p><!--wp:paragraph-->
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<!--/wp:paragraph--></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">First was my accident back in February 2015, with life changing implications forced on me overnight, whether I liked it or not, and I don’t like it one little bit.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnOmzUe2z-jxEmMDBcynIsRaPjomwrDKr3Um5a8MUsw8-Wc6qkiQX7EVaHZFws7494K71L60Nh7IKpe48zoKQNmWzE1196gOLYcfvpJEDRxZnxUaY3lcaPHh7ePOwt3d5D49lL6ij3IlA/s1024/20150702_161114_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnOmzUe2z-jxEmMDBcynIsRaPjomwrDKr3Um5a8MUsw8-Wc6qkiQX7EVaHZFws7494K71L60Nh7IKpe48zoKQNmWzE1196gOLYcfvpJEDRxZnxUaY3lcaPHh7ePOwt3d5D49lL6ij3IlA/w512-h342/20150702_161114_wm.jpg" width="512" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">As many of you
know, the accident resulted in major lower right leg reconstruction after a
thoughtless motorist ran a red light while I was on a pelican crossing, which
then subsequently saw many complications, which put an end to my hill and
moorland walking more or less for good.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This was then
followed by my not being able to work in the capacity I enjoyed, though to be
fair, my employer has been extremely good and helpful in the way the rehabilitated
me back in to the work place, especially as it wasn’t a work-related accident.
No one could ask for more, even though my injuries were something they had
never encountered before, they were not sure how they could accommodate me, or
even if I could be suitably taken back in to the workplace, but they did, and
it all worked well, from my perspective.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I used to enjoy
getting out a couple of times a month for a good hill and moorland walk, and three
or four times a year, a weekends camping and walking.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaku1RwsJlKqpFMcBqiAA_zIuegqMyH_l9IDdCxliX-DzTRW0f8IqgBYvlFL_e0Mc1Au1mt2lkn2Lc94T-61Z7CaikR-d0JxDeql0UuL7xa4XqWthzl0Z2rRw3wGfaTN-QUNvl-Snkdtw/s863/IMG_3735_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="863" height="341" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaku1RwsJlKqpFMcBqiAA_zIuegqMyH_l9IDdCxliX-DzTRW0f8IqgBYvlFL_e0Mc1Au1mt2lkn2Lc94T-61Z7CaikR-d0JxDeql0UuL7xa4XqWthzl0Z2rRw3wGfaTN-QUNvl-Snkdtw/w512-h341/IMG_3735_wm.jpg" width="512" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Camping is out
of the question today, I’m unable to kneel and if I get down on the ground,
then I need assistance to get up. Unlike normal camping, I’m unable to pack a
tent away, because I’m unable to kneel, therefore rolling and packing a tent
away is not an option.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">You can see how badly misshapen and swollen my leg is from the photo below!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH564wQLOp10XrCvkCrnxFQJf0AOznHdiBHMLapg7TkSYdqXmgWhp6Hrm-Kv7rvcLmNxSnoSPnQOFjn6n9VxMSkqeqsc-aEfXYwG5T9iciShlPa6Z6Be-E2edCWlMSB94LLYOppX2vFiM/s1024/IMG_4152_wm.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH564wQLOp10XrCvkCrnxFQJf0AOznHdiBHMLapg7TkSYdqXmgWhp6Hrm-Kv7rvcLmNxSnoSPnQOFjn6n9VxMSkqeqsc-aEfXYwG5T9iciShlPa6Z6Be-E2edCWlMSB94LLYOppX2vFiM/w512-h342/IMG_4152_wm.JPG" width="512" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I’ve digressed, but I feel a little background is necessary to help give some understanding of how I’m feeling, very low, depressed and unable to escape out of my situation, which seems to be an ever deepening and darker hole, with a heavy boot from someone pushing me down as I try to resist!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="">Many people can
go down the pub, or go to the gym, but being an outdoor person, those places do
not appeal (</span><i>apart from the post-walk drink, something I miss very much and
the evening meals when camping</i><span face="">) and gyms I find quite intimidating and claustrophobic.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Even riding a bike isn't an option, the inside of my leg just gets in the way of the pedal crank.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">My gym was, the
outdoors, the hills, moors and other outdoor places, like wildlife reserves.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I set about visiting the reserves and the money I’d would have spent on walking and camping gear, I’ve invested in decent photography kit, taking not just wildlife photos, but landscapes as well. It is a good second best, though I still don’t get the exercise I need, my leg and/or the weather dictates that one, mainly because camera gear doesn’t like the rain….</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="">I’ve found a couple
of local reserves, and with the adapted car (</span><i>that is an automatic with the accelerator
pedal on the left, where the clutch would be on normal cars</i><span face="">) to accommodate
a right leg that is unab</span><span face="">le to function, I can travel to some reserves far away
from home, and spend time with family located around Britain.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Well, I would
if it wasn’t for Covid-19.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="">Last year, 2019
I managed to get to the reserves around a dozen times in total, on the few
times it was dry, and I did manage a quick, but painful wander to Arbor Low
Henge and Stanton Moor, which are both small short walks with no real gradients
or difficult paths to follow. </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnAtApNkeHxK53nIX6_ibKLJivNkpI-gyTXf0navZWWsevRcJwVL9q40pQijJC0jPoH-r7P6V4LKDT8L8MHT5q1EhhUKtxnzxhsfloqQR_tsz3Xr5w7nDJ9tYxkt2xpQLAzcm3dxzuiGA/w512-h342/201904212033_wm.jpg" width="512" /></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Arbor Low Henge, with Upper Oldhams Farm in the background</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGkAcVxUJq1R6EkBEuVusLO_vdCItFCCUlaZnb4BDwgsF1pXDHVjSK4vusYX6dR9zRv9XSLB6_ZR9HpZRRFz3GMlycwpXk1fhQeC4rM_C8UKlf2qxy2ssrhIXRf9X4IbBrJ5Av0W2QDIg/s1024/201908256159_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGkAcVxUJq1R6EkBEuVusLO_vdCItFCCUlaZnb4BDwgsF1pXDHVjSK4vusYX6dR9zRv9XSLB6_ZR9HpZRRFz3GMlycwpXk1fhQeC4rM_C8UKlf2qxy2ssrhIXRf9X4IbBrJ5Av0W2QDIg/w512-h342/201908256159_wm.jpg" width="512" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">The heather was in full bloom, a nice purple colour</span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This year so
far, two reserve visits pre-Covid-19 and a quick grab of a very short wander,
again no real gradients or difficult paths in the Peak District, and I did manage to get a decent photo [below] of Snowdonia enroute from a place named Rhydlyan...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_4maOJGCsbP19oYB0NnFJ8afkkgc6buAjU3zY2CBEHDtxHX_1l5TFGOQXMzdP8dChnJNx9k7LNjhPHosm1CwgXxc2xElqlBmCykgHhCSg7pyl6aCblKd_MHsLQI1dMxaBFKc0haleYtc/s1920/snowdonia+viewpoint+named_WM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_4maOJGCsbP19oYB0NnFJ8afkkgc6buAjU3zY2CBEHDtxHX_1l5TFGOQXMzdP8dChnJNx9k7LNjhPHosm1CwgXxc2xElqlBmCykgHhCSg7pyl6aCblKd_MHsLQI1dMxaBFKc0haleYtc/w512-h288/snowdonia+viewpoint+named_WM.jpg" width="512" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As you’d expect, the reserves all closed their gates at the start of lockdown, though many have since opened their gates are reserve only with no facilities, and, the added issue that many paths are so narrow that social distancing, even as close as under 1 metre in many places, making it impossible</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="">Another issue,
is how busy all these once quiet places have become, with many folk being on
Furlough, and many public places they would normally frequent being closed to
contain and stop the</span><span face=""> spread of Covid-19, making me feel very unsure about
visiting many places, not for my wellbeing, but for those around me, like my
in-laws, both well in to their 70’s and one of them still in the stages of
recovery from cancer.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="">That along with
the fact that many places are getting abused by folk who visit them, leaving
their litter, trashing the ground, leaving camping kit, which is a waste, and
something I still </span><span face="">don’t get my head around, and heaving crowds!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">As a result of
these despicable events, out of respect for some very quiet and fragile places
I’ve walked, I’ve removed the associated blogs and photos from my Flickr
stream.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I feel it’s a great shame when it comes to this, but I fear greatly for the countryside and nature, more than ever before.</span></p><p><!--wp:paragraph-->
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<!--/wp:paragraph--></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This is the new normal and things will never be the same again. I may be old, but I’ve lived through some exciting times, and as a child, the 60’s and 70’s may have been uncouth, but they were freer days and saw some great innovations, many of which we take for granted today, like heart transplants, space exploration and many more.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="">I’ve said this before,
we had the </span><span face="" style="background: white; color: blue;"><a href="http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/modern-world-history-1918-to-1980/the-cold-war/what-was-the-cold-war/"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Cold War</span></span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"></span>, </span><span face="" style="background: white;">a period of unease where two super nations
flexed their muscles in political arm wrestling games, but overall, I feel
things were safer then, once the <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis"><span style="color: blue;">Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962</span></a></span> had
calmed down, for neither super nation would have dared to push the button, the
consequences would have been too catastrophic for not just both natio</span><span face="" style="background: white;">ns, but
the world!</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGU5cjCUEq5d7b5vcJcyCusTTOj33VczgfXgll2zzUw-NqnOzLAYyQGq5TzBZm5Z1wQd-Xcz610unTnvue-WdRdr1Wsi34SMGv1FumbJHA0MxPhO503HXLRQ1dz6FjRQ6nGiTYTUMwifc/s1901/i+was+a+child+of+the+sixties.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1069" data-original-width="1901" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGU5cjCUEq5d7b5vcJcyCusTTOj33VczgfXgll2zzUw-NqnOzLAYyQGq5TzBZm5Z1wQd-Xcz610unTnvue-WdRdr1Wsi34SMGv1FumbJHA0MxPhO503HXLRQ1dz6FjRQ6nGiTYTUMwifc/w512-h288/i+was+a+child+of+the+sixties.jpg" width="512" /></span></a></div><span style="background: white; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="">Something I
wrote about in my review of 2018: </span><span face="" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.com/2018/12/2018-poignant-centenary-year-milestone.html">2018 A Poignant Centenary Year & Milestone Half Century!</a></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I’m not so sure
we’re safe today, biological and germ warfare, terrorists and much more….</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="">And another
thing (</span><i>I detest starting sentences with the word ‘and’, but I felt it was appropriate,
just this time</i><span face="">), HS2 enabling works for Phase 1 and Phase 2, the later
which as I type still has not had the final go-ahead!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Being so close
to the hub where HS2 comes in to Birmingham from London Euston [<i>I could almost comprehend it's purpose if it linked directly with St Pancras, the HS1, the Eurostar, but it doesn't</i>] and also departs for the north,
that is assuming they do continue the full north bound route and not shelve it
because the already over budget project is too costly to complete, a lot of
preparatory works are well underway, taking up lots of green space, woodland
and annoying road closures to enable these works to carry on, forcing me to
become trapped at home!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">If you think I’m
bleating on, just step back and visualise, all roads from your home to the hills
and moors closed, and those times you can get out, the places you want to get
to are marred by lots of people desecrating the open spaces and leaving a mess,
something that you or I would never dream of doing out of respect for the countryside
and locals.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="">One more thing,
I need to be able to park close to where I’m walking, because I still am not
able to walk comfortably any long distances (</span><i>it’s unlikely I ever will be
able to</i><span face="">), and my leg can become very painful to walk on towards the end, so
a long walk back to the car is not a desirable option.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">My wander to Sir
William Hill and Froggatt Edge was a more than welcome breakout of this prison!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="">Sir William
Hill, just north of Eyam, is quite a small but perfectly formed hill, with commanding
and fabulous views around the northern Peak District, and somewhere I’ve been
before, and my last visit was too short, but a very enjoyable one, which you
can read in: </span><span face="" style="color: blue;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/eyam-plague-village-and-walk-on-eyam.html"><span style="color: blue;">Eyam; a plague village and a walk on Eyam Moor</span></a></span><span face="">.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="">Taking a small
pack, a folding chair (</span><i>more like a three legged shooting stick is best way
to describe the chair)</i><span face=""> strapped to the pack, a little lunch, plenty of
fluid, my camera and associated lenses along with the newly purchased camcorder,
oh and a newly purchased lightweight tripod, I set about the short 500 mtrs
walk to the summit, perched myself at the trig point, and set up for a relaxing
mornings vista.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The first
sighting was the East Midlands Air Ambulance landing on Stanage Edge at Long
Causeway, not a good start to the day, which I later found out was to take an
injured mountain biker to hospital with the assistance of Edale MRT.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIUfiLq1iVleQYw6rN-dmiVGQu8QKskNLcPAvsK0lI74JjbXS1G3aryqRcS363mVov1p-49aOO3vHih6Xelmm4I6BtS6JWIRlBiGI4f63m9j16h5aE3V8_9Oo3T4yjjrFzGpFZQB_C1xA/s1024/202007315733_wm.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIUfiLq1iVleQYw6rN-dmiVGQu8QKskNLcPAvsK0lI74JjbXS1G3aryqRcS363mVov1p-49aOO3vHih6Xelmm4I6BtS6JWIRlBiGI4f63m9j16h5aE3V8_9Oo3T4yjjrFzGpFZQB_C1xA/w512-h342/202007315733_wm.jpg" width="512" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">But it wasn’t
long before I was able to see wildlife, and the locals walking past and
enjoying a nice chat with them, wishing them a good days wander.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Below, some of the awesome views from my viewpoint, Mam Tor and the Great Ridge, Derwent Edge, Stanage Edge, Higger Tor and more....</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi98SC6NKil0rjQ-Ddae_yXSga8hmhrlS9UH0qq8f2xRoIl0q9J1Jg0HqGFET-wKHmL6IEAhSRokXKaCCWQncRe6Sz-12yx-NbDMWW5Ap5muSSKHgy_I_bv4e34JNTbwRbC-sjPwPlXJVg/s1024/202007315760_wm.jpg" style="display: inline; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi98SC6NKil0rjQ-Ddae_yXSga8hmhrlS9UH0qq8f2xRoIl0q9J1Jg0HqGFET-wKHmL6IEAhSRokXKaCCWQncRe6Sz-12yx-NbDMWW5Ap5muSSKHgy_I_bv4e34JNTbwRbC-sjPwPlXJVg/w512-h342/202007315760_wm.jpg" width="512" /></span></a></div><p></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkmvojxvDE180zbUk9-aQV40ZEJ7YoCsppQTUeNB4I3TFDvFc3UV-RzsuaZVmQP-b4WtelNWTntspIJ1L8LBkWhYuDVgogivtHI1nOa5t4C1Ei8XDMzT1vRUY7OJR3H8RmMj6lB1fCtg8/w513-h343/202007315765_wm.jpg" width="513" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuSpT3ZWfy9ks9BHaRCLxzynxvKGqley1oVfmNjzHfiESEp2UTMErQEksfVrwywsbXpIg4HjjMJLGyRYfS1hJgQUdALiiV2UgcSwIZYj_M2eKPKVyTRjjkn9KB-dkrjFh1oy_-IcjMCAA/s1024/202007315771_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuSpT3ZWfy9ks9BHaRCLxzynxvKGqley1oVfmNjzHfiESEp2UTMErQEksfVrwywsbXpIg4HjjMJLGyRYfS1hJgQUdALiiV2UgcSwIZYj_M2eKPKVyTRjjkn9KB-dkrjFh1oy_-IcjMCAA/w512-h342/202007315771_wm.jpg" width="512" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Some of the wildlife seen, and photographed, a swallow chasing insects over the moor, a small copper butterfly resting in the sun before searching for more nectar and a kestrel hunting small rodents.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm92yzNQNtFHa9vqJL_b5SnPkGwAgw3HcxZNUpLOAwCg0TCGbzvN2SsILD-I_evCSbfZicNwcg0ZLfyPfeOlDS63k1SNCnrxOCdf00dwVAe7E47qcRqxczVEgeock9vteIOCF0AVVWZo4/w512-h342/202007315782_wm.jpg" width="512" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFWvn09Tc1CXDuAxPaLKkABeNooCZmK3Zh3n-PzEiBozxniL2h0iVeFJeUgCOvMAp3p_IM9RgssoZyS_RmcghCQCk-3VgvRV8DJmUlXQfEfJb69w0RkjHTWLPr-66oGC1SRnU171QXvKw/s1024/202007315788_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFWvn09Tc1CXDuAxPaLKkABeNooCZmK3Zh3n-PzEiBozxniL2h0iVeFJeUgCOvMAp3p_IM9RgssoZyS_RmcghCQCk-3VgvRV8DJmUlXQfEfJb69w0RkjHTWLPr-66oGC1SRnU171QXvKw/w512-h342/202007315788_wm.jpg" width="512" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;">It also served
as a good day to play around with the camcorder, and a first attempt to video a
kestrel hovering, then swooping down on its prey, only to fly off again empty.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: arial;">It
also served as a good day to play around with the camcorder, and a first
attempt to video a kestrel hovering, then swooping down on its prey, only to
fly off again empty. You can watch the sort video on my <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/peak-rambler/albums/"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Flickr pages</span></b></a> and clicking <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/peak-rambler/50180869062/in/album-72157714970210667/"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">HERE</span></b></a> will take you to the video.</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: arial;">That video explained
why when I was taking stills, I wasn’t able </span><span style="font-family: arial;">to find the kestrel on the ground, it hadn’t
got it’s prey and flew off for another attempt.</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: arial;">I could have
stayed there all day, a nice 20.8º C with a lovely 11mph breeze, it was perfect,
except the plan was just the morning and I hadn’t enough fluids with me to
stay, and I would have needed to go back to the car and collect fresh fluids which
I wasn’t able to carry, nor had planned, to carry with me.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7zzcvDGJ3_IIUiw7WyEkU8fiF54zik-tKDvPDq-i29GvtxW3GtIE2zh0Myg7VNd61FiFlqQ89Ruxez6Qe8m_xGpYevwMyIA5Ah2MHcg8WUuxmiuC-xQBW7vTK7svwkRnEU9UUo3_q_4E/s1024/20200731_094033_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7zzcvDGJ3_IIUiw7WyEkU8fiF54zik-tKDvPDq-i29GvtxW3GtIE2zh0Myg7VNd61FiFlqQ89Ruxez6Qe8m_xGpYevwMyIA5Ah2MHcg8WUuxmiuC-xQBW7vTK7svwkRnEU9UUo3_q_4E/w512-h342/20200731_094033_wm.jpg" width="512" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwK3A6njtT7fNRDc8zbrW0l9QC7VchlY_OkBspKJiCBWcX8aawYambH5Wqi6HIY3nmI2ra8wBFfUQd6FIctZGjCYNsMLazUHluC1CMiQtdCLMBCgq1s9lkB_mZmNfMpFHPgM0hOoS3ilY/s1024/20200731_094048_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwK3A6njtT7fNRDc8zbrW0l9QC7VchlY_OkBspKJiCBWcX8aawYambH5Wqi6HIY3nmI2ra8wBFfUQd6FIctZGjCYNsMLazUHluC1CMiQtdCLMBCgq1s9lkB_mZmNfMpFHPgM0hOoS3ilY/w512-h342/20200731_094048_wm.jpg" width="512" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="">Back at the
car, it was time to move on and find the next location for a short wander, Froggatt
</span><span face="">Edge. Now for many, it conjures up steep rocky climbs, long open moorland paths
and more, but like any moor, there has to be an access point of easy ground,
and there is.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I’ve walked Big Moor and White Edge Moor many times so I’m familiar with the area and access points, and know one particular straightforward path no particular gradients, and an easy path to walk, though a lot longer this time, around 2km.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="">There is
parking at the National Trust Car Park at Hay Wood (</span><i>free to National Trust
members, which I am and is safer parking from a traffic perspective</i><span face="">), on
the A625 just south of the Grouse Inn, and also a l</span><span face="">ayby nearby on a bend that
can and often is full from quite early on in the day.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="">The photo below is </span><span>White Edge Lodge, which always reminds me of the Weasley's House in Harry Potter, and can be seen before you reach Froggatt Edge.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY7rbOFPnMDeLXSHFt5cgbnlrT5JVwVPcFp7mroRCNESICKBSrdwAfPVy90vxcQURuQfx0FRrjDz95APyclxR-KrWj5cy0J28zhbA1eAiXSElVSaN_XXVkFlOU7ss6WsMzfRGLmIzzSG4/s1024/202007315805_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY7rbOFPnMDeLXSHFt5cgbnlrT5JVwVPcFp7mroRCNESICKBSrdwAfPVy90vxcQURuQfx0FRrjDz95APyclxR-KrWj5cy0J28zhbA1eAiXSElVSaN_XXVkFlOU7ss6WsMzfRGLmIzzSG4/w512-h342/202007315805_wm.jpg" width="512" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I picked up my
pack once more, complete with folding chair, camera gear and more fluids, set
off to cross the A625, which can be a busy road, and on to the path at Stoke
Flats.</span></p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMjmn-r4_bR3V0iILWl1wWVbAUQBdO14nOE5Iz_-3sAEQR7oBPXSUIHGXv_h3fTEG_LROMPoE2DPL-B8mwBcKgpCOYgcNTiDZOZJYBakj8nfrQfX3G9KP2j2rNGXklkZ84TM8Ubb_QlgQ/s1024/202007315803_wm.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMjmn-r4_bR3V0iILWl1wWVbAUQBdO14nOE5Iz_-3sAEQR7oBPXSUIHGXv_h3fTEG_LROMPoE2DPL-B8mwBcKgpCOYgcNTiDZOZJYBakj8nfrQfX3G9KP2j2rNGXklkZ84TM8Ubb_QlgQ/w512-h342/202007315803_wm.jpg" width="512" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I didn’t wander
too far, there was no plan to go as far as Curbar Edge, though I would have liked
to, in hope of seeing the cotton grass, if it was still in flower, which I
would have doubted, it would have been too far, for I know the pain to follow
would be worse post walk.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">It was nice to
get to Froggatt Edge, plonk everything down, set the chair up and chill, taking
in the vista, even though the temp was into the low thirties and no breeze!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I even managed
to get a decent selfie with my new hat!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikVeWWu9_8nuHi2J-kWcGc2NmItAH-FzdT3_LklnoXkOwsQPKFtyNoLQv_oBVYRVUG5xAs6hiQ3ywBKrbjJtU8Rbeb_YZs4bzXNRlZ0JsOB8ddsAukcjZFLTW2oZ7pb02Qd1gkpIPJVak/s1024/202007315815_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikVeWWu9_8nuHi2J-kWcGc2NmItAH-FzdT3_LklnoXkOwsQPKFtyNoLQv_oBVYRVUG5xAs6hiQ3ywBKrbjJtU8Rbeb_YZs4bzXNRlZ0JsOB8ddsAukcjZFLTW2oZ7pb02Qd1gkpIPJVak/w512-h342/202007315815_wm.jpg" width="512" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The heather was starting to show its purple bloom, and there was a clear view to where I was earlier, Sir William Hill....</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnYQWUevGz-VgqaFP_Ssc_npuFAfqULp7yWK3_MGqH8rLRFYQTh6S2QXqYSAqKBxlm82lEWYrWZ0kE7ep1ppDN-Kqpq5Ym0vH5_Iai7vRpV8d3eFiy1OBBps_mLBuVjkh1_mLf5KTblPA/s1024/202007315817_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnYQWUevGz-VgqaFP_Ssc_npuFAfqULp7yWK3_MGqH8rLRFYQTh6S2QXqYSAqKBxlm82lEWYrWZ0kE7ep1ppDN-Kqpq5Ym0vH5_Iai7vRpV8d3eFiy1OBBps_mLBuVjkh1_mLf5KTblPA/w512-h342/202007315817_wm.jpg" width="512" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUwXByNpsPjKhDMaMu6jangqWld2-9uH_-1S5x_pXkIiA3a_M769Mz4kQ2HZ_zVHW-Mft-1ajSlxWNS0A-WmpiHqORcq7fNpT5NPExlHsDPRy3mMEIjhgOAYD0V0sWQyDsSm0x-nzUBYY/s1024/202007315819_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUwXByNpsPjKhDMaMu6jangqWld2-9uH_-1S5x_pXkIiA3a_M769Mz4kQ2HZ_zVHW-Mft-1ajSlxWNS0A-WmpiHqORcq7fNpT5NPExlHsDPRy3mMEIjhgOAYD0V0sWQyDsSm0x-nzUBYY/w512-h342/202007315819_wm.jpg" width="512" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="">The short walk
back to the car was slow and painful, and I still use a walking stick, but it
was the end of a very pleasant day, and I made an unplanned detour to Stoke
Flats Stone Circle, one of many on and around the Eastern Moors, which you can
read about some of those in </span><span face="" style="color: blue;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/froggatt-edge-big-moor-and-some-stone.html"><span style="color: blue;">Froggatt Edge, Big Moor and some Stone Circles</span></a></span><span face="">
and </span><span face="" style="color: blue;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/walking-big-moor-white-edge-moor-and.html"><span style="color: blue;"><span face="">Walking Big Moor, White Edge Moor an</span><span>d Barbrook Reservoir</span></span></a></span><span>.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">But I still
enjoyed the day and it was a great unwinder, albeit short-lived.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The photos below, Stoke Flat Stone Circle.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZvetS_onESDxrQ2mlYo2Ar0_uToWRcVYzTUnfiL7CshhHMa-wfRiIHm_61fniBQUWpVojCxCmv7eMzVURP85qH4D1Gpm_yN1KH_TH2CUDAwreOPIDDv0YdUADLwOf_iV5-bEmJV5Puw8/s1024/202007315831_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZvetS_onESDxrQ2mlYo2Ar0_uToWRcVYzTUnfiL7CshhHMa-wfRiIHm_61fniBQUWpVojCxCmv7eMzVURP85qH4D1Gpm_yN1KH_TH2CUDAwreOPIDDv0YdUADLwOf_iV5-bEmJV5Puw8/w512-h342/202007315831_wm.jpg" width="512" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh91PkiU_E2oEmRFFvw8Yn29sb2OjJ9BVRnU6jhSnR_sPsb84972PRr36m5OmkUzSCSzTBe9AXk63HL8lQb7fCsDVmo_YNO3HO9Xiy-7GFRx1hmVANeX58zTbg7zIP_FSjP8jZauagSZtI/s1024/202007315836_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh91PkiU_E2oEmRFFvw8Yn29sb2OjJ9BVRnU6jhSnR_sPsb84972PRr36m5OmkUzSCSzTBe9AXk63HL8lQb7fCsDVmo_YNO3HO9Xiy-7GFRx1hmVANeX58zTbg7zIP_FSjP8jZauagSZtI/w512-h342/202007315836_wm.jpg" width="512" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="">One thing I
will say before I finish, I’m seeing a lot of “</span><i>shouting</i><span face="">” to coin the
phrase on social media from genuinely concerned outdoor folk about the unsavoury
events happening around our countryside, something I’ve kept out of, because
just like everyone, it winds me up.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; white-space: pre-wrap;">Though some conversations have involved those who like to antagonise, the sad truth is, we’re shouting at each other, the converted, those who respect the outdoors, "</span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">preaching to the converted</span></em><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; white-space: pre-wrap;">"!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Sadly over the
decades, successive governments have reduced funding to many organisations, our
Na</span><span face="">tional Parks being one such suffering heavily, which makes it more difficult
for them to keep on top</span><span face=""> of these problems and try to educate these folk who
know no different.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">We are
creatures of habit, and often many not very desirable habits!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I wonder, how
many of them when they visit sports stadiums or retail parks really appreciate,
there isn’t always someone to clear up after them, there are litter bins regularly
sited and there aren’t public toilets quite so prolifically located in the open
rural spaces!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="">Like a lot of
folk who respect and enjoy the outdoors, I started with no real knowledge or
experience, though I didn’t litter or desecrate the countryside, but I did
learn with the help of more experienced folk, and something I’ve shared in: </span><span face="" style="color: blue;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/early-walking-days-and-time-to-reflect.html"><span style="color: blue;">Early walking days, time to reflect before we judge</span></a></span><span face="">.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">With any
organisation, and society is a form of organisation, not necessarily commercial,
the problems usually start at the top.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">So where is the organisational top with this one!</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">Stay safe everyone, and remember, even if you are fit and
healthy, it isn’t just you, it could be some close family members who may be
very susceptible to Coronavirus.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Finally, happy rambling, yes, keep getting out there if you
can and thank you for reading,</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPaUkEm2jA2H1J5yzfMQLdJHn55mZ6WSzB5nBiDg9kc2-DnOCFcy0p6eKkKX_pEEZYEXKt9zSwkFE7LISwrkyMvobU45LuWN6cUUaNkRUlMlLRTd65K97gaU6XmPsikEHe2qzg4IExIy4/s1375/%2523+peak+rambler+signature.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="397" data-original-width="1375" height="75" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPaUkEm2jA2H1J5yzfMQLdJHn55mZ6WSzB5nBiDg9kc2-DnOCFcy0p6eKkKX_pEEZYEXKt9zSwkFE7LISwrkyMvobU45LuWN6cUUaNkRUlMlLRTd65K97gaU6XmPsikEHe2qzg4IExIy4/w262-h75/%2523+peak+rambler+signature.jpg" width="262" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Photo Album </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77330842@N05/sets" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Peak Rambler Flickr Photo Album</span></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The links mentioned:</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/eyam-plague-village-and-walk-on-eyam.html" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: blue;">Eyam; a plague village and a walk on Eyam Moor</span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="" style="color: blue;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/froggatt-edge-big-moor-and-some-stone.html"><span style="color: blue;">Froggatt Edge, Big Moor and some Stone Circles</span></a></span><span face=""><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: blue; font-family: arial;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/walking-big-moor-white-edge-moor-and.html"><span style="color: blue;">Walking Big Moor, White Edge Moor and Barbrook Reservoir</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="" style="color: blue;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/early-walking-days-and-time-to-reflect.html"><span style="color: blue;">Early walking days, time to reflect before we judge</span></a></span><span face=""><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div>Peak Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07645316221553542322noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823921419241429099.post-54205850190951034712019-12-27T02:33:00.000-08:002024-02-28T23:49:04.234-08:00Peak Rambler’s Ramblings, from one historic year to another<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">OK, so
the title doesn’t quite depict walking, but then I haven’t been able to do much
walking this last year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">So why; “<b><i>from one historic year to another</i></b>”?</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-family: georgia;">Well, the preceding four years each following the events of the Great
War, otherwise known as World War I, a hundred years earlier, 2018 saw
commemorations to remember the centenary of the ending of the Great War, while
this year, 3rd September, remembers eighty years ago the start of World War II
was declared, where the then Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, declared war
on Germany.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">From this YouTube link, you can hear </span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMwz26vFrG8"><span style="color: blue;">Neville
Chamberlain’s speech declaring war on Germany</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">How ironic, in the eightieth year marking the outbreak of WWII, and as a
nation we’re trying to negotiate a withdrawal agreement from the EU, which was
initially set up shortly after WWII to help three small countries hard hit by
the devastation of WWII, to trade freely.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">I’m not going to get into any political debates, so as far as Britain
leaving the EU is concerned, there will be nothing more said, apart from a very
small bit of potted history.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">The potted history starts with three countries; Belgium, Netherlands and
Luxembourg, forming the </span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benelux"><span style="color: blue;">BE-NE-LUX
Countries</span></a>, the birth of the European Union
we know today. You can read more clicking <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benelux"><b><span style="color: blue;">HERE</span></b></a> to read about the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benelux"><span style="color: blue;">BENELUX
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">Obviously, they weren’t the only three countries impacted with the
horrific devastation of WWII, as we know, being a World War, virtually no
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">I think that’s enough history for now, the next five years plus will see
many moments where various 80th anniversary commemorations of events during
WWII will take place.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">From my perspective, what of 2019?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">It’s been an uninteresting year personally, no milestone events.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">Apart from being a bit of a washout of a year, weatherwise, the year
started off normally, well, nothing specific, I just plodded on, where and
whenever possible, getting out and taking yet more photos of landscapes and
wildlife.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">Perhaps one of the most notable early photographic moments for me, was a
trip to North Wales during February. There was a covering of snow in Snowdonia,
so it was a must to take a drive to Llyn Mymbyr and photograph the Snowdon
Massif in her winter coat.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">I wasn’t alone, quite a few photographers had the same idea.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">Not too far from there, was the Glyderau, so it just had to be done, to
photograph them from low down. Glyder Fawr, Glyder Fach, Tryfan, Y Garn and Pen
yr ole Wen (</span><i>but I didn’t, nor would I have attempted to see the Devils
Kitchen</i><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">) all looking good in their winter coats, photographed from Ogwen
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">This part was quite emotional for me, having ascended Pen yr ole Wen
using ice axe and crampons, but not being able to do it again, nor make an
attempt at the others mentioned.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">Those photos were worth taking and can be viewed in my </span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/peak-rambler/albums/72157706365785425"><span style="color: blue;">February 2019 Album</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Looking up Afon Idwal towards Y Garn,<br />using Long Exposure to get a silky flow effect</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">March was pretty much the same, more photo shoots of landscape and
wildlife, and being the start of spring, many birds were starting to build or
repair nests, which provided some great photo opportunities.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">Not just the birds nest building, but the flowers were starting to
appear, even though snowdrops and crocuses had already flowered as they always
do during February.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">One place I always like to grab a springtime photo is </span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><a href="https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/baddesley-clinton/features/st-michaels-church-baddesley-clinton"><span style="color: blue;">St Michael’s Church, Baddesely Clinton</span></a>, where the daffodil display is second to none in my
opinion.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">Around this time, I was getting extremely frustrated at walking with
crutches, so I tried to walk without. It was very painful, and a total failure
in my book.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">A planned process of walking with a stick rather than straight to
nothing was pursued, and again, I felt failure was on the cards. Afterall, as I
publish this, it is almost five years (February 2015) since the accident.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">I was, I still am (<i>and always will be</i>), missing the hills and
moors big time and while I have fabulous memories and I’ve walked, and camped,
with lots of fabulous people, it wasn’t enough.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">Greedy?</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">We all need goals to aspire to, that’s what keeps us going and moving
forward.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">I set myself a goal, to complete a very short walk in the Peak District;
ASAP.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">It had to be a short walk, so if things went wrong, help or safety
wasn’t far away, but more importantly, I was able to complete the walk under my
own steam, not with assistance.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">I had a choice of places, Dovedale would probably be one of the best
ones, plenty of people around if I need support, easy paths and access, and a
dale I’ve not visited for decades.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">My heart was set on an old favourite; Stanton Moor, a place where I’ve
wandered since a child, know inside out, back to front and upside down. It has
perfect access, close to a road and safety, good phone coverage, but for one
thing, the ground is too uneven for me at this stage, I’ve only ever walked
level paths with plenty of stopping places.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">So a bit of head scratching ensured.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">Where could I go to get the views, enjoy safely a short walk with an
incline and uneven ground?</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">I could think of many places, but none meeting what really was a safe
criteria, and I wasn’t going to become a rescue statistic when I know better.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">So, for the ongoing and inbetween bits, I’ve continued to visit various
nature reserves and pursue my photography, which I enjoyed while out on the
hills and moors, not just for the exercise, but to maintain a purpose in my
leisure time, and those photos are online for all to view.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">While these reserves haven’t given me the solitude that the hills and
moors gave, they do get me away from the urban sprawl.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">I doubt I’ll ever get back to the hills and moors, ever sensibly and
safely, like I used to enjoy. My foot will not fit into my walking boots, and
if I went a size up, my leg will not fit comfortably into them, sensible
trousers are another issue, again they’re not an option, my leg will not fit
into comfortably suitable trousers all because it still swells due to the </span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary_lymphedema"><span style="color: blue;">secondary lymphedema</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">The distances to attain are not guaranteed, and as we all know, once
you’ve walked out there, you’ve got to get back, safely!</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">And I certainly have <b><i>NO</i></b> intentions to become a Mountain
Rescue statistic!</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">However, I did manage a short wander to Arbor Low Henge during April, my
first wander in the Peak District since the accident back in February 2015.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">I’ll not get into the climate change debate, but as someone who has
spent as much time outdoors as possible, as man and boy, working on farms
during my teenaged years, listening and learning from these people, who had no
written qualifications, what they knew was passed from father to son, and to my
mind, very valuable life experiences, I learned a lot of folklore around
weather, what signs to look for and much more, which have been invaluable in my
days outdoors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">Early this year, I said to quite a few work colleagues, this year would
be wetter than normal, because that often happens after a dry hot year, and for
those who can remember, 1977 was wet after the hot summer of 1976.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">And what has ensued?</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">I’ve digressed back to the personal events 2019.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">I had been looking at the possibility of upgrading my Canon 750D DSLR,
particularly as there had been rumours of an upgrade to the Canon 7D MkII DSLR.
However, subsequent rumours suggested the upgrade may not be all as initially
thought, so I started to look more deeply at other options.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">After reviewing my lenses, decision was made to push the boat out, afterall,
I wasn’t buying any new outdoor kit, I’ve more than enough to keep me going,
and a lot that will never be used (<i>some new, some very much as new</i>), so
I purchased the Canon 5D MkIV, a professional camera which will work with the
two lenses I use a lot, out of three lenses, a third which really is collecting
dust.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">Also, with the factory summer shutdown due, I decided these two weeks
would be ideal to push myself, break the pain barrier as much as I can, and
progress from crutches to an NHS walking stick.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">Oh, and play with my new camera, which of course I did.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">It was hard, but the transition was made and the long week in North
Wales was the ideal time to pursue that progress.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">While staying in North Wales for a long week of chilling out and seeing
family, as always when I’m around there, I made a visit or two to the </span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><a href="https://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves-and-events/reserves-a-z/conwy/"><span style="color: blue;">RSPB Reserve at Conwy</span></a>,
and usually, I’ll make a trip down the Conwy Valley to visit or view the
Snowdon Massif and around the Glyders and Ogwen Valley.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">However, because the </span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><a href="https://eisteddfod.wales/2019-eisteddfod"><span style="color: blue;">Eisteddfod 2019</span></a> was to
be held in Llanrwst, and with the roads being narrow through the village, it
was deemed best to give it a miss this time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Llanwrst, host of the 2019 Eisteddfod</span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></div>
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">I went a little OTT with taking photographs, but I needed to try out my
new camera, and very satisfying it was.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">The return to work saw me using the walking stick and not crutches,
though they were at hand in the car should I need them</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">By now, we were well into August, the weather was questionable, as it
often is, and my desire to get onto Stanton Moor was getting too strong, but
the weather need to be right.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">Pre-accident, (<i>sensibly so</i>)I’d have been out, but these days,
rain, hail or snow, I have to consider my current situation, so the plans were
aborted until such a time everything was right.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">I erred on the side of caution, but after seeing some photos of folk out
that weekend, my gut feeling I was right, which was frustrating, but nice to
see the photos.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">I did manage to get on to Stanton Moor during the August Bank Holiday,
but it wasn’t without its repercussions.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">The end of October 2019, saw twelve months without any relapses with
embolisms, which have hampered my progress, not just physically, but mentally
as well.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">Embolisms are basically blood clots in the pulmonary arteries to the
lungs, mine were caused as a result of the surgery I had, and were termed ‘<b>provoked
embolisms</b>’, caused through surgery rather than health issues.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">You can read more on embolisms from either </span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/embolism/"><span style="color: blue;">Pulmonary
Embolism (NHS)</span></a> or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulmonary_embolism"><span style="color: blue;">Pulmonary Embolism (Wikipedia)</span></a><span style="background: white; color: blue;">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">The problem being, I attempt to make progress, then sometime after, I
end up in hospital with yet another embolism hampering my activities.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">It had a big negative impact on my progress, I feared going anywhere and
then ending up in hospital or otherwise….</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">Fingers crossed, that is behind me now. However, one thing that isn’t
behind me, is the fact that I can’t plan too far in advance, very often I don’t
know until the day, whether my leg is up to covering any distance or not. It’s
worse than planning around the weather!</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">Also, the end of October, my wife and I went to visit family in North
Wales, again, and apart from enjoying a relaxing time with family, visiting the
</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><a href="https://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves-and-events/reserves-a-z/conwy/"><span style="color: blue;">RSPB Reserve at Conwy</span></a>,
and also another reserve I’d been informed of, <a href="https://www.northwaleswildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/spinnies-aberogwen"><span style="color: blue;">The Spinnies at Aberogwen</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">Well, beginners luck or not, it is a lovely little nature reserve, and after
years of trying to get a photo of a kingfisher</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">, I not only managed to achieve that, but also a kingfisher in flight
(click <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/peak-rambler/49043527488/in/album-72157711722536556/"><b><span style="color: blue;">HERE</span></b></a> to view a
photo)!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The kingfisher at The Spinnies</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">Once the rain had subsided the following morning, I fancied another trip
to </span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><a href="https://www.northwaleswildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/spinnies-aberogwen"><span style="color: blue;">The Spinnies at Aberogwen</span></a>,
on the off-chance of seeing a kingfisher again, but as luck had it, no
kingfisher was to be seen.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">But, my trip was heavily rewarded, for a heron flew in just as I got
into one of the hides, and was transfixed on something in the water. Its long
beak quickly dived into the water, and out it came, complete with an eel!</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">Yes, I was surprised, and also caught on the hop, my camera wasn’t set
up for that, though I did manage to get some half decent photos</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"> of the heron complete with eel!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicY_4Zh_DskPfFFb34SLgXFUL2pbNdD5trBjWATVTwoW8pZFdnE38u5qI0N8MkSefExKRyjwQn0J3WWJ0oDo_uSfHSHyDRWs0c3o5Z8t99wS8dUF2q5p99ukWZG6YZuENOx14cHvCoOZM/s1600/201911028233_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicY_4Zh_DskPfFFb34SLgXFUL2pbNdD5trBjWATVTwoW8pZFdnE38u5qI0N8MkSefExKRyjwQn0J3WWJ0oDo_uSfHSHyDRWs0c3o5Z8t99wS8dUF2q5p99ukWZG6YZuENOx14cHvCoOZM/s640/201911028233_wm.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="padding-top: 4px; text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">A grey heron taking away its trophy, an eel for lunch</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">The full set of photos can be viewed in my </span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/peak-rambler/albums/72157711722536556"><span style="color: blue;">November 2019 Album</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">Wet Weather and Wet Weather Gear!</span></b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">A recent observation, is wet weather, wet clothes, can often cause the
grafted skin area of my leg to ulcerate, sometimes a lot, sometimes not much.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">What actually causes it to ulcerate is a mystery, but most likely down
to friction on the extensive skin grafts I had when the hospital reconstructed
my leg.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><span>To most normal people, when it rains, or there’s a threat of wet
weather, you make sure you have waterproof trousers. That isn’t an option for
me, because the leg width isn’t wide enough to </span>accommodate<span> my leg, especially
when it swells up!</span></span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">I have, and I still am, trying different brands as I come across them,
but sadly, they don’t accommodate my leg</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">I those of you who read this blog do drive sensibly, but a far greater
number don’t, cocooned in their little protective shell, air-conditioned,
boundless safety features that protect them and their passengers. However, that
is not the case for pedestrians, cyclists, or horse riders!</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">Too many drivers have no ability to think about other road users, just
themselves and how well their little world moves effortlessly.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">I’ve worked in the automotive business virtually all my working life,
and I’ve seen lots of changes, many of the better, some, I’m not so sure about.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">When I started working as a trainee mechanic, there were a lot of
innovative safety ideas to make vehicles safer, not just for the driver and
occupants, but other road users. Things like a bar at the front of a car that
raises if a pedestrian is hit and stops the pedestrian falling back on the
road, theoretically reducing the risk of further injury.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">There were sloped bonnets to reduce the damage caused, removal of raised
radiator badges, like the Jaguar Leaper (Mercedes could retain their three
point star, only if it sufficiently retracted and didn’t cause any injury).</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">I’ve deliberately digressed, to provide a bit of potted history.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">However, my mentor, a superb guy, a gentle giant, what he didn’t know
about cars back then, wasn’t worth thinking about, made this statement:</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">“</span></i></b><b><i><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="color: #434343;">The best safety feature they could put in any vehicle, is a rusty six
inch nail in the centre of the steering wheel!</span></i></b><b><i><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">”</span></i></b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">It might sound gruesome, but think about it, if you had such a thing
pointing at your throat, it would make you think more about how you drive….</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">During this year, there has been a lot of talk about mental well being,
something that has been swept under the carpet for too long in this country.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">I’ve had my moments, and as this is published, I still do have my
moments, though I try to progress forward, and hope not to burden anyone with
these, though I do feel for my wife, who all too often is around when out of
frustration I have tantrums, along with the alternative thoughts that regularly
pass through my mind.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">The summary for 2019:</span></b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">For the inbetween bits, I’ve continued to visit various nature reserves
and pursue my photography, which I enjoyed while out on the hills and moors,
not just for the exercise, but to maintain a purpose in my leisure time, and
those photos are online for all to view.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">While these reserves haven’t given me the solitude that the hills and
moors gave, they do get me away from the urban sprawl.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">I doubt I’ll ever get back to the hills and moors, ever sensibly and
safely, like I used to enjoy. My leg will not fit into comfortably suitable
trousers, and the distances to attain are not guaranteed, and as we all know,
once you’ve walked out there, you’ve got to get back, safely!</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">And I certainly have <b><i>NO</i></b> intentions to become a Mountain
Rescue statistic!</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">Before I close, this year hasn’t been the success I’d have hoped. I had
good intentions of maintaining this blog no matter what my abilities turned out
to be.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">However, I’m still struggling to accept my circumstances, both
physically and mentally. I feel things are too negative, and as a result, I’m
considering where the blog should be heading.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><br /></span>
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif">I still yearn for the hills and moors I used to enjoy.</span></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background: white; font-family: arial;">Finally, happy rambling and thank you for reading,</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black;">Photo Album<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span></span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77330842@N05/sets"><span style="background: white; color: blue;">Peak Rambler Flickr Photo Album</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black;">Links to some of the items I’ve mentioned and
written about here:</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMwz26vFrG8"><span style="color: blue;">YouTube
Neville Chamberlain’s speech declaring war on Germany</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benelux"><span style="color: blue;">BENELUX
Countries</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/peak-rambler/albums/72157706365785425"><span style="color: blue;">February 2019 Photo Album</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/baddesley-clinton/features/st-michaels-church-baddesley-clinton"><span style="color: blue;">St Michael’s Church, Baddesely Clinton</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/arbor-low-stone-circle-and-gib-hill-barrow/"><span style="color: blue;">Arbor Low Henge</span></a><span style="color: black;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/arbor-low-stone-circle-and-gib-hill-barrow/"><span style="color: blue;">Gib Hill</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://shop.pacerpole.com/product/pacerpole-dual-lock-system/"><span style="color: blue;">Pacerpoles</span></a></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/peak-rambler/albums/72157704798395472"><span style="color: blue;">Arbor Low Henge Album</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary_lymphedema"><span style="color: blue;">Secondary Lymphedema</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves-and-events/reserves-a-z/conwy/"><span style="color: blue;">RSPB Reserve at Conwy</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://eisteddfod.wales/2019-eisteddfod"><span style="color: blue;">Eisteddfod
2019</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.com/2019/08/stanton-moor-my-old-favourite-ive.html"><span style="background: white; color: blue;">Stanton Moor, my old favourite, I've missed
you</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/peak-rambler/albums/72157710641238052"><span style="color: blue;">Stanton Moor 25 August 2019 Album</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/embolism/"><span style="color: blue;">Pulmonary
Embolism (NHS)</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulmonary_embolism"><span style="color: blue;">Pulmonary Embolism (Wikipedia)</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Peak Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07645316221553542322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823921419241429099.post-57636861491256493702018-12-20T09:42:00.000-08:002024-02-28T23:28:26.662-08:002018 A Poignant Centenary Year & Milestone Half Century!<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV4JdNZApjBDf1ZdwedsEaX2meY7L59voeJAn2JJOm48Eit597kgVzrH64XhenvwSBsWAMdPlTUWtRnKVL7o5n9EezsaWiGXilv1CXqU1i0LS1Xfci89ojAyRr2SDRbyDasHWJjf6QRws/s1600/201807150798REM_wm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV4JdNZApjBDf1ZdwedsEaX2meY7L59voeJAn2JJOm48Eit597kgVzrH64XhenvwSBsWAMdPlTUWtRnKVL7o5n9EezsaWiGXilv1CXqU1i0LS1Xfci89ojAyRr2SDRbyDasHWJjf6QRws/w640-h424/201807150798REM_wm.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">As I do every year, I watched the Remembrance Parade, watching the old soldiers, ex-naval and airforce personnel, along with many other organisations, military and civilian, walk past the Cenotaph, along with the Festival of Remembrance on the night before, and listen in awe to the stories told, not just of those serving, wounded or killed, but their families, friends and other acquaintances also affected by the travesties of war.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">So for me, it’s relatively easy to appreciate some (but not all) of the horrors from WWII, and indirectly to WWI as well.</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">History you can’t change, it’s happened, however, we need to embrace it and learn so we can move forward, so perhaps we should embrace teaching about the two world wars as part of history lessons and hope future generations will understand some of the horrors our forefathers endured, along with learning the easy way and promote peace.</span></div>
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<li><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">Manchester Bombings 1996</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></b></li>
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</span></span></span></span></b></b></span></span></span><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">While to younger generations, it may seem minor, back then, that was one big leap in the space program, along with the accuracy of the route taken, especially when you consider that the Saturn V rocket had far less computer processing power than the first mobile phones had, that was for its day, some feat!</span>
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</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Then; seven months later, July 20, 1969; </span></span><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo11.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Apollo 11</span></span></a><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">, man set foot on the moon for the first time.
</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></b></span><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“</span><span style="color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind</span><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">” (the famous quote from </span></span></span><a href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Neil-Armstrong" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Neil Armstrong</span></span></a><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> as he set foot on the moon for the first time); completing a </span></span><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo11.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">national goal set by President John F. Kennedy in May</span> 25, 1961: for man to set foot on the moon and return safely to earth by the end of the decade</span></span></a><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">.
</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I know there are lots of arguments set out to disprove that man walked on the moon, stating that is was set-up, faked and studio enhanced, for a multitude of reasons. but I firmly believe it actually did happen.
</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></b></span></b></b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Why?
</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I<b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">t was the height of the </span></span><a href="http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/modern-world-history-1918-to-1980/the-cold-war/what-was-the-cold-war/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Cold War</span></span></a><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">, Russia and America were flexing their muscles to show the prowess of each while restraining from using nuclear warfare, and the </span></span><a href="http://www.history.com/topics/space-race" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Space Race</span></span></a><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> was one of many ways the two superpowers of the day flexed their muscles.
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font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; 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font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">With that in mind, Russia would have been tracking every space mission, and any hint of fabrication would have shown weakness, and I’m sure they would have made it known that they knew the truth.
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vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">After all, Russia had to back down during the </span></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962</span></span></a><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">, so there could be potential to get revenge…..
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font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; 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text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; 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white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Of course, I could be wrong….
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font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; 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text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; 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font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; 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<a href="https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/modern-world-history-1918-to-1980/the-cold-war/what-was-the-cold-war/"><span style="color: blue;">The Cold War</span></a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis"><span style="color: blue;">Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962</span></a>
<a href="https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/space-race"><span style="color: blue;">The Space Race</span></a>
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</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">That came from one of many famous phrases used by Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11 commander, once the Lunar Module code named Eagle, had successfully landed on the moon’s surface.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The NHS, our wonderful National Health Service celebrated it's seventieth birthday back in July this year.</span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Without the fabulous work of our doctors, nurses, surgeons, radiographers, lab-technicians and a great many more staff within our NHS, I wouldn't have the support and medical care that I needed, and still need today.</span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">When I see some of the work these highly skilled people do, they are a gnats whisker away from being miracle workers.</span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>2018: a year of contrasts!</b></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">What a year of contrasts, it seemed for the first part of 2018 was wet, cloudy and at times we were almost requiring webbed feet!</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Then, almost overnight the weather changed, then for around six weeks we were under the threat of a drought, wi<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">th a heatwave and record temperatures!</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">And guess what, once September started, it seemed we were back to the cloud, rain and not normal temperatures that September usually enjoys.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">We never r</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">eally had the <a href="https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/learning/temperature/indian-summer"><span style="color: blue;">Indian Summer</span></a> that we enjoy in September, though the end of the month did warm up, a little, during the day, and the sun did make an appearance for a few days, so perhaps that was a token <a href="https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/learning/temperature/indian-summer"><span style="color: blue;">Indian Summer</span></a>….</span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I can see 2018 as being a year where weather records are set, with large contrasts in the weather we experienced along with extremes (by UK standards) from one end of the scale to the other….</span><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">After</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> all; we’ve had two ice ages, there is no reason why planet Earth can’t have a third.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">However, I will say we <b><u>DO</u></b> need to look after the planet, it is a fragile environment and becoming more impacted every day.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Not just in developing countries, but also in the so called developed countries, the countryside is being devoured for housing and other enterprises at an alarming rate.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">To help curb pollution levels, and maintain an environment to live in, we need to seriously curb countryside development, not just in the UK, or Europe, but worldwide, particularly the developing countries, like South America, and others.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">We need nature and nature needs us.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">I wasn‘t going to write an end of year review for this year, mainly because not a lot progressively has happened, and most definitely nothing outdoorsy, or positively newsworthy.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">However, it has been suggested that I keep some communication open for those who are interested and do ask about my wellbeing. So here it is, along with some photos I’ve taken throughout the year. Not a lot has changed over the last year, it seems I’m very much in a state of limbo and the general consensus seems to be I’ve reached the best of my mobility.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">I’ve plateaued out and I’m struggling to come to terms with this, as someone who has been so independent all their adult life, suddenly being very reliant on others, who unreservedly, do their very best to support and assist me.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Walking is still very painful, some days worse than others. It can be so bad some days, I often feel amputation would have been a better course of treatment, but then I feel guilty, because a lot of people have spent a lot of time trying their very best to repair the damage done, and many still are helping and supporting me as my recovery is still ongoing.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Amputation is not what the media portrays.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">While we see amputees competing in events and others managing to get out, what we don’t see is the bad days, when the limb isn’t able to support the prosthetic and they are reliant on support from those around them.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">It isn’t a case of just getting up and walking, there is a lot involved in getting to the stage of learning to walk again, because the prosthetic doesn’t work like a normal leg, it needs to be propelled, moved physically in to the position to take a step….</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">My lower right leg is still very swollen, for which I’m receiving ongoing treatment for in the form of specially made compression garments, and the skin still breaks out from time to time, and still has a long way to go.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">As some of you will have guessed, I’ve had quite a tough year and I’m trying hard to rebuild what I have left.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">I mentioned Post Traumatic Stress earlier, it can hit anyone at any time, and in many forms.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">There are times when I find it hard to talk about many aspects of my situation, often shutting it away in a dark corner of my mind, in hope it’s just a bad dream and I’ll wake up and it’ll be all ok.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">But the reality is; it’s still there, it isn’t going to go away.</span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">My dignity has been taken away from me, along with my independence.</span>
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If it wasn’t for the fact I was at home alone, who could have fallen victim to that outburst!
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">I wasn’t at war, I wasn’t on a horrific battlefield…..</span>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Before we go any further, I wish to make it very clear, my employer has been, and still is, very supportive. They have gone over and above in my rehabilitation back into the workplace, for which I cannot thank them enough.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I’d returned to work, after a few months on a phased return, where constructively as agreed between myself and my employer, we built up the hours over a period of time to working a full week with the exception of weekly hospital visits, but my walking had not improved, no matter how much I tried.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I’m mobile, I can drive, albeit an adapted car where I have to use a left foot accelerator (often called ‘Transposed Pedals’, except the brake pedal is not moved from the manufactured position) because there is no real sensation in my right leg and foot to safely use the pedals in a conventional manner.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Why did I choose left foot accelerator?</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Because most modern cars have a multitude of controls on the steering wheel and the column, so hand controls would only add to the network of controls already there.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">If you’re wondering, yes I did take tuition before getting my first adapted car, because I know, as I’m sure you would guess, the carnage that would ensure doesn’t bear thinking about.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I visit some RSPB Reserves, and during the winter months, with my outdoor knowledge, would carry some small emergency rations, a headtorch and a couple of glow sticks, just on the off chance I may get delayed.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I wrote a blog a few years ago detailing some of the kit I carried when out on the hills, and why, called; “<a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/whats-in-my-pack.html"><span style="color: blue;">What’s in my pack?</span></a>“</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The only differences between the reserves and the hills is, I have mobile phone coverage and access would be generally a lot easier.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">But never assume.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">As I mentioned earlier, I’m still struggling to accept my circumstances. I guess it’s akin to someone going through a midlife crisis and still thinks they can do the things they did at eighteen!</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I know I’m damaged goods, that part has hit hard.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">There are days when the pain and swelling, not always both occurring together, would be so bad, that getting out and about is not an option, except, on work days. I aim to keep my work attendance record as good as it was pre-accident, so that my employer feels that the extra they’ve done to rehabilitate me back into the workplace has been worth the effort.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I feel very guilty having to be so reliant on others (</span></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’ve no option but to be dependant on these very good people</span><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">), even though in the past, some of them were reliant on me, something I was always happy to oblige without any question, and I know these people are more </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></b></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; 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My reliance is something I would have expected</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></b></span></span></span><b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-style: normal; 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font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> in thirty or so years time, not today, but is definitely something I need to learn to ac</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></b><span style="color: black;"><b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal; 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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: black;">There’s too many gimmicks which just clouded genuine posts, and for me took the pleasure out of using what was once a good medium for communicating with other people.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: black;">To delete the account would be a great shame, because I have a lot of very good friends out there, who share a lot of fabulous photos and stories of their activities, so I decided for now, it was best to give it a rest and return at a later date.</span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: black;">I was saddened to r</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">ead that the creator and owner of <span>Social Hiking</span> has had to review how the site is run.</span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I do understand his reasons why and I sincerely hope <span>Social Hiking</span> continues, for it is a good place to view, share and explore routes that other people embark on.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdCOnUCqWBAC7l3e0YpW2K0u_QCjzkyTDGo9twL1Lc42MedHNKCAFNxkpUhVwlGMuoM4r4WwA0hPjvh9I5LUqwOv5G6_QcJAiyGm_Zx263pC4uKjA3Zipm7LIgDtFIhgTQQaB-6cZTcYU/s1600/social-hiking-logo2.bmp"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdCOnUCqWBAC7l3e0YpW2K0u_QCjzkyTDGo9twL1Lc42MedHNKCAFNxkpUhVwlGMuoM4r4WwA0hPjvh9I5LUqwOv5G6_QcJAiyGm_Zx263pC4uKjA3Zipm7LIgDtFIhgTQQaB-6cZTcYU/s1600/social-hiking-logo2.bmp" /></a><br /><br /><b>Feb 2024: Post blog update, Social Hiking has since taken a long term rest.</b></span></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I was also saddened to read that a friend, one of many who I’ve walked with, had to drop out of the 2018 <a href="https://www.tgochallenge.co.uk/"><span style="color: blue;">TGO Challenge</span></a> due to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantar_fasciitis"><span style="color: blue;">plantar fasciitis</span></a>, which can be very debilitating, and I share that person’s frustrations and emotions.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I was pleased to hear that particular person has made some progress and is getting back out to the hills and moors, and I hope things are now under control. Whatever, it’s great to see your photos again of the countryside I so dearly miss.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I’m not one to judge anyone’s pain, because some of the silliest of injuries can cause more physical pain than bigger ones, take the simple little paper cut?</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Yes, we’ve all had those paper cuts, even though it’s not really debilitating, it does hurt, a lot, especially when you accidentally catch it (something we all have that uncanny knack of doing), and it always seems to be on a pressure point….</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Just because I’m still unable to get on to the hills and moors, doesn’t mean others shouldn’t, nor does it mean they can’t share their experiences with others including myself.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">There is one person, who has a loveable cheeky character about him, Dale Bird, who keeps a light-hearted blog; “<a href="https://dribelad.wordpress.com/"><span style="color: blue;">Dales minimalist blog</span></a>”. Dale, keep those blogs coming, I enjoy reading your brief witty comments and seeing your photos.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">He soon found out I was all for helping, (and viewing his photos) where I can. I told him not to hesitate to ask questions or share experiences, I’m only a phone call or email away at the furthest.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">He’s taken me up, learned a lot, upgraded his kit accordingly, especially after reading a copy of my <a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/whats-in-my-pack.html"><span style="color: blue;">What’s in my pack?</span></a> blog, and more importantly, taken courses to improve his navigational skills to the point when on one occasion, he was put on the spot in a ‘properly controlled and organised’ competition organised through work, with a team where the original navigator went sick, so this manager had to take control of the navigation and managed to bail out successfully, using map and compass.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Things have been very tough this last twelve months, for a large variety of reasons, and not looking like get any easier through the coming year. However, the support I’m receiving, from family, friends, work, the hospital and many others too numerous to mention, is second to none, so I am just about managing to soldier through.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Also, something that was (still is) very novel to me, winter hill-walking, where ice axe and crampons are required. Some of you may wonder why I say novel?</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">As most folk will be aware, generally in Britain, with the exception of certain parts of Scotland, Wales and Northern England, suitable snow conditions are not a very prolific event during the winter, along with the ability to visit these areas while maintaining a job of work and being a family man, making the opportunities very novel.</span><br />
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</span></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></span></span></span></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The summer we’ve just had, for me, it was very reminiscent of 1976, that long hot summer, the hot, sunny and testosterone fuelled carefree days, with drought warnings and in some places, water had to be collected from </span></span><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/1/newsid_2492000/2492981.stm" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">standpipes</span></span></a><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> in the street, as I leave school to embark on my adult life.
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</span></span></span></b></b></span></span></b></span><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The </span></span><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35603972" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">ladybird plague of 1976</span></span></a><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">, among many things that would have appealed to teenagers of my generation back then, the </span></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_1_Roadshow" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Radio One Roadshow</span></span></a><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> with its ‘Bit n Pieces’ competition, opening with the chorus line from the </span></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dave_Clark_Five" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Dave Clark Five</span></span></a><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> hit “</span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoRLIJJSG4o" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Bits and Pieces</span></span></a><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">”, to start a competition where ten contestants from the audience came on stage, they listened to ten brief excerpts of hits that were a selection of oldies or current hits, and had to write down on an answer sheet, the artist and song.
</span></span></span></b></span></b></b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Then a record was played while the answers were marked and at the end of that record the winner was announced.
</span></span></b></span></b></span></b></b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Towards the end of the Radio One Roadshow, there would be another competition, the final one of the show, the ‘Smiley Miley- Mileage Time’ where you had to guess the miles travelled from the previous venue to the current venue…
</span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></b></span></span></span><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">All some forty-two years ago…..
</span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Am I making some of you feel old!
</span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Ok, some of you are genuinely too young to remember those days, but not all of you…..
</span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">It has been a bit of a tough summer, the heat took its toll on my leg, and of course, nature as well….
</span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">However, it did produce some interesting photo opportunities, and one such was a juvenile goldfinch that managed to stand on the net over the pond to stop predators taking the fish, then to stand on head of our pond fountain and drink water!</span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></b><br />
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Not only a juvenile goldfinch, but I’ve seen a blackbird standing on the fountainhead as well!</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOrw7kTEFpZEoaLjrpJJ0hzzlwJgdFkB5z3tNgzG27wtYSXTSnlH-ExFXeJNEmo0n8PMlGk17Vn8m-iEjj4x2hcl9lK3NeZrUn97RmPWBXABiEA8ZzgBlNgB-DPCj0YDVXETsgGBmJ4Oo/s640/PICT6301_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></div><div><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">It</span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"> took some time, but I managed to get some brilliant photos of the juvenile goldfinch drinking, achieved by patience, setting the camera up on a tripod and using my mobile phone to remote shoot and get some brilliantly clear photos.</span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span>
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</span></span></span></b></b></span></b></b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">It was fascinating to watch and after asking the question why, no one was able to comment. However, my thoughts are, these juvenile gulls would be of adolescent age, and the probability of trying to show off their prowess, seems very likely to me.
</span></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">A</span></span><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">fterall, we are humans, and we are animals, whether you like to admit it or not, do similar activities to show off our prowess during our adolescence!</span>
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</span></span></span></b></b></span></b></b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">One place I’ve been wanting to photograph for some years, is </span></span><a href="https://www.tuhwntirbont.co.uk/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Tu Hwnt i'r Bont</span></span></a><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">, in its short lived autumn glory, a q</span></span><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">uaint tea room on the </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">west bank of the Afon Conwy (River Conwy) that flows through Llanrwst, in North Wales, alongside </span></span><a href="https://www.walesdirectory.co.uk/tourist-attractions/Landmarks/Wales11346.htm" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Pont Fawr</span></span></a><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">, the packhorse bridge across the Afon Conwy.</span></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I’ve also set up</span></span><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> a garden cam, a Bushnell Natureview, which has delivered some interesting video, not just daytime wildlife activities, but also night-time as well.
</span></span></b></b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Things like a grey squirrel, with their cheeky and comical activities, hedgehogs visiting and in some videos, one adult and one juvenile hedgehog with the juvenile keeping very close to the adult hedgehog, a juvenile fox, most likely a vixen based on its activities and lack of that pungent dog fox aroma as they territory mark.
</span></span></b></b></span></b></b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Then of course, the ubiquitous local feline fraternity that keep visiting….
</span></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">My plans for the future?
</span></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></span></span><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I still have no idea….
</span></span></b></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I’ve stopped making plans a quite while ago, because all previous plans fell before the first hurdle, which was extremely frustrating.
</span></span></b></b></span></b></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I had this dream that I would get out to the hills and moors, but the reality seems to have proved that is purely a dream.
</span></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Another sad reality, recently at work we had been casually talking about retirement, of which I’m only a few years away from.
</span></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I had put the foundations in place many years ago, among many things, my love of the hills and moors would have kept me going for a good few years, and when things become too tough a long time in the future, I would have my garden to tinker in as well.
</span></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">All these things are just a dream, and I can’t see any realistic future.
</span></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></b><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; 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font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There will be a future (</span><span style="color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I hope</span><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">), but not the one that I had hoped and planned for, unless, a miracle takes place, which I very much doubt.
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white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Keep getting out there folks, keep those footpaths open and enjoy that green space while we still have it, please do continue to share your experiences, I still enjoying seeing your photos and reading your reports.</span>
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</span></span></b></span></b></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></b></span></b></b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Thank you to all of you for being so patient with me, it really is appreciated, you haven’t been forgotten and you will never be forgotten.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">There are others who have had various mishaps, some are still off the hills and moors, and some have managed to return. I sincerely hope all manage to get back to the hills and moors and continue to share their wonderful days out.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Two anniversaries for 2018 to share with you, our son, Adam celebrated his 21st, which we celebrated in style, especially as my accident happened on his 18th birthday!</span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">And finally, Angie (<i>my long suffering wife</i>) and myself celebrated our Silver Wedding Anniversary back in August.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">She has been a rock and without her, things today would be so much more difficult.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I hope Santa brings you the goodies, or kit, that you dream of having.</span><br />
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</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;">Links to some of the items I’ve mentioned and written about here:
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.tgochallenge.co.uk/"><span style="background: white; color: blue; margin: 0px;">TGO Challenge</span></a>
</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantar_fasciitis"><span style="background: white; color: blue; margin: 0px;">Plantar Fasciitis</span></a>
</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://dribelad.wordpress.com/"><span style="background: white; color: blue; margin: 0px;">Dales minimalist blog</span></a>
</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/peak-rambler/"><span style="background: white; color: blue; margin: 0px;">Peak Rambler Flickr</span></a>
</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/77330842@N05/sets"><span style="background: white; color: blue; margin: 0px;">Peak Rambler Albums</span></a>
</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/1/newsid_2492000/2492981.stm"><span style="background: white; color: blue; margin: 0px;">Standpipes</span></a>
</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35603972"><span style="background: white; color: blue; margin: 0px;">Ladybird plague of 1976</span></a>
</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dave_Clark_Five"><span style="background: white; color: blue; margin: 0px;">Dave Clark Five</span></a>
</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoRLIJJSG4o"><span style="background: white; color: blue; margin: 0px;">Bits and Pieces</span></a>
</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/learning/temperature/indian-summer"><span style="background: white; color: blue; margin: 0px;">Indian Summer</span></a>
</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.tuhwntirbont.co.uk/"><span style="background: white; color: blue; margin: 0px;">Tu Hwnt i'r Bont</span></a>
</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.walesdirectory.co.uk/tourist-attractions/Landmarks/Wales11346.htm"><span style="background: white; color: blue; margin: 0px;">Pont Faw</span></a>
</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/"><span style="color: blue; margin: 0px;">Flickr</span></a>
</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/modern-world-history-1918-to-1980/the-cold-war/what-was-the-cold-war/"><span style="color: blue; margin: 0px;">The Cold War</span></a>
</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.history.com/topics/space-race"><span style="background: white; color: blue; margin: 0px;">Space Race</span></a>
</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo8.html"><span style="background: white; color: blue; margin: 0px;">Apollo 8</span></a>
</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo11.html"><span style="background: white; color: blue; margin: 0px;">Apollo 11</span></a>
</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo11.html"><span style="background: white; color: blue; margin: 0px;">Apollo 11 Mission Overview</span></a>
</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Neil-Armstrong"><span style="background: white; color: blue; margin: 0px;">Neil Armstrong</span></a>
</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/apollo11.html"><span style="background: white; color: blue; margin: 0px;">July 20, 1969: One Giant Leap For Mankind</span></a>
</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I"><span style="background: white; color: blue; margin: 0px;">The Great War, or more commonly known World War I</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b></b></span></span></span></b></div>
</div>Peak Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07645316221553542322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823921419241429099.post-33323301698648613642017-04-10T12:00:00.000-07:002024-02-28T23:25:30.663-08:00“They stuck parking meters outside our doors to greet us”<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpFirst" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">I
bet there’s a few who recognise that line?</span></div>
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<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Not
a very outdoors, title....</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">But
in light of recent events, and hearing that particular tune on the radio
recently, prompted me to reminisce.</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">For
those of you from my generation, and older, it’s from the Max Bygraves 1960’s
hit:</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">"<strong>Fings
Ain't What They Used T' Be</strong>"</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">In
the 50th anniversary year of The Summer of Love, 1967, and to take the Beatles
hit: “<strong>It’s Getting Better All The Time</strong>”, from The Beatles album “<strong>Sergeant
Pepper</strong>”, released July 1967, are things really better!</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">You
need to read the words to that song carefully.</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">For
those who wish to read the lyrics to the Max Bygraves, and The Beatles songs,
I’ve included them at the end.</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Ken
Loach, made a docu-film, called “Cathy Come Home”, about the housing and social
problems of the sixties. Some of those problems are still prevalent today!</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">We
live in an ever changing, and evolving world today, a world that seems to hold
a lot of nasties, as well as niceties, though you’d be forgiven for thinking
the former was more the case today.</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqpNL1oh9ueiSgYRcnnmPQ1cG6_MEuNY4wuV7xqneVeRZNj-gia7IozVP9YGWL2iCRBT1Z9II4nTVk7g2vkdDUsLsK9lDle6J9HrtynjMJIgD7Y9aHYo-w7mElRsRCTd7wEfaK_FKN25I/s1600/L20170410_190807_wm.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqpNL1oh9ueiSgYRcnnmPQ1cG6_MEuNY4wuV7xqneVeRZNj-gia7IozVP9YGWL2iCRBT1Z9II4nTVk7g2vkdDUsLsK9lDle6J9HrtynjMJIgD7Y9aHYo-w7mElRsRCTd7wEfaK_FKN25I/s640/L20170410_190807_wm.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">London circa mid 1960's</span></td></tr>
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<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">We
need to change, we need to evolve, or things will stagnate and falter, but is
all the change we endure good for us?</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">I
can recall the pre-computer days, no emails, no spam, no social media, in fact,
your social life then evolved around the local pub, the church and local
community. Today, with the advent of email, the internet, online shopping,
social media, your local community is potentially international!</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Ok,
so I’m old, in years, but not in heart.</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Well,
my son often tells me it’s time to grow up!</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">This
is something I’ve happily dwelled on for many years, and accepted as a part of
life, a part of evolution, progression of life.</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">But
is it really, have the bad things really changed that much?</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">We
hear of murders, shooting, road rage, muggings, sexual assaults, all appear to
be on the increase as time progresses. But are they really on the increase?</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Yes,
I hear some of you saying, and perhaps, you’re right.</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Something
I’d like to share with you, something that many folk of my generation, and
older will be aware of.</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">In
days gone by, long before I was born, there were murders, muggings, killings
and sexual attacks, the difference was, some of it was swept under the carpet,
while others were only local news, predominantly local gossip, because there
wasn’t the ability to communicate quite the same then, that we enjoy today.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">Westminster Bridge; London 2016</span></td></tr>
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<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Or do we enjoy it today! Sexual
assaults, of any nature, were often covered up, swept under the carpet, and
still are in some cases today, with many only coming to light because society
has changed.</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Often
the victims were sent to institutions to shut them away from society, so as not
to embarrass the very community and family they came from, who should have
supported them.</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Before
industrialisation, before gas street lighting, we had the man with the lamp, a
man with a lantern walking the streets escorting people back to their homes at
night, hopefully protecting them from being attacked!</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">I
can recall the road we used to live in had gas street lighting, as late as the
1960’s!</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Yes,
I’ve many years to go before I can claim my pension!</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">So,
are things really as bad as they have decades ago, or even centuries ago?</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Perhaps,
perhaps not….</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">What
is definitely the case, those troubles were already there, long before you and
I were born, but what has changed is the way news travels and the speed and
distance at which it travels.</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Also,
people are more prepared to be more open and report these crimes, detection
rates are definitely higher than they were, with CCTV, neighbourhood watch and
many other sources of crime detection, including legitimate online spying.</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">I
fear today, we have a lot more pressures, a lot more challenges and stronger
feelings of needing to belong. We also need to be more careful in how we carry
out our lives and day to day business, especially when we’re using any form of
electronic communication.</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">We
have a lot of things out there goading us to perform, to fit in and much more.</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">But
where do you really want to be, where are you comfortable?</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Social
media is a classic, not many folk today do not embrace one form or another of
social media. Often, we access more than one form of social media.</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">We
are told that something is good for us one day, then the next, it’s evil, it’s
bad, and then, it’s taxed out of all proportion.</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">We
used to have a lot of countryside, that is now fast disappearing. The more it
disappears, the more we will need to rely on imports for food!</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">The
more the countryside disappears, the more nature is pressured and many
creatures we used to have, disappear!</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">A
five-minute walk down the road, and I used to walk out onto farm fields, I used
to work on farms as a teenager. Today, all those farms have gone, they’re
either housing estates or commercial developments.</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Not
even a five-minute drive from where I live would I be in country, I’d still be
in an urban environment!</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Many
small towns are joined at the hip, and more are fast getting closer to their
neighbouring towns and cities.</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Nature
really doesn’t stand a chance today. We need nature, to help us survive, and
nature needs us to help it survive. We’re all part of one big ecological
circle, break one or more links in the chain, and the chain is as good as
useless!</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">If
you’re wondering, yes, I’m anti HS2, I feel the money should be spent on
improving the current rail infrastructure and also the NHS, which desperately
needs support.</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">On
the subject of HS2, the satellite construction sites not in urban areas, which when the construction of HS2 is completed, are supposed to be
returned to nature once the construction is complete, I fear will be deemed
brown field sites, and beyond reasonable condition for returning to nature.</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">So,
what will they become?</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Housing…..</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">By
that time, I’ll be feeding the daisies, so should I care?</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Well,
yes, I do. I want my children's children to enjoy the open spaces I enjoyed. I want nature
to survive with our support, not total destruction, which is the way we are
heading today!</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Are
things better today, or were they better in days gone by?</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">Admiralty Arch, London</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"> : ANNO : DECIMO : EDWARDI : SEPTIMI : REGIS :<br /> : VICTORIÆ : REGINÆ : CIVES : GRATISSIMI : MDCCCCX :<br /> (<i>In the tenth year of King Edward VII, to Queen Victoria, from most grateful citizens, 1910)</i></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr>
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<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">My
thoughts, the sixties, well, the late sixties through to the early seventies,
which is the era I grew up in, was not necessarily a good time, but it was an
innovative and adventurous period.</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Today,
we have better medical care, heart problems are treated almost as an everyday
thing, whereas heart surgery during the 1960’s was still very risky and
pioneering.</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">I
feel from my own perspective, which was a child’s perspective, not adult, the
sixties were more carefree and not so pressurised, a more sedate pace, but the
pressure was on.</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">The
sixties, they were exciting years.</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Taking
that thought for a moment, the Cold War Years (1947 - 1991), well probably the
first half of the Cold War Years, the offence against the prospect of World War
Three, which had the potential to be a nuclear holocaust, we were probably at
the safest we have ever been since the end of the Second World War.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">London circa mid 1960's</span></td></tr>
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<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Well,
probably up to the seventies at least.</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">The
Cold War was basically between two superpowers, America, supported by NATO
(North Atlantic Treaty Organisation), and Russia, where both sides knew the
consequences if either unleashed any part of their nuclear arsenal.</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">A
stalemate.</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">So,
they flexed their muscles in other ways, Vietnam, an atrocity of some
horrendous weaponry.</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Probably
one of the more acceptable ways of flexing their muscles, was the Space Race,
Russia had the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin, while America had the first
man on the moon.</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">I
know there are many out there who feel that the moon landing and walk was a big
hoax, perhaps it was, I don’t know, we may never know.</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">But
a thought I’ll share with you, Russia and America were watching each other’s
moves very closely, scrutinising each and every single and multiple move.</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">The
Apollo 11 mission that landed Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon would
almost certainly have been monitored by the Russians. If NASA never did put a
man on the moon, then it would need to have been a very elaborate setup of radio
communications across the void between the earth and moon, to convince Russia
that man was on the moon, when he wasn’t!</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">If
the Russians had found out it was an elaborate hoax, then that would have given
them superiority in the Cold War, and the consequences just wouldn’t bare
thinking about.</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">We
still had terrorist activities, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Entebbe"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Entebbe Airport</span></a><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> in July 1976 to name one, of
many.</span></span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Also Northern Ireland, conflicts with the IRA and other groups from the late sixties, with incidents peaking early to mid seventies, right up until 1998 with the Good Friday Agreement.</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Even
in the eighties, we had terrorist activities, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_103"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Pan Am Flight 103</span></a><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">, that exploded
over Lockerbie in Scotland.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">London 2017</span></td></tr>
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<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We
still had wars and conflicts, a few are listed below:</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">Parliament Clock Tower, affectionately named</span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">Big Ben, after the bell in the tower</span></td></tr>
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<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">1950-1953
Korean War</span></li><li><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">1956
Suez Crisis</span></li><li><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">1961
Cuba (a potential start to World War 3)</span></li><li><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">1961-1973
Vietnam War</span></li><li><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">1965
Dominican Republic</span></li><li><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">1982
Falklands Campaign</span></li><li><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">1982
Lebanon</span></li><li><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">1983
Grenada</span></li><li><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">1989
Panama</span></li><li><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">1991
Gulf War (Kuwait and Iraq)</span></li><li><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">1993
Somalia</span></li><li><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">1994
Haiti</span></li><li><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">1994-1995
Bosnia</span></li><li><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">1999
Kosovo</span></li><li><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">2001—2014
Afghanistan</span></li><li><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">2003—2010
Iraq War</span></li></ul>
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<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The
sixties through to the eighties, we saw a lot of industrial unrest, and work
was tough to find for school leavers during the seventies and eighties, with
many businesses closing, or moving abroad, with the increase in automation,
taking work away from the working person.</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Typing
pools replaced by word processors, and later computers.</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Robots
building cars and many other things, where many people would have laboured
away.</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Health
and safety in the workplace has changed, for the better. Though some of the
things I and my former colleagues did, or even got up to for a laugh back then,
would certainly be subject to disciplinary action today.</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">I
recall a former mentor, saying the following:</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">“The
sixties swung,</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">The
super seventies were even faster</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Heaven
help us through the eighties, which will be faster, and the future decades,
even faster still!”</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">The Shard, London 2017</span></td></tr>
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<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">The
older we get, in years, nothing else, we often say times are faster and harder.
The younger generations often thought different, because they grew into the
world we see as hectic. But when they get older, they tend to feel the same as
we did.</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">To
circle of life, what goes around comes around….</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">But
I wonder if today, that is still the same.</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">The
social pressures are still there, but are they more so?</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Mobile
phones and communications today, the internet, email, social media making
communication a lot easier, and at the press of a button, you could potentially
share something with the whole world!</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">When
I was younger, you could only speak to one person at a time on the phone, or
write (not type) a letter.</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Today,
you can send one letter to as many people as you can think of, electronically,
via email!</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">If
you think about, you most likely already have given it some thought, long
before you’ve read this posting, just one letter, one email, that potentially
could go viral and destroy one life!</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">A
scary thought!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">The Gherkin, London 2017</span></td></tr>
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<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">One
stupid posting on Facebook, Twitter or any of the other social media programs,
(sorry apps as they are called today), which we have access to, could totally
destroy, or make, a life or lives!</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">I
do feel that to a lesser extent, we did enjoy walking the streets a little
safer back then than today, even if it was in ignorance of the true reality of
life.</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Or
should that be naivety of the true reality of life!</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Is
it a safer world today?</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">A
very good question, can it be answered?</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">I’m
not so sure.</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">A
lot depends on your perspective of life.</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I
personally feel in many aspects; the answer is <strong>NO!</strong></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Please
don’t read that as a negative response, more of a personal opinion based around
events that I’ve experienced along with news items.</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">What
decade is better, is really down to perception, how you recall your childhood
against what you have heard or read, and how you perceive things today.</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Perhaps
I’m getting a little old, long in the tooth, and time to hang up those old
gumboots…..</span><br />
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">The future?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "tahoma";"><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Electric cars, which we'll need to charge up overnight, which for many, will mean roadside charging points!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "tahoma";"><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The demonisation of fossil fuels, a source of revenue for governments, will be no more, so another source to supplement that lost income will need to be found!</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">A
thought I’ll close with:</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><em>“Will
we have parking meters outside our houses in the future?”</em></strong></span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Lyrics
from the earlier mentioned songs:</span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainTextCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px;">
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><strong>Fings
Ain't Wot They Used To Be</strong></span></em></span><br />
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span><br />
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">They've
changed</span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span><br />
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">our
local Palais</span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span><br />
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">into
a bowlin' alley</span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span><br />
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">and
fings ain't</span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span><br />
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">what
they used to be</span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span><br />
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">There's
teds</span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span><br />
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">with
drainpipe trousers</span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span><br />
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">and
debs in coffee houses</span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span><br />
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">and
fings ain't</span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span><br />
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">what
they used to be</span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span><br />
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">There
used to be trams</span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span><br />
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">not
very quick</span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span><br />
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">got
ya from place to place</span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span><br />
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">But
now there's just jams</span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span><br />
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">half
a mile thick</span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span><br />
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">stay
in the human race</span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span><br />
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Better</strong></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span><br />
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Beatles</strong></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span><br />
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getting better all the time</span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span><br />
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I
used to get mad at my school</span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span><br />
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teacher's that taught me weren't cool</span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span><br />
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You're
holding me down</span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span><br />
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Filling
me up with your rules</span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span><br />
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , 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<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I've
got to admit it's getting better</span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span><br />
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A
little better all the time</span></em></span></span></em></span></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span><br />
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I
have to admit it's getting better</span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span><br />
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It's
getting better since you've been mine</span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span><br />
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , 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<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , 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serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , 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used to be angry young man</span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span><br />
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hiding me head in the sand</span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span><br />
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , 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serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I've
got to admit it's getting better</span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span><br />
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , 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used to be cruel to my woman</span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span><br />
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beat her and kept apart from the things that she loved</span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span><br />
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I was mean but I'm changing my scene</span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span><br />
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serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And
I'm doing the best that I can</span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span><br />
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serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Yes
I admit it's getting better</span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span><br />
<span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , 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serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It's
getting better since you've been mine...</span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span><br />
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serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""tahoma" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Songwriters:
John Lennon / John Winston Lennon / Paul McCartney / Paul James McCartney</span></em></span></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></span></em></span></em></span></div>Peak Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07645316221553542322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823921419241429099.post-27652098766841803192017-02-06T23:13:00.007-08:002024-02-28T23:21:46.069-08:00Kinder Low and Kinder Downfall, a Winter Wonderland<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I’ve
been itching to get out and tooled up properly for winter walking. That means
ice axe, crampons and other associated gear.</span></span><br />
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walking using those tools is something that I’ll never get to do often enough,
for two reasons, the good old British weather and the necessary travelling,
which for me, has to be completed within the day, due to work and family
commitments.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Well,
the snow, once again, came good and proper, lasting for quite a good while in
the Peak District, along with many other exposed areas too….</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I
had promised myself, the next proper snowfall I was going out to play, no
matter what, and I did.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I’d
had a few areas in mind, even considering Snowdonia, which is about an extra
hours drive from home. However, studying many of the photos shared on the web,
Kinder seemed to be showing herself in all her glory, particularly Kinder
Downfall, a waterfall with some rather spectacular sheets of ice overhanging!</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><em>"....I had a yearning for, Kinder Downfall covered in snow and ice!...."</em></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span>However,
it was a case of careful weather watching during the week leading up the
Sunday, the day I intended to get out and play. Thankfully, Mother Nature
played nicely and everything turned out just perfect.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I
had already enjoyed a superb day on Axe Edge Moor just after Christmas, which I
wrote about in </span></span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/axe-edge-moor-winter-walk-and-im-big.html"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Axe Edge Moor Winter Walk and I’m a
BIG kid at heart</span></span></a><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> and
this was promising to be just as good a day, if not better!<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF3QrvEwgT0jxylKdpPFMyUa2RSASwBl9NiXT057ahBVIep_E9QWCxYIeA1l2_CYpSjvdur9LebK0_qVQQqL7iUruNSwbx_qsEmnKp0bAo_yah2vSVlrxog2b4JMIQ_CJNgr36uuCnDXE/s1600/IMG_1269.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF3QrvEwgT0jxylKdpPFMyUa2RSASwBl9NiXT057ahBVIep_E9QWCxYIeA1l2_CYpSjvdur9LebK0_qVQQqL7iUruNSwbx_qsEmnKp0bAo_yah2vSVlrxog2b4JMIQ_CJNgr36uuCnDXE/s1600/IMG_1269.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Axe Edge Moor, late December 2014</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Before
I go any further, some of you may be wondering why I never seem to cover the
Lake District. This is nothing personal on my part, for I would love to walk in
the Lakes again. However, the problem for me is I live the wrong side of
Birmingham, meaning it would make it an extremely long day to make the round
trip.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Likewise,
Yorkshire is another fantastic area with some great walking country in it, both
in the North York Moors and Yorkshire Dales National Parks.</span></span><br />
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have to say that Snowdonia was quite high on my list of places to go winter
walking, especially as I’ve not walked around there during winter for too long.
The last time was January 2011, when I walked up Y Gribin from Ogwen Cottage,
using ice axe and crampons.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">But
the webcams and photos posted on the web persuaded me The Peaks was to be the
lace, more specifically, Kinder.</span></span><br />
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<span>So Kinder it was, more specifically, the south west side, covering Kinder Low and Kinder Downfall, plus, I had a yearning for, Kinder Downfall covered in snow and ice!.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The
last time I was on Kinder in the snow, was February 2013, when a small group of
us stayed at a Bunkhouse just outside Hope, right next to Hope Cement Works, a
place called Pindale Farm. The Bunkhouse we stayed in was basic but well
equipped, though.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I
covered that weekend stay and the day’s wander across Kinder in </span></span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/a-peak-winter-meet-bunkhouse-and-kinder.html"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">A Peak Winter Meet, a Bunkhouse and
Kinder</span></span></a><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">.</span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Incidentally,
I didn’t use my new Scarpa Manta boots for this walk, preferring to use my
trusty old Scarpa SL’s. The reason for that, as many of you will be aware
Kinder is a vast peat bog area and peat can have an adverse effect on boots.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The
Scarpa Manta boot is not a full leather boot, like the SL. With that in mind,
the risk of peat tarnishing the suede finish of the Manta boots wasn’t that
appealing, or at least for now. Plus, I didn’t feel initially that I would need
to tool up to walk on Kinder, envisaging my Kahtoola Microspikes would be
adequate.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">But
that was not to be the case, as you will find out further on.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">In
my last blog; </span></span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/mam-tor-and-great-ridge-old-classic.html"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Mam Tor and the Great Ridge, an old
classic</span></span></a><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> where I tried
the Manta boots properly for the first time, under thawing conditions, where I
briefly covered boots, crampons and winter walking skills.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">If
you’re not familiar with four season boots, crampons, and winter walking
skills, please, don’t go out and buy a winter boot and crampons and use them
without getting trained, for a lot of harm and even death, can result if you
don’t know how to use them properly.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I
would strongly recommend you have a look at </span></span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/mam-tor-and-great-ridge-old-classic.html"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Mam Tor and the Great Ridge, an old
classic</span></span></a><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> after reading
this one.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Also,
you might want to see some of the kit I carry, even on a walk as easy as this
along Mam Tor and the Great Ridge, have a look at </span></span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/whats-in-my-pack.html"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">What's in my pack?</span></span></a><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;"><u> </u></span></span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">which
list many of the items I carry and why.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
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was going to be a walk where conditions would dictate my original intended
route vs. the final route.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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original plan was to park at Bowden Bridge, walk up William Clough, cut across
towards Mermaid Pool and the foot of Kinder Downfall, then possibly if
conditions allowed, back to Sandy Heys to reach the plateau and view Kinder
Downfall from atop.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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on arrival, that was not to be. The weather looked good, with the threat of low
cloud, which there was in the valleys, which could engulf the Kinder plateau at
any time.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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had a desire to visit Kinder Low, somewhere I’d not wandered to for too long
and possibly return via Edale Cross.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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it was wait and see what was presented to me once I’d parked up at Bowden
Bridge and started to walk.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The
drive up was a good one to Hayfield and then to Bowden Bridge, with a lot of
the A515 north of Ashbourne showing a good coverage of snow. This was very
reassuring, that Kinder was not going to disappoint me.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">As
a precaution, I had packed my ice axe and crampons, though I did initially feel
that would be overkill. But after seeing the snow covered ground as I got
nearer to Buxton I was beginning to think it was more likely a wise move.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Once
in Bowden Bridge Car Park, I paid my fee, and then got suited and booted. With
the car park being very much compacted ice covered, and the rods not being any
better, I put my Microspikes and the snow baskets on my trekking poles, before
I started walking.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Bowden Bridge has a nice bit of history, to which we walkers and hill walkers owe a great thanks, to Benny Rothman and the many who risked criminal prosecution, so that we can enjoy roaming the countryside as free as we do today.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The plaque on the quarry face in Bowden Bridge Car Park</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">"<b><i><span style="color: #666666;">THE MASS TRESSPASS ONTO</span></i></b></span><b><i><span style="color: #666666;"><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">KINDER SCOUT STARTED FROM</span><br />
</span></i></b><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: #666666;">THIS QUARRY 24TH APRIL 1932</span></i></b>"</span></span></td></tr>
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also packed my crampons and inserted my ice axe in to a dedicated strap on my
pack, still feeling it could be <span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">overkill,
but better to be prepared than caught out.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span></span></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I was also trying out a relatively recent
purchase of an Icebreaker Merino Wool long sleeve base layer.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">By now, I had finally decided my route; it
was Bowden Bridge, Tunstead Clough Farm, Kinderlow End, Kinder Low and finally
Kinder Downfall.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The return route was most likely via William
Clough, though I really did still fancy Edale Cross via Swines Back from Kinder
Low.</span></span><br />
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the entrance, past the camp site (yes there is a camp site almost opposite the
car park entrance, </span></span><a href="http://www.campingandcaravanningclub.co.uk/campsites/uk/derbyshire/highpeak/hayfield"><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Hayfield Camping
and Caravanning Club Site</span></span></a><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">), then
followed the road in a north easterly direction and then as it bends round to
the right.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Follow the lane as it bends to the right.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">You’ll recall I was trying out the new base
layer, well, I was boiling by the time I had reached the turn off point!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">So it was time to remove a layer, the mid
layer, keeping my softshell, a RAB Baltoro, on because I had some items stored
in pockets…..</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">It wasn’t long before I reached a crossroads, where I would continue straight on and head for Tunstead Farm, where I would take the foot path off to the
right as it circumnavigated the farm’s south side.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;">Once around the farm the footpath is still
quite clearly defined, even with the snow on the ground, with the added
assistance of clear field boundaries and gates.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">The route to the left, takes you to Hill Houses, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">which takes you back to where you started.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">It's the road by my trekking poles that takes you to Kinder.</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The walk up to Kinderlow End is blessed with
fabulous views on a clear day and for me, this particular day was no less so,
with superb views over the inversion becoming very prevalent.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>...."</span><span><em>take the foot path off to the right</em></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span><em>as it circumnavigated the farm’s south side</em></span><span>"....</span></span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Follow the path round</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">.... and through the gate on to the Kinder Estate....</span></td></tr>
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</span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I followed this footpath all the way to Kinderlow
End, where I could easily have taken the footpath to Kinder Downfall, keeping a
reasonable height and then approach Kinder Downfall at its lower level.
However, my mind was made up; I was bagging Kinder Low first, then Kinder
Downfall.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Incidentally, that footpath I could have used
to get to Kinder Downfall would also make for a nice short circular walk down
to Kinder Reservoir and back to Bowden Bridge.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Continue uphill for Kinderlow End</span></td></tr>
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</span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">As I approached Kinderlow End, the route up
to Kinder Low was very clear; it was up a hill, to coin a phrase….</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Now this was a relatively steep ascent.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I was also just starting to feel a bit of a
nip in the air, so it was an ideal point to reapply that mid layer I’d earlier
removed. If I left it until I’d reached the top, it could have been a little
too windy and cool to be messing around.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">In the interim, that ascent could have made
me even hotter, but I plumped for the initial option, put the layer on….</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I started to make the ascent of Kinderlow End
to Kinder Cavern, and the ground underfoot was just proving a little too much
for the Microspikes!</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The gates to Kinderlow End</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">The ascent to Kinder Low, where I needed to tool up,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span>using crampons and ice axe </span><span>to make the short ascent</span></span></span></td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">To be fair, they’re not designed for this
type of ascent, ice, steep slopes and short length footholds. So I was more
than glad I’d packed my crampons and ice axe. So it was back down to the spot I
put my mid layer on, and get tooled up, crampons on ice axe to hand and
trekking poles packed away on my pack.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Wow, what a difference, those spikes on the
crampons digging nicely in to the snow and ice, with ice axe to assist footing
and stability….</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The ice axe in the ever ready position should
I slip, ready to arrest a fall.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Incidentally, for those wondering, I’ve a
pair of Grivel G12, C1 crampons and a Petzl Snowalker ice axe.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The reason for the C1 crampons is my boots at
the time of purchase, are a B1 boot. I’ll refer you back to my previous blog
reference boot and crampon ratings, </span></span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/mam-tor-and-great-ridge-old-classic.html"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Mam Tor and the Great
Ridge, an old classic</span></span></a><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> along with some info from the </span></span><a href="https://www.thebmc.co.uk/"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">The BMC</span></span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;"><u><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> called </span></u></span></span><a href="https://www.thebmc.co.uk/crampons-for-mortals"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Crampons for mortals</span></span></a><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">.</span></span></span></div>
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the steep ascent and a quick reccie of the area, along with checking the map,
reassured me there was no likely need to stay tooled up.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">So I removed my crampons, packed them away
and stowed my ice axe, and reset the trekking poles for walking the plateau.</span></span><br />
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earlier, for here it was a bit blowy with a nasty bite in the wind. To remove a
layer to put one on would probably not have been very comfortable.</span></span><br />
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following a generally northerly direction from Kinder Cavern towards Kinder Low
and the famous Trig Point.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The wind, 11.9 knots, 13.7 mph, was quite fresh!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">It had been some years since I had last visited
Kinder Low, years, probably a couple of decades!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Yes, you’re right, disgusting….</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">So that was to be resolved this day.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">It also provided a windy, but ideal lunch
spot, the views around were awesome. I had the view of to Hayfield, well and
truly under a fantastic cloud inversion, over towards Bleaklow and across
Kinder to the east, with a good clear view of Pym Chair.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">L - R Lose Hill, the Great Ridge to Mam Tor with Rushup far right</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Also Mam Tor and the Great Ridge, Rushup
Edge… I mean, what more could a hill walker ask for?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">But it was nippy, eating a sarnie with bear
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The temp was down to -4.8ºC and the wind,
11.9 kts (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">for some reason my Kestrel
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Incidentally, the gloves I’ve been using
today, and also on Axe Edge Moor just after Christmas, Mam Tor a couple of
weeks ago, are the RAB Powerstretch Grip Gloves</span></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> which for a
thin glove, were incredibly warm and provided superb grip on my poles, axe and
also made using the camera very easy without having to take my gloves off.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">This was a very pleasant walk, though there
were some deepish groughs to traverse, but the Microspikes seemed to eat the
distance up with ease. But then they are designed for that sort of ground.</span></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Some deepish groughs to cross</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">It wasn’t long before I was fast approaching
Kinder Downfall, and I was starting to look for a suitable photographic point.
If I get too close, then it would be difficult to get a decent photo. Care
would need to be taken as I was going to be close to a sheer drop down to the
River Kinder!</span></span><br />
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exposed rock, not snow covered, that could be hiding an overlap of snow, and
snapped away to get a couple of good photos.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I’d also noticed that the low cloud was
starting to creep in from the valley below!</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">An iced up Kinder Downfall</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Some were trying to climb Kinder Downfall</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div>Time to quickly sort my return route out, do
I make a complete circuit and return via William Clough, or backtrack to Kinder
Low and return via Edale Cross?</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Good question,
for the path back to William Clough I’ve walked before when Kinder was cloud
capped, when I visited the Sabre wreckage. That day I walked via Mill Hill from
the Snake Pass, and about three years previous, I’d had a failed attempt to
visit the Sabre wreckage, starting from Bowden Bridge, walking up William
Clough and back.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">That day you read
about in Kinder, Kinder Downfall and the Sabre….. where Kinder had been cloud
covered the whole day.</span></span><br />
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<span></span><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">So that wasn’t an
unfamiliar path either.</span></span><br />
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<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Well, Edale Cross won the day....</span></span><br />
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</span></span></span></span><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Around 14:00 hours, I decided to make a
steady walk back to Kinder Low, which would mean for a short while leaving the
cloud behind me. However, it was starting</span> to catch up fast, and it wasn’t long
before Kinder Low was cloud capped as well!</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">The cloud was moving in fast.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">The time between this and the photo below wasn't much more than five minutes!</span></span></td></tr>
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</span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">A quick reccie,</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> check the map and I was still
game for Edale Cross. Once I’d started that route, I would be committed.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Remember, my drive up and ascent involved progressing through low cloud, plus the days the forecast was for fog, hence the inversion photos, so I expected my descent to be through cloud.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The cloud would get thicker, that was to be
expected, and considering the valleys below had been engulfed</span> in low cloud all
day, so I wasn’t expecting much change for the better there. In fact, quite the
opposite, it would get worse….</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">A cloud engulfed Kinder Low</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">However, I was hoping for that the path would
have been reasonably well trodden, for the route would take me to the top of
Jacobs Ladder, at which point, I would need to head in a westerly direction for
Edale Cross.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">As I descended from Kinder Low, the cloud was
unsurprisingly getting thicker, the tracks were getting thinner, to the point
of almost non-existent!<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The path down from Kinder Low</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Ok, I still knew exactly where I was and
where I needed to get to, which meant circumnavigating around Swines Back, to
pick up the top of Jacobs Ladder, at which point, there would be a sign post,
from previous visits there.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The signpost only pointed along the Pennine
Way, the other paths were not shown!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Now had I made a mistake?</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The cloud gave way briefly to<br />allow me to get this photo of Swines Back</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbdQFcRhcnNYvBd4dXrR2BrzZyKRv_sUsqicJk8cuoVArE1Di76rm_fw9J3x52RX3wjLyb3EljMejqd8oINVZk7387FMqYVfYz6f2H96fgQs4JzLm35zSAj64sEEf0AJqXXVpBluBTnJ8/s1600/IMG_1686.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbdQFcRhcnNYvBd4dXrR2BrzZyKRv_sUsqicJk8cuoVArE1Di76rm_fw9J3x52RX3wjLyb3EljMejqd8oINVZk7387FMqYVfYz6f2H96fgQs4JzLm35zSAj64sEEf0AJqXXVpBluBTnJ8/s1600/IMG_1686.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">For much of my descent from Kinder Low,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">this was the best my view was going to get!</span></span></td></tr>
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</span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I doubt it, which was definitely the point at
which I needed to head west, it was the top of Jacobs Ladder and there was no
mistaking that….</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">But there were no obvious points to give me a
clue, so I took a bearing, found a gate that had one of those weights on it to
close it as walkers passed through, and decided that was definitely the way. To
double check, I obtained the distance I would need to walk before reaching the
gate by Edale Cross, which was around 540 metres. That short distance would
give me a back stop, should I have taken the wrong turn.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Now I could, as an escape route, return via
Jacobs Ladder and then try and get transport back to Bowden Bridge, from Edale.
But I wasn’t going to be defeated, I’ve done a navigation course and I was
going to put those skills to practice.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">So off I set, pacing and taking in to
consideration, my paces would be shorter due to the conditions, deep snow, than
when I did my nav training, but 540 metres was going to me my paced out count,
where I would review how far I’d progressed.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">As I was walking, as per the map, a boundary
feature was close on my right, alongside what seemed like it could be some sort
of track, counting the paces, moving the beads as each estimated 100 metres was
completed, and just slightly coming in to view at 540 metres, was a gate way,
as per the map.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Bliss, it had worked, I also know how much
shorter my steps would be in those conditions, for it worked out I could have
walked 600 metres.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I was at the gates close to Edale Cross.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The gates by Edale Cross</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Edale Cross</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Edale Cross
is believed to have been erected by the Abbots of Basingwerk Abbey to mark the
southern boundary of their land, which was granted in 1157.</span></span><br />
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distance away from Kinder!</span></span><br />
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marks the point at which on the former Hayfield to Edale road, on the former
junction of the three wards of the Forest of Peak: Glossop and Longdendale,
Hopedale and Campagna.</span></span><br />
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has at some time fallen down and had been unearthed by local farmers, who
re-erected it sometime in the early 1810, and etched the date, along with their
initials in to the gritstone cross.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">The
initials JG, WD, GH, JH and JS carved in to the cross were from John Gee,
William Drinkwater, George and Joseph Hadfield and John Shirt.</span></span><br />
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down the Bowden Bridge.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">There is a path across the fields which would
take me back to Tunstead Clough Farm. On a clear day, that would be fine, but I
was happy to follow a clearly defined route, which I’ve walked before, albeit a
long time back, with no major problems to encounter.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The path down from Edale Cross</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Be very aware<br /> there are some steep drops to the left<br />as you walk down</span></td></tr>
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my route was the road junction near to The Ashes, GR SK054862, which had a sign
at the hardened concrete access road,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"<b><i><span style="color: #666666;">AGRICULTURAL VEHICLE ACCESS ONLY</span></i></b>",</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">with
another sign across the road saying "<b><i>NT PATH</i></b>".</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The road junction near to The Ashes, GR SK 054 862</span></td></tr>
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</span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Basically, it was keep left, for the road
goes uphill for a short way, before it starts to descend, bring me out at the
junction where I started my earlier ascent at GR SK051867.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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the car at Bowden Bridge.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The junction where I started<br />my earlier ascent at GR SK 051 867</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Incidentally, I kept my Microspikes on all
the way from Kinder Low right back to the car park, though the ice had more or
less thawed. But I wasn’t going to <span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">take chances, plus, there were enough verges
so not to walk for too greater distance on tarmac and risk damaging the spikes.</span></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Many of you who know me, know
I just love to take photos. That’s probably my biggest crime when out walking. As
a keen amateur photographer, I often like to take control of the exposure
settings to obtain a desired result.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">The final part of the route, the lane<br />back towards Bowden Bridge</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">as it bends round to the right</span></span></td></tr>
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camera kept setting a high shutter speed,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1/1250 second, even in the low light levels of the evening when
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time duration, ending up at 1/30 second.</span></span></span></div>
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have gone faulty; after all, it had become ice covered a few times late
afternoon onward.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">How relieved I was once I downloaded the
photos, to see they were all crystal clear, apart from the thick mist one which
just looked like a steamed up window!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The one thing I had overlooked, but I knew
about, for that is one of the reasons why I like to take control sometimes, was
the fact that snow blindness not only affects our vision, but also has an
impact on the cameras settings. On many digital cameras today, you will have a
setting for snow and ice, and also sea and sand, which compensates for this
extra light.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">On a final note, I've bought a pair of Grivel G12 C2 crampons for my Scarpa Manta boots. All I need now is some proper snow to play in...</span></span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Post walk edit, the day after I published this blog, while walking into work crossing a major trunk road, a motorist ran a red light which resulted in my requiring major lower leg reconstruction, and has since resulted in this being my last winter walk and very unlikely due to the permanent damage caused to ever fully walk the mountains again, any time of year.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Three months in hospital and a further five years of ongoing physio and plastics providing skin care.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Even sadder, I'll never get to use those newly purchased Scarpa Manta B2 boots again, and the Grivel G12 C2 crampons, they're still unused!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">A the time of this update, and still very much still today, I'm reluctant to sell the boots or crampons on, even though I have had some very good offers. I guess they're the dreams I once had, moments that could have been, but never will be.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">If ever there is a walk to bow out on, this has to be the one, a winter walk with challenging condition, a test of navigational skills and local knowledge, all came together perfectly.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">This, as with any other walk, brilliant days, brilliant memories, not just of places and walks, but people I've camped and walked with, and I'd like to say a big thank you to all for those fabulous moments and memories, along with the ongoing support post accident.</span></span><br />
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<span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Peak Rambler's Ramblings has continued covering the walks I've done since, but not in the terrain I used to venture in, a lot more subdued, but still as informative and chatty. However, as time has moved on, so have social media and blogging trends, and Peak Ramblers Ramblings blogs will remain for the foreseeable future, but there will be no further additions to my blogs, only updates as required.</b></span></span></span></i><br />
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Album <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77330842@N05/sets" target="_blank"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Peak Rambler Flickr Photo Album</span></span></a><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"> </span></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><br />
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to some of the items I’ve mentioned and written about here:<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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</span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/axe-edge-moor-winter-walk-and-im-big.html"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Axe Edge Moor Winter Walk and I’m a
BIG kid at heart</span></span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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</span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/a-peak-winter-meet-bunkhouse-and-kinder.html"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">A Peak Winter Meet, a Bunkhouse and
Kinder</span></span></a><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/mam-tor-and-great-ridge-old-classic.html"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Mam Tor and the Great Ridge, an old
classic</span></span></a><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="background: yellow;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/whats-in-my-pack.html"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">What's in my pack?</span></span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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</span><a href="http://www.campingandcaravanningclub.co.uk/campsites/uk/derbyshire/highpeak/hayfield"><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Hayfield
Camping and Caravanning Club Site</span></span></a><o:p></o:p><br />
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</span><a href="https://www.thebmc.co.uk/"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">The BMC</span></span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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</span><a href="https://www.thebmc.co.uk/crampons-for-mortals"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Crampons for mortals</span></span></a><br />
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</span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/kinder-kinder-downfall-and-sabre.html"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Kinder, Kinder
Downfall and the Sabre…..</span></span></a></span>Peak Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07645316221553542322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823921419241429099.post-47115097605248296282016-12-27T05:32:00.004-08:002024-02-28T23:15:25.542-08:00Axe Edge Moor Winter Walk and I’m a BIG kid at heart<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The
long awaited snow came to Britain, well, for those who love the snow and winter
walking, which I do and I guess many of you who will read this, will also enjoy the snow as much as I do.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">My
long awaited winter walk for this winter actually happened. Not only that, I
actually managed to walk Axe Edge Moor with fantastic clear views!</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Before
I go any further, winter walking in the snow can be fun, but it can be fraught
with danger! The snow can and will cover hidden dangers, holes, loose rocks,
which can result in injury.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">My pack was set up for winter conditions, with all I would need except for an ice axe and crampons, which really would have been an unnecessary over kill for this walk.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">If you would like to know many of the items I carry, have a read of <span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/whats-in-my-pack.html"><span style="color: blue;">What's in my pack?</span></a></span></span><br />
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you might be like me, because we don’t get much of an opportunity to get and
walk, no, I’ll change that to play, in the snow, I am like a big kid, I want to
be out all day plus!</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The
first time I walked on Axe Edge Moor was I February 2011 while staying with
friends just outside Buxton. It snowed then, but the visibility was poor. But
that didn’t detract from a very enjoyable winter walk.</span></span><br /><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The gate alongside Cisterns Clough to the track leading up to Dane Head</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Typical view when I was on Axe Edge Moor, February 2011</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Typical view on Axe Edge Moor, June 2013</span></td></tr>
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The
next time was eighteen months ago, on a wet June day, which you can read about
in </span></span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blhttp/peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/axe-edge-moor-cat-and-fiddle-pub-and.html"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Axe Edge Moor, the Cat and Fiddle pub
and a Stag Do</span></span></a><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">, where
we walked from the Cat and Fiddle Inn.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">So
for me, it was a double whammy not only to walk in some fantastic snow and
countryside, but to have superbly clear views as well!</span></span><br />
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had planned for a late start, but didn’t want too late a finish in view of the drive
there and back, for I wasn’t expecting the best of road conditions,
particularly around Buxton. The journey overall wasn’t of too big a surprise,
though Buxton and the A53 were fantastically clear. Well done those maintaining
the roads there. However, Staffordshire Roads, particularly the A515 from
Rugeley almost up to Buxton, left a lot to be desired, with lots of snow and
ice.</span></span><br />
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accept that much of the A515 is exposed, but so are the A53, and A54, which sit
either side of Axe Edge Moor, and were very clear.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I
wasn’t even sure if I was going to get to Axe Edge Moor, after monitoring
traffic reports shared via Twitter.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">So
I put in a plan for an alternative, my old favourite Stanton Moor, which I
walked several times, in all weathers and knew I could access.</span></span><br />
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can read about one of my winter walks on Stanton Moor in </span></span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/stanton-moor-on-snowy-sunday.html"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Stanton Moor on a snowy Sunday</span></span></a>.<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I
digress, I’d planned for a three hour drive, and I had a three hour drive,
though normally it would be a two and a half hour drive, and kept my walk short
to facilitate the slow drive home.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Which
is a shame, I wanted to try my new toy out, a Led Lenser H7.2 headtorch.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Incidentally,
first impressions, it’s a nice usable headtorch.</span></span><br />
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parked up in the layby, which I missed due to the fact it was covered in snow, on
the east side of Axe Edge Moor, at Cisterns Clough, and got suited and booted.
That also included putting on my Microspikes, then set off along the road in a
northerly direction for about 290 metres, to pick up the track heading on to
Axe Edge Moor.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Now
I’m guilty of not using my trekking poles enough, but today I had planned to
use them, as both a walking aid and to test the depth of the snow, but hopefully
not as a part of my first aid kit, like I did when descending Moel Siabod and
more recently, walking Alport Dale.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Because
there was snow and I was expecting deep snow in places, it is a winter walk; I
fitted the snow baskets to my poles.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">For
those who don’t know, snow baskets are not like shopping baskets, but extra
wide shields that fit just above the carbide tip, to reduce how far the poles
will sink in snow.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Those
you can read in </span></span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/moel-siabod-and-my-old-navigation.html"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Moel Siabod and my old Navigation
Training Ground</span></span></a><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> and </span></span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/alport-castles-alport-dale-and-alport.html"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Alport Castles Alport Dale and River
Alport</span></span></a><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I’ve
also written a piece about my own personal views on trekking poles, which can
be read in </span></span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/trekking-poles-love-em-or-hate-em.html"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Trekking Poles, love ‘em or hate ‘em?</span></span></a><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">There
is a footpath following Cisterns Clough, upstream, but I felt that for today, I
didn’t fancy getting caught up on deep snow at such an early stage.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Incidentally,
it’s worth noting for those not used to winter walking in the snow, trudging
through snow is great fun, but, it will tire you out and also, more
importantly, your average walking pace will be considerably slower!</span></span><br />
<span></span><br />
<span>Think of it like walking through thick mud, if you've ever walked through mud, and that will probably give you an idea how hard and slow walking in snow can be.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong>SO
ALLOW EXTRA TIME to cover your route.</strong></span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><strong></strong></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">So I entered the track through the nearby gate and cattle grid (<em>see first photo</em>) making good progress up the track to Dane Head and on to Axe Edge Moor , where the views were jaw dropping
awesome.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgno8lS4joGL5401VFFys-qTqEI6-DU9IW-uxH-j56Eg9jHuh9hh7HVl9TATO7nr9n8fhvSlyK_9FN7FjeOktJlcTXy828YjNSYhMHVSWiFLgdOSxSenQBqPGXMDOpcgRGWTDZNJ4wIU6s/s1600/IMG_1246.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgno8lS4joGL5401VFFys-qTqEI6-DU9IW-uxH-j56Eg9jHuh9hh7HVl9TATO7nr9n8fhvSlyK_9FN7FjeOktJlcTXy828YjNSYhMHVSWiFLgdOSxSenQBqPGXMDOpcgRGWTDZNJ4wIU6s/s1600/IMG_1246.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">...."</span><span style="font-size: small;"><em>on to Axe Edge Moor and the views were jaw dropping awesome</em></span><span style="font-size: small;">"....</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Looking across towards the Cat and Fiddle Pub</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx1zCKeUSeiNhVQxJOw7L7VJmWz8Vo6KxZG-wyrjCAQ1D6fb3Z3v8IHc25Ot5D4m0Ovd9yfZImCRNBiqRT7BwsB3wZ3hKNpxxyJG384z5jCdHQkml7HapPNppLSRjdpK3TxtRzrMjKzqE/s1600/IMG_1248.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx1zCKeUSeiNhVQxJOw7L7VJmWz8Vo6KxZG-wyrjCAQ1D6fb3Z3v8IHc25Ot5D4m0Ovd9yfZImCRNBiqRT7BwsB3wZ3hKNpxxyJG384z5jCdHQkml7HapPNppLSRjdpK3TxtRzrMjKzqE/s1600/IMG_1248.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Zoomed in photo of the Cat and Fiddle Pub</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The
views around made what seemed a large expanse in low cloud and poor visibility
seem so small and beautiful!</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Those
of you, who know me, know I love taking lots of photos, many photos from this
walk can be seen on my Flickr account on the following link: </span></span><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/77330842@N05/sets/72157649574719320/"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Axe Edge Moor Dec 2014</span></span></a><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">It was a perfect day, the sun was out, the skies were blue and the views were awesome. But it was a tad cold with hardly any wind!</span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHEdI7dZCOmFxkXeJMv1hI2z39OpS1ky_oaXjb_JAQvvOrcoB6SQVctaxUdz8gym54qUeB0QKjyXlFXr1avI1YssMorQKFVZuBvoFwkgfi3tyLkwomCOI_UZ2bWxupkHyrVBFH5emPjwQRTtrtM_HxJOF5ODV-9yQOvNgQoa8h_OyFiacpEcgZb3Rp=s1024" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1024" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHEdI7dZCOmFxkXeJMv1hI2z39OpS1ky_oaXjb_JAQvvOrcoB6SQVctaxUdz8gym54qUeB0QKjyXlFXr1avI1YssMorQKFVZuBvoFwkgfi3tyLkwomCOI_UZ2bWxupkHyrVBFH5emPjwQRTtrtM_HxJOF5ODV-9yQOvNgQoa8h_OyFiacpEcgZb3Rp=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">...."</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><em>it was a tad cold with hardly any wind</em></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">"....</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHSG0zYp-MKiA1V17AHSUxK7AOtvViN0oi8lODM05cTY0S8Bo0X6xvMuLfVhgVluFj8GEssE5tRFJJHegIvxxDenH8uoja1-VKP8RsBT6yyFjsWwJTmy0bOEOMoll5uQzLRnXqgjWtpAFU52jYgT5nMVyEUfAu9B3NAm9iwgYlfELCs641U7WObivc=s1024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1024" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHSG0zYp-MKiA1V17AHSUxK7AOtvViN0oi8lODM05cTY0S8Bo0X6xvMuLfVhgVluFj8GEssE5tRFJJHegIvxxDenH8uoja1-VKP8RsBT6yyFjsWwJTmy0bOEOMoll5uQzLRnXqgjWtpAFU52jYgT5nMVyEUfAu9B3NAm9iwgYlfELCs641U7WObivc=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">It
was just too tempting to extend my walk right out to the Cat and Fiddle Pub,
walking past Derbyshire Bridge. But, I had to restrain myself, the A515 was not
going to be forgiving, plus, temperatures will drop and ice, particularly black
ice, will be prevalent.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">But
I stuck to my planned route, which was walk up to Dane Head, head south towards
Orchard Farm, cut across to Reeve-edge and Danebower Quarries, cross the River
Dane, head for the A54, walk back towards Buxton and pick up the track through Dane
Head and return to the car.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">...."</span><span style="font-size: small;"><em>a public footpath signpost on my right, which marks the path</em></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><em>from the A54 and Derbyshire Bridge</em></span><span style="font-size: small;">"....</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Following
the track, the point at which I would leave the track and head for Orchard Farm
was a public footpath signpost on my right, which marks the path from the A54 and Derbyshire
Bridge.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Here I head south, that
would take me up and over Axe Edge Moor and in to some deep snow, or so I was
hoping.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I
told you I was a big kid, at heart…..</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">It
wasn’t long before I was in my element, walking the path, in virgin snow and
woops, my foot sank deep in to the snow!</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">From
here, I was rewarded with some rather deep patches of snow, which
unsurprisingly slowed the pace down somewhat.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I
wasn’t worried, I expected that and planned for it when I plotted my route, and
using </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naismith's_rule"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Naismith’s Rule</span></span></a><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">, which also mentions </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naismith's_rule"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Tranter’s Corrections</span></span></a><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">, estimated my walk time.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Incidentally,
I use an Excel Spreadsheet to calculate my walks, which also takes in to
account sunset time, but you can find online calculators. This is one </span></span><a href="http://www.walkingenglishman.com/walktime.aspx"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Naismith’s Calculator</span></span></a><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">, I found online, which takes in to account Tranter’s
Corrections.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQxybz1Gfz-9GjDupMJAEVneVEUEy09VCfxl3t1qEiLz0pWwtDnVIKQ8y_mYQsQr0tRtKokj7hurthWLZu9lOqXkm_QUNFO90JjHzHnZyJZ8dMnxrPhS0wGIgPCFuspsuiAwHWef6qKSU/s1600/naismiths+chart.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span><img border="0" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQxybz1Gfz-9GjDupMJAEVneVEUEy09VCfxl3t1qEiLz0pWwtDnVIKQ8y_mYQsQr0tRtKokj7hurthWLZu9lOqXkm_QUNFO90JjHzHnZyJZ8dMnxrPhS0wGIgPCFuspsuiAwHWef6qKSU/s1600/naismiths+chart.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Naismith's Spreadsheet Calculator I use</span></td></tr>
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</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I’ve
digressed. Continuing along the path I eventually reach a dry stone wall, with
a style almost in the left hand corner as I approach it. Crossing the style
allows me to continue along the path down to Orchard Farm, hand railing the
steam that flows along my left.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The virgin snow and the dry stone wall with the style to cross.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK_ZIgH-C15xkGF-TMBNKyRWDtL4r54x_sfcMvA09e1iUjkh0M0jgkRHwvoETuCyYxEiqdjT8epiLG_KuIXkOtyXBkr_wzCgIhHUywKz4s6ita-zBFs6i4rWlzBUPIeeiuoKz7VC4tfK0/s1600/IMG_1267.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK_ZIgH-C15xkGF-TMBNKyRWDtL4r54x_sfcMvA09e1iUjkh0M0jgkRHwvoETuCyYxEiqdjT8epiLG_KuIXkOtyXBkr_wzCgIhHUywKz4s6ita-zBFs6i4rWlzBUPIeeiuoKz7VC4tfK0/s1600/IMG_1267.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The snow covered style!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Take
care if you follow this path in poor visibility, for there is a steep drop down
to the river on your left.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">On
previous walks here, I’ve followed the path right down in to the valley, but
this time, I fancied staying high up and descending the other side of Orchard Farm.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">As
I Walked the path, there soon appeared a path/track to my right, going uphill,
which allowed me to join the path I was after. Almost at the top, Orchard Farm
was in view, so checking my map, shows a path through Orchard Farm.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">As
I was <span style="font-size: small;">approaching Orchard Farm, there was no obvious sign of a style</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">or other appropriate method of following the footpath</span>, so I decided to circumnavigate the wall.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSoR3X06tlfAbcrN7wyYp0w_HwdO_Kixu0xht53LtCz1y0NEkPfi6wlnRM0TWvKG54rND1AYQV0Ek__8SUD3HopjNjPWk8lzSh7aXx-X3J_eKBaeaNmODQPjfbgjRK080Ym-RI31UqQMw/s1600/IMG_1288.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSoR3X06tlfAbcrN7wyYp0w_HwdO_Kixu0xht53LtCz1y0NEkPfi6wlnRM0TWvKG54rND1AYQV0Ek__8SUD3HopjNjPWk8lzSh7aXx-X3J_eKBaeaNmODQPjfbgjRK080Ym-RI31UqQMw/s1600/IMG_1288.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">...."</span><span style="font-size: small;"><em>approaching Orchard Farm, there was no obvious sign of a style</em></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><em>or other appropriate method of following the footpath</em></span><span style="font-size: small;">"....</span></td></tr>
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</span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">As
I walked alongside the wall, I looked down and still couldn’t see any obvious
sign of access, though I could clearly see a route through the farmyard.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I
was tempted to shortcut across the moor, but I wanted to follow the wall round
and observe what was around, more for future reference.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Following
the wall, I soon started to descend down to the path where the path through
Orchard Farm came out. Through the gate, then a sharp right to take the path
that follows the south-western edge of Cheeks Hill along the Dane Valley Way.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwFjh6JNbL2KzzzkQSfYxatBhayeTPkRtYt5KoN-nLw3vBTrveKWE5igMhaK5IwLzyxcJv2GxM1_k8L1bvkGDamVY7qjCiRoZZSpwA3UqQ7Ye8ZykPlCmcoWPOXxhoPbvNQFXbX_ooZyI/s1600/IMG_1294.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwFjh6JNbL2KzzzkQSfYxatBhayeTPkRtYt5KoN-nLw3vBTrveKWE5igMhaK5IwLzyxcJv2GxM1_k8L1bvkGDamVY7qjCiRoZZSpwA3UqQ7Ye8ZykPlCmcoWPOXxhoPbvNQFXbX_ooZyI/s1600/IMG_1294.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The fence that followed on from the dry stone wall</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoSb3M2K-_T9PdXYD17Mzaq_3EY6waZ0d9L5dlSWLK-DNJXfTdv3xvYYbRrkx69dhdp8SPP4004ZAgGfr3aMx6JCpK6aDZKPLhV5ruhxT9hXWaxVP_wOM-4m6IgmU2MG1aLLQ2YaiuNo0/s1600/IMG_1296.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoSb3M2K-_T9PdXYD17Mzaq_3EY6waZ0d9L5dlSWLK-DNJXfTdv3xvYYbRrkx69dhdp8SPP4004ZAgGfr3aMx6JCpK6aDZKPLhV5ruhxT9hXWaxVP_wOM-4m6IgmU2MG1aLLQ2YaiuNo0/s1600/IMG_1296.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Through the gate at the end of the fence, then sharp right</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">to follow the path off to the left</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">After
a short while along the path, there is a dry stone wall, which you continue to
hand rail right up to a gap between what were once two upright walls, where you
enter Reeve-edge Quarry, then on to Danebower Quarry.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheDYK-9p-nUNIfqq7_S0YDFlp8WtHhs6n63ECdQIZnPqhTdNkejFHr7Ojzz1rkEFYMKJFcRBEGdqgGPhuwM2iNTnJ-SCwRC9_mDuVDCL_oFS-FMsq6qvKxzd2dKIZIgHdqBpB1gAEh7Hc/s1600/IMG_1310.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheDYK-9p-nUNIfqq7_S0YDFlp8WtHhs6n63ECdQIZnPqhTdNkejFHr7Ojzz1rkEFYMKJFcRBEGdqgGPhuwM2iNTnJ-SCwRC9_mDuVDCL_oFS-FMsq6qvKxzd2dKIZIgHdqBpB1gAEh7Hc/s1600/IMG_1310.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The dry stone wall alongside Dane Valley Way</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9KC1x5uFQHJ6hLGhnUkUPDcGYCPfBj0zFrXPhNqqUpceu632WZT1wuDk95jVw9SyKteIC4LAIulVAXtfoMxzoOcakJud7y9Lt1urhGDvcyneL_vv2VyWMdQQRYbLw3fsINs5hKscJX3o/s1600/IMG_1316.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9KC1x5uFQHJ6hLGhnUkUPDcGYCPfBj0zFrXPhNqqUpceu632WZT1wuDk95jVw9SyKteIC4LAIulVAXtfoMxzoOcakJud7y9Lt1urhGDvcyneL_vv2VyWMdQQRYbLw3fsINs5hKscJX3o/s1600/IMG_1316.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The gap through which the Dane Valley Way continues through</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">While
walking along this path, my Microspikes seemed to keep filling up with snow!</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Not
something I’ve encountered before. This may have been down to the composition
of the snow and lots of ruts in the track where farm vehicles would have driven
through, therefore (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">my description, not a
technical one</i>) creating a muddy type of ice and snow congealed!</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">It
hadn’t happened before and jumping the story a bit, nor did it happen again
while walking through snow. So I doubt it was a fault with the Microspikes, just
the type of snow!</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">This
would be one of the reasons why crampons should have anti-balling plates fitted,
to prevent snow and ice build-up between the crampon and boot sole, and
certainly all new ones I’ve seen do have anti-balling plates fitted.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Now
back to the blog.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">If
the wind is right, you can often shelter in Reeve-edge Quarry for a lunch stop,
but on this day, the wind was just blowing enough to make it a little too
chilly, coupled with it being in the shade from the sun, it wasn’t quite the
ideal stop for lunch.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Axe
Edge Moor and its surrounding area has been a hive of historical activity,
which you can read about on the following two links </span><a href="http://www.pdmhs.com/PDFs/ScannedBulletinArticles/Bulletin%2010-2%20-%20Dane%20Bower%20Colliery,%20Wildboarclough,%20Cheshire.pdf"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Peak
District Mines Historical Society; Danebower Colliery, Wildboarclough</span></a><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><u><span style="color: blue;"> </span></u></span>and </span><a href="http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/60168"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Reeve
Edge quarries</span></a><u><span style="color: blue;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="MsoHyperlink">.</span></span></span></u></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><u><span style="color: blue;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="MsoHyperlink"></span></span></span></u></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><u><span style="color: blue;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="MsoHyperlink"></span></span></span></u></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Moving
on, still ascending slightly, I soon reached the point where I would descend
down to the River Dane, which can be very fast flowing. However, today, it wasn’t
too bad and I was able to cross on the raised, but submerged stones to climb
out the other side.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0GbOc-1KX6wEvR21c-6jVdyxhyvSi6E565DhNjzjQFQLr0SoiavaJqFFWGQkoRCYDVG37wgHZCdhCYSFTAgaDPqsKpGeeVHeyHgFDh8XwzEqjBgCHvu3iKrbMNWHfY1dSXHJEU3XJyvo/s1600/IMG_1320.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0GbOc-1KX6wEvR21c-6jVdyxhyvSi6E565DhNjzjQFQLr0SoiavaJqFFWGQkoRCYDVG37wgHZCdhCYSFTAgaDPqsKpGeeVHeyHgFDh8XwzEqjBgCHvu3iKrbMNWHfY1dSXHJEU3XJyvo/s1600/IMG_1320.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">...."</span><span style="font-size: small;"><em>River Dane, which can be very fast flowing.</em></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><em>However, today, it wasn’t too bad</em></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><em>and I was able to cross on the raised, but submerged stones</em></span><span style="font-size: small;">"....</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitNaxSlMKQyzADBVHi_BBRdnU4V-o0QhaaDlt-V5BqJ_8swGM_1lwQkne7VicLk_9TLGUtTyFuCs_LfYhY3QglaM1JucrVmBvIYQNBvL2GDaM21-T9Xri688gcP25E91iyhIsKWNwKVFs/s1600/IMG_1323.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitNaxSlMKQyzADBVHi_BBRdnU4V-o0QhaaDlt-V5BqJ_8swGM_1lwQkne7VicLk_9TLGUtTyFuCs_LfYhY3QglaM1JucrVmBvIYQNBvL2GDaM21-T9Xri688gcP25E91iyhIsKWNwKVFs/s1600/IMG_1323.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The climb up from the River Dane</span></td></tr>
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Once
across the river, it’s a short climb up to the first level, where a lot of
round shaped stone constructions, possibly remnants of the Danebower Quarry.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">A
sharp left, then aligns you to the footpath leading up to the A54.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpGSSunMUPyuV-b_qjjabjF1R6uGI5izcfv8HqiCALMFlobvvWmGYzoclW1fb6TMYV1MObPONL0SLPGIKVdjUSl3HcIGrexYOhPJ4sn4AnjeP7W-yBMveviOV4-qM5ffkCA4ODkqY5fPM/s1600/IMG_1324.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpGSSunMUPyuV-b_qjjabjF1R6uGI5izcfv8HqiCALMFlobvvWmGYzoclW1fb6TMYV1MObPONL0SLPGIKVdjUSl3HcIGrexYOhPJ4sn4AnjeP7W-yBMveviOV4-qM5ffkCA4ODkqY5fPM/s1600/IMG_1324.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The path from Dane Bower towards the A54</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">As
you walk along this path, there is another steep path leading up to the A54,
but I gave that a miss this time, for it could have been a little interesting
in the snow.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">So
I continued on to the A54, seeing a gap in the roadside crash barrier, where the
path meets the road.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhebc0JA2WKsbsxsKOnb5N1VfRwLGt1ogM_SBSgODsz77pOYfD0oGhnAtFZWrB1Os0UhgWaWUkv3xlv-otzgzDkyzQMADodQNVXkEX04Eef0FcjfHxT0zNS0owOQ6NcsFhs4sagdxVE_bk/s1600/IMG_1326.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhebc0JA2WKsbsxsKOnb5N1VfRwLGt1ogM_SBSgODsz77pOYfD0oGhnAtFZWrB1Os0UhgWaWUkv3xlv-otzgzDkyzQMADodQNVXkEX04Eef0FcjfHxT0zNS0owOQ6NcsFhs4sagdxVE_bk/s1600/IMG_1326.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">All that remains is this chimney stack, of the old Danebower Quarry</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7OypdOkBYGOCifVMAEYRdFWysSuB_ALE3FfTsSohKgfYSz0Z0WO1iwaCEmCBhmch_XPli3k_CYQkx4CJR2TAPiUMd6Hv4dc3SKz1BqtTWEABmllaKUU3VeJ-034R87L1YukXnzPU2PNQ/s1600/IMG_1329.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7OypdOkBYGOCifVMAEYRdFWysSuB_ALE3FfTsSohKgfYSz0Z0WO1iwaCEmCBhmch_XPli3k_CYQkx4CJR2TAPiUMd6Hv4dc3SKz1BqtTWEABmllaKUU3VeJ-034R87L1YukXnzPU2PNQ/s1600/IMG_1329.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">...."</span><span style="font-size: small;"><em>a gap in the roadside crash barrier, where the path meets the road</em></span><span style="font-size: small;">"....</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjKlTEEjyC5YELTHxRb0_7FyAPBOlOVGA19n5-bNBzSH4Sa78Z9Ilj2kbfEuRttZ6SCXnnEwb4jCrp-jjX3JvA3CZSqHfDyNJY1MVQuVgM0NIhllYRGr7mWsfsjoufOW9uQAeODa8soFU/s1600/IMG_1330.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjKlTEEjyC5YELTHxRb0_7FyAPBOlOVGA19n5-bNBzSH4Sa78Z9Ilj2kbfEuRttZ6SCXnnEwb4jCrp-jjX3JvA3CZSqHfDyNJY1MVQuVgM0NIhllYRGr7mWsfsjoufOW9uQAeODa8soFU/s1600/IMG_1330.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">...."<em>sharp right, heading up the road</em></span><span style="font-size: small;">"....</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Turning
sharp right, heading up the road, I started the roadside trek to pick up the track
at Tinkers Pit for Dane Head.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Here
I had a good view towards the Cat and Fiddle Pub and Derbyshire Bridge, before
setting off along the track.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">...."</span><em><span style="font-size: small;">the track at Tinkers Pit for Dane Head</span></em><span style="font-size: small;">"....</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The track to Dane Head</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">...."</span><em><span style="font-size: small;">I had a good view towards the Cat and Fiddle Pub</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-size: small;">and Derbyshire Bridge</span></em><span style="font-size: small;">"....</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The
track by now had been used by quite a few motorists, compacting the snow making
it ice and slippery. Now problem for the Microspikes, as they crunched each
spike in to the compacted ice, making my walk back an extremely comfortable and
enjoyable, each step, filled with confidence.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">It
wasn’t long before I reached the point where the path from the A54 crosses the
track, which is where I turned off earlier to head for Orchard Farm, identified
by the public footpath signpost, then, soon after, the high point of the track
at Dane Head, </span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">From
here, it is downhill all the way back to the car park at Cisterns Clough.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">A
thoroughly enjoyable day, a great walk, with great views and I encountered
quite a few folk out having a wander, but safely so, keeping close to the road
and where their vehicles were parked.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFcL8zGOyOpyEnvY4c22jDnMif2AK4bY24gj4UatS1Qx8CmpCubZ4DuPfVkSY3cczVNEK1AW42aLlh01_kfIIG1D8sYunYHvwFPZCBh-tWycRGa6VFIPVuoKj-JhJEwTIv2_LVVbeUGIY/s1600/IMG_9999.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFcL8zGOyOpyEnvY4c22jDnMif2AK4bY24gj4UatS1Qx8CmpCubZ4DuPfVkSY3cczVNEK1AW42aLlh01_kfIIG1D8sYunYHvwFPZCBh-tWycRGa6VFIPVuoKj-JhJEwTIv2_LVVbeUGIY/s1600/IMG_9999.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The map showing my route</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Now
the fun drive home. The drive in to Buxton was good, the roads clear, then the
A515 out of Buxton, was ok until the Harpur Hill and Longnor junction, where
from there, it was some nasty patches of snow, ice and black ice, all the way
back towards Rugeley.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">For
those wondering, I don’t live in Rugeley, it’s just part of the route I use
from my home not too far from Birmingham.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Before I finish, a few
thoughts I want to share with you if you’re new to winter walking, especially
in the snow.</span></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Winter walking in the
snow can be fun, but it can be fraught with danger! The snow can and will cover
hidden dangers, holes, loose rocks, which can result in injury.</span></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Also, walking in the
snow will slow your average pace down considerably, so allow for extra time or
better still, shorten your walk so you can finish safely.</span></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span></b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">If in doubt, leave it
out, have an escape route or an alternative plan</span></b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">One
last thought, if you’re considering winter snow or ice climbing, Microspikes are
no substitute for crampons. If you are considering using crampons, then please,
take a proper winter skills course, from a qualified Mountain Leader, there is
a lot to learn, including how to arrest a fall using an ice axe, different styles
of walking up and downhill.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">A
course like that is a worthwhile investment, for some of the skills you learn,
can be used in many other scenarios.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I
did one a few years ago, it was hard work, but damned good fun and I learnt a
lot.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Finally,
happy rambling and thank you for reading,</span></span><br /></span>
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 18pt;">Peak Rambler</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0000cc;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"></span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Photo
Album<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77330842@N05/sets" target="_blank"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Peak Rambler Flickr Photo Album</span></span></a><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"> </span></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"> </span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Links
to some of the items I’ve mentioned and written about here:<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/whats-in-my-pack.html"><span style="color: blue;">What's
in my pack?</span></a></span></span><br />
</span><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blhttp/peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/axe-edge-moor-cat-and-fiddle-pub-and.html"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Axe
Edge Moor, the Cat and Fiddle pub and a Stag Do</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/stanton-moor-on-snowy-sunday.html"><span style="color: blue;">Stanton
Moor on a snowy Sunday</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/moel-siabod-and-my-old-navigation.html"><span style="color: blue;">Moel
Siabod and my old Navigation Training Ground</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/alport-castles-alport-dale-and-alport.html"><span style="color: blue;">Alport
Castles Alport Dale and River Alport</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/trekking-poles-love-em-or-hate-em.html"><span style="color: blue;">Trekking
Poles, love ‘em or hate ‘em?</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/77330842@N05/sets/72157649574719320/"><span style="color: blue;">Axe
Edge Moor Dec 2014</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><a href="http://www.walkingenglishman.com/walktime.aspx"><span style="color: blue;">Naismith’s Calculator</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><a href="http://www.pdmhs.com/PDFs/ScannedBulletinArticles/Bulletin%2010-2%20-%20Dane%20Bower%20Colliery,%20Wildboarclough,%20Cheshire.pdf"><span style="color: blue;">Peak
District Mines Historical Society; Danebower Colliery, Wildboarclough</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><a href="http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/60168"><span style="color: blue;">Reeve Edge quarries</span></a></span></span></span></div></div>Peak Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07645316221553542322noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823921419241429099.post-32144144862032983012016-10-13T01:23:00.000-07:002024-02-28T23:11:38.785-08:00Toughprint Waterproof Paper from Memory map<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""verdana" , "sans-serif"">After
reading some blogs regarding various bits of outdoor walking and camping gear,
I thought it might be an idea to write a short blog on Toughprint paper, which
I used on Sunday 4th March while walking in the White Peak.<o:p></o:p></span>
<br />
<br />
</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWdeaGhLjr0wzWFEWwCcBfrZjctcRupWzt7YEuKh9JOduQ3gUvjfwz0Tmr8Px_HwzgmUiad13ZxbutD-0kZjg4zpaG0uLwouonyLTKhuXyzC1oILDGcvRi7r9DCLpv6-H9c3VzjwsCuW-l/s1600/Lamfold+01.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWdeaGhLjr0wzWFEWwCcBfrZjctcRupWzt7YEuKh9JOduQ3gUvjfwz0Tmr8Px_HwzgmUiad13ZxbutD-0kZjg4zpaG0uLwouonyLTKhuXyzC1oILDGcvRi7r9DCLpv6-H9c3VzjwsCuW-l/s200/Lamfold+01.jpg" width="120" /></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""verdana" , "sans-serif"">Before I go
any further, these views and are my own, I am not employed, nor do I have any
connections with Memory Map, other than the fact I use Memory Map on my
computer at home.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""verdana" , "sans-serif"">I am
employed in the automotive industry and my role involves liaising with
engineers in new product development.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<br />
<span face=""verdana" , "sans-serif"">Just a
little personal background first, which will explain why I have opted to use
smaller maps.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<br />
<span face=""verdana" , "sans-serif"">As a keen
outdoors person, I became involved in Scouting, sharing my skills with fellow
adults and young people alike.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""verdana" , "sans-serif"">I saw an
advert in our local Scout circulars, for leaders to partake in a Mountain
Experience weekend, where we stayed in a very neat Victorian house in
Betws-y-Coed. From there, we ascended Tryfan via the North Ridge from Milestone
Buttress, returning via Bwlch Tryfan, Llyn Bochlywd back to Milestone Butress.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""verdana" , "sans-serif"">Wow, a
great day, with qualified ML's (Mountain Leaders), ready to train Scout Leaders
for the Terrain 1 and 2 Summer permits. I picked up some very useful skills,
shared experiences with fellow outdoors folk and Scout Leaders.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitz2_BSw3W2JwT5N5YCffWsCz1dy6Ghwr3knr6X4j0kvoHiFedRm7hX-9l9OmW1g6URGFDsVJ2vLJsqxyTkPbCdxoMP3iKWkaAhHakl7a8_O_OdNE6hnG8_3X2-a9Sa7OEA_MIV5t-3G1S/s1600/Tuffmap+01.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitz2_BSw3W2JwT5N5YCffWsCz1dy6Ghwr3knr6X4j0kvoHiFedRm7hX-9l9OmW1g6URGFDsVJ2vLJsqxyTkPbCdxoMP3iKWkaAhHakl7a8_O_OdNE6hnG8_3X2-a9Sa7OEA_MIV5t-3G1S/s200/Tuffmap+01.jpg" width="111" /></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""verdana" , "sans-serif"">Many more
weekends with these guys followed over time and I learnt and acquired great
many tips and skills from these guys, many helping me to improve my basic map
and compass skills along with group management under good conditions and when
things got bad.<o:p></o:p></span><br /><br />
<span face=""verdana" , "sans-serif"">Once these
guys had got their winter ML permits, the opportunity to go winter climbing
arose, using ice axes and crampons. Wow, a dream fulfilled, something I had
wanted to do from my very early hill walking days, but wouldn't because of the
safety implications.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""verdana" , "sans-serif"">I digress. One
of the tips shared was to make a map compact and usable, no uncontrolled
flowing sheets, or the need to keep folding and refolding the map to follow the
route. Everything was to hand, tidy, easy to read and plan from.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""verdana" , "sans-serif"">This is
where Toughprint comes in.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""verdana" , "sans-serif"">How often
has it been a pain to fold a map, stuff it in a map case only to find you need
to get it out, refold it for another stage of your hike?</span><br />
<span face=""verdana" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""verdana" , "sans-serif"">Yes, we've
all been there.</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""verdana" , "sans-serif"">Then I
progressed on to Lamfolds. Waterproof, tough and no need for map cases to keep
it dry, but a pain to fold and keep folded. Since then, I've started to replace
my Lamfolds with Tuff Maps.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""verdana" , "sans-serif"">I'll save
that for another blog later.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2KtWjLl_FlBmhwht7qHca2edQ55FnaepIz8M_ewZ5ID4pswiIpD6HUvPgp88DU0PwxN0ukBT09gWp33XHX3aLaHQArj4PGUw5yCF6YgNmD3bXVujC9Wv_vi03ifZax9IXo618pXEFsZ1E/s1600/elestic+map.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2KtWjLl_FlBmhwht7qHca2edQ55FnaepIz8M_ewZ5ID4pswiIpD6HUvPgp88DU0PwxN0ukBT09gWp33XHX3aLaHQArj4PGUw5yCF6YgNmD3bXVujC9Wv_vi03ifZax9IXo618pXEFsZ1E/s320/elestic+map.jpg" width="320" /></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;">
<br />
<span face=""verdana" , "sans-serif"">So, tip
one, using a large elastic band, wrap it around to keep the map folded. Great
until the elastic band breaks.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""verdana" , "sans-serif"">So I
started to print on A4 paper, slide it in a plastic sleeve, seal the end with
waterproof tape and off I went.</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""verdana" , "sans-serif"">One
problem, trying to take a bearing or reading, the paper moved inside the
sleeve.</span><br />
<span face=""verdana" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""verdana" , "sans-serif"">Then, I saw
Toughprint paper advertised on Memory map's website. I had to give it a try. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""verdana" , "sans-serif"">I purchased
Toughprint paper for Ink Jet printers.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW7hqMpo6xpvQ3fXVKQZPoC2XZ_luFi4vnQrPFhUqrCsQZSCLqntS3vlyQt56dAVTMZIWU7otr4U5VLkWHJ4TRaYloTFNFv_V58QR5U-F5Ahr9qAu6BE6hVa5PX8c58PaEAHXaQz6DKdEH/s1600/toughprint.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW7hqMpo6xpvQ3fXVKQZPoC2XZ_luFi4vnQrPFhUqrCsQZSCLqntS3vlyQt56dAVTMZIWU7otr4U5VLkWHJ4TRaYloTFNFv_V58QR5U-F5Ahr9qAu6BE6hVa5PX8c58PaEAHXaQz6DKdEH/s320/toughprint.jpg" width="224" /></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""verdana" , "sans-serif"">Toughprint waterproof paper is
supplied in two categories, one for Inkjet printers and the other for Laser
printers</span></b><span face=""verdana" , "sans-serif"">.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""verdana" , "sans-serif"">So I printed
a map, using my HP Photosmart Plus B210 printer, with genuine HP ink, showing
my intended route plotted, using Toughprint Waterproof paper for Ink Jet
Printers.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""verdana" , "sans-serif"">Well, on my
recent walk, Alport to Stanton Moor, the weather was ideal, it was raining,
followed by sleet and snow; I had the opportunity to get the map, printed on
Toughprint waterproof paper, wet and abuse it.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""verdana" , "sans-serif"">The
objective was to follow a route, in the rain, sleet or snow, whatever the
weather threw at me, with normal usage, see how resilient the waterproof paper was.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""verdana" , "sans-serif"">I folded
the map, so I could use it sensibly, kept it out in the wet as much as
possible, only twice putting it in my pocket to stop it being blown away while
I needed both hands, once while scrambling, the other, whilst eating my lunch.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""verdana" , "sans-serif"">Perhaps I
should have put the map in and out of a pocket more, to create some rubbing and
creasing, but the objective was really to see how it faired against getting
wet.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb8NQ1EvU3oQpEJP-Tc_69XhjPLZ3izGNnSvfYZpfMLjY9JV6RXQqCzFXejraUCNhobAJ9xdlYQ6bxfZ_lVIQnQI_3NSEFXMK-JwzHOsPGC1sQcmuWcJcMu0sAbdhyphenhyphen4uItu_5r_K1vZSTk/s1600/201203040476.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb8NQ1EvU3oQpEJP-Tc_69XhjPLZ3izGNnSvfYZpfMLjY9JV6RXQqCzFXejraUCNhobAJ9xdlYQ6bxfZ_lVIQnQI_3NSEFXMK-JwzHOsPGC1sQcmuWcJcMu0sAbdhyphenhyphen4uItu_5r_K1vZSTk/s320/201203040476.JPG" width="320" /></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""verdana" , "sans-serif"">I did
however, rub my fingers over the printed area to try and smudge the ink or
rough up the paper, but it withstood both tests with flying colours.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""verdana" , "sans-serif"">One thing I
noticed while out on my walk, in the rain and snow, the map seemed to become a
little tacky to touch. I did think, “Ah ha, sweaty hands, it’s met its demise,
its going to start to rough up and disintegrate”.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""verdana" , "sans-serif"">Even on such
a cold wet day, my hands can sweat, but not even that caused any smudging,
roughing up or any degradation of the map, which stayed as good as when I
started the walk.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""verdana" , "sans-serif"">The only
thing I didn't do was drop the map in a puddle, which I <span face="Verdana, sans-serif">suppose I should have
done, to complete the test. But that was remedied back home. I dunked the map
in a puddle.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span face="Verdana, sans-serif"></span><br />
<span face="Verdana, sans-serif">However, on a later wander in the Peak District, I did find some rather peaty water to dunk a map in, and it was still as durable for the remainder of the walk as it was at the start.</span><br />
<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Testing the waterproof paper in the peat waters of the Peak District</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxgXCLtEAe2B5nNKKAC-j5u3Vo9-TiJYgqTd6b3eAxjEhyUb0YAVRJ5DbbCyvSf1NC69_lXR8xVUDMuI-p9GHi4yV3oATt8tPWagNs7LEPg5MWUEvxckf0tWY85LJeTsyHiJS6E3EnyLI/s1600/IMG_0701.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxgXCLtEAe2B5nNKKAC-j5u3Vo9-TiJYgqTd6b3eAxjEhyUb0YAVRJ5DbbCyvSf1NC69_lXR8xVUDMuI-p9GHi4yV3oATt8tPWagNs7LEPg5MWUEvxckf0tWY85LJeTsyHiJS6E3EnyLI/s640/IMG_0701.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Making sure the map was well and truly dunked</span></td></tr></tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<span face=""verdana" , "sans-serif"">Once again,
the surface became a little tacky to touch, but it wouldn’t smudge, rough up or
falter one little bit.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjJAab4IuoDa895QVoxj1nYrgycxJXs-Sj2Fe9riVJ-C15g6VPUgAbERBamuGBvlRziSkecMPQZiqD-xLr3CAnYNJgiFpNKCuPST1wSfKNxGPB5cqoVb8h_G0BhmYPHqk4iGUg34CrtxCl/s1600/201203040474.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjJAab4IuoDa895QVoxj1nYrgycxJXs-Sj2Fe9riVJ-C15g6VPUgAbERBamuGBvlRziSkecMPQZiqD-xLr3CAnYNJgiFpNKCuPST1wSfKNxGPB5cqoVb8h_G0BhmYPHqk4iGUg34CrtxCl/s320/201203040474.JPG" width="320" /></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""verdana" , "sans-serif"">I can only
guess that the tacky feel I felt while out on the walk and after dunking the
map in a puddle was the waterproofing doing its job, protecting the paper and
ensuring the ink didn’t smudge.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""verdana" , "sans-serif"">I can put
up with the tacky feel when wet. It wasn’t uncomfortable, I didn’t loose my
grip, in fact, it probably aided the grip while the map was very wet.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
</span><span face=""verdana" , "sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial;">In future,
I will comfortably be using Toughprint waterproof paper for my maps, but, for
commonsense purposes, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>I</u> <u>WILL</u></b>
keep a Lamfold or Tuff Map in my pack as back up.</span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""verdana" , "sans-serif"">NOTES;<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
</span><ul>
<li>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""verdana" , "sans-serif"" style="font-family: arial;">Toughprint
waterproof paper comes in two categories, one for Ink Jet printers, the
other for Laser printers.</span></b></li>
<ul><ul>
<li><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""verdana" , "sans-serif""><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;">Ensure that you purchase
the correct paper for your printer.</span></span></b></li>
</ul>
</ul>
<li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""verdana" , "sans-serif""><span style="color: red;"></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""verdana" , "sans-serif"">The
printer used was a HP Photosmart Plus B210 Ink jet printer<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></li>
<li><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""verdana" , "sans-serif"" style="font-family: arial;">Ink
was GENUINE HP ink<o:p></o:p></span></b></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span><strong>Links</strong></span><br />
<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="color: #38761d;"><strong>Memory Map</strong></span><br />
<a href="http://www.memory-map.co.uk/"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">http://www.memory-map.co.uk/</span></a><br />
<br />
<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="color: #38761d;"><strong>Toughprint Paper</strong></span><br /><span face=""verdana" , "sans-serif""><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">I would
like to extend a special thank you to Colin James, Elaine James, Andy Jackson,
Sarah Jackson, Gareth Hopkins</span>, Nikki Hopkins, Bob Tansey and Andy Ward, for
their support, training and sharing of experiences. Without you guys, I would
never have learnt so much so quick and put in to practice, with confidence,
these skills. The Woodlands Weekends were a real pleasure, which I will miss.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
</span><span face=""verdana" , "sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial;">Finally, I
would like to say thank for reading.</span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Peak
Rambler<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b>Peak Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07645316221553542322noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823921419241429099.post-46505561839352936032016-03-12T00:36:00.001-08:002024-02-28T23:05:47.164-08:00Early walking days, time to reflect before we judge<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">
</span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong><em>"Hindsight is a wonderful tool.</em></strong></span></span><br />
<em><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong>But sadly, </strong></span></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong>it can only be applied after the event!"</strong></span></span></em><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span>What a statement to open with.....</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Here I want to share some thoughts with you, which I have already
shared in an earlier posting; “</span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/peak-ramblers-ramblings-another-year.html"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Peak
Rambler’s Ramblings; another year ends and time to reflect</span></a><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">”</span></span><br />
</span><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"></span> </span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black;">At the end there are some links to postings and sources of information that might be of interest.</span><br />
<span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I'm not alone, there are many more who like me, started in very much the same way, and taken the opportunity to learn from our elders, to enable us to enjoy our hobby more safely.</span><br />
<span></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I've provided</span><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> a link to Martin's story towards the end and also in</span> my list of links to look at.</span><br />
</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc8U8O5VBwZD7pT00ldJT7Jkxm0M8pz39p2oxRBM6RYorXRded12I8VLIURaGlJQoAGAPQA8tR_s15HveZaCgST2sZ1kDytjiY6AjNkmfnwbCAPjFooLkiblf3FXnY0EF3tovk2_a-drg/s1600/IMG_2283.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc8U8O5VBwZD7pT00ldJT7Jkxm0M8pz39p2oxRBM6RYorXRded12I8VLIURaGlJQoAGAPQA8tR_s15HveZaCgST2sZ1kDytjiY6AjNkmfnwbCAPjFooLkiblf3FXnY0EF3tovk2_a-drg/s400/IMG_2283.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">A time to reflect,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">an enjoyable and successful winter walk</span></span></td></tr>
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><div><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">We all have done it, many still do, criticise those who have to
get rescued from the hills and moors that we so love and cherish. We don’t wish
to see gates and permits permitting when and when not folk can get out and
enjoy the outdoors, or even restrict the areas they can go based on their
skills.</span></span><br /></span><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Or is it a good idea?</span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I'm not writing this to be judgemental, merely to share some
thoughts that might help those out there who are vulnerable and hopefully guide
them nicely the right way.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">One of life’s great teachers, is experience!</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Remember, we’re all vulnerable, it’s just that training and experience
have helped to reduce, not remove, the risk.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOtel2O1iDiWKjS_KR7KPKw4tF9Z-DLpaWQeM-M9yPokDP1MJafvHqGFiyGnY0ciugg2pPGl8CLbJ8qfsHWVvjj85BVNnYvfRI0dLWuVYM8GG4uVIFoRRh2iXrbGCYp59zANfzwUYRE94/s1600/woodlands+07+027.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOtel2O1iDiWKjS_KR7KPKw4tF9Z-DLpaWQeM-M9yPokDP1MJafvHqGFiyGnY0ciugg2pPGl8CLbJ8qfsHWVvjj85BVNnYvfRI0dLWuVYM8GG4uVIFoRRh2iXrbGCYp59zANfzwUYRE94/s640/woodlands+07+027.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Believe it or not, learning hill skills is fun</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">This was the end of a night navigation session, on open moorland in Snowdonia</span></span></td></tr>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></div>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">
</span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">There is a wealth of information out there, but often, for the newcomers to our wonderful hobby, it's not always easy to find, or even grasp.</span></span><br />
<span></span><br />
<span>However, while there is a wealth of information, there is also a minefield of mis-information, assumptions and other sources of misleading reports and details regarding routes, equipment and many other aspects.</span><br />
<span></span><br />
<span>At this point, I will say you can't beat a proper training course, where you will learn a lot from a qualified and experienced instructor, and also have fun.</span><br />
<span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">One brilliant way to teach children, and animals, is fun, and making
it a game. After all, search and police dogs are taught that if they do their
job properly, there’s a toy, usually a ball, at the end of it. Perhaps as
adults, we still like the adventure and play to learn just the same?</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">So here it is, the piece I wrote back in January 2015, though the photos are a today's addition.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black;">My early walking days, not something to be proud of, but neither
am I ashamed, for things were not like they are today were equal to what many
of us today, condemn when we see inadequately skilled and kitted folk on the
hills and moors.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Back then, I didn’t have the knowledge
or skills I have today, but to the best of my ability and skills at the time, I
got out and enjoyed the outdoors.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">There was a wild camp on Kinder, in the
late seventies, with friends, using old ex-army heavy canvas ridge tents, no
real map skills, no real appreciation for clothing, not that clothing was very
technical back then and pure guess work.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Ok, we never really hit the plateau,
even though we thought we had, but it was still fraught with issues, that we
were totally ignorant of.</span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span><br />
</span><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Kinder Low in winter dressage</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Beautiful but dangerous</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dangers of hill and moorland walking, </span><span style="font-size: small;">fog and low cloud!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">This was about an hour later than the above photo</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">when descending from Kinder Low</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">It wasn't long before it was <strong>'WHITE OUT'</strong> conditions!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Visibility was severely reduced</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>and serious navigation skills are required</strong></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">But we were out in the wilds, really enjoying the life!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">As time went on, I started to accrue
the knowledge and basic skills, but nothing to what I have today. There were no
obvious courses, some books and magazines, but I was a bad book reader back
then…..</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">So, what am I saying?</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Many of us have been there, poorly
kitted out, little or no knowledge, out in the hills or on the moors etc, but
subsequently we’ve gained the skills to a reasonable level and upgraded our kit
accordingly, budgets permitting.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Perhaps many of the folk we see out in
the wilds, on the hills and moors, inadequately kitted out, poor or no
navigation skills and outdoor knowledge, are just that, innocently out there,
enjoying what we enjoy.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Learn how to use a map and compass, correctly</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I enjoy chatting to folk when I’m out
walking, whether in my group, or not, and also when I’m solo walking, I’ll stop
and chat with passers-by, sharing briefly their days experiences and wish them
a safe and enjoyable day.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">At times, I’ve offered advice, even
though not asked for it, some hadn’t even thought of the consequences, but all,
have been grateful.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">On one occasion, one young couple on
Kinder changed their route, avoiding the plateau and were extremely grateful,
for they never envisaged Kinder plateau being so wild!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">It’s not always easy to tell who is
innocently ignorant, and those who are blatantly arrogant.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">But there are those
blatantly arrogant and push their luck!</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Not even all the kit and skills can
make you totally safe!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I took a tumble atop Alport Dale back
in October. An ML I know took a very nasty tumble off a mountain while solo
winter walking. The local mountain rescue team rescued him and he required a
hospital stay, in a local hospital before being transferred to a hospital near
his home.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">His embarrassment, one of his rescuers
was on the same Glenmore Lodge Winter course as him!</span></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">It can be very bitterly cold walking in the British winter</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">And windy!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">There are hidden dangers when winter walking,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">like cornices that you might be walking on, if close to an edge!</span></span></td></tr>
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</span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">We’ve heard of mountain rescue team
members falling to their deaths on home ground!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Kit and skills are not guaranteed to
stop the inevitable happening, merely reduce the chances and improve our chance
of survival should things go wrong.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">It can be very hot walking in the UK!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">To finish this, I know many of you are
</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">like me, will stop and share the day’s experiences, so what I’m going to
say, you will most likely do. But those who don’t, perhaps a little time
tactfully taken to get to know inadequately kitted folk might save a life and
put them on the right road to safety!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial";"><strong>Remember, stay safe and enjoy the outdoors, and if it looks dangerous, or unsafe, the chances are, it could easily be the case, so change your plans, or turn back if necessary.</strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><strong><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial";">Also, always leave a route plan and estimated times and instruction who and when to call for help, with a responsible adult. So if you're delayed and need help, then your rescuers have a good idea where to go.</span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><strong><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial";">Take the time to learn outdoor skills, like</span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><strong><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial";">map and compass,</span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><strong><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial";">Learn how to stay safe, how to call for help when there is no mobile phone signal;</span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><strong><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial";">Your call <span style="font-size: large;">Six blasts every minute</span></span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><strong><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial";">Your rescuers call </span></strong></span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><strong><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;">Three blasts every minute</span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span>Yes, I was innocently foolhardy in those early days</span></span><br />
<span>Yes, I was lucky, well, we all were</span><br />
<span>Yes, I've since taken part in many training sessions and learnt the skills I need to try and stay safe out on the hills and moors.</span><br />
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<span>And what's more, I've been happier exploring areas that I wouldn't have deemed possible, especially in winter.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span>Hindsight is a wonderful tool, but sadly, it can only be applied after the event!</span></span><br />
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<span>A proper training course, lead by a qualified and experienced instructor, is not only educational, but also can be good fun, and what you take away from the instruction is invaluable.</span><br />
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<span>It won't stop you having an accident, merely reduce the chances, and you will alert yourself to possible dangers and workout the best way to reduce the risk, if you can't eliminate the risk.</span><br />
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<span><strong>That's called RISK ASSESSMENT.</strong></span><br />
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<span>It's something many people feel is a dirty phrase, but in reality, you do it subconsciously all the time. When you cross the road, or if you're driving, pulling out on to a busy road, you hold back, assess the situation, them, when you're satisfied its safe to do so, make your move.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">A simple acronym I was once taught while completing a Remote First Aid Course:</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">S</span> STOP</span></strong> Before you go any further, are <strong><u>YOU</u></strong> safe?</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-size: large;">T</span> THINK</span></strong> Think what dangers there might be around</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-size: large;">O</span> OBSERVE</span></strong> Observe your location, look for hidden and obvious dangers</span><br />
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<span>Incidentally, a Remote First Aid Course, is exactly as it sounds, a first aid course designed for those who spend a lot of time out in remote and wild places. It teaches you first aid, and probably more importantly, <a href="http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/triage"><span style="color: blue;">TRIAGE</span></a>, which is how to assess who needs to be treated first.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Before</span> I close, the story I'd like to share with you, from a fellow hill walker, Martin, who like me, and a good many others, started the same way, but we developed our skills. Martin's story is about his very early hill walking days, and it called: <span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;"><a href="https://martinthehills.co.uk/2013/04/17/hillwalking-in-the-1980s-my-first-mountain-great-gable-and-wasdale-no-gear-and-no-idea/"><span style="color: blue;">Hillwalking
in the 1980’s – My First Mountain, Great Gable and Wasdale, no gear and
no idea!</span></a></span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span>Martin's story is worth a reading.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">Finally, happy rambling and thank you for reading,</span></span></div>
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</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;"><a href="https://martinthehills.co.uk/2013/04/17/hillwalking-in-the-1980s-my-first-mountain-great-gable-and-wasdale-no-gear-and-no-idea/"><span style="color: blue;">Hillwalking
in the 1980’s – My First Mountain, Great Gable and Wasdale, no gear and
no idea!</span></a></span></span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/winter-walking-its-pleasures-challenges.html"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Winter walking, its
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<a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/whats-in-my-pack.html"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-family: arial;">What's in my pack?</span></span></a></div>
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traditional methods!</span></span></a></div>
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Paper from Memory map</span></span></a></div>
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<a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/tuff-maps-laminated-ordnance-survey.html"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-family: arial;">Tuff Maps, laminated
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<a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/bells-palsy-flu-and-lymes-disease_766.html"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-family: arial;">Bells Palsy, The Flu and
Lymes Disease</span></span></a></div>
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<a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/trekking-poles-love-em-or-hate-em.html"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-family: arial;">Trekking Poles, love
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<a href="http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-family: arial;">Met Office</span></span></a></div>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-family: arial;">Equinox</span></span></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.thebmc.co.uk/"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-family: arial;">The
BMC</span></span></a></div>
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<a href="https://www.thebmc.co.uk/hill-skills-your-first-axe-and-crampons"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-family: arial;">The BMC Hill skills:
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know-how</span></span></a><br />
<a href="http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/triage"><span style="color: blue;">Triage</span></a></span></div>
</div>Peak Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07645316221553542322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823921419241429099.post-26827067808389539572015-12-27T03:58:00.002-08:002024-02-23T10:42:41.478-08:00Peak Rambler’s Ramblings; life brings its realities close to home!<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">I’ll open with a moment’s thought for those
in Cumbria, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Wales, Scotland and many other places; who
have been hit hard with </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_Desmond"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Storm Desmond</span></span></a><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"> and later storms, which has left so many lives and
families devastated.</span><br />
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that many will most likely not be spending Christmas in their own homes, but
those personal artefacts, heirlooms and irreplaceable family photos, that
really take its toll on top of everything else.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span> </span></span></span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">Finally home</span></div>
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Those of you, who regularly follow me on
Twitter and through my blog, will be aware that back in February 2015, I had a rather serious accident</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">The horrendous day, Thursday 19th February, I
was walking in to work after parking my car in the works car park, following my
usual route at around 06:00 in the morning, the ground conditions were good, it
was dry, I had nothing to worry about, my son was eighteen that very day, I had
a preloaded text “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">happy birthday</i>”
ready to send, the weekend was promising, a table was booked to enjoy a small
family meal and for my son, to buy me a drink.</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The thought that I could so easily have been a body bag job that day, still sends shivers down my spine!</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Driving wasn’t an issue, my
in-laws were providing the transport, so all </span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">was good, and we had everything to
look forward to. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span></span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">My whole life changed in an instant, the
torment has started, I can’t walk or do many of the normal tasks an able bodied
person can do.</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Not just mine, but my family as well….</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Before I go any further, this is not a
request for sympathy. Sympathy is not progressive, merely comforting a
situation. Progression will be me making strides to get on my feet again, which
I am doing, albeit a very slow process, with the support of the hospital,
family and those around me, and trust me;</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><strong><em><br /></em></strong></span></span></span></span><div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><strong><em>I intend to
make the mark</em></strong></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Originally it was hoped this process will
take at least 18 – 24 months, but it seems it will now take longer, 24 – 36 depending
how the healing process goes.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">But don’t forget, my lower right leg has been
practically rebuilt!</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">The wonders of medical science today, have me
in awe of how things have progressed.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">I want to stress here and now, there are folk
far worse off than me, the young lads and lasses that have been fighting for
our freedom in Afghanistan and Iraq, among many other conflicts going back over
the years and those that will inevitably follow in time to come!</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">A sad sign of human nature I’m sorry to say.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">I’ll not enter in to any political, religious
or any other arguments, for this is not about that. This is a look back over
the year 2015 from Peak Rambler’s perspective of walking and life in general.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Let us not forget the poor lass who lost a
leg in the Alton Towers incident, only seventeen and enjoying a care free day
out with her boyfriend, not even at the point of considering starting a family,
to mention just another.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">For me, at least I’ve been there for my son,
ran around the park with him, and kicked a ball along with all the other things
a father should enjoy with his children.</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">You can read a little more detail about the
accident in my blog; </span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/unplanned-walking-interlude.html"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Unplanned
walking interlude</span></span></a><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">, which I
briefly cover in my resume of 2015 later on.</span><br />
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I’m a positive guy, I will walk, and hopefully back
to the hills and moors, unless, at this stage, things can still go seriously
wrong and the inevitable could happen.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Make the best of each moment you
can<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">For every negative, there’s a
positive<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Just sometimes, you have to go out and find
that positive to redress the balance. I did find the positives and thankfully
so.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">So, a </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>BIG THANK YOU</strong></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"> to all of you out there, for your support, no matter how big or small,
it has and still means a tremendous amount to me and I really have enjoyed
seeing those photos and videos. They do brighten up the blackest of my days,
which I’ve had a few.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Probably for me, the hardest part of it all
was the day it happened was my son’s eighteenth birthday! Not just for me, but
my son and wife.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">I’ve made a point at being there for all the
key stages of my son’s childhood and early adult life, but this time, someone
through their thoughtless and careless actions put paid to that one.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">As far as getting back to walking again is
concerned, if I fail, there’ll be too many folk to disappoint, including me. So
the grit determination is there, I want to get back to the hills and moors.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">If for circumstances beyond my control I
cannot return to walking as I have enjoyed, Peak Rambler’s Ramblings will
continue, but I’ll be writing about my walks as I always have, as I complete
them, whatever the events are, routes, trials and tribulations and any other
aspects that happen.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">My son who had only passed his driving test
August 2014 had his first accident early one Saturday morning while I was in
hospital, and once again, I wasn’t there for him.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">However, all that I had taught him kicked in,
he phoned the police to report the accident and sensibly so, he hadn’t been
drinking alcohol, or speeding, if he was, the airbag would have been activated.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Just when I thought I was coming to terms
with things, especially in light of the latest bombshell with the bone grafts
and the extended time the frame will be on my leg, Christmas Day was quite
emotional.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">My in-laws had put on their usual wonderful
spread, and were the perfect hosts that they always have been.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I couldn’t get to the table, the frame on my
leg made it difficult, so I had to sit in a chair, so I could see
and communicate with everyone, and had my dinner sitting in and arm chair, with
my leg rest to keep my leg elevated and a </span><a href="http://www.trays.co.uk/product.php/651/castle_melamine_breakfast_tea_lap_tray"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">lap
tray</span></a><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> for a table.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">However, I could see an empty space, just in
case I was able to get to the table, which sent quite a shiver down my spine,
to think that I could so easily have been looking down and not across to the
table!</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Instantly a song came to my mind </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbjhOK5b6eg"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Empty Chairs at Empty Tables</span></a><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
from the story </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Mis%C3%A9rables"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Les Miserable</span></a><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Fortunately, I managed to get three walks in
before this unfortunate event took place, the last one, ten days before this
event, was a damned good winter walk up Kinder.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Towards the end of 2014 I bought a pair of </span><a href="http://www.scarpa.co.uk/trek/manta-pro-gtx/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Scarpa Manta B2</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"> boots for winter use, </span><span color="windowtext" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">mainly because I wanted to get better crampons rather than struggle with
my trusty Scarpa SL’s, now eleven years old and still a good boot, with C1
crampons.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span color="windowtext" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Oh,
and four days before that dreaded day, I bought some new </span><a href="http://www.grivel.com/products/ice/crampons/5-g12"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Grivel G12 C2</span></a><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"> </span>crampons
to compliment those new Scarpa Manta boots. The crampons incidentally, are
still in the box, waiting to be used!</span></span></span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></span><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: red; font-size: large;"><strong><em>Oi! Hands Off !!!!</em></strong></span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Yes, forget it; they’re not up for sale, not
even as condition new and unused!</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">They’re mine and I want to break those crampons
in!</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">That’s my goal, to get out there and use them
with my Scarpa Manta boots.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Anyway, I didn’t expect that we’d have much
more snow for the winter 2014/15 and from what little I recall, I don’t think
we did.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">For those who don’t understand fully the
classification of walking boots and crampons, please read </span><a href="http://www.thebmc.co.uk/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">The BMC</span></span></a><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"> article </span><a href="https://www.thebmc.co.uk/feet-first"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Feet first</span></span></a><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"> posted by Stuart Ingram.</span><br />
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<span color="windowtext" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">I’ve also posted in more detail the boot and crampon
categories at the very end of this blog.</span><br />
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<span color="windowtext" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">However, I will <u>NOT</u>
be held responsible for any accidents or injuries from the following
information, so please, check for any changes, please visit </span></b><a href="http://www.thebmc.co.uk/"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">The BMC</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> website for up to date information.</span></b><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span color="windowtext" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">In my last annual </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">review; “</span></span></span></span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/peak-ramblers-ramblings-another-year.html"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Peak
Rambler’s Ramblings; another year ends and time to reflect</span></span></a><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">”, I had a look at a scenario that many of come
across, inexperienced walkers, inadequately equipped walkers and things that
surround that scenario, one that winds many of us up when we read the news
reports or even mountain rescue teams reports, about poorly equipped walkers. I
also recalled how I too was once in that category, naïve, not fully clued up,
but more interestingly, clothing and gear wasn’t anywhere near as technical, or
light, as it is today!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">Kinder Downfall, an awesome sight, mentioned in</span><br />
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mentioned in my look back over 2014 about Social Media and trying to make a few
changes. I have to confess, Google+ is still taking very much a back seat and
so at the moment is Facebook.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Also the </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4j3RcMrNFaL-yqzIdKTKOQ?feature=watch"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Peak Rambler
YouTube channel</span></span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> taking a back seat, but
that is with good reason, which I’m sure you’ll more than appreciate and
understand. I did however manage to put a very brief festive clip up just
before Christmas Day, </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bdltKOaoUc"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Rockin'
Santa</span></a><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> a gimmicky solar powered dancing Santa from a family friend who we
visit in Scotland.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">However, </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77330842@N05/sets" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Peak
Rambler Flickr Photo Album</span></span></a><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"> has been
active around the garden, in that I’ve been using my cameras as part of my
physio therapy, trying to keep the camera steady, and also giving me something
to take my mind off my circumstances.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">The </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/editor/static_files/Adwww.gopro.com/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">GoPro</span></span></a><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">? Yes, still on L Plates!</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">It’s unlikely I’ll be posting much to the
blog before the end of 2015, though if I do, I’ll update this with the
appropriate links.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">So, what of 2015?</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Well, a bit short changed I’m sorry to say. Though
I did get three walks in, and the last of those three walks, was probably one
of the best to date, and if ever I have to bow out on a walk that would be the
one.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/goyts-moss-short-walk-across-open.html"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;"><strong>Goyts Moss, a short walk across open moorland</strong></span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">This was a walk to cover ground that had been
on my tick list for a good while.</span><br />
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there, the weather forecast hadn’t been good leading up to it, though I decided
to take a chance, which entailed a late departure from home, restricting the
available walking time.</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Sadly, even though it was my kind of terrain,
wild open moorland, it didn’t tick many boxes. It appeared to be heavily
managed land, which is the case with all our open countryside, but this just
seemed more so, which took away the pleasure that such a walk would normally
give.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">I feel that this is a walk I need to return
to one day, no matter what season, but definitely with more time spare, for it
was a last minute decision, and definitely make changes to the route.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/mam-tor-and-great-ridge-old-classic.html"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;"><strong>Mam Tor and the Great Ridge, an old classic</strong></span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">This was my second walk of the year and one
guaranteed to tick all the boxes. I’ve walked this area many times before; the
views are superb and quietly calming even though it is a popular area.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">Looking along the Great Ridge from Mam Tor</span></td></tr>
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return to time and time again, and still find something different and still
enjoy it. But then that is the case with all my walks, and yes, I would return
to Goyts Moss mentioned earlier.</span><br />
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new Scarpa Manta boots, which I’m pleased to say, they passed.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/kinder-low-and-kinder-downfall-winter.html"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;"><strong>Kinder Low and Kinder Downfall, a Winter Wonderland</strong></span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><br />
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Bridge, near Hayfield, walking up through spectacular countryside (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">but dangerous in adverse conditions, which
kinder and a lot of the Dark Peak is subjected to</i>), enjoying superb views
across the Dark Peak, inversions filling the valleys below, blue skies, snow
and ice, the famous weather beaten gritstone rock formations.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/unplanned-walking-interlude.html"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;"><strong>Unplanned walking interlude</strong></span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">This blog really is to let you good people
out there that hadn’t heard why I had gone so quiet and give some detail in to
what had happened to me.</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">This was a very hard one to write, firstly
because I had to do all the editing from a </span><a href="http://www.samsung.com/uk/consumer/mobile-devices/tablets/others/SM-T520NZKABTU"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Samsung
Galaxy Tablet</span></span></a><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">, a totally new scenario to
me and challenging, along with the trauma of not being mobile, in pain and it
did have limitations which the desktop computer didn’t.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/modern-technology-vs-traditional-methods.html"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;"><strong>Modern technology vs. traditional methods!</strong></span></a><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">I was feeling a little restless one day and
started this blog, which took quite a long time, weeks actually, to complete.</span><br />
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reverse, even though I’m a devout map and compass navigator. I do like my
gadgets and I do use a mobile device, and other battery powered devices while
out and about, one of which, the Kestrel 2000 mini weather device, gets
mentioned, which I explain in this write-up.</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">It started after reading a story about some
people who had to be rescued after their mobile device battery failed. So I
thought I would share some thoughts with you, and please, feel free to share
these thoughts, with those who think that their mobile devices are bomb proof.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">They may be around the normal urban
environment, but out on the hills and moors, the challenges for these mobile
devices start to become heavy and they don’t perform quite as well as you might
expect.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">However, I do think one day, some are
resilient, but at a cost, though they will become more resilient eventually,
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/winter-walking-201617-is-only-dream.html"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;"><strong>Winter walking 2016/17 is only a dream!</strong></span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">This was written again to keep my followers
up to date with the latest routine hospital visit, which had bombshell results.
The bones in my leg had stopped growing!</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">That means my initial dream of full walking
again during 2016 is just that, a dream, for the healing process is to take a
lot longer. I’m hoping and I’ll be working on it, to get walking again sometime
in 2017.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Before I close, I would like to just share the
following thought with you;</span><br />
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<span color="windowtext" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: green;"><strong>“Make the best of each moment you can,</strong></span></i></div>
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again, a </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>BIG THANK YOU</strong></span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"> to all of
you out there, for your support, no matter how big or small, it has and still
means a tremendous amount to me and I really have enjoyed seeing those photos
and videos. They do brighten up the blackest of my days, which I’ve had a few</span></i><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">.”</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">B0 </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Unsuitable for
crampons. Most walking boots are designed to flex for comfort and do not have
sufficient lateral and longitudinal rigidity in their midsole. Additionally the
upper is often made of soft calf leather or a combination of suede/fabric which
compresses easily under crampon straps causing discomfort and cold feet.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">B1 </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Suitable for the
easiest snow and ice conditions found when hill walking, using crampons more
for emergency or for crossing a short patch of snow or ice, rather than setting
initially fitted for a full day's walk. They have a reasonably stiff flexing
sole and the uppers provide enough ankle and foot support for traversing
relatively steep slopes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">B2 </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">A stiff flex boot
with the equivalent of a three quarter or full shank midsole and a supportive
upper made from high quality leather (probably over 3mm thick). These boots
designed for four season mountaineering, can be used all day with crampons,
whilst easy alpine terrain and easy Scottish snow and ice climbs can also be
covered.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">B3</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> A technical boot
regarded as “rigid” both in midsole and upper. Used for mountaineering and ice
climbing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">C1 </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">A flexible walking
crampon attached with straps, with or without front points.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">C2 </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Articulated
multi-purpose crampons with front points. Attached with straps all round or
straps at the front (ideally with a French ring system) and clip-on heel.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">C3 </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Articulated climbing
or fully rigid technical crampon attached by full clip-on system of toe bar and
heel clip.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Boots
in the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">B3</b> category are ideal for <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">C3</b> crampons and will also take <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">C2</b> and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">C1</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: red; font-size: 14pt;">At the
other end of the spectrum a B1 boot could only be recommended with a C1
crampon.</span></b></div>
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be stressed that this is only a guide and should be used as a supplement for
good advice from experienced shop staff, experienced mountaineers or mountain
guides.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: large;">You've got no phone signal!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">You’ve probably guessed at this point I’m
going to write about the on-going saga, GPS vs. map and compass?</span></span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Before I go any further, some of the equipment that appears here has been updated, however, the basics still remain the same, even though mobile devices have become more reliable, and durable, they still have their limitations.<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">You might even think I’m going to slate GPS?</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Please don’t walk away, read on and hear me
out, it might surprise you, but then again, it might not.</span></span><br />
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<span>This is not a write-up with technical data, facts and figures, but one with simple to understand experiences and information. After all, life doesn't always conform to the facts and figures, it's far from black and white, there are so many shades of grey, so many deciding factors that mean those figures quoted can often be literally what the manufacturers say, guidelines only or "up to...."</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I will say first and foremost, I am more than
happy to embrace modern technology and I do embrace modern technology, but at
the same time, I am holding on to traditional tried and trusted methods of
navigation and certain other factors of hill walking.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span>I do have a GPS, in fact, I'm on my third GPS, moving with the times, as technology changes, so I update, when the time is right.</span></span><br />
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<span>Not only do I have a GPS and a Smartphone, but I also have a mini weather station, in the form of the Kestrel 2000, which allows me to assess the current weather conditions, albeit crudely.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Kestrel 2000; </span><span style="font-size: small;">gives the temp, wind chill and wind speeds</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I guess I could almost be accused of being a
bit of an oldun, well, I did learn to use map and compass long before GPS swept
us all off our feet.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Yes, technology has even swept me off my
feet!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I do have a dedicated GPS unit, I do use
computer mapping and I have played with the GPS on my mobile device, without
any regret. In fact, with fascination!</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Though I still prefer map and compass.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span>Added to that, I like to use my own printed maps on waterproof paper, which are smaller and easier to handle, plus, the cover the area I'm interested in.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span>You can read about <a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/toughprint-waterproof-paper-from-memory.html"><span style="color: blue;">Toughprint Waterproof Paper from Memory map</span></a></span></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span> in a blog I wrote sometime ago, when I put the paper to the test. Yes, it did work.</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Toughprint Waterproof Paper, it really does work</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span>But I do have a full proper map covering the area I'm in plus, as a backup in my pack.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I’ve been on navigation and leader courses,
though I will state here and now,</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong><u>I have not attained any WGL or ML
qualification</u></strong>.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">All I am doing here is sharing some thoughts with you on how I view technology, today, and tomorrow.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">So what I’m sharing with you is purely what
I’ve learnt from these courses along with personal experiences.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I should also add, the experiences of other
people too, that includes those with various leadership awards.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I personally would prefer to use map and
compass, not just because it traditional, but it is and it doesn’t require a
power source other than you, me, or the persons using it.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">What I do find by using map and compass, it
keeps me more in tune with my environment and by looking at the map regularly
enough, I often see symbols denoting something that could be of interest. It’s
like reading a guide book while walking, but better.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I’m not an advocate of guide books while
walking, unless, you’ve a good quality map and compass with you. Yes a guide
book is informative and the maps provided can give you an idea, but often, they’re not
clear enough to really navigate your way around an area.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">However, guide books are very good for giving
you pre walk information and ideas and I certainly do feel that they are in
their element in that respect.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Back to map and compass.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">So, we’re using our map and compass, but
conditions deteriorate!</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">It happens; I’ve been there as have many
other people. Like many others, I’ve taken the time to learn how to use a
map and compass in adverse conditions, so that I have a very good chance of
getting back to safety.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">However, if night falls, which it does and
come the autumn in to winter, the sun set times start to get earlier and
earlier, which means that the available usable daylight hours get shorter.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl3bFfWLpyKlFEVuNwCFlV8yFWOOPmaB_219LNdaB1qkyGoAk03tp4GDmNkTjX-IUlT4KVD_N0p2OcftSjBhBUjf3UvwHxCAoyTaJS9MKiPXg35wGtxIIuYD2-J0alSiVO-9YxMNkCrMQ/s1600/P3260049.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl3bFfWLpyKlFEVuNwCFlV8yFWOOPmaB_219LNdaB1qkyGoAk03tp4GDmNkTjX-IUlT4KVD_N0p2OcftSjBhBUjf3UvwHxCAoyTaJS9MKiPXg35wGtxIIuYD2-J0alSiVO-9YxMNkCrMQ/s640/P3260049.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Learning to use map and compass</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span></span></span><br />
</span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRJnkfNb0_FOrcn-sHtkzEUjneWbOgORrp0-zGqa7kwuktiLoTh67vOWfzUcnF32vDf7YtMFKZZDdgCQa80a4lXCpgyM4bENP0dLf-XVSZKE-52VZVibYtacXR-UJOBAj16xgtChXCWio/s1600/P5161029.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRJnkfNb0_FOrcn-sHtkzEUjneWbOgORrp0-zGqa7kwuktiLoTh67vOWfzUcnF32vDf7YtMFKZZDdgCQa80a4lXCpgyM4bENP0dLf-XVSZKE-52VZVibYtacXR-UJOBAj16xgtChXCWio/s640/P5161029.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Conditions can and deteriorate on mountains, quickly!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><br /><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">But something happens, you end up navigating
in poor light, visibility, fog (<em>often called clag among those who frequent the mountains regularly</em>) or heavy rainfall and even snow
blizzards, you need some illumination.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">This is where a decent head torch comes in to
its own.</span></span><br />
<span></span><br />
<span>While night-time navigation is hard enough, navigating in fog or low cloud, and even heavy rain, <strong>is very difficult!</strong></span><br />
<span></span><br />
<span>Fog and low cloud will often reduce the ability to hear, which may not seem much, but can be quite disorientating!</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Now, here the contradictory fun starts,
because at this stage, you are now reliant on a power source, just as GPS and
other modern forms of technology require…</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">But I’ll cover briefly head torches towards
the end.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Modern technology, in its many and varied
forms, has moved a long way and is becoming a lot more reliable than it was say
ten years ago, and it will progress a lot further in the years to come, I’m
positive on that.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span></span></span><br />
</span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDsZyWzAG_mK0N8IcSdKi-5hTy1o4kt0aXW7-1TPQshZEcCO1htt1QHJLi-ZTs32UIKC-y-9iPBx1wefw6WmioEcftI4Eoax7w_cAO6BvCyyRKRIuTt8aF2kw3ogQwwg7UJ17rFRz19hY/s1600/IMG_2005.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDsZyWzAG_mK0N8IcSdKi-5hTy1o4kt0aXW7-1TPQshZEcCO1htt1QHJLi-ZTs32UIKC-y-9iPBx1wefw6WmioEcftI4Eoax7w_cAO6BvCyyRKRIuTt8aF2kw3ogQwwg7UJ17rFRz19hY/s640/IMG_2005.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">A standard beam for a headtorch</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">However, any powered device does have limitations,
in that it requires a power source. Unfortunately, these power sources are not
ever lasting and don’t always last as long as the quoted specifications will
suggest.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;">Before I go any further, manufacturers often
quote figures based on laboratory conditions, though they will include
temperature variations. They also often state “</span><u><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><strong><em>will
give up to</em></strong></span></u><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><strong><em>….</em></strong>”</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">These figures quoted are often based on
running in the most economical setting possible and an optimum temperature and
environment.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">So when your device states it will operate
for up to twelve hours, which is most likely the maximum endurance time at the
optimum temperature.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">When a device is running in a cold
environment, often the power source is not as capable of delivering the
required power, therefore the device will require more power to operate due to
the colder environment, while the battery struggles to deliver the required
power, because that too is cold!</span></span><br />
<span></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><strong>This will result in premature battery failure!</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Now we start getting to the nitty gritty,
we’ve accepted that GPS is the choice of many, but then nitty gritty narrows
down to a dedicated GPS or GPS as part of your mobile device?</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I’ve played with both, and I’m now on my
third mobile device with GPS capabilities.</span></span><br />
<span></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxCXPnJBnYnOoAzM3REc5m7TzgT_eVuojIDQ-ZhWIPe-nl2cmrBY0x8qttchFSKjfgXaDM9UAOynNUiXTrINFMzKR1R2Nvi5Jo9OB9s4ZjkTYfmuHov2jm3L6EJTcdUinwa1HjDL-myUw/s1600/IMG_1006.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxCXPnJBnYnOoAzM3REc5m7TzgT_eVuojIDQ-ZhWIPe-nl2cmrBY0x8qttchFSKjfgXaDM9UAOynNUiXTrINFMzKR1R2Nvi5Jo9OB9s4ZjkTYfmuHov2jm3L6EJTcdUinwa1HjDL-myUw/s640/IMG_1006.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">My first GPS was a Garmin eTrex</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">no maps, just a good old basic GPS, which I still have and still works</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">No, I haven’t damaged or lost them, it’s just
that mobile phones have developed and every couple of years its time to
upgrade.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I still have my first mobile device with GPS
capability, and it still functions as well as it did when I first had the
mobile device, but it’s not quite as efficient as its replacement, nor is its
replacement quite as efficient as my latest mobile device….</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Likewise, I’m on my third dedicated GPS, for
the very same reasons, technology has moved on, the new one is super-efficient
compared to the very first GPS I bought….</span></span><br />
<span></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjntEH9q2CACOT2jpIVFynmStpBjRtHM728zO12VMd5hOcl6DTx0t_uGkeCFOBqIXZC8gq7b-vdBvpiMNTDPPBpDnmaotLR5gGxV-G7niSfkKokeKk3ejK78Kk9cK3Aqz7OmGC5EVjJzfA/s1600/IMG_1540.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjntEH9q2CACOT2jpIVFynmStpBjRtHM728zO12VMd5hOcl6DTx0t_uGkeCFOBqIXZC8gq7b-vdBvpiMNTDPPBpDnmaotLR5gGxV-G7niSfkKokeKk3ejK78Kk9cK3Aqz7OmGC5EVjJzfA/s640/IMG_1540.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">My current GPS is the Garmin eTrex20</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">So I do embrace modern technology, I will not
shun or ridicule it.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;">Modern technology does have a place in modern
day walking. </span><u><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">BUT!</span></u></span><br />
<u><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span></u><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Modern technology still has a long way to go before it is
fully dependable.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Now, my first preference for navigating is
map and compass, but my second is a dedicated GPS unit.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The reason why the dedicated GPS unit is my
second, is the fact that it is designed for the outdoors, it is designed to
cope with bad weather in that it is waterproof and to a large extent,
shockproof!</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Because it is a dedicated GPS unit, the batteries
only have to undertake very few tasks at a time, to keep track of my position
and let me know on the display. Because of that, the battery life will be
considerably good.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;">But again, the quotes are “</span><u><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><strong><em>will give up to</em></strong></span></u><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><strong><em>….</em></strong>”</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">As a last resort and backup if all else
fails, is my mobile device.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">It is just as accurate in many instances as
my dedicated GPS unit, but because the battery is often smaller, and the mobile
device is performing more than just as a navigational device, the battery is used
harder and therefore often does not last as long.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Yes, you get a nice large screen with a map
on it and lots of detail (there are dedicated GPS units also with large and clear screens today), but the mobile device is still working as a phone in
the background.</span></span><br />
<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy4Rhi2mpcn6VDOqLBWaOX-O2w8y569a_35YdC3XKmiHKr-_Y5y7QbZOAYeXqoGSP_D2GQRBJl8PfemyHDkbfhCkksogz4et2c7VEXsarmJlLBy32fC8mu7ei1QcYMzT7ZAmgQ1TaJ1Fg/s1600/galaxy+s6+A.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="524" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy4Rhi2mpcn6VDOqLBWaOX-O2w8y569a_35YdC3XKmiHKr-_Y5y7QbZOAYeXqoGSP_D2GQRBJl8PfemyHDkbfhCkksogz4et2c7VEXsarmJlLBy32fC8mu7ei1QcYMzT7ZAmgQ1TaJ1Fg/s640/galaxy+s6+A.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Mapping on a Smartphone</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">If you’re using social media, Facebook,
Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest etc, then your mobile device is now a computer
accessing the web as well as working as a GPS and phone.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Ah, you’ve got social media, then you’ll want
to share photos with your friends and followers, so you take some pictures,
then upload them.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Now your mobile device, which is a very
clever, versatile and wonderful device, suddenly has another task, the camera!</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">So let’s recap, your wonderful, versatile and
clever mobile device is now working as a mobile phone, GPS and navigation
device, its taking photos, its giving you access to the world via internet, so
you can connect with your friends and follower around the world via social
media!</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: red;"><strong>That poor mobile device’s battery is working
extremely hard and its lifespan to deliver power before it needs recharging is
being threatened!</strong></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Oh hang on, what about these updates the
various social media sites and applications have, that improve the facility?</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">That requires more memory which in turn, uses
a little more power to carry out the process of accessing and sharing that
social media site to connect with you friends and followers.</span></span><br />
<span></span><br />
<span>One point that many people are not aware of. You're out in the wilds, you've no phone signal, or the signal is very weak, so you may feel that your phone is resting because its not got any work to do?</span><br />
<span></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><strong>Wrong!</strong></span><br />
<span></span><br />
<span><strong>Your phone is searching for a decent signal to lock on to, so that it can carry out its sole purpose, to keep you connected to the mobile network so you can communicate as and when you want to, or even, folks can communicate with you, as and when they want to.</strong></span><br />
<span></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong><u>That means your phone is working, its using battery power, battery power that you may need to navigate with when things go wrong!</u></strong></span><br />
<span></span><br />
<span>You <strong><u>WILL NOT</u></strong> get the same battery life from your mobile phone in remote areas that you would in an urban environment with decent mobile phone coverage.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">So, what am I saying?</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Does modern technology has its place in the hills?</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Yes.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Is it reliable?</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I don’t think so quite just yet.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Will it ever become reliable?</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Yes it will, but it’s still got a long way to go.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Just one more thing, most mobile devices are
not waterproof, or shockproof. So when things go wrong, as the can and will do,
your mobile device will almost certainly let you down.</span></span><br />
<span></span><br />
<span>You can get waterproof covers for virtually all mobile devices today, but you need to chose a proprietary one that is robust and waterproof, not showerproof or just water resistant.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">A dedicated GPS unit is generally water and
shockproof, so it will withstand inclement weather, so long as the batteries
hold out.</span></span><br />
<span></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjntEH9q2CACOT2jpIVFynmStpBjRtHM728zO12VMd5hOcl6DTx0t_uGkeCFOBqIXZC8gq7b-vdBvpiMNTDPPBpDnmaotLR5gGxV-G7niSfkKokeKk3ejK78Kk9cK3Aqz7OmGC5EVjJzfA/s1600/IMG_1540.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjntEH9q2CACOT2jpIVFynmStpBjRtHM728zO12VMd5hOcl6DTx0t_uGkeCFOBqIXZC8gq7b-vdBvpiMNTDPPBpDnmaotLR5gGxV-G7niSfkKokeKk3ejK78Kk9cK3Aqz7OmGC5EVjJzfA/s640/IMG_1540.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">GPS units are generally waterproof and shock resistant</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSZOwJew_KChCpEDg85s1jGtrwn7TvN0ssmi5wD5frJpcW2tEK_GadSQe4b9KwAS_tgD5HxFO3gNBHsnyTL1GdAbY1_3c_ReDNQhkH6w2_g004c3C3yfc1NDvPSgXZVr8HewkdUv_Hdc0/s1600/IMG_2067.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSZOwJew_KChCpEDg85s1jGtrwn7TvN0ssmi5wD5frJpcW2tEK_GadSQe4b9KwAS_tgD5HxFO3gNBHsnyTL1GdAbY1_3c_ReDNQhkH6w2_g004c3C3yfc1NDvPSgXZVr8HewkdUv_Hdc0/s640/IMG_2067.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Not to everyone's choice, but I like the compactness of the Garmin eTrex20</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">which is easy to operate even with winter gloves on.</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">So, my advice for now, learn how to use a map
and compass, and make sure you have the appropriate maps with you. By competently using map and compass, you will monitor your route and plan ahead, so you're already less likely to be lost, than if you have to suddenly resort from using a dedicated GPS or mobile device when it fails.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Yes, take a GPS unit, but don’t rely on it
totally, have the appropriate map and compass and know how to use them
correctly.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Yes, take a mobile device, but don’t rely on
it totally, have the appropriate map and compass and know how to use them
correctly.</span></span><br />
<span></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwdOuw9WrG09tHs8jhUooANTU2vPvhLZECIilhfywjzeEyMV5vD7AZGQyFFkCiJp7JgciT2Gp_i_guBpEGvtwA51cgOnkmJbfFqoSSWnlpVOwbkX5EWccx8PpMEQpcRfW4weMOFUXg38U/s1600/20150914_105521.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwdOuw9WrG09tHs8jhUooANTU2vPvhLZECIilhfywjzeEyMV5vD7AZGQyFFkCiJp7JgciT2Gp_i_guBpEGvtwA51cgOnkmJbfFqoSSWnlpVOwbkX5EWccx8PpMEQpcRfW4weMOFUXg38U/s640/20150914_105521.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mobile phones are not generally waterproof, or shock resistant!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">But they do have good clear displays!</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Now, head torches?</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">They’re ideal for map and compass reading in
poor light or at night. They too require a power source, so one option is to
carry spare batteries.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">However, have you ever tried changing
batteries in the pitch black?</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">It’s not easy, so perhaps a spare torch or
head torch would be a wise idea!</span></span><br />
<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAHVTgsFp3aLB2GtGhyJwz_OWQGAXb9NslUuSf8pMGhAGlvisyf0SWHtWE_C6N4BVYgqZW8E_GoOVl-pveFQjkhim5OUfhw14sfN7sxR1Pa8yBWKWkz7dt6A6Hb-OvdZ32yJ3q2PdFI3M/s1600/20150914_115828.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAHVTgsFp3aLB2GtGhyJwz_OWQGAXb9NslUuSf8pMGhAGlvisyf0SWHtWE_C6N4BVYgqZW8E_GoOVl-pveFQjkhim5OUfhw14sfN7sxR1Pa8yBWKWkz7dt6A6Hb-OvdZ32yJ3q2PdFI3M/s640/20150914_115828.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The Alpkit Gamma, a nice budget head torch and one I use a backup</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">It almost seems like the fun is taken out of
a relaxing walk. But no, that’s not the case. It’s all about safety and
understanding the basics of the equipment you’re using.</span></span><br />
<span></span><br />
</span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLvue_GcaVIaw6g4B2LfWudL1GrzArtyXZNNi59TLTGXqgOUzx2A_IhzDQcTi_zSwLPpr30FfzmbMzUkggoLDT2ToWumCZvFWamEK2q67h2kyoYBKEHWB4v1N2jGBmbqczKckEiR79Olo/s1600/IMG_2005.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLvue_GcaVIaw6g4B2LfWudL1GrzArtyXZNNi59TLTGXqgOUzx2A_IhzDQcTi_zSwLPpr30FfzmbMzUkggoLDT2ToWumCZvFWamEK2q67h2kyoYBKEHWB4v1N2jGBmbqczKckEiR79Olo/s640/IMG_2005.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">The beam from the Alpkit Gamma,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">which is a nice little head torch for map reading</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">and suitable for basic night time navigation</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Technology has its place, it can be fun and
yes, I do use modern technology, comfortably and happily.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I share photos on Twitter when I’m out
walking, I share comments while out walking, but I have map and compass at all
times, not just as backup, it’s my main source of navigation.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I do use a
GPS unit, to download the track and view my route on the computer.</span></span><br />
<span></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoS_h0eXusAnnRsJuin4epZOo8jke9A-ENg8OVuqqmHJSagPK-8i0_ps-tUGM-5oPHgxI0-eKs7sl9t3HMuRkiu_pi6IpEovYwGBXJxWXD5hQWUJD-DLniEbPlRVVWir-UUeDDnw_vLRU/s1600/IMG_1587.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoS_h0eXusAnnRsJuin4epZOo8jke9A-ENg8OVuqqmHJSagPK-8i0_ps-tUGM-5oPHgxI0-eKs7sl9t3HMuRkiu_pi6IpEovYwGBXJxWXD5hQWUJD-DLniEbPlRVVWir-UUeDDnw_vLRU/s640/IMG_1587.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The Petzl MYO RXP, a good primary head torch</span></td></tr>
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</span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB_KGIWrOVLX8lfYijYTUQSMPUeMi7-MwEDhmZs2DND9Q3WW74ahQfnjULDKY5Ax7VEZ0Z282-ztZSt1Ml79hpPAZ5b7psPII3Cw377OYLdCHpFopRlnWzXbUFB3MgmxgA0_XhyKfknCE/s1600/IMG_1588.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB_KGIWrOVLX8lfYijYTUQSMPUeMi7-MwEDhmZs2DND9Q3WW74ahQfnjULDKY5Ax7VEZ0Z282-ztZSt1Ml79hpPAZ5b7psPII3Cw377OYLdCHpFopRlnWzXbUFB3MgmxgA0_XhyKfknCE/s640/IMG_1588.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgglGeXF4W0JIXD9W64jpZzs6ZSJyfyi9bPmccMkppaIlhbNu6dZvFhen9qO8GhKJ7lhOYfO5A-PwUPxb320sevNEWetA5yut02wJRFqBZZiTIKnRk7w4DqVIyFvHJcER_RL-yU7DNFzRg/s1600/IMG_2125.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgglGeXF4W0JIXD9W64jpZzs6ZSJyfyi9bPmccMkppaIlhbNu6dZvFhen9qO8GhKJ7lhOYfO5A-PwUPxb320sevNEWetA5yut02wJRFqBZZiTIKnRk7w4DqVIyFvHJcER_RL-yU7DNFzRg/s640/IMG_2125.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Normal beam from the Petzl MYO RXP</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivzvo3ywfL-I-xzz_KJ0YySc2tCwEb4IvQ9dx1nm_TaaS62GuSyCLcISa9nFDfFvjef90cCSmbuTGqTFnqvfP0Tb4lXjbg_XvSJsVfCLX4Tkq_VoqVYgYerCS6AWVVdNG6GXHxKV5O0Q4/s1600/IMG_2126.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivzvo3ywfL-I-xzz_KJ0YySc2tCwEb4IvQ9dx1nm_TaaS62GuSyCLcISa9nFDfFvjef90cCSmbuTGqTFnqvfP0Tb4lXjbg_XvSJsVfCLX4Tkq_VoqVYgYerCS6AWVVdNG6GXHxKV5O0Q4/s640/IMG_2126.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Main beam from the Petzl MYO RXP</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Would I use the GPS unit in an emergency?</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Yes. It would give me an accurate grid
reference, but I wouldn’t rely on it solely, because it requires a power
source, even though I do, carry spare batteries for it.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">But I’ve always got my map and compass, and,
I always carry a spare map and compass should anything happen to them while I’m
out and about.</span></span><br />
<span></span><br />
<span>By using my map and compass, I'm always thinking and keeping track on where I am, plus, it enables me to see what's around the corner.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">If you would like to see some of the items
that I carry while out walking, have a look at my blog: “</span></span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/whats-in-my-pack.html"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">What's in my pack?</span></span></a><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">”,
where I list many of the items I carry and why.</span></span><br />
<span></span><br />
<span>I also use waterproof paper where I print my own maps, but I always keep a full map with me at all times. You can read about my experiences with waterproof paper in <a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/toughprint-waterproof-paper-from-memory.html"><span style="color: blue;">Toughprint Waterproof Paper from Memory map</span></a>.</span><br />
<span></span><br />
<span>I am also a fan of laminated maps and discovered Tuff Maps, which are laminated OS maps with a detachable cover, making them easier to fold and use. You can read about these in <a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/tuff-maps-laminated-ordnance-survey.html"><span style="color: blue;">Tuff Maps, laminated Ordnance Survey maps with a detached cover</span></a></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;">Finally,
happy rambling and thank you for reading,</span><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">Early in 2011, I made a promise, to visit the Peak District
more than I have done in the past. It’s been too easy, to get to Snowdonia,
with some friends, who car share and spend a lot of time hill walking there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;">Plus, I have family living just outside Conwy on the North
Wales Coast, providing a suitable base for visiting Snowdonia.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;">A Dale I’ve not visited for too many years, Lathkill Dale, I
was determined to get there before the end of 2011, which I managed to do on
Wednesday.</span></div>
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Though I spent many childhood days, visiting Lathkill, it
was often during the fairer seasons, where the weather was a lot warmer. But I
wasn’t disappointed, with a winter visit.</span><br />
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<span face="Verdana, sans-serif">I was joined by a fellow walker, Tracey, who saw my note about visiting Lathkill Dale.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">The weather was fine and sunny, though a little cold. But
hey ho, it was December and it stayed dry, though a little blustery at times,
on open ground.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;">We met at Conksbury Bridge, a place where I used to start
the Lathkill walks from and headed upstream of the River Lathkill. Only this
time, instead of walking up the Dale and back down, I decided to make a larger
circuit from the edge of Lathkill Dale, past Ricklow Quarry (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">sounds almost Irish, more then White Peak</i>),
then head back towards Youlgreave (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I
noticed two spellings for this village; Youlgreave and Youlgrave</i>).</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT73UUhfsXtt99i1pTkI7Aq_ub7UPCfIV4oAuCchaRmhnZMmc7Hjp5P-pxtDVy9Rt5iFKRvYindYv1TOpJNvOK46MKpbn1_b0xIMA6u9y_FhxjkEkgmXp68lpDENlVDnXpFkMYXgi0Pvc/s1600/PC280123.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT73UUhfsXtt99i1pTkI7Aq_ub7UPCfIV4oAuCchaRmhnZMmc7Hjp5P-pxtDVy9Rt5iFKRvYindYv1TOpJNvOK46MKpbn1_b0xIMA6u9y_FhxjkEkgmXp68lpDENlVDnXpFkMYXgi0Pvc/s640/PC280123.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Conksbury Bridge</span></td></tr>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">While I was getting my boots on, I gave Tracey, a
copy of the map I had drawn the route on, so that she had a good idea where we
would be walking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;">I did say it’s wasn’t set in stone, and the route could be
varied, at which point, Tracey suggested going a little further and walk
through Bradford Dale.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;">Needless to say, I welcomed the suggestion, especially as
Tracey knows the area very well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;">So kitted up, we set off from Conksbury Bridge, heading in a
westerly direction along Lathkill Dale. The first thing I noticed was the
hardened footpath, which was all grass when I was last in Lathkill.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Lathkill Dale</span></td></tr>
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</span><span style="font-family: arial;">I wasn’t disappointed to see this change; it’s nice to see
that some areas are sensibly improved, to accommodate the less able of us.
However, I was more than pleased to see the water was still as clear as I
remember. It was also pleasing to see the water level looking so healthy after
hearing about the river bed being dry in many places.</span><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
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<span style="font-family: arial;">As we walked and chatted, Tracey pointing out many things
along the way and me, I recollected some very distant memories and both of us, snapping
away with our cameras.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;">We not only looked at the river, but also the landscape
either side of it, the limestone scars, foliage and some of the bird life.
Thanks to Tracey, we saw a few dippers. I must confess, to not being very good
at bird identification, but it certainly was a pleasure to see them. I need
more practice.....</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Cave and mine shafts in Lathkill Dale</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">One of many weirs along the River Lathkill</span></td></tr>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The last time I walked through Lathkill, the local village
of Lathkill, and I think Over Haddon as well, used to draw their drinking water
from the River Lathkill. So the water always looked clean, and I certainly
recall drinking water from some of the springs alongside the River Lathkill and
also eating water cress that grew there.</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<span style="font-family: arial;">I wonder if it still does.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">As we progressed, we arrived at the river source, a cave in
the hill below One Ash Grange Farm, where the flow seemed relatively healthy.
We stopped to look and take photographs. Sadly, as with many photos, the light
wasn’t good enough for the camera, so the quality of the photos is not quite my
normal standard.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNLNoqSmLlAz7vOj3s_UQgUTBoL0jO35Kni_RLiTuX6hFHgX3vCPQOtFH6LxMaQ6gB8kpMZQSnoVO1NoIt7EGH5DPEzB2OWERenve0T27v84hhbTRxDm90U5CbwFu-kswNWooj8vmWm_I/s1600/PC280034.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNLNoqSmLlAz7vOj3s_UQgUTBoL0jO35Kni_RLiTuX6hFHgX3vCPQOtFH6LxMaQ6gB8kpMZQSnoVO1NoIt7EGH5DPEzB2OWERenve0T27v84hhbTRxDm90U5CbwFu-kswNWooj8vmWm_I/s640/PC280034.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">One of many Limestone outcrops</span></td></tr>
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</span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">We carried on along the Dale, heading towards Ricklow
Quarry, which you can’t really see from Lathkill Dale, stopping for a quick
bite and drink at the point where we would head for Cale Dale.</span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">After a rest stop, we then continued uphill, towards One Ash
Grange Farm. Now we were well in to territory that I doubt I had visited
before, but was part of my original route plan.</span><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Heading off towards One Ash Grange Farm</span></td></tr>
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<span face="Verdana, sans-serif">As we walked through One Ash Grange Farm, Tracey recollected
that the farm had some very old style pig sties. They were the true traditional
pig sties, before the advent of the more modern, dare I say it, almost
industrialised pig stys’s....</span><br />
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<span face="Verdana, sans-serif">As we continued along the path through the farm, I noticed
what looked almost like a well, that you would often see in many of the Peak
District villages, which are often dressed annually as part of the Well Dressings,
which feature quite prominently in the Peak District.</span><br />
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<span face="Verdana, sans-serif">As we approached this feature, Tracey thought there may be a
nativity scene in there. Low and behold, there it was Mary, Joseph and the baby
Jesus.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The Nativity Scene</span></td></tr>
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<span face="Verdana, sans-serif">We carried on through the farm, to Cale Dale. I apologise at
this point, there was a steep descent in to Cale Dale, followed by quite a
steep climb out on to the Limestone Way.</span></span></div>
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<span face="Verdana, sans-serif">Tracey decided, out of curiosity, to count the number of
steps up out of Cale Dale. The count came to 167.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Start of the descent to Cale Dale</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The steps ascending out of Cale Dale</span></div>
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</span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">As we approached the top of the steps, we were joined by a
very friendly border collie. It didn’t seem lost, but it certainly seemed more
than happy to accompany us for quite a while. I can only guess the collie lived
on one of the farms around the area, because it seemed to know where all the
styles and gates that we would need to go through, were.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">We followed the Limestone Way, for quite a distance, passing
through Calling Low and Low Moor Plantation, with the Border Collie still
accompanying us. Though at one point, another couple also walking the Limestone
Way, did make a wrong turn and this collie seemed to track them.</span></div>
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Once they realised their mistake, they headed back to the
footpath. Once they had rejoined the path, this collie rejoined us.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Looking down to Riklow Quarry</span></td></tr>
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<span face="Verdana, sans-serif">It did get a little embarrassing at times, because the
collie would look at every dog on the path and we almost expected a dog fight
to break out on a couple of occasions. Thankfully, nothing happened, but with
this collie accompanying us, we wondered how many folk thought, damned dog
owners not keeping their dog on a lead....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">We arrived at Low Moor Plantation, where soon after, the
collie left us, no doubt to join up with some more walkers, before heading back
to his/her home.</span></div>
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We crossed the road, continuing along the Limestone Way,
heading towards Lomberdale Hall. In the wooded area, just to the north of
Lomberdale Hall, we found a nice sheltered spot, to stop and have lunch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">Nicely fed and watered, we continued in a southerly
direction, to enter Bradford Dale.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">An old mineshaft</span></td></tr>
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</span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">Somewhere I’ve never been before. As we came down in to
Bradford Dale, we crossed quite a pretty little bridge, one of many we saw and
crossed as part of our walk.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Top of Bradford Dale</span></td></tr>
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<span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">A rather ornate Dry Stone Wall, across the
River Bradford<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Some of the many weirs along the River Bradford</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">We followed the River Bradford along the Dale to Youlgreave
and Alport, once again, seeing some more Dippers, feeding. As we approached
Youlgreave, there was a section of the river set out as a swimming and bathing
area.</span><br /></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3jUfsjKkypASPVH_I_YFUSM2H-euXHer3fFMPGqjaWc0a9taLktejv_-Re85m6mtC0Z5wOocLknoHmaM7QIDLOEsjDMaVK6iaH7NJd2RAS9MnQhHpbyUiuneuL5sR4iyJrbKN7i8vH3g/s1600/PC280101.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3jUfsjKkypASPVH_I_YFUSM2H-euXHer3fFMPGqjaWc0a9taLktejv_-Re85m6mtC0Z5wOocLknoHmaM7QIDLOEsjDMaVK6iaH7NJd2RAS9MnQhHpbyUiuneuL5sR4iyJrbKN7i8vH3g/s640/PC280101.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The swimming area on the River Bradford at Youlgreave</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSZvi1WgRYdS6N8tkGF8H8OEejhkLrbJ7KOFmJpkfpRYvfBBByDq5Sm5O5dQOiIpUuE2Iv6U20xlkcXVF7Io_egzFxSvATHSamKGC_WduCWQ7jZ3Z_PUGFJlp5Cux1TPqzymyUvdi2mPMsdvptXSoB59inJUM117PTxf2cYun4MQ5Vgj2QB_t2Ef7X=s1024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSZvi1WgRYdS6N8tkGF8H8OEejhkLrbJ7KOFmJpkfpRYvfBBByDq5Sm5O5dQOiIpUuE2Iv6U20xlkcXVF7Io_egzFxSvATHSamKGC_WduCWQ7jZ3Z_PUGFJlp5Cux1TPqzymyUvdi2mPMsdvptXSoB59inJUM117PTxf2cYun4MQ5Vgj2QB_t2Ef7X=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Looking at the swimming/bathing area, you could see the River Bradford was not up to its normal level.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">Continuing along the River Bradford, we arrived at Alport
and where the Rivers Bradford and Lathkill meet. Once again, another pretty
bridge to cross, and photograph.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Approaching Youlgreave</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">We then followed the River Lathkill upstream, heading
towards Conksbury Bridge, our start point. Some more pretty bridges that
spanned the River Lathkill, to view and photograph. There was one particular
narrow bridge, crossing the River Lathkill, which was too narrow for carts but
wider than necessary for people to walk across.</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We then backtracked, back to the footpath, to pick up the
road back to Conksbury Bridge, with a last look over to the River Lathkill,
looking upstream, before heading back to our cars.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Raper Lodge Bridge<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></td></tr>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">At no point was I ever disappointed, it was a really lovely
walk and one I would consider doing again, perhaps in the spring,</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Conksbury Bridge, journeys end</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhe9bpiUVzJEqww0srPVAu2zxEQsi6s6_t8X5jHry5XP1Jz8urXTlOrn-yGecYt4fh-pHrfMdSMrOW44EV_TjI7VrRCTbALtgaO5lg345ro8H68uL1V3OEXF3x-1bMOiwiMUei11JWi43i1wr0lJ2YiWEgi_g98Ipwo7hOx13SksTbQw7Gwtl9y1PRY=s1024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhe9bpiUVzJEqww0srPVAu2zxEQsi6s6_t8X5jHry5XP1Jz8urXTlOrn-yGecYt4fh-pHrfMdSMrOW44EV_TjI7VrRCTbALtgaO5lg345ro8H68uL1V3OEXF3x-1bMOiwiMUei11JWi43i1wr0lJ2YiWEgi_g98Ipwo7hOx13SksTbQw7Gwtl9y1PRY=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I would also like to say a big thank you to Tracey for being
a fantastic walking partner. Not only that, your knowledge of the area was
fantastic and made it a very pleasant and interesting walk.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;">The full photo set can be seen <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/peak-rambler/albums/72157633124456268"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">here</span></b></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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Thank you for reading,</span><br />
<span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><em><b>Peak Rambler</b></em></span></div>Peak Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07645316221553542322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823921419241429099.post-18849222483704318232015-05-24T12:24:00.002-07:002024-02-28T10:30:07.164-08:00Unplanned walking interlude<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><strong>NOTE:</strong> This write-up has been slightly modified since the original publication to correct a spelling error and to include links and updating some </span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">definitions.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">First, I must apologise to those who do not follow me on Twitter or Facebook for the long delay in posting any walks since my last one went live back in February 2015; "Kinder Low and Kinder Downfall, a Winter Wonderland", sadly a careless car driver knocked me down while I was walking across a pedestrian crossing on my way to work, one February morning!</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">This brief blog has been composed on my Samsung Galaxy Tab, due to my injuries I'm unable to sit at my computer at the current time. Hopefully that will change in good time.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">I won't go into any details here because there is a lot of legal stuff, a claim and much more to follow.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">After the impact my leg had gone totally floppy. At this point I had resolved myself that my walking days as I know them, would be over and I was looking at amputation of the lower right leg.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">After being scooped up by the paramedics who did a fantastic job of comforting me, I was taken to hospital where I had an X-Ray.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">The x-Ray revealed that I had sustained some really horrendous injuries as a result of the impact. Basically, my lower right leg had been mangled, breaking the fibula and tibia bones in several places. When I say several places, the radiographer stopped counting after twelve breaks between the two bones!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">However, keeping this brief for now, I was transferred to a hospital in Birmingham, the </span><a href="http://www.uhb.nhs.uk/new-hospital.htm"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Queen Elizabeth Hospital</span></a><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">, where they had rebuilt just as severely damaged limbs from our young men and women who suffered blast injuries while serving in places like Iraq and Afghanistan.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghQ7wkTWrwksHo8EL1t4diqXA-QTTOH2x-56m4LxwBHbrrNZ2NfhhIgMhO-ykF06RcUjv3YM-w_3bL6pKK18t332t58B8kldFG-FJ5AKNbQ3P-VUdh8huA9H2h0nWTxhmYYSj17YViQcM/w360-h640/2015-05-10+21.11.44.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="360" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: right;">Yours truly, May 2015, at two weeks home</span><br style="font-family: arial; text-align: right;" /><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: right;">after a twelve week hospital stay</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghQ7wkTWrwksHo8EL1t4diqXA-QTTOH2x-56m4LxwBHbrrNZ2NfhhIgMhO-ykF06RcUjv3YM-w_3bL6pKK18t332t58B8kldFG-FJ5AKNbQ3P-VUdh8huA9H2h0nWTxhmYYSj17YViQcM/s1600/2015-05-10+21.11.44.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">After twelve weeks in hospital and four operations, one lasting thirteen hours, I now have an </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilizarov_apparatus" style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Ilizarov Frame</span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"> on my lower right leg.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">The thirteen hour operation involved aligning the fibula and tibia bones, taking muscle from my back to replace the torn muscle in my leg, and fitment of the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilizarov_apparatus"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Ilizarov Frame</span></a><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"> or to be more precise, a </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Spatial_Frame"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Taylor Spatial Frame</span></a><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"> to my leg.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Though this is still very early days and my leg is still in a critical condition, I have a dream, which along with the fantastic support from my family, friends, the hospital staff who have been absolutely brilliant during my twelve week stay, my friends on Twitter and Facebook, I will walk again and aim to get back to the hills and moors again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I've started the first stage, where the initial healing and strength build takes place while the frame is in my leg. The frame will be there until February 2016, assuming all goes to plan, the next stage will be the adjustment period one the frame is removed, where again I'll need to build up my strength and stamina.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Initially, my walks will be tame as I build up my strength and stamina, but my dream is to get back to the hills and moors, which will be a long and slow process.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I'm not expecting to start any walks before autumn 2016, but I'm determined to give it a go, following the advice of the surgical and physio teams nearer the time, that have and will be looking after me.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ3m_WUBH8xro-lZeb8_cgIpSgI9kVdr2P-yAQK1uF_oJDDi8Nr54iB-5FtyXGuJye-u1hTmdeuL45hYzLChRztbSHcCTaA98PzifzUhH68t_bXiSoRzxk3r0WkAUjnE4NoiQ_nZyrkJM/s1600/2015-05-10+22.49.21.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ3m_WUBH8xro-lZeb8_cgIpSgI9kVdr2P-yAQK1uF_oJDDi8Nr54iB-5FtyXGuJye-u1hTmdeuL45hYzLChRztbSHcCTaA98PzifzUhH68t_bXiSoRzxk3r0WkAUjnE4NoiQ_nZyrkJM/s640/2015-05-10+22.49.21.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A close-up of the Ilizarov Frame. The red marks on my left leg<br />are where the skin came from to close the wound on my right leg<br /><br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;">
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Thank you to those on Twitter and Facebook, who shared words of comfort, encouragement and just as importantly, photos and details of their walks while I'm laid up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The sharing of those walk details and photos greatly cheer my days up while I'm on this long slow road to recovery.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">I would like to end with a very big thank you to the passers by who came to my initial aid, the paramedics who were absolutely brilliant, and we shared some wacky conversations while they were scooping me up, all the staff, nurses, surgeons, physios and other staff at the Birmingham </span><a href="http://www.uhb.nhs.uk/new-hospital.htm"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Queen Elizabeth Hospital</span></a><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"> for all their support, care and looking after.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong>NOTE:</strong> This write-up has been slightly modified since the original publication to correct a spelling error and to include links and updating some definitions.</span></div>
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Finally, happy rambling and thank you for reading,</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><em><strong>Peak Rambler</strong></em></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Photo Album <span style="color: blue;"> </span></span></span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77330842@N05/sets"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Peak Rambler Flickr Photo Album</span></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Links to some of the items I’ve mentioned and written about here:</span></div>
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilizarov_apparatus"><span style="color: blue; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Ilizarov Frame</span></a></span></div>
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Spatial_Frame"><span style="color: blue; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Taylor Spatial Frame</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/External_fixation"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">External Fixator</span></a><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"></span></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.uhb.nhs.uk/new-hospital.htm"><span style="color: blue; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Queen Elizabeth Hospital</span></a></div>
Peak Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07645316221553542322noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823921419241429099.post-87183749757841707552015-02-07T15:02:00.002-08:002024-02-28T10:34:50.406-08:00Mam Tor and the Great Ridge, an old classic<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>[Post publishing edit]</b></span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><i>This walk was intended to test out my new Scarpa Manta B2 boots ready for the intended purchase of some Grivel G12 C2 crampons. This walk, which was on 25th January 2015, but on 19th February 2015, a motorist ran a red light while I was on a pelican crossing, crossing major road, taking me with him and the result was I required major lower leg reconstruction. As a result, I'm no longer able to walk the hills and moors like I have done.</i></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><i>From here, the blog is as originally written, stay say and enjoy.</i></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">After
the untimely passing of my younger brother, along with the need to cancel a
planned night hike on Stanage Edge, for safety reasons due to the heavy
snowfall that had fallen in the Peak District, this walk was more than needed
for two reasons.</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </span></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">First,
to clear my head and second, my new Scarp Manta boots, that were overdue a proper
outing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Before
we go any further, my brother hadn’t been well for a few years, and though I’m
not religious, he is a peace now. A phrase I often think to myself, one chapter
ends so another can open.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Normally,
where I live, we hardly get any snow, so when we do; many of the places I walk
in are often cut off or extremely close to being cut off.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">So
in view of that early observation, I decided to get the message out, that in
the interest of safety; the planned night hike on Stanage Edge was to be
cancelled.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">My
big concern, was the roads, for where we would be parking, is an open lane and
unlikely to get any grit applied, mainly due to fact that it could get very
difficult if we had a great frost, or further snow, for any of us to get home.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Still,
planning is well under way for the next attempt, providing Mother Nature plays
the game.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Even
more frustrating, though I expected the roads to clear, I wasn’t able to get
out and play in the snow!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Still,
I can’t complain, I had on fantastic day on Axe Edge Moor just after Christmas,
which you can read about in </span></span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/axe-edge-moor-winter-walk-and-im-big.html"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Axe Edge Moor Winter Walk and I’m a
BIG kid at heart</span></span></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
which I’m looking forward to another day to match that.</span></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The snow on Axe Edge Moor, 28th December 2014</span></td></tr>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This
walk was to prove out my new Scarpa Manta boots. Just before Christmas, an
outdoor retailer I use had the Scarpa Manta, a B2 boot, on offer, and I’ve
always wanted a pair for proper winter walking with ice axe and crampons, but
couldn’t justify the expense, when my trusty old Scarpa SL’s, a B1 boot,
adequately did the job.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><br />
</span><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Now
before we go any further, I ought to explain what the difference is between a
B1 and B2 boot is. Crampons, which are sharp steel spikes on a frame, which
attach to the boots, are also categorised, to accommodate the boot they are
designed to fit.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><br />
</span><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Similar
to the boots, which are B1, B2 and B3, crampons are C1, C2 and C3.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><br />
</span><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Basically
winter boots are classified in three categories, as to their suitability for
winter walking and climbing. The suitability is based on how stiff the boot
sole is, and the stiffer the sole, the better the boot is for serious winter
climbing using crampons.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><br />
</span><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">B1
being the least stiff, but far more rigid than normal boots, and B3 being the
stiffest with a unique crampon attachment system.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><br />
</span><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The
grading goes like this:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><br />
</span><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">B0
boots, general walking and too flexible for crampon use<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">B1
boots have a stiffer sole and can be used with C1 crampons only.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">B2
boots have an even stiffer sole and preferably be used with a C2 crampon, but a
C1 crampon can be used as an alternative.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">B3
boots, the stiffest sole, are preferably used with C3 crampons, but C2 or C1
crampons can be used as an alternative.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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</span><br />
</span><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Does
that mean I need C2 crampons?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><br />
</span><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Ideally
yes and I’m searching for a deal. But, I’m fussy where I buy my kit from, using
only reputable outdoor retailers and buying known brand names to guarantee quality.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><br />
</span><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I
know many of you who will be reading this, will be mountain savvy and aware of
the dangers of winter climbing, but of those who are new or not so sure, please
take the time to read the next part.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><br />
</span><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Now
before we continue with the walk, I would strongly advise before going out and
buying crampons and compatible boots and then walking or climbing in the ice
and snow, that you read </span></span><a href="https://www.thebmc.co.uk/crampons-for-mortals"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Crampons for mortals</span></span></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> from </span></span><a href="https://www.thebmc.co.uk/"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">The BMC</span></span></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">, to make sure you grasp a basic
understanding what they’re about. If you’re keen to go out and use crampons,
and it is exciting stuff, then do as I did, go and get on a winter skills
course.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><br />
</span><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A
proper course, taught by a qualified instructor, of which many are held in
Scotland, but some also in Snowdonia, at Plas-y-Brenin, are well worth
attending.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><br />
</span><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">They
teach you not just how to walk in crampons, but how to arrest a fall using an
ice axe, a very important lifesaving skill, how to recognise different types of
snow, avalanche awareness and many other skills.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><br />
</span><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Some
of those skills learnt, particularly the walking ones, can be used in very day
hill and mountain climbing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><br />
</span><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">So
please, don’t go out and buy a winter boot and crampons, without getting
trained, for a lot of harm and even death, can result if you don’t know how to
use them properly.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmnF2D3GYG_mG4GS_NC6i9mYVVqZsVKda_eq2aduIJxG2SJKi8nXKqK1a2X-VMQe28eEAKkjy6wDQ9v3q8g-Ljw0wR9nCaNIkBim0RWyEqaHq_EXjQ_SZR1lmgKi86UZ6R6LiIb63Nrn4/s1600/IMG_1422.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmnF2D3GYG_mG4GS_NC6i9mYVVqZsVKda_eq2aduIJxG2SJKi8nXKqK1a2X-VMQe28eEAKkjy6wDQ9v3q8g-Ljw0wR9nCaNIkBim0RWyEqaHq_EXjQ_SZR1lmgKi86UZ6R6LiIb63Nrn4/s1600/IMG_1422.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Winnats Pass, almost the end of my drive from home to Mam Nic</span></td></tr>
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</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I’ve
digressed, so, back to the walk. I was hoping, but not expecting, to find some
really good snow to walk in, rather than mud. But alas, the thaw was well under
way and there was a lot of mud!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><br />
</span><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The
route was really one to get the best out of ascents and descents rather than a
circular walk, which tends to be the norm for this classic. The route starts at
Mam Nic car park, almost between Rushup Edge and Mam Tor, where I ascend on to
Mam Tor, then follow the ridge along to Lose Hill, via Hollins Cross and Back
Tor, then back again.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><br />
</span><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Most
folk will walk down Lose Hill in to Castleton or Hope, a circuit I’ve done
before many times. Two of those you can read in </span></span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/castletons-north-ridges.html"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Castleton’s North Ridges Sunday 19th
February 2012</span></span></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> and </span></span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/a-windy-wander-on-mam-tor-and-along.html"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">A windy wander on Mam Tor and along
Castleton’s Great Ridge</span></span></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><br />
</span><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This
is a very popular walk, with splendid views across the Edale and Hope Valleys,
across to Kinder, Win Hill and to the White Peak, starting with Eyam Moor,
where you can see a big radio mast on a bearing of 123º approximately 10.5 km
(6.5 mls) away!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Once
parked up, I got suited and booted; boy did those boots feel good, and then set
off for Mam Tor. Departing the car park on to the road, I soon reached the gate
on my right, where the footpath meets the path up from the old Buxton Road,
that has now been swallowed up by Mother Nature, to make the ascent up the
stone clad path and steps to Mam Tor’s summit and trig point.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A snow covered Mam Nic car park</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span> </span></div>
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The
weather forecast for the day was low cloud and drizzle, but up to now, it was
sunny and dry, but chilly, a cool -2.3ºC and the wind 18.9 mph.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><br />
</span><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">But
I was nice and toasty in my winter kit and those boots were superbly
comfortable. When I first tried them on in the shop, they felt damned good
then, just like my old Scarpa SL’s did when I tried them before buying.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The path from Mam Nic car park</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The ascent to Mam Tor</span></td></tr>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A
short while was spent on Mam Tor’s summit grabbing the views, when a rock
outcrop on Kinder caught my eye. This called for the binoculars, so I grabbed
the binoculars and looked over to this outcrop, and there it was, Pym Chair on
Kinder, as clear as day!</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span>...."</span><span><em>looked over to this outcrop, and there it was,</em></span><br />
<span><em>Pym Chair on Kinder, as clear as day!</em></span><span>"....</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivPHOcVcS3Xl6eQnW3AK21nN3r_LjP7Lj0aMWisTtQM5gR7gJ0l7XIS2frpL0oQVFTAPwuboJ79Q95IP7PgAvI_4AxQiqng5W2JKSNtFEYfXcf26pcQSFdpgzVMctjs12hiZVrcr6ByQw/s1600/IMG_1444.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivPHOcVcS3Xl6eQnW3AK21nN3r_LjP7Lj0aMWisTtQM5gR7gJ0l7XIS2frpL0oQVFTAPwuboJ79Q95IP7PgAvI_4AxQiqng5W2JKSNtFEYfXcf26pcQSFdpgzVMctjs12hiZVrcr6ByQw/s1600/IMG_1444.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The Trig Point on Mam Tor</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGmz9QaUxmjgzZuiP8Ru-vd3wY8Owqa_eEN-P99ZpSIHgeZtVGUHt31ZmUEs7MXhKqJ2AMs7Sj_56Jb_xKf0THF2QE11eLNUcCLRmVmVTipKLdH223YNESZszSD4_rjJpN4A6XNYqaRTc/s1600/IMG_1449.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGmz9QaUxmjgzZuiP8Ru-vd3wY8Owqa_eEN-P99ZpSIHgeZtVGUHt31ZmUEs7MXhKqJ2AMs7Sj_56Jb_xKf0THF2QE11eLNUcCLRmVmVTipKLdH223YNESZszSD4_rjJpN4A6XNYqaRTc/s1600/IMG_1449.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Looking along the Great Ridge from Mam Tor<br />to Lose Hill</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The path down from Mam Tor</span></td></tr>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Time
was moving on, following the path downhill from Mam Tor, I set of for Hollins
Cross. It wasn’t long before I reached the Tom Hyett Memorial, at the point
where a collection of six paths meet.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The
paths include the one that follows the Great Ridge, along with the paths to
Edale, Castleton, Barber Booth and Townhead.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Hollins Cross, and the Tom Hyett Memorial</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span><span>IN MEMORY OF </span></span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span><span>TOM HYETT </span></span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span><span>OF LONG EATON<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span><span>ERECTED BY MEMBERS OF </span></span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span><span>LONG EATON AND DISTRICT<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span><span>GROUP OF THE RAMBLERS </span></span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span><span>ASSOCIATION AND FRIENDS </span></span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span><span>1964<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span> </span></div>
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Following
the path as it continues to descend, eventually there is a style which has to
be crossed, so that the path along the Great Ridge can be followed, heading for
Back Tor.</span></span><br />
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</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The path to Back Tor</span></td></tr>
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<span class="MsoHyperlink"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I was
talking to a group of young people not long after leaving Hollins Cross, who
were finding the walk a little muddier than expected, no map, but a set of
instructions, about how to walk the ridge!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">One of the group of four couples, was asking
about what kit was in my pack, so I happily shared what was in my pack and why.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It’s all too easy to criticise anyone for not
being adequately kitted out, but if many of us are honest, the chances are, we
were there once!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I know I was, and I wrote about my first wild
camping experience on Kinder, when I was eighteen, using an ex-army canvass
tent, and many other dubious items and a very desperate lack of experience,
which I wrote about in my reflection of 2014 in </span></span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/peak-ramblers-ramblings-another-year.html"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Peak Rambler’s
Ramblings; another year ends and time to reflect</span></span></a><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Back
to the path for Back Tor, or even Edale, should, if you choose, continue
straight on, for the path will take you down and in to Edale, a very pretty
little village and the start point for many when either walking the Pennine Way
or just a wander on to Kinder.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Probably
one of the most classic routes up and around Kinder starts from Edale, which
you can read about in </span></span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/classic-kinder-walk-and-some-gritstone.html"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Classic Kinder walk, and some
Gritstone formations</span></span></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
which I did on a superbly pleasant day, or one I did on a very pleasant winters
day, in the snow; </span></span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/a-peak-winter-meet-bunkhouse-and-kinder.html"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">A Peak Winter Meet, a Bunkhouse and
Kinder</span></span></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><br />
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Incidentally,
though the route I took along Kinder in both those write-ups is generally very
clear on a good day, beware that the weather can change and the plateau edge
can become unnavigable very quickly. So make sure you are well kitted out and
are able to use a map and compass competently.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">If
you want to see some of the kit I carry, even on a walk as easy as this along
Mam Tor and the Great Ridge, have a look at </span></span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/whats-in-my-pack.html"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">What's in my pack?</span></span></a><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><u><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="color: blue;">
</span></span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">which list
many of the items I carry and why.<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">As
you cross the style, you take an immediate right turn, following the path as it
takes you up towards Back Tor</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span>...."</span><span><em>cross the style, you take an immediate right turn,</em></span><br />
<span><em>following the path as it takes you up towards Back Tor</em></span><span>"....</span></td></tr>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The
ascent of Back Tor is a brief and steep one, on a good solid, but rocky path.
By rocky, I mean it’s not a smooth path, but one with rocks firmly fixed in to
the hillside.<o:p></o:p></span></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><br />
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">As
you approach the summit of Back Tor, to your right is probably one of the Peak
Districts most famous and most photographed tree!</span></span></div>
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</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The ascent of Back Tor</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The lonely tree on Back Tor, that stands prominent even from Castleton!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span> </span></div>
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">That
tree, small as it is very prominent even from as far away as Castleton.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Once
on the summit of Back Tor, on a clear day, take in the views around you, down
in to the Hope Valley to the east, Edale Valley and the Kinder Plateau to the
west, with Win Hill to the north east and Rushup behind you to the south west.</span></span><br />
<br />
</span><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The
path from here is relatively clear, looking in a north easterly direction, the
clearly defined path to Lose Hill, the far end of the Great Ridge, spans out in
front of you.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span>The snow covered and muddy path from Back Tor to Lose Hill</span><br />
<span>The dry stone wall to the left provides a good wind break....</span></span></td></tr>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">However,
on this particular day, it still had a lot of snow, where the snow had melted,
it was a mud bath!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Once
I’d reached the lowest point of this section, there is a nice steady climb to
the summit of Lose Hill.</span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">On
my left, there is a dry stone wall, which provided a great wind break for my
lunch stop.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Here
I had a brief stop for lunch, again, taking in the views, particularly across
the Edale Valley over to the Kinder Plateau. It was while taking in the views,
I was observing the cloud that had been encroaching on to the plateau, was now
heading my way!<o:p></o:p></span></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span></span></div>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I
wasn’t unduly worried, for I know the path very well, it is clearly defined and
my route back to the car, was just back tracking the route I’d just walked.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><br />
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">However,
anyone who is not familiar with the route would be advised to reconsider their
route and make suitable changes to their route and head for safety, quickly and
safely.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Lunch
was over, it was time to move on, and head for Lose Hill summit.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The gate to Loose Hill</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzuGh99UGGdcvDMJRr7QzfnZRWiIGQamsC7REakGvpy3TolPEUysj2UciJhM8jz62sDJ8VvQbfFv-VYLk5bjdVFUEA1HTQAnDVQ3M5dhz3c6L7rAM3Fn3b7Kj5ZBV2LH5dOC53HLrOgH4/s1600/IMG_1490.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzuGh99UGGdcvDMJRr7QzfnZRWiIGQamsC7REakGvpy3TolPEUysj2UciJhM8jz62sDJ8VvQbfFv-VYLk5bjdVFUEA1HTQAnDVQ3M5dhz3c6L7rAM3Fn3b7Kj5ZBV2LH5dOC53HLrOgH4/s1600/IMG_1490.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span>The final stage to Lose Hill</span></td></tr>
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</o:p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">There
is a tale about Lose Hill and Win Hill, both being battle sites between two
Anglo Saxon communities. However, there has been no evidence to date, to
confirm that such a battle ever took place.</div></span></span>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">But
remember, Mam Tor was once a hill fort…..<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Again,
spending some time to take in the views, Hope Valley and Castleton one side,
the Edale Valley and Kinder to the other, with Win Hill to the north east and
Rushup to the south west!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It
was while taking in these views, it suddenly dawned on me, I had been trying
out the new Scarpa Manta B2 boots.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Even
walking up Back Tor it had slipped my mind, so I think I can safely say,
they’ve passed the test.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">After
a short and enjoyable stop on Lose Hill summit, it was time to walk back to Mam
Tor and then down to the car.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I
could have continued over Lose Hill and pick up the path down in to Castleton,
but I fancied back tracking my walk to enjoy the views that IO had behind me on
the way out.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Looking back to Mam Tor, my return route....</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Back through the gate</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">So
off I set, down Lose Hill, following the path for Back Tor.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Now
I was beginning to see things I hadn’t noticed on the outbound walk. Looking
over to ~Brown Knoll and Castleton, the old Buxton Road, now taken by nature….<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">As
I continued my walk, back through the mud, snow and whatever else there was
that I’d already walked through.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Back along the snow and muddy path, heading for Back Tor</span></td></tr>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It
wasn’t long before I started to ascend up Back Tor, again, some impressive
views to enjoy, but from a different perspective.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Now
for the short but steep descent of Back Tor, which was a pleasure to do, where
it wasn’t long before I reached the style I crossed earlier, to cross back over
again to re-join the path back to Mam Tor.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The path down Back Tor</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Crossing
over the style, I continued up to Hollins Cross and the Tom Hyatt memorial,
watching the cloud moving over towards the ridge, from Kinder.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Walking
past the memorial, the ascent to Mama Tor starts and so was the cloud beginning
to make its way over the ridge too!</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Back across the style and turn right to head for Hollins Cross and Mam Tor</span></td></tr>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Passing
through the .two gates, I was well on my way up to Mam Tor’s summit.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Here
I was getting some superb views of the old Buxton Road that Mother Nature has
reclaimed.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span>The old Buxton Road, which suffered a lot of subsidence,</span><br />
<span>was eventually closed in 1979</span></span></td></tr>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Still
ascending Mam Tor, I was suddenly greeted on my left, with one of the defence
ditches!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Did
you know that Mam Tor was once a Hill Fort?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Mam
Tor, meaning Mother Hill, is also called the ‘<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Shivering Mountain</i></b>‘, because
the earth around it is constantly on the move, <strong><em>subsidence</em></strong>!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">For
many years, the road from Castleton to Buxton suffered a lot of movement before
being finally closed to traffic in 1979. If you walk the road, you will see deep
reinforced concrete blocks, steel rods and much more, used to try and stop the
rods subsidence. Eventually, man had to give in to Mother Nature, close the
road and the subsidence has continued making the road break up and slide down
the hillside in many places.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Mam
Tor as a settlement, dates back to Neolithic times, with Bronze and Iron Age occupancy
where during those latter periods, the hill became fortified.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span>Mam Tor was once a Hill For!</span><br />
<span>One of the defence ditches around Mam Tor</span></span></td></tr>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Archaeological
evidence has confirmed this, along with a lot of evidence of various dwellings and
barrows, (burial mounds) in the vicinity.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">More
can be found on Mam Tor from <strong><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.stone-circles.org.uk/stone/mamtor.htm"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">Mam Tor, </span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">Late Bronze Age / Early Iron Age Hillfort</span></span></a> a<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">nd <a href="http://www.castleton.co.uk/Mam_tor.aspx"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">Castleton, Peak District National Park</span></span></a> websites.</span></span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It
wasn’t long before I reached Mam Tor’s summit and Trig Point. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">By
now, the cloud had found its way across the Edale Valley from Kinder and was
engulfing Mam Tor’s summit, along with sleet, which was beginning to bite in to
the face!</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The path back up Mam Tor</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Mam Tor's Trig Point coming in to view</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span> </span></div>
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</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I
did wonder whether to stop and get my goggles out, but decided to push on, not
because of time, but I didn’t quite feel that it was heavy enough to warrant
goggles, just yet….<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">After
a short while on the summit, with no views down to either the Hope of Edale
Valleys, Castleton or Kinder enjoy, I started the descent back down to Mam Nic
car park, where had started my walk from.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The path back to Mam Nic car park</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Mam Nic car park</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A map showing the route taken</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Back
at the car, I started to remove my boots, which were so comfortable, it seemed
a crime. </span></span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">But alas, the 80 plus mile drive home would have been far from
comfortable, or even safe, with the boots on….</span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">They
were muddy outside, but dry inside, and a real pleasure to wear. I could almost
make them my summer boot as well as winter boot!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Finally,
happy rambling and thank you for reading,</span><span style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: large;">Peak Rambler</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0000cc;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><br />
</span><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Photo
Album<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77330842@N05/sets" style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;" target="_blank"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Peak Rambler Flickr Photo Album</span></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /></span><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Links
to some of the items I’ve mentioned and written about here:</span></div>
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/axe-edge-moor-winter-walk-and-im-big.html"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Axe
Edge Moor Winter Walk and I’m a BIG kid at heart</span></a><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.thebmc.co.uk/crampons-for-mortals"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Crampons for mortals</span></a><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.thebmc.co.uk/"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">The BMC</span></a><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/castletons-north-ridges.html"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Castleton’s
North Ridges Sunday 19th February 2012</span></a><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/a-windy-wander-on-mam-tor-and-along.html"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">A
windy wander on Mam Tor and along Castleton’s Great Ridge</span></a><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/classic-kinder-walk-and-some-gritstone.html"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Classic
Kinder walk, and some Gritstone formations</span></a><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/a-peak-winter-meet-bunkhouse-and-kinder.html"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">A
Peak Winter Meet, a Bunkhouse and Kinder</span></a><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/whats-in-my-pack.html"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">What's
in my pack?</span></a><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/peak-ramblers-ramblings-another-year.html"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Peak
Rambler’s Ramblings; another year ends and time to reflect</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.stone-circles.org.uk/stone/mamtor.htm"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">Mam Tor, </span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">Late Bronze Age / Early Iron Age Hillfort</span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.castleton.co.uk/Mam_tor.aspx"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Castleton, Peak District National Park</span></span></a></span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</div></div>Peak Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07645316221553542322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823921419241429099.post-18123024963718044862015-01-04T05:41:00.002-08:002024-02-28T10:27:08.947-08:00Goyts Moss, a short walk across open moorland<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Well,
the New Year is here, and to me, it seems to have come round fast, very fast!</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">The
Christmas/New Year celebrations been and gone, time to remove the excess eating
and drinking before the return to work.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Now
as I type this, I am all too aware many of you will have been working either
during Christmas and New Year days, or even just between the two bank holidays.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">In
case you’re wondering, yes, I’ve been there too, working during the festive
period, including Christmas Day, in days gone by.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">I
was determined to try and get two good walks in during the Christmas/New Year period,
and I certainly managed to get the first in, a real corker, Axe Edge Moor, in
the snow, and what superb snow conditions I had the pleasure of enjoying.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">You
can read about that if you haven’t yet in </span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/axe-edge-moor-winter-walk-and-im-big.html"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span style="color: blue;">Axe Edge Moor Winter Walk and I’m a
BIG kid at heart</span></span></a><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">.</span><br />
<span></span><br />
<span>Goyts Moss, atop the Goyt Valley and Errwood Reservoir, has been on my tick list for quite some time, which like all open moorland, is managed and used for grouse rearing, with the aim of shooting the grouse later in the year. That time when they shoot the grouse, is often referred to as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorious_Twelfth"><span style="color: blue;">Glorious Twelfth</span></a>.</span><br />
<span></span><br />
<span>I'm not going to get involved with the issues around grouse shooting, this blog is centred around my walk across some moorland that's been on my tick list for quite some time.</span><br />
<span></span><br />
<span>This was a somewhat disappointing walk, though the land and scenery was what I'm used to and expected. But you'll have to read on to find out why....</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Now,
all the snow has as good as gone, the rain has arrived, along with the wind and
leading up to my last opportunity to get a walk in, I was bamboozled with
conflicting weather reports.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Rain,
no rain, windy, sunny, snow, sleet, just about everything apart from a hot summer’s
day!</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">So
I took a chance, some showers, possibly sleet or snow, definitely windy, the
isobars on the synoptic chart told me that, and a chance of some sun, but no
real risk of heat stroke…..</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs8wH4mg6uFr8KS5ksVh2tdeYZFe_m_aQns_GxoggoQCvbNMS42PAsspMnJOBfXOGuTeqFr30YFNNerM8BIQRFPwO3WqNwNIUVKq3Z3wSJghWVheTGu_Lj3cX-hv6D4z6lBZtwPLY1V54/s1600/IMG_1347.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs8wH4mg6uFr8KS5ksVh2tdeYZFe_m_aQns_GxoggoQCvbNMS42PAsspMnJOBfXOGuTeqFr30YFNNerM8BIQRFPwO3WqNwNIUVKq3Z3wSJghWVheTGu_Lj3cX-hv6D4z6lBZtwPLY1V54/s640/IMG_1347.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Goyts Moss, has been on my tick list for quite some time</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">For
those wondering, what’s a synoptic chart, it’s a black and white schematic
diagram showing predicted weather fronts and wind flows, with lots of lines
that show the airflow, which the closer they are, the stronger the wind will
be.</span><br />
<span></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOcKzLWkE3Fs4U_OTr1qoCs1XOtIARJbyfB94WeHIHpTCDXPr19BzbmIUrouKEBTYUcSR_8Prd3xxasvnSnM8u8sMh-sHVb_pZMhAlnwIMPRmB3C7-q1R-EThXDnZB4B-vE1NcABKl5Kg/s1600/z_brack_t24.gif" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOcKzLWkE3Fs4U_OTr1qoCs1XOtIARJbyfB94WeHIHpTCDXPr19BzbmIUrouKEBTYUcSR_8Prd3xxasvnSnM8u8sMh-sHVb_pZMhAlnwIMPRmB3C7-q1R-EThXDnZB4B-vE1NcABKl5Kg/s1600/z_brack_t24.gif" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">An example of a Synoptic Chart for 0600 Sun 4th Jan 2015</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">These charts have a date and time to which they relate to, </span><span style="font-size: small;">printed in the top left corner</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">It
also has lines that can cut across the wind flows, often called fronts. If it
has triangles on, that’s a cold front, often means rain, or some form of
precipitation, semi circles mean a warm front and a combination of semi circles
and triangles, an occluded front which is where a cold and warm front collide,
for want of an easy explanation.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">I
not only obtain my weather forecasts from the Met Office, but other sources,
often those close to the area I’m interested and also by checking at least once
a day, these synoptic charts.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">With
that, I had a dilemma, there was no consistency in the weather forecasts, and
the weekend was taken up with family commitments, so the intended second walk
might not happen.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">After
studying the weather forecasts and looking at the synoptic chart, I made a last
minute decision; I was going out for a wander.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">But
where, the tick list was full of day long walks!</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">So
I just opened up Memory Map at where I had left it, covering Axe Edge Moor, and
thought, Goyts Moss. A nice small enough area, terrain I’m familiar with,
moorland, boggy moorland, groughs, the possibility of big detours to avoid the
water table and sinking in bogs, even though I’d not been there before.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">So,
it was grab my pack, which is kept packed and ready for the off, only this
time, no food or emergency rations, which I would pick up en-route, put it in
the car, and go.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">I
had planned on a lunchtime arrival, with a two and a half hour drive ahead of
me, and that was no surprise, and it all went to plan.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">So
a detour to my local shops to get lunch and a couple of MARS bars, then a drive
to Derbyshire Bridge.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">I
arrived at Derbyshire Bridge around 11:30, to a dark cloud hanging over the
moors, strong winds and a brief precipitation of sleet.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Nothing
I hadn’t anticipated after my initial trawl through the weather forecasts.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">After
a few seconds deliberation, my tummy won, I felt the best option was to have an
early lunch, then get suited and booted, for it could be difficult finding a
wind break for lunch on the moors.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Suited
and booted, I set off for the car park entrance then followed the track down towards
Errwood Reservoir, for a short distance, before taking the first path off to my
left and ascend on to Goyts Moss.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4TqEZ-okt6S58VwwApDbnpon9Kh8iTpr7virtDl-9_UlCk7D_J6gLEzsF-0I9mwXQ3v1QO_uHH38-sasMfM1SBf-JNbFp_0Cuq7KktyaJ1HVWubH3rk5hwfpZHxad2k5sHME4igaX2xw/s1600/IMG_1341.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4TqEZ-okt6S58VwwApDbnpon9Kh8iTpr7virtDl-9_UlCk7D_J6gLEzsF-0I9mwXQ3v1QO_uHH38-sasMfM1SBf-JNbFp_0Cuq7KktyaJ1HVWubH3rk5hwfpZHxad2k5sHME4igaX2xw/s1600/IMG_1341.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Derbyshire Bridge Car Park</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Entering the road that comes up through Goyt's Clough</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Once
atop Goyts Moss, the path disappears, totally, not even a faint trace, and was
unsurprisingly waterlogged. But then what would you expect, high moorland, the
snow we had only a few days previously had well and truly thawed.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">I
was on </span><a href="https://www.gov.uk/right-of-way-open-access-land/use-your-right-to-roam"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span style="color: blue;">open access land</span></span></a><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5TVD_-MghrF_gKbIq6uV3boq6iDTd-yt5BbU2txs0qV-6QpBeVLodmPY-IGGruBLDXGtgMrvN8HnJZcC_mdWEGBWBhPVdfAD-Tf5vR8Eu57O07_tKaRWZyG8FkrUiU48Z7_rW00h20YM/s1600/IMG_1344.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5TVD_-MghrF_gKbIq6uV3boq6iDTd-yt5BbU2txs0qV-6QpBeVLodmPY-IGGruBLDXGtgMrvN8HnJZcC_mdWEGBWBhPVdfAD-Tf5vR8Eu57O07_tKaRWZyG8FkrUiU48Z7_rW00h20YM/s1600/IMG_1344.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The track up to Goyts Moss</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyPtS3aRwFo08QRCjVlzK4R57l07jh8Io_x3-kN8aT2EIGIyAPsqnb17_-PwXruQcteQY-xMZGwGMxmW72ldDqHpdezVnFGFiX3nrv2Z3rcGlHov7nAOJC-qyenx77tLT5DzaUltNNhI0/s1600/IMG_1345.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyPtS3aRwFo08QRCjVlzK4R57l07jh8Io_x3-kN8aT2EIGIyAPsqnb17_-PwXruQcteQY-xMZGwGMxmW72ldDqHpdezVnFGFiX3nrv2Z3rcGlHov7nAOJC-qyenx77tLT5DzaUltNNhI0/s1600/IMG_1345.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Through this style to reach the moor</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">My
route, was to the top of Errwood Reservoir, stopping at the wooded area, cutting across
and back towards the Cat and Fiddle Pub. A very short walk, but that was
intended in view of the late start.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">So
I followed my imaginary (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">sometimes you
need a good imagination out here to keep some sanity</i>) route, towards the
wooded area, crossing a couple of deep groughs on my way, nothing out of the
ordinary, all expected, but I found the whole area wasn’t appealing to me!</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeeWk9Av8gRaC8sYktA2euWwisKcQFLKEsfxjFUuwFVINW5dy50EwzJReNwQeJYmcIH8BqOy0xeju8WrXfkyLNJxnFNZBh0mWVxnzh7HX3QarIsYryXqXk7ZB-2oWdfUfCh6DwoZJ_5Is/s1600/IMG_1347.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeeWk9Av8gRaC8sYktA2euWwisKcQFLKEsfxjFUuwFVINW5dy50EwzJReNwQeJYmcIH8BqOy0xeju8WrXfkyLNJxnFNZBh0mWVxnzh7HX3QarIsYryXqXk7ZB-2oWdfUfCh6DwoZJ_5Is/s1600/IMG_1347.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Unsurprisingly it was waterlogged.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Also I passed a series of grouse butts</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;">That
is out of character for me, I always enjoy the scenery no matter what, but </span><span style="font-family: arial;">here, it just didn’t bite the biscuit!</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">I
continued on, it was exercise, I was out and the weather was being gently, even
if the wind was 19.1mph.</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Then
it hit me, the moorland wasn’t photogenic, nothing inspired me to grab my
camera!</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">There
were no distant views to savour, no landmarks to see and the moorland across Ravens
Low, to the East, was a patchwork of vegetation!</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Truly
man managed!</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">This
is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>NOT a criticism</u></b> and I'll not get into any debate about land management, its something that has been going on for centuries and with no obvious signs of ceasing in the future. I'll leave it up to your own minds, on the scenery around. I know, and have said many times, these
moors are managed, but this didn’t appeal to me, personally. Now before anyone
shoots me down verbally or in print, I immediately started to look at possible
reasons why, too numerous to mention here.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYkM5fimZQ9hdNTR10uQsdE2_uYiv0lIHqwSGTspWpvCYx2soWcgMrEhD5fVGGXOzuvRyOxSFJZRvxgVWVPpSOx9dt61quZCeZRumHi6yr1o4M4_RpZymwIVwl3CYAeMAESXHAKYLBSpw/s1600/IMG_1352.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYkM5fimZQ9hdNTR10uQsdE2_uYiv0lIHqwSGTspWpvCYx2soWcgMrEhD5fVGGXOzuvRyOxSFJZRvxgVWVPpSOx9dt61quZCeZRumHi6yr1o4M4_RpZymwIVwl3CYAeMAESXHAKYLBSpw/s1600/IMG_1352.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Look to the top right of the photo and you see the patchwork moorland</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">I
will say, perhaps there was very good reason for the extensive patchwork, for
I’m just a visitor who respects the countryside and I’ll leave it at that.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">So
I was on an instant downer, no navigation challenges, I just enjoyed the
exercise, but couldn’t wait to see the walk end.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Unsurprisingly,
when I arrived at the wooded area, the trees were too many and too thick to
view Errwood Reservoir and I had no intention of going any further, that was my
backstop to cut across the moor and head for the Cat and Fiddle before
returning to the car at Derbyshire Bridge.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Once
at the wooded area, I then visually plotted my course across the moor,
following a clearly defined track, down Deep Clough and westerly towards Stake
Clough to pick up the path that heads South West back towards the A537
Macclesfield Road.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguZACXTGrQmSBCQG7FQVRDwCpwwoYFqRDBi6ALhgTvlEk0gIQvtG6oBjvNX2XN0EKz9ic8ZIbTjn2csf8HIl9JgsH1kqxdJSmoZKtN8GOljFpVGgLSEfNSG1r1XoTaWUyauZGbimgnOwo/s1600/IMG_1360.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguZACXTGrQmSBCQG7FQVRDwCpwwoYFqRDBi6ALhgTvlEk0gIQvtG6oBjvNX2XN0EKz9ic8ZIbTjn2csf8HIl9JgsH1kqxdJSmoZKtN8GOljFpVGgLSEfNSG1r1XoTaWUyauZGbimgnOwo/s1600/IMG_1360.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The route down across Deep Clough, on to Stake Clough</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">So
off I set, initially heading westerly, down in to Deep Clough and soon back out
of it, climbing up to a high point before dropping down in to Stake Clough.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">As
I came up and out of Stake Clough, I had the urge, and time was well within my
favour, so was the weather, to try some fresh, moorland, running water.
Especially</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> as I was high enough and close enough to its feasible source, to see
no dead animals, in or close to the water course, and use my water filter.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Getting the water from a stream</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">You can just make out the brown, peat sediment in the water</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Filtered clear and drinkable water </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd8mf8Jiz02GevvRO2Pqw24TQLNxcLd6XNdVfNVGJ-aHBm11qRIJ55KJfY8ylXoArZBQvX8qUG_js5-qWuH7ZhSRbs0ni7D3zelMBIWcVlKUZWDTbyEUHncm1dfzKmgPOk9zQCPOyUJwk/s1600/IMG_1365.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd8mf8Jiz02GevvRO2Pqw24TQLNxcLd6XNdVfNVGJ-aHBm11qRIJ55KJfY8ylXoArZBQvX8qUG_js5-qWuH7ZhSRbs0ni7D3zelMBIWcVlKUZWDTbyEUHncm1dfzKmgPOk9zQCPOyUJwk/s1600/IMG_1365.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cheers folks.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Incidentally, my filter has a jacket around it to reduced the risk of freezing</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The
filter, a </span><a href="http://sawyereurope.com/sp128"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Sawyer Mini Filter</span></a><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">, has been a part of my kit for a good
while, and a handy item to have as a backup hydration system. The first time I
encountered a water filter was back in June 2013, while walking Axe Edge Moor, on a wet day, when Barney, a fellow walker,
introduced myself and the two other guys with us, to the water filter.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">You
read about that day in </span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blhttp/peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/axe-edge-moor-cat-and-fiddle-pub-and.html"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Axe Edge Moor, the Cat and Fiddle pub
and a Stag Do</span></a><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> and see
the video </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLyKzUsCkTM"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Sawyer Water Filter</span></span></a><span class="watch-title"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" lang="EN" style="color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> and also while at Kinder Downfall, enjoying a
brew </span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGP_rXe_XIw"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Sawyer Water Filter and Jetboil</span></span></a><span class="watch-title"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" lang="EN" style="color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><br />
<span class="watch-title"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN" style="color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span class="watch-title"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN" style="color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The J</span><a href="http://www.jetboil.com/"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">etboil</span></a><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">
is another nice piece of outdoor kit.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><br />
<span class="watch-title"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" lang="EN" style="color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">That too was another fabulous day out, walking to
Kinder Downfall and watching water going up a waterfall! You can read about
that day in </span></span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/mill-hill-kinder-and-kinder-downfall.html"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Mill Hill, Kinder and Kinder Downfall</span></a><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">.</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">That
has reminded me, I must update the </span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/whats-in-my-pack.html"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">What's
in my pack?</span></span></a><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> this
gives an insight to many of the items I carry when out walking, to incorporate
the addition of the water filter.</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Anyway,
I’ve digressed. Suitably</span> refreshed, I continued my way towards the path near to
State Farm, eventually meeting up with the path that runs SSW (200º).</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdZNY2-iJ_MJzPbc7f4Lfe9df5kxvhGAmTA9bTUX2Zv-E4q7PCCUaz26vXwfnnSPjJn-3e8Hfu6mOGclco16bxL25RYULIydYUjlFMCEyKsGdU6Fy5SpkqTfvDLsjuxWRFeRO89NiV9-w/s1600/IMG_1378.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdZNY2-iJ_MJzPbc7f4Lfe9df5kxvhGAmTA9bTUX2Zv-E4q7PCCUaz26vXwfnnSPjJn-3e8Hfu6mOGclco16bxL25RYULIydYUjlFMCEyKsGdU6Fy5SpkqTfvDLsjuxWRFeRO89NiV9-w/s1600/IMG_1378.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">...."</span><span style="font-size: small;"><em>I continued my way towards the path near to State Farm,</em></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><em>eventually meeting up with the path that runs SSW (200º)</em></span><span style="font-size: small;">"....</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">This
path is quite firm and makes for easy walking back towards the A537
Macclesfield Road, which pretty much is the theme for the rest of the walk,
much of which is along the road side.</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Walking
the path, the Cat and Fiddle Pub soon comes in to sight, but by now, you will
have seen the radio mast that is close to the Cat and Fiddle, making a good
land mark for navigation on a clear day.</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Fortunately,
there is a reasonable grass strip alongside the A537, taking you across the frontage
of the Cat and Fiddle Pub, to pick up the track off to Derbyshire Bridge.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">...."</span><span style="font-size: small;"><em>there is a reasonable grass strip alongside the A537,</em></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><em>taking you across the frontage of the Cat and Fiddle Pub</em></span><span style="font-size: small;">"....</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">At
this point, I came away from the road for a short while, and back on to the moor,
to grab a view over towards Errwood Reservoir and over Buxton. I thought for a
second or two, the plateaus was Kinder, but then I realised, no way, especially
when I took a compass bearing that confirmed neither Kinder, nor Bleaklow, were
in view.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitxcjaPbog9J2hwvNJRJiFq32lOCEXi6FWU-tIXC6nf9XZdkh8iRwGpz6UiwX-SoBJm2XoLisDWIxksOaAdzZwFsd0QifSKnzafFVsV9V8iLCGYG-PfUcLqZxBFRdsU-3wMLciSDSzaQc/s1600/IMG_1374.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitxcjaPbog9J2hwvNJRJiFq32lOCEXi6FWU-tIXC6nf9XZdkh8iRwGpz6UiwX-SoBJm2XoLisDWIxksOaAdzZwFsd0QifSKnzafFVsV9V8iLCGYG-PfUcLqZxBFRdsU-3wMLciSDSzaQc/s1600/IMG_1374.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Looking over to Combs Moss and more patchwork moorland!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIPLfDjuwYvWPpp_rUhq0LvJyshtvuXQsOkU83l1rza7xkkekaTLhyphenhyphenFZauGM7_599YCPD4ZXhcgXAk8iFq9Ky7QqYm1H8QiY6WWD8kQgoubX8vY7z3wFr4DC2iIp9DtcvPK2Kk_yAJIaE/s1600/IMG_1372.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIPLfDjuwYvWPpp_rUhq0LvJyshtvuXQsOkU83l1rza7xkkekaTLhyphenhyphenFZauGM7_599YCPD4ZXhcgXAk8iFq9Ky7QqYm1H8QiY6WWD8kQgoubX8vY7z3wFr4DC2iIp9DtcvPK2Kk_yAJIaE/s1600/IMG_1372.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Zoomed in view of Errwood Reservoir</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">It
was Combs Moss, to the North West of Buxton. This was confirmed by identifying a landmark, in this case a radio mast, which actually was a TV Mast, on a bearing of 60º.</span><br />
<span></span><br />
<span>Following that bearing on the map, took me to the TV Mast on Brown Edge, near to Turner Lodge Reservoirs.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-H339xrhyj8_nTnCiONUwLFVLvBllhyphenhyphen67IzhLdZlGTTsgN2AFGiwaTqwP75Dz8RR4WC6gCP-2oglO6JbCIvNEU8rFAWaMgvghtcpTJkOEeMZtIlb5gnZlzd2JPNUVcBx04Us2rRKfLDY/s1600/IMG_1377.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-H339xrhyj8_nTnCiONUwLFVLvBllhyphenhyphen67IzhLdZlGTTsgN2AFGiwaTqwP75Dz8RR4WC6gCP-2oglO6JbCIvNEU8rFAWaMgvghtcpTJkOEeMZtIlb5gnZlzd2JPNUVcBx04Us2rRKfLDY/s1600/IMG_1377.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">TV Mast on Brown Edge, Buxton,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">viewed from near the Cat and Fiddle Pub</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Back
to the road, and I headed for the turn off to Derbyshire Bridge, following the
road down, past the junction with another track, straight in to the car park at
Derbyshire Bridge.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Passing the Cat and Fiddle Pub, heading for Derbyshire Bridge</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The road off the A537 Macclesfield Road, to Derbyshire Bridge</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Continue straight down to Derbyshire Bridge</span></td></tr>
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</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">A
final summing up, would I walk this area again?</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Yes,
but I would make quite a few changes and possibly not covering the complete
route, but certainly parts of it.</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">It had been on my tick list and even though I didn’t find it appealing, I don’t
regret in any way walking that part of Goyts Moss. Let’s be honest, it was a
quickly put together route based on short available time and the low but
present risk of inclement weather.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Finally,
happy rambling and thank you for reading,</span></span><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 18pt;">Peak Rambler</span></i></b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
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</span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/whats-in-my-pack.html"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">What's in my pack?</span></span></a><br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorious_Twelfth"><span>Glorious Twelfth</span></a></span></div>Peak Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07645316221553542322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823921419241429099.post-21757157749176224982015-01-01T04:17:00.001-08:002024-02-28T10:21:30.709-08:00Peak Rambler’s Ramblings; another year ends and time to reflect<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.com/"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Peak
Rambler’s Ramblings....</span></span></b></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> marks another year of blogging and walking,
with some camping. It seems an age since I wrote and published my first blog,
and how things have changed.</span></span><br />
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<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I’ve moved this from the annual anniversary in February to look back of the calendar year.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">At
times during 2014, it was very tight to even squeeze a day’s walk in, due to
various commitments, which a working family man has. I’m sure many of you can
relate to that, in more ways than one.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">We
all moan about work, but without it, we wouldn’t have the money to spend on the
many different wonderful hobbies we all have, let alone keep the roof over our
heads and food on the table.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yes,
I’m still going through that mid-life crisis, I can’t get out enough,
revisiting many places I used to visit in my younger days, along with visiting
places new, and my tick list still getting longer!</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">What’s
changed?</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">My
son, almost eighteen, passed his driving test last year and now has a car. Now
you would think that would give me more time?</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Well,
I did, and how wrong I was, I still provide Dad’s taxi service, at some
obnoxious hours!</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">But
to be fair, my son avoids drinking and driving, hence why I still provide a
taxi service.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">It’s scary
to think, he was once a helpless new born baby and now he’s almost as independent
as I am today!</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Peak
Rambler now has a Facebook page, this was initially started to accommodate a
couple of old friends who only used Facebook. Sadly one has moved on to higher
and hopefully greener pastures, while the other has joined Twitter.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">But
Peak Rambler is still on Facebook and the following is growing. So I try to
visit Facebook as often as possible.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I
have to humbly apologise, for there is also a Peak Rambler Google Plus page.
But all too often, time gets the better of me and I really don’t visit it as
much as I should. So a big apology and also a big thank you to those who follow
me there.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Before
I look back at 2014, something I’d like to share with you all.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">At
the end of every year, we tend to reflect time to reflect on the events, good
and bad, experiences and lessons learnt.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">My
early walking days, not something to be proud of, but neither am I ashamed, for
things were not like they are today were equal to what many of us today, condemn
when we see inadequately skilled and kitted folk on the hills and moors.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Back
then, I didn’t have the knowledge or skills I have today, but to the best of my
ability and skills at the time, I got out and enjoyed the outdoors.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">There
was a wild camp on Kinder, in the late seventies, with friends, using old
ex-army heavy canvas ridge tents, no real map skills, no real appreciation for
clothing, not that clothing was very technical back then and pure guess work.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Ok,
we never really hit the plateau, even though we thought we had, but it was still fraught with issues, that we
were totally ignorant of.</span></span></div>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span> </div>
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">But we were out in the wilds, really enjoying the life!</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">As
time went on, I started to accrue the knowledge and basic skills, but nothing
to what I have today. There were no obvious courses, some books and magazines,
but I was a bad book reader back then…..</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">So,
what am I saying?</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Many
of us have been there, poorly kitted out, little or no knowledge, out in the
hills or on the moors etc., but subsequently we’ve gained the skills to a
reasonable level and upgraded our kit accordingly, budgets permitting.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Perhaps
many of the folk we see out in the wilds, on the hills and moors, inadequately kitted
out, poor or no navigation skills and outdoor knowledge, are just that,
innocently out there, enjoying what we enjoy.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I
enjoy chatting to folk when I’m out walking, whether in my group, or not, and
also when I’m solo walking, I’ll stop and chat with passers-by, sharing briefly
their days experiences and wish them a safe and enjoyable day.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">At
times, I’ve offered advice, even though not asked for it, some hadn’t even
thought of the consequences, but all, have been grateful.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">On
one occasion, one young couple on Kinder changed their route, avoiding the
plateau and were extremely grateful, for they never envisaged Kinder plateau
being so wild!</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">It’s
not always easy to tell who is innocently ignorant, and those who are blatantly
arrogant.</span></span><br />
<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">But there are those blatantly arrogant and
push their luck!</span></span></b><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Not
even all the kit and skills can make you totally safe!</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I
took a tumble atop Alport Dale back in October. An ML I know took a very nasty
tumble off a mountain while solo winter walking. The local mountain rescue team
rescued him and he required a hospital stay, in a local hospital before being transferred
to a hospital near his home.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">His embarrassment,
one of his rescuers was on the same Glenmore Lodge Winter course as him!</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">We’ve
heard of mountain rescue team members falling to their deaths on home ground!</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Kit
and skills are not guaranteed to stop the inevitable happening, merely reduce
the chances and improve our chance of survival should things go wrong.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">To
finish this, I know many of you are like me and will stop and share the day’s
experiences, so what I’m going to say, you will most likely do. But those who
don’t, perhaps a little time tactfully taken to get to know inadequately kitted
folk might save a life and put them on the right road to safety!</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I’ve waffled
on. Let’s look at 2014 and the walks I’ve done.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">So,
how did 2014 go?</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I’m
still on L Plates with the GoPro. It’s a good job that I don’t have to take a
test in a specified period, or I’ll be scuppered!</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The
pressure was on, to get at least one good walk in per month. But, there have
been a few very pleasant surprises, particularly later in 2014.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I’ve enjoyed
my favourite haunt, the Peaks along Snowdonia, on the Carneddau, but also
managed a trip to the Scottish Highlands this year, and enjoyed a fabulous walk
on the Monadhliath.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The
snow was a bit thin on the ground for me this last twelve months, but I’ve made
up for it in my final walk of the year on Axe Edge Moor.</span></span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span> </div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/bamford-hope-and-win-hill.html"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Bamford, Hope and Win Hill</span></span></b></a><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black;"></span></span><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black;"></span></span><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black;">The year started of with a walk where I joined a small group of walkers from </span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">the Walkers Forum, which has long since closed, </span></span>for a wander from Bamford, through Hope on to Win Hill and back to Bamford via Thornhill.</div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span> </div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/mill-hill-kinder-and-kinder-downfall.html"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Mill Hill, Kinder and Kinder Downfall</span></span></b></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></span></span><br /><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></span></span><br /><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">The third year started off with a visit to Kinder, backtracking from the Snake Pass, along the Pennine Way to Mill Hill, with a detour to the Liberator crash site, before going on to Kinder and Kinder Downfall. For me, that was a visit of a lifetime, to see Kinder Downfall in its element on a windy day, with the water being blown back up!</span><br /><br /><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">I’ve seen endless YouTube videos, heard the stories, but had yet to witness a spectacular sight, of water being blown back up a waterfall.</span><br /><br /><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">For Kinder Downfall, that is not an unusual sight, when the wind is in the right direction and at the right speed.</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><br /></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/long-mynd-pole-bank-and-nice-cuppa-in.html"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Long Mynd, Pole Bank and a nice cuppa in Carding Mill</span></span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></span><br /><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">This was a walk to retrace a walk I’ve done a few times, though more recently was a wander with my son, and this particular walk, was to be able to write about the area and the day.</span></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><br /></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">it was a bit windy on Mam Tor, gusting almost up to 60mph!</span></td></tr>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/a-windy-wander-on-mam-tor-and-along.html"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">A windy wander on Mam Tor and along Castleton’s Great Ridge</span></span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></span><br /><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Boy, this was one hell of a windy day, on Mam Tor!</span><br /><br /><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">But the Great Ridge still inspires and was also the subject of one of my very early blogs!</span> </div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><br /></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">That fateful day a tick decided to attach itself to me!</span></td></tr>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/bells-palsy-flu-and-lymes-disease_766.html"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Bells Palsy, The Flu and Lymes Disease</span></span></b></a></div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Those of you who know me, will be aware I have Bells Palsy, which basically is facial paralysis. I strongly suspect this is <span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">a result of a tick bite I obtained back in October 1988.</span></span></span><br /><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;">This was originally written to tie annual tick awareness week, but the organisation who was going to use it, BADA-UK; </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-themecolor: text1;">Borreliosis and Associated Diseases Awareness UK closed down February 2014.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">What an odd title?</i></span></span><br /><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;">There is good reason for that title, for we are coming in to the tick season once again, though ticks can still be active in temperatures </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">as low as 3.5ºC!</span></i></span><br /><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">What is the combination of the three, Bells Palsy, the flu and Lymes Disease?</span></i><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">”</span></span><br /><br /><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Well, for that last line, you’ll just have to read my story.</span></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br />
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/walking-big-moor-white-edge-moor-and.html"><span style="color: blue;">Walking Big Moor, White Edge Moor and Barbrook Reservoir<o:p></o:p></span></a></span></b></div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></span></span><div><br /></div><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black;">This walk, also involved a weekends camping too, was a close copy to one I did last summer, but with a change to the route avoiding the boggy patch before.</span><br /><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">It was a golden opportunity to meet up with some old friends from a meet organised for August Bank Holiday 2011 by Terry Abraham, to celebrate the Peak Districts Sixtieth Anniversary.</span><br /><br /><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">It was till as enjoyable as the previous occasion and just as hot!</span><br />
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/creag-dhubh-and-walk-on-wild-side.html"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Creag Dhubh and a walk on the wild side</span></span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></span></span><br /><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Now if like me, your Gaelic isn’t very good, fear not. Creag Dhubh is pronounced Craig Doo!</span><br /><br /><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">That was a really enjoyable walk and one where once again, I was well and truly away from civilisation, very quickly and easily, but rewarded with fantastic jaw dropping views!</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS38K_Se0_O2OK6IvW8-kWHkRmQIwNVQ7Y4VioWOuGsCdVUNbYCb3bcIkJf6-7ZoSiw70Tmg_-oPEciQvXGaEkHW-0kmBJHUk6AHzN4shFemDF0dJ8qO5tLWyexEGUy7HZzY673MkjLk0/s1600/201212091764A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS38K_Se0_O2OK6IvW8-kWHkRmQIwNVQ7Y4VioWOuGsCdVUNbYCb3bcIkJf6-7ZoSiw70Tmg_-oPEciQvXGaEkHW-0kmBJHUk6AHzN4shFemDF0dJ8qO5tLWyexEGUy7HZzY673MkjLk0/w213-h320/201212091764A.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;">
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Poles, love ‘em or hate ‘em?</span></span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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love them, trekking poles. But guilty as charged, I don’t use mine as much as I
probably should do.</span></span><br />
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me, trekking poles are a valuable part of my first aid kit, as well and a
valuable walking aid, and I would not intentionally be without them.</span></span><br />
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this fictitious award. Initially I was sceptical, but after a quick bit of
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</tbody></table><br /><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/classic-kinder-walk-and-some-gritstone.html"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Classic Kinder walk, and some Gritstone formations</span></span></b></a></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></span><br /><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">This walk was to cover a classic route, which I last walked one snowy February day.</span><br /><br /><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">The day was just superb, with many memories from previous walks along that very same path.</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/alport-castles-alport-dale-and-alport.html"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Alport Castles Alport Dale and River Alport</span></span></b></a></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></span><br /><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">A fateful day!</span></span></div></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">You know when you just think you shouldn’t go somewhere or do something?</span><br /><br /><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">That was just that sort of day. I took a tumble down in to Alport Dale, after a catalogue of things not quite going to plan.</span></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><br /></div>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span face=""Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">BMC Hill Walking: The Journey Begins</span><span face=""Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><br /><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Back in April 2013, on the back of a survey </span><a href="http://www.thebmc.co.uk/"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">the BMC</span></span></a> u<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">nder took with its membership, the BMC appointed it’s very first ever Hill Walking Officer, Carey Davis. The idea is for Carey, with support from the BMC and its membership, to promote hill walking and be the voice for Hill Walkers, within </span><a href="http://www.thebmc.co.uk/"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">the BMC</span></span></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">.</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br /><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Like a good many of its membership, I felt that there was too much emphasis on rock climbing. Don’t get me wrong, I think it great we have some fabulous climbers out there, supported by </span><a href="http://www.thebmc.co.uk/"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">the BMC</span></span></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">, but there are others out there, who </span><a href="http://www.thebmc.co.uk/"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">the BMC</span></span></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""> do support, only too quietly so and Hill Walkers, like me, are one of those many groups.</span><br /><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br /><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Since his appointment, Carey has been working hard to put together a plan, with the support of </span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.thebmc.co.uk/"><span style="color: blue;">the BMC</span></a></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">.</span></span><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span></span><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">To help Carey implement his plan, the support of </span><a href="http://www.thebmc.co.uk/"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">the BMC</span></span></a><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Hill Walking members has been sought, the first meeting taking place back in February 2014, with the second at the end of November 2014.</span></span><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span></span><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">I wasn’t able to make the February meeting, but I did manage to make the November one, and I’m more than pleased to have done so.</span><br /><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br /><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Bowden Bridge, our meeting point, was where the Kinder Mass Trespass started from back on April 24th 1932, led by Benny Rothman, saw many trespassers get arrested for trying to regain the right to walk on Kinder.</span><br /><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br /><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">If it wasn’t for the Mass Trespass on Kinder, we might not be enjoying our hobby of hill walking in the way that we are lucky to do today.</span><br /><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br /><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">However, all is not that rosy today; there are still threats to our freedom to roam responsibly today! This is where organisations, like </span><a href="http://www.thebmc.co.uk/"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">the BMC</span></span></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">, </span><a href="http://www.ramblers.org.uk/"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">the Ramblers</span></span></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">, and many more.</span><br /><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br /><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">However, this is about </span><a href="http://www.thebmc.co.uk/"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">the BMC</span></span></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""> new Hill Walking Officer and a change to its policies to reflect its membership.</span><br /><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br /><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">As we gained height, the cloud wasn’t really lifting sufficiently to consider Kinder Low, especially as we had to be at a hotel in Hayfield </span>for the meeting for 13:00, so once we reached Edale Cross, we then returned back to Bowden Bridge.</div><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Carey
outlined the plan of what he, with the support of </span></span><a href="http://www.thebmc.co.uk/"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">the
BMC</span></span></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
were proposing to do, and this was followed up by Brian Smith, </span></span><a href="http://www.thebmc.co.uk/"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">the
BMC</span></span></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
Independent Director, with his support to this initiative.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">How
do I feel about the future?</span></span><br />
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Positive,
it will happen, but it will take time and it needs the positive support of </span></span><a href="http://www.thebmc.co.uk/"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">the
BMC</span></span></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
and its membership to make it happen.</span></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">We
all have different requirements from our organisation, </span></span><a href="http://www.thebmc.co.uk/"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">the
BMC</span></span></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">,
but all have the same aim.</span></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">My
personal ideal would be to see </span></span><a href="http://www.thebmc.co.uk/"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">the BMC</span></span></a><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> embrace all sections
equally, for they all do a lot of very good work, quietly and behind the
scenes, this is one is a big step forward</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></span><br />
The results of the survey can be seen here in <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="https://www.thebmc.co.uk/hill-walkers-have-spoken"><span style="color: blue;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hill walkers have spoken</span></span></a> and Carey's write up can be read here in </span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="https://www.thebmc.co.uk/can-the-bmc-become-the-natural-home-for-hill-walkers"><span style="color: blue;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Can the BMC become the natural home for hill walkers?</span></span></a></span></span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></span></span></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The
journey</span> begins….</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">Snow, and lots of it, on Axe Edge Moor.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: small;">What a fantastic end to 2014</span></td></tr>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/axe-edge-moor-winter-walk-and-im-big.html"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Axe Edge Moor Winter Walk and I’m a BIG kid at heart</span></b></a></div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></span><br /><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Yes, I’m a big kid at heart, but then many of us really are, if we care to admit it.<o:p></o:p></span></div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></span></span><br /><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">The snow had fallen on much of the north of Britain giving rise to some cracking winter conditions.<o:p></o:p></span><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></span><br /><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Though I had walked on Axe Edge Moor twice before, first in the snow, second in the rain, it ticked every box. The sun was out in a blue cloudless sky, with lots of snow to walk in.<o:p></o:p></span></div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></span><br /><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">What more could a true hill walker ask for?Thank you </span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">(no link in this heading)<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">To
end, my blog is done purely for pleasure and to share with you my walking experiences
along with tips and advice for those who are just starting out in our wonderful
hobby of walking the hills and moors.</span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I
would like to say a big thank you to you all for reading my blogs, adding comments
either to the blog or via Twitter and Facebook. Also thank you for sharing the
blog links with your friends and followers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Further,
it has been a great pleasure walking with many of you, not just this last
twelve months, but in years gone by, and I sincerely hope we will meet again.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Here’s
to 2015, a new year, some new walks, new and old friends.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Finally,
happy rambling and thank you for reading,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 18pt;">Peak Rambler</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Photo
Album<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></strong></span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77330842@N05/sets" target="_blank"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;"><strong>Peak Rambler Flickr Photo Album</strong></span></a><strong><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></strong></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><o:p><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Links
to some of the items I’ve mentioned and written about here:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/bamford-hope-and-win-hill.html"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Bamford,
Hope and Win Hill</span></span></a><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/mill-hill-kinder-and-kinder-downfall.html"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Mill Hill, Kinder and Kinder Downfall</span></a><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/long-mynd-pole-bank-and-nice-cuppa-in.html"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Long Mynd, Pole Bank and a nice cuppa in
Carding Mill</span></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/a-windy-wander-on-mam-tor-and-along.html"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">A windy wander on Mam Tor and along
Castleton’s Great Ridge</span></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/bells-palsy-flu-and-lymes-disease_766.html"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Bells Palsy, The Flu and Lymes Disease</span></a><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/walking-big-moor-white-edge-moor-and.html"><span style="color: blue;">Walking
Big Moor, White Edge Moor and Barbrook Reservoir with friends<o:p></o:p></span></a></span></span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/creag-dhubh-and-walk-on-wild-side.html"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Creag Dhubh and a walk on the wild
side</span></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/trekking-poles-love-em-or-hate-em.html"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Trekking Poles, love ‘em or hate ‘em?</span></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/the-liebster-award.html"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">The Liebster Award</span></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span><br /><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/a-wander-from-monyash-to-magpie-mine.html"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">A wander from Monyash to Magpie Mine
via Flagg and Taddington</span></a><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/classic-kinder-walk-and-some-gritstone.html"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Classic Kinder walk, and some
Gritstone formations</span></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/alport-castles-alport-dale-and-alport.html"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Alport Castles Alport Dale and River
Alport</span></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/stanton-moor-night-hike-and-drink-in.html"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Stanton Moor Night Hike, and a drink
in the Druid Inn</span></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/axe-edge-moor-winter-walk-and-im-big.html"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Axe Edge Moor Winter Walk and I’m a
BIG kid at heart</span></a><br />
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://www.thebmc.co.uk/"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">The BMC</span></span></a><br />
<span id="goog_11624455"></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="https://www.thebmc.co.uk/hill-walkers-have-spoken"><span style="color: blue;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hill walkers have spoken</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="https://www.thebmc.co.uk/can-the-bmc-become-the-natural-home-for-hill-walkers"><span style="color: blue;">Can the BMC become the natural home for hill walkers?</span></a></span></span><br /><o:p><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><a href="http://www.ramblers.org.uk/"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">The Ramblers</span></span></a></div></o:p>
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</div></div>Peak Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07645316221553542322noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823921419241429099.post-51228376128695747082014-11-20T14:02:00.002-08:002024-02-28T06:11:21.716-08:00Stanton Moor Night Hike, and a drink in the Druid Inn<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: arial;">A
hike with a difference, to walk in the dark!</span></div>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">This
was something that was born out of conversations between some members of the
Walkers Forum, where four of us went for a wander around Birchover in the White
Peak, and on to Stanton Moor.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">For
me, it was nothing new to wander in the dark, I’ve spent a good few hours on
night nav courses and I’ve learnt over time what I need for night vision and
what I can safely get away with.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Before
I go any further, night hiking can be fraught with hazards, mainly due to the
greatly reduced vision enhanced further if you don’t know the area.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">For
those not familiar with night hiking or even have poor navigational skills, I
fully recommend trying a night nav course. You’ll learn a lot about navigation
and also pick up tips on what to use equipment wise, share experiences with the
course instructor and others in your group, and more importantly, try something
new under controlled conditions.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Another
thing to consider is carrying a spare headtorch, for it’s not easy to search
for batteries in the dark!</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC32xIPNzh9LzRwlx_LjLh571NBlxmk8tb1GQT_s9WbITARXc1MtKtSb_MUbn1Ha2_T-JoFEU9vppyAQ6n0EHQqGRIrHsqQJZt-3kNAON7Cx1Hxoxf6Pc1asxCVqSe7m0mTmxEGkw4f8A/s1600/IMG_2126.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC32xIPNzh9LzRwlx_LjLh571NBlxmk8tb1GQT_s9WbITARXc1MtKtSb_MUbn1Ha2_T-JoFEU9vppyAQ6n0EHQqGRIrHsqQJZt-3kNAON7Cx1Hxoxf6Pc1asxCVqSe7m0mTmxEGkw4f8A/s1600/IMG_2126.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">A snowy Stanton Moor in the dark, January 2013</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">I
usually carry two headtorches, and if I know or feel I could end up walking in
the dark, while there’s good light, I’ll slip both headtorches somewhere quick
and easy to get without messing around in my pack.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">The
spare will stay in the quick access should I need it in an emergency, again, to
remove the need to fumble around in the dark.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">For
those new to reading my blogs, if you want to see what I carry in my pack, have
a look at <a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/whats-in-my-pack.html"><span style="color: blue;">What's
in my pack?</span></a> which lists many of the items I carry.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOj5Tm6pwfegObrbuojU6vKYSnmEntI4gmf09wlRq5BPag3span3UAPhtBkqt-X2dNj8I4KvxqyP_ed_r9meCmqMCyPL3f6zLsI2xXFJTO6-T_3a_ucC7zxGEiLtEnnIJl-Fy08a07nSg/s1600/201212091783.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOj5Tm6pwfegObrbuojU6vKYSnmEntI4gmf09wlRq5BPag3span3UAPhtBkqt-X2dNj8I4KvxqyP_ed_r9meCmqMCyPL3f6zLsI2xXFJTO6-T_3a_ucC7zxGEiLtEnnIJl-Fy08a07nSg/s1600/201212091783.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">I normally carry two headtorches in my pack</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">But three are on display here</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">A
point to consider, before walking anywhere new or strange in the dark, it would
be wisest to walk the route in daylight so you can familiarise yourself with
the terrain and hazards. Remember, what might not be a hazard in daylight, could
be a major hazard in the dark!</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Another
tip, take someone who is experienced with walking in the dark, preferably in
the same area you’re interested in walking in. While its nice to have an
exciting adventure, safety has to be paramount.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">I’m
no stranger to walking on Stanton Moor, having spent many hours there as a
child and adult. Stanton Moor has often been a testing area for new kit and
other outdoor related activities and also as a parent, taking my son there on
many occasions. One such occasion was when my son was around four years old,
and as all children, he was very inquisitive of my days spent on the moor and <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>also it was his first insight in to map
reading.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Not
that he was able to fully comprehend map reading, but he was fascinated by it
and insisted on carrying the map for the rest of the afternoon.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">It’s
a good job I know the paths on Stanton Moor!</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">I’ve
already written two blogs covering Stanton Moor, <span style="color: #222222;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/alport-to-stanton-moor-sunday-4th-march.html"><span style="color: blue;">Alport
to Stanton Moor; Sunday 4th March 2012</span></a> and <a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/alport-to-stanton-moor-sunday-4th-march.html"><span style="color: blue;">Stanton
Moor on a snowy Sunday</span></a> and no doubt there will be some more to come in
time, for it’s a place I find a lot of tranquillity and can find a quiet place
to relax, or relax in the public eye and enjoy conversation or just watching the
world go by.</span></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="color: #222222;"></span></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="color: #222222;"></span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222;">Anyway, I’ve digressed too much, back to the night hike.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222;"></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222;"></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">After
some discussion, it was decided to go ahead with the night hike, but the
question was where.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">I
had considered Stanton Moor, where the paths are generally very good, even in
the wet. It is a small area of moorland and more importantly, I’m very familiar
with the moor and its paths, both in the light and dark.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">A
conversation with Kerry, who was organising the night hike, who is no stranger to the Peaks and a competent navigator, had also considered Stanton
Moor.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">I've walked with Kerry once before, earlier this year when we walked up Win Hill from Bamford, via Hope, covered in <a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/bamford-hope-and-win-hill.html"><span style="color: blue;">Bamford, Hope and Win Hill</span></a></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">So
the planning started, late October I took a wander on to Stanton Moor to double
check a route and check on some old paths I’ve not walked for a long time.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">It
was just as well I did, for some fencing had erected since I last wandered that
part of the moor.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">So
I plotted a possible route, alternatives and escape routes, along with part of a route alongside some quarries. These were colour coded and marked on a map as BLACK, the intended route,
BLUE and LIGHT BLUE for alternative and escape routes should anyone have
reservations or suddenly feel uncertain or even headtorch failure!</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Then,
a RED route was marked on the map, which walked relatively close to some
disused quarry edges. Now because I had marked it as a red route, didn’t mean
don’t walk there in the dark, it meant walk with extra care because of the
disused quarries and steep drops.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">This
information was shared Kerry who then plotted a route encompassing <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>as a starting point, Rowtor Rocks and a nice
circuit around the east side of Birchover, entering Stanton Moor near to Barn
Farm.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidhBDKxyqWKwS4y6fHi8hzMJFetxXWOz6ddMGqbyZecTeieBU1nPJOLh-ZOysaH_V_VGUhgaSdFq6q3G2O-TvpX_Sj6Vdv8owj5FC91FPxTrppT0edd9VYXw2jZfDfBb1T0Hdhk47yEkI/s1600/IMGP0645.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidhBDKxyqWKwS4y6fHi8hzMJFetxXWOz6ddMGqbyZecTeieBU1nPJOLh-ZOysaH_V_VGUhgaSdFq6q3G2O-TvpX_Sj6Vdv8owj5FC91FPxTrppT0edd9VYXw2jZfDfBb1T0Hdhk47yEkI/s1600/IMGP0645.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Rowtor Rocks</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">The
date for the night hike was set, Saturday 8th November with a reserve the
following Saturday, the 15th, should the weather prove unsuitable.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">As
luck had it, the weather was about perfect on the 8th.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Four
of us met at the Druid Inn, Birchover for 15:30, time enough to start the walk
in reasonable light and allow ourselves to gradually become accustomed to the
dark, walking. The four, Kerry, Don, Steve and myself. I guess really, I should
say five, for there was Steve’s very well behaved dog, Flash, who also walked
with us.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Our
first call was to Rowtor Rocks, right next to the Druid Inn. Rowtor Rocks has a
network of caves, almost like summer Victorian houses. We crawled though from
one cave in to the next, then back outside and climb to a seat carved in to the
rocks, quite high on Rowtor Rocks, with commanding views over the White Peak
spanning between Bakewell to Rowsley.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Exploring the caves in Rowtor Rocks</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaNuv08bG3IZDomlUuHhuNn94Ay6A6wlgw0jrOoqkn4ki7Njgp_krYedFE-f2gGUX-SNzEgUI231NZ0CurDGXe1pQyr3fhK6jjBqI7iZ29jwEUmpOvEznIhDUcfzZXpap6682YVdl3j5g/s1600/IMGP0649.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaNuv08bG3IZDomlUuHhuNn94Ay6A6wlgw0jrOoqkn4ki7Njgp_krYedFE-f2gGUX-SNzEgUI231NZ0CurDGXe1pQyr3fhK6jjBqI7iZ29jwEUmpOvEznIhDUcfzZXpap6682YVdl3j5g/s1600/IMGP0649.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Kerry, Steve and Dom looking at spiders eggs in one of the cave walls!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">On
a good clear day, those views would be stunning, but we had fast fading light
and low cloud.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Kerry trying out the stone carved seat on Rowtor Rocks</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMT3HiNfBdyCg_NkhpGiiIm9Q3aw6A_vp827VKRaklsTEwHtKvSpvFhqp6_97KNIV_-r_9e575WpEYHQSCDdU4uiB0kPjLEGJu5HmJJyFuWSs38NdIi9tt6otnCahWfhuJjLIIqO5I8kA/s1600/IMGP0653.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMT3HiNfBdyCg_NkhpGiiIm9Q3aw6A_vp827VKRaklsTEwHtKvSpvFhqp6_97KNIV_-r_9e575WpEYHQSCDdU4uiB0kPjLEGJu5HmJJyFuWSs38NdIi9tt6otnCahWfhuJjLIIqO5I8kA/s1600/IMGP0653.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The view from the stone carved seat on Rowtor Rocks</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Back
down to the road that runs down to St Michael’s Church, Birchover, down towards
Rocking Stone Farm. Incidentally, Rocking Stone Farm was named after the
Rocking Stone, a large boulder weighing around 40 tonnes, which is supposed to
have a megalithic relevance.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Incidentally,
Stanton Moor and a large portion of the surrounding area does have a lot of
megalithic portals, along with many other areas in the Peak District.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Another
not too far away place is Big Moor and White Edge Moor, an area I walked in
June 2013 and covered in </span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/froggatt-edge-big-moor-and-some-stone.html"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="color: blue;">Froggatt Edge, Big Moor and some Stone
Circles</span></span></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Stoke Flat Stone Circle on Big Moor</span></td></tr>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">At
times, it was a bit of a muddy walk, but then any walk with Kerry, often
entails a good mud path, or should I say bath!</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibd82kMIFEnFSU281Cl_2oe4XnRPxplwz9UE-N8syPyX429TmjT3yJ-0zIKRkEvHG6v3sZe_obRrkE-l0a-wSNHdaeMR7_eoKmcQB_-c877eEXe6QuV54XdLdUOOiTuoZy0tZJLrHwO98/s1600/IMGP0654.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibd82kMIFEnFSU281Cl_2oe4XnRPxplwz9UE-N8syPyX429TmjT3yJ-0zIKRkEvHG6v3sZe_obRrkE-l0a-wSNHdaeMR7_eoKmcQB_-c877eEXe6QuV54XdLdUOOiTuoZy0tZJLrHwO98/s1600/IMGP0654.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mud! </span><span style="font-size: small;">But not on the moor.....</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><br /></span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">It
was a pleasant stroll with a nice gradual ascent from Barn Farm on to Stanton
</span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Moor, where the access almost straight across Lees Road.</span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">From
there we walked up to Gorse Stone Rock. At that point we put on our
headtorches, before walking up to Gorse Stone Rock.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTKvnzvM9cIQS5sKq4cmy4A32t0UIPEuwXLiv_hLlcXLZf5PfaMtXiAL2UFxWjLOsGnL_0TFKU4tD9_7R5zSwvVwzBXMtcuqbIsdAW0ottQxdJZ2PKnXnDqitBASWmDb-Clq-urw-kTWo/s1600/IMGP0656.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTKvnzvM9cIQS5sKq4cmy4A32t0UIPEuwXLiv_hLlcXLZf5PfaMtXiAL2UFxWjLOsGnL_0TFKU4tD9_7R5zSwvVwzBXMtcuqbIsdAW0ottQxdJZ2PKnXnDqitBASWmDb-Clq-urw-kTWo/s1600/IMGP0656.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Time to get headtorches on</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI3BWL8mdyct66XdJo-OjfljSVhMnFSSatgMiErFYnH0tfhU9JcWnC4Pe41LRcUt97sNF0zsMZ885-W09O65WmTK74qauLkU40ygZr-Oxgs6wFPgxJiUs9h02LlJEVOHl4Z52rSaqyW64/s1600/IMGP0660.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI3BWL8mdyct66XdJo-OjfljSVhMnFSSatgMiErFYnH0tfhU9JcWnC4Pe41LRcUt97sNF0zsMZ885-W09O65WmTK74qauLkU40ygZr-Oxgs6wFPgxJiUs9h02LlJEVOHl4Z52rSaqyW64/s1600/IMGP0660.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Walking up Gorse Stone Rock</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">The area around Gorse Stone
Rock was excavated along with many other parts of Stanton Moor, where archaeologist
Percy Heathcote, had imagined this stone as the <i>gorsedd-dau</i> where Druids
would speak to the masses gathered below. Almost like a Pulpit.</span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">While up on Gorse Stone
Rock, we enjoyed the early evening views, in the dark, across to Matlock,
Darley Dale and around. Being the nearest Saturday to Bonfire Night, we were
looking out for firework displays, but it was a little too early in the evening
for</span> that.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Matlock from Gorse Stone Rock</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYl3l-06cXLb-L5aElOgpLCZ0QAMxEgjVqVbRSmnfbaTTB6yaozDg2emrfV1kUe7dTqYRVvX2y54wg4VTOJY6ff67faldmZXYEq9APXpxqPm7sgL7zDc04TOkJhhqFddmGzG2qhtddNjY/s1600/IMGP0662.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYl3l-06cXLb-L5aElOgpLCZ0QAMxEgjVqVbRSmnfbaTTB6yaozDg2emrfV1kUe7dTqYRVvX2y54wg4VTOJY6ff67faldmZXYEq9APXpxqPm7sgL7zDc04TOkJhhqFddmGzG2qhtddNjY/s1600/IMGP0662.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Looking over to Matlock from Gorse Stone Rock</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Back
down to the path, we then turned right to head for the Cat Stone. The Cat Stone
is basically a boulder, which if you view it from the right angle, could look
like a cats head!</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Not
only can it look like a cats head, but it also is supposed to have a megalithic
relevance!</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">You
can even climb the Cat Stone, using foot holds in the rock, which Steve did.</span><br />
<span></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9G8X36QvRM9I12fp8q0Awe3Z9hYtthFDp5m1ZJxRDBNOn68uTFrRSLpGtCZGgfY9RnlrvjHk7KaRhJYlcA4hgPqEFSMwyXUT7pIs4lKj33-lMDTua4FBY-aT88YRmfKIpB2RCcHgUgG8/s1600/IMGP0667.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9G8X36QvRM9I12fp8q0Awe3Z9hYtthFDp5m1ZJxRDBNOn68uTFrRSLpGtCZGgfY9RnlrvjHk7KaRhJYlcA4hgPqEFSMwyXUT7pIs4lKj33-lMDTua4FBY-aT88YRmfKIpB2RCcHgUgG8/s1600/IMGP0667.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Approaching Cat Stone</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbChOSUiqmq-a0H-mhWOn-DnNedTVSiyS0Ri6JLzlNciWgtpu_PsD6zaePTyPENk0Lj8UfyO3pRLjfDmqmz8oURxQnGf3XelxAYhTsHQ9V_c-ktFX_tbSJIEPVPYI2sIH2jvD3SZ9lBAI/s1600/IMGP0677.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbChOSUiqmq-a0H-mhWOn-DnNedTVSiyS0Ri6JLzlNciWgtpu_PsD6zaePTyPENk0Lj8UfyO3pRLjfDmqmz8oURxQnGf3XelxAYhTsHQ9V_c-ktFX_tbSJIEPVPYI2sIH2jvD3SZ9lBAI/s1600/IMGP0677.JPG" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Steve climbing the Cat Stone</span></td></tr>
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</span></div>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">But
beware, you are close to quite a steep drop from the moor, so exercise care
when climbing or just walking around.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">After
mooching around the Cat Stone, we backtracked to the outer path, turned right
and headed for Earl Grey Tower.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Earl
Grey Tower is basically just a Foley, a tower or structure built with no real
purpose other than to show the land owners financial prowess and sometimes
provide a retreat with views.</span><br />
<span></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXnGdwL_ubuCc6DBAUdt3P0z2gmPM2HQLmFJrxFIiq_3IQqtKdLDPCy0q26Ll85S-ftIgHHJQfTFocI-cAD_0y8CFKk6LExDLs2iVWLr4kyYyNgHNPGkIMiRqiwvwUSb_txURr0V5wJHU/s1600/IMGP0681.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXnGdwL_ubuCc6DBAUdt3P0z2gmPM2HQLmFJrxFIiq_3IQqtKdLDPCy0q26Ll85S-ftIgHHJQfTFocI-cAD_0y8CFKk6LExDLs2iVWLr4kyYyNgHNPGkIMiRqiwvwUSb_txURr0V5wJHU/s1600/IMGP0681.JPG" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Walking around Earl Grey Tower</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">After
a wander around Earl Grey Tower, we crossed the style and followed the path in
a North Westerly direction and headed for the Nine Ladies Stone Circle.</span><br />
<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0VJ_kf6XypIUYBOKHobCh5ITzBzA_1SBbXQSIVt0aHCIt7kv_C9wAEyou8zMABYiowjAm-eR18nz7VnBS8AapOtllWIBEnHxlLfFqyAuf-Oo1yen6o3p6Ggxb50dl1BdxmMmxlCn4eyY/s1600/IMGP0682.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0VJ_kf6XypIUYBOKHobCh5ITzBzA_1SBbXQSIVt0aHCIt7kv_C9wAEyou8zMABYiowjAm-eR18nz7VnBS8AapOtllWIBEnHxlLfFqyAuf-Oo1yen6o3p6Ggxb50dl1BdxmMmxlCn4eyY/s1600/IMGP0682.JPG" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Earl Grey Tower</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">On
approaching the Nine Ladies Stone Circle, we were greeted by a bright torch
beam. It was just a single torch beam, from someone feeling curious as to who
would be wandering around in the dark.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">That
person turned out to be an amateur photographer, playing around with light and
taking photographs experimenting with different types of light.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">As
a keen amateur photographer myself, it’s something I’ve done, but not overly
impressively.</span><br />
<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7_GO1Uef-R2ei1xsohlSeQpu4MC2Jj9Rd5T50b3_FonHqg1vKj9AHL6tl3OTBhCaoHKXiQp5myOxsRUhGkOmZlKIYe1RSp7B8UM0F5VQCv18juPqal-Qk6srkTYTIFGcjQ3HuttqvrYg/s1600/IMGP0685.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7_GO1Uef-R2ei1xsohlSeQpu4MC2Jj9Rd5T50b3_FonHqg1vKj9AHL6tl3OTBhCaoHKXiQp5myOxsRUhGkOmZlKIYe1RSp7B8UM0F5VQCv18juPqal-Qk6srkTYTIFGcjQ3HuttqvrYg/s1600/IMGP0685.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Kerry, Dom and Steve looking at the photogr</span><span style="font-size: small;">aphers camera</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXwlA1d9197EJXjSUZghj5dHyyDwJWKy-UexwbBY9_albGhcG8CCaq9LHnnc8tG_ZkEl0eQB9Ok_oL0878wyXA-A6bjD5p93wMfqVG_85TZBOJcYicZ6Umnwv3EFPOlWgMZwtuIV6_GmY/s1600/IMGP0687.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXwlA1d9197EJXjSUZghj5dHyyDwJWKy-UexwbBY9_albGhcG8CCaq9LHnnc8tG_ZkEl0eQB9Ok_oL0878wyXA-A6bjD5p93wMfqVG_85TZBOJcYicZ6Umnwv3EFPOlWgMZwtuIV6_GmY/s1600/IMGP0687.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Nine Ladies Stone Circle, at night...</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><br /></span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">The
Nine Ladies, or sometimes called the Nine Maidens, is definitely a megalithic
feature, a stone circle with a King Stone, just off to a westerly direction, to
mark the point where the sun sets on Midsummers Day.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Legend
has it that nine maidens were turned to stone for dancing on the Sabbath!</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">But
I think that is pure legend, for there are actually <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">TEN stones</b>, with the tenth revealing itself during the drought of
1976.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">The
tenth stone, lying flat on the ground, is visible on the left of the stone
circle, in the photograph below.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS0SpzHLULHQszbv7o-Cjt9kM77AhUMPPR8dMoO_g8ks8PGk7gk7hwnmD9ku30MzaErkU3lj5NX88Rtg_Eas8qZPhymDVQ9ELdseuW9FCFkjufDcLvphKp2j2euvnwb_9wEbBwAVBcBpM/s1600/IMG_1110B.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS0SpzHLULHQszbv7o-Cjt9kM77AhUMPPR8dMoO_g8ks8PGk7gk7hwnmD9ku30MzaErkU3lj5NX88Rtg_Eas8qZPhymDVQ9ELdseuW9FCFkjufDcLvphKp2j2euvnwb_9wEbBwAVBcBpM/s1600/IMG_1110B.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Nine Ladies Stone Circle,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">showing the Tenth Stone and its positioning in relation to the King Stone</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><br /></span></span></div>Moving
on, we walked past the King Stone and headed for the boundary fence, following
the clearly defined footpath, where we started to head in an easterly
direction, back towards Birchover.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN0kXYyIM5xFsa_fhhQTkDyywsPRJxJah1xEw58waMZ5YATibXWkynb0ALM50FeDhi-oZh6lDBbNTCWpqV_ZHZvE8OJO8TjOYuEDPjTEFjc6ExVwkYoW2bJUZa6L_Z9GoAjWsVJQX3jhw/s1600/IMGP0688.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN0kXYyIM5xFsa_fhhQTkDyywsPRJxJah1xEw58waMZ5YATibXWkynb0ALM50FeDhi-oZh6lDBbNTCWpqV_ZHZvE8OJO8TjOYuEDPjTEFjc6ExVwkYoW2bJUZa6L_Z9GoAjWsVJQX3jhw/s1600/IMGP0688.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">...."</span><span style="font-size: small;"><em>we walked past the King Stone</em></span><span style="font-size: small;">"....</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">This
path took us through the quarries, but also close to some steep drops, but a
very interesting route it was, even in the dark.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Once
past the quarries and heading back on to one of the main paths, I noticed I had
dropped my camera. Not a clever thing to do at the best of times, let alone in
the dark!</span><br />
<span></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0w-EcP2LvwEnR8wJwl8_TPcWGxJeiuynda5SbO36KxjHRuXjp-iuLrUC5SLU6Ii7gfemARFWKAz69SDCboenNltDgyeqfZHu1AXADrsGP0XtRELOW_Go99RrN3ghorLztTMfJ6teAsws/s1600/IMGP0689.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0w-EcP2LvwEnR8wJwl8_TPcWGxJeiuynda5SbO36KxjHRuXjp-iuLrUC5SLU6Ii7gfemARFWKAz69SDCboenNltDgyeqfZHu1AXADrsGP0XtRELOW_Go99RrN3ghorLztTMfJ6teAsws/s1600/IMGP0689.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Steve and Dom looking in to one of the many disused quarries</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH4lopv9IAI1dhB841R2tEyKLWhaLu5vbWzZj0AkpNddcR8oI2i_wpX8GaF8CtUnIRGadZwv2TKlUKAZu4rp0Oo6AwTC6NnCAUGeFqvJzsL4aPCdDqG-JhwqwRCla6UtgdFqSM-zBW7T4/s1600/IMGP0691.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH4lopv9IAI1dhB841R2tEyKLWhaLu5vbWzZj0AkpNddcR8oI2i_wpX8GaF8CtUnIRGadZwv2TKlUKAZu4rp0Oo6AwTC6NnCAUGeFqvJzsL4aPCdDqG-JhwqwRCla6UtgdFqSM-zBW7T4/s1600/IMGP0691.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">This was the view they had, at night!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0w-EcP2LvwEnR8wJwl8_TPcWGxJeiuynda5SbO36KxjHRuXjp-iuLrUC5SLU6Ii7gfemARFWKAz69SDCboenNltDgyeqfZHu1AXADrsGP0XtRELOW_Go99RrN3ghorLztTMfJ6teAsws/s1600/IMGP0689.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a> </span></div>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Not
to waste time, as I had been logging the route, I used my GPS to backtrack our
route and quickly found my camera.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">The
camera, a Pentax WG-3, a waterproof and shockproof camera, is normally kept on
a lanyard, because the pouch I keep it in isn’t very secure, even though it is
the perfect size.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">I
recall taking it off the lanyard to take a specific photo, but obviously never
reattached the lanyard. More care needed next time, or I may not be so lucky.</span><br />
<span></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju9Gi-nxnDHiiSGncd-tLGPqVgPo3nhIBHMLmsG-AJFoRtOAOYnIo9vbz4b1_-714rntw2lMgn8Gb8eSOTrl0LLuIIsOnNGYFeaOXBWxiN2rv3so_eUWyZt2oq5gIG84ItJsvRZC-PB6g/s1600/IMGP0698.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju9Gi-nxnDHiiSGncd-tLGPqVgPo3nhIBHMLmsG-AJFoRtOAOYnIo9vbz4b1_-714rntw2lMgn8Gb8eSOTrl0LLuIIsOnNGYFeaOXBWxiN2rv3so_eUWyZt2oq5gIG84ItJsvRZC-PB6g/s1600/IMGP0698.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Headtorches in the distance.....</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Once
on the main path, we turned right and headed for the Cork Stone, which isn’t
too far from our intended departure point from the moor and back to Birchover.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">However,
a brief stop there resulted in Steve having yet another climb, up the Cork
Stone!</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4b2HaAq-4sUowW8CB6vNQHMdIN6c06b8KiZ4qvSk7vepc48evP5lEVOPN8KbhQpCZpmjf_art0h7yCRX21iC8_NU0bX2CARhrip3WNAAGEZwzXF0K5k4ARQ73LBBYxmAtrjBBphkOsNE/s1600/IMGP0699.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4b2HaAq-4sUowW8CB6vNQHMdIN6c06b8KiZ4qvSk7vepc48evP5lEVOPN8KbhQpCZpmjf_art0h7yCRX21iC8_NU0bX2CARhrip3WNAAGEZwzXF0K5k4ARQ73LBBYxmAtrjBBphkOsNE/s1600/IMGP0699.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The Cork Stone</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmoobCXdhWSNLVqcT3REMOZoK0b-UA7ZGz53fQyPvlUu47i_HKsPI7kMmks-c1KvOatqPP2XEtwiyLs3PtXO_Teqxgn1epzfv5V6jNS45mfyVQ_50snY6EJ-zqZvWktHIXkZGtKPE8Vok/s1600/IMGP0702.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmoobCXdhWSNLVqcT3REMOZoK0b-UA7ZGz53fQyPvlUu47i_HKsPI7kMmks-c1KvOatqPP2XEtwiyLs3PtXO_Teqxgn1epzfv5V6jNS45mfyVQ_50snY6EJ-zqZvWktHIXkZGtKPE8Vok/s1600/IMGP0702.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Steve climbing the Cork Stone</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">After
a few minutes there, we headed back on to the moor and for the Trig Point,
which on a clear day gives some commanding views around the White Peak. Even in
the dark, we had some good views and also, started to see some fireworks,
nearby and also in the distance!</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Kerry, Dom and Steve at the Trig Point on Stanton Moor</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A cairn, close to the Trig Point</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span></span><br />
<span></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">After
some time chatting and taking in the views, it was time to move on. Back to the
main path, passing a cairn near to the Trig, turning left, heading for the Cork
Stone again and our exit from the moor.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">We
soon got on to Birchover Road, walked in an easterly direction towards Stanton
Park Quarry, where we picked up the public footpath through the carp park on
our right, opposite, the quarry.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Following
the footpath in to a wooded area, it was a nice steady descent down in to
Birchover, bringing us out across the road from the Druid Inn, our final stop
before home.</span><br />
<span></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEjYC-yQ4TRXjvz68z7AQFVR9rG5H-HwwIMjGZKEl5nK4IQaX9XD8A4uJc_gMAX3TfeZwpEI-0DjRrN6Dp4V0R5K3W2DUtRiKK72mLhyphenhyphen42FnYyazXhBAtpxvTtZxbYtHSFdztNrQ8oPAs/s1600/IMGP9999.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEjYC-yQ4TRXjvz68z7AQFVR9rG5H-HwwIMjGZKEl5nK4IQaX9XD8A4uJc_gMAX3TfeZwpEI-0DjRrN6Dp4V0R5K3W2DUtRiKK72mLhyphenhyphen42FnYyazXhBAtpxvTtZxbYtHSFdztNrQ8oPAs/s1600/IMGP9999.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Map showing the route taken</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">I
can thoroughly recommend a post walk drink in the Druid Inn, and we also
enjoyed a couple of bowls of chips, not on the menu, but the Landlord was more
than happy to oblige.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">After
a good post walk chat, drink and chips, it was time to head for home, after a
thoroughly enjoyable and satisfying walk.</span><br />
<span></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg04MimQgOEDRACxFSQNBR2IoL5m99TBO8xg9OLko8V3vbBfx_z70MzAoUAjWTY3Fv-zYqRixjVKwCQ21YoW7iDTY4rzkoHlLJagcVsVm-lJR2irp2kavjxwGFOaXPhIb6jr_4H8Abihr4/s1600/IMGP0712.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg04MimQgOEDRACxFSQNBR2IoL5m99TBO8xg9OLko8V3vbBfx_z70MzAoUAjWTY3Fv-zYqRixjVKwCQ21YoW7iDTY4rzkoHlLJagcVsVm-lJR2irp2kavjxwGFOaXPhIb6jr_4H8Abihr4/s1600/IMGP0712.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">A post walk drink, and chips, in the Druid Inn, Birchover</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span></span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Being
a first night hike for the Walkers Forum, we can honestly say, it was an
enjoyable success and a new experience for some, walking in the dark.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Thank
you to Kerry for organising the walk, and to Steve and Dom for joining in, and
not forgetting Flash, Steve’s very well behaved dog, who also seemed to enjoy
his night hike too.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Finally,
happy rambling and thank you for reading,<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Photo
Album<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77330842@N05/sets" target="_blank"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="color: blue;">Peak Rambler Flickr Photo Album</span></span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black;"> </span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black;"> <o:p></o:p></span><br /><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">Links
to some of the items I’ve mentioned and written about here:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/whats-in-my-pack.html"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="color: blue;">What's in my pack?</span></span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/froggatt-edge-big-moor-and-some-stone.html"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="color: blue;">Froggatt Edge, Big Moor and some Stone
Circles</span></span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/alport-to-stanton-moor-sunday-4th-march.html"><span style="color: blue;">Alport
to Stanton Moor; Sunday 4th March 2012</span></a><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/alport-to-stanton-moor-sunday-4th-march.html"><span style="color: blue;">Stanton
Moor on a snowy Sunday</span></a></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/bamford-hope-and-win-hill.html"><span style="color: blue;">Bamford, Hope and Win Hill</span></a></span></div></div></div>Peak Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07645316221553542322noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823921419241429099.post-21421790946417722732014-10-17T14:17:00.001-07:002024-02-28T06:08:25.579-08:00Alport Castles Alport Dale and River Alport<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">We’ve
all been there, that ever growing tick list, places to visit, things to do and
much more. Well, Alport Castles is one of many on my tick list and I’ve
finally, only just though, managed to make the visit.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Why
only just?</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">You’ll
have to read on, all will become apparent…..</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">After
a cancelled Peak District camping weekend due to commitments closer to home, I
was itching more and more to get out and have a wander. Sadly, locally there is
nothing but lowland farms and riding stables, not the sort of exciting
landscape that the Peaks, Snowdonia, Yorkshire, the Highlands and many more,
would offer me.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Talking
of Yorkshire, I’m been lucky to have family living in North Yorkshire and even
better, relatively close to both the North York Moors and Yorkshire Dales. Over
the past few years, we’ve been able to stay with them, on their farm during
late October.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">However,
sadly this year, it’s not going to happen, due to family commitments back here
at home. Frustratingly, I’ve a couple of walks planned around the North York
Moors, so they’ll have to wait until another time.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">But
plans are afoot for a visit, sometime next year.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Back
to Alport Castles, finally ticked off my list, but almost never happened.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpNqBPxaLwfjaoF5juMVkRXvZejC97vCsM_XBBHURmkPcLMsVeIXx98LXLLAcQW2o566AvxhJXzMQVFzXESfboqxzYt8ohOqGl3MgvTL8_Pr0j9VwZjSWvt8YcbMu_jiZmqn6XEf_6bQM/s1600/IMG_0856.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpNqBPxaLwfjaoF5juMVkRXvZejC97vCsM_XBBHURmkPcLMsVeIXx98LXLLAcQW2o566AvxhJXzMQVFzXESfboqxzYt8ohOqGl3MgvTL8_Pr0j9VwZjSWvt8YcbMu_jiZmqn6XEf_6bQM/s1600/IMG_0856.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">The ford across the River Bradbourne</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">a view in enjoy on my drive through the Peak District</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span id="goog_872414982"></span><span id="goog_872414983"></span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">The
night before, I was preparing my kit, checking everything, particularly my two
headtorches and the cycle rear light that attaches to my pack, especially with
sunset being 18:15 hrs (6:15pm). My hydration pack had gained two puncture
holes!</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">I
couldn’t find my spare, then I remembered that I had loaned it out, and put it
to one side. I checked the spare hydration pack was ok, and because it hadn’t
been used for a while, cleaned it out and everything was sorted, ready for
Alport Castles.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Next,
check the headtorches. One didn’t work!</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Simple
enough problem, one battery had just died. A battery suddenly dying like that, especially as the batteries had been changed, very recently as part of my winter preparation,
is not a common event, but it does very happen where a battery suddenly loses
its charge. The other two batteries were fully charged, only being replaced a
few weeks ago and part of my winter preparation.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">You
can read about much of the kit I carry in my pack, in </span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/whats-in-my-pack.html"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span style="color: blue;">What's in my pack?</span></span></a><u><span style="color: blue;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">,</span></span></u><br />
<u><span style="color: blue;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span></span></u><br />
<u><span style="color: blue;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span></span></u><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Even
if the headtorch had gone faulty, I’ve another two spare headtorches if needed.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">A
sunny Sunday morning, the car loaded up with the days kit, I started the drive
to the Peak District.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">After Lichfield, the
drive was a slow and fog laden one. What is
normally a two and a half hour drive turned out to be a three and a half hour
drive!</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">A
quick photo stop alongside Ladybower, engulfed in low cloud, allowed me to
assess the parking situation, which looked very full, even Heatherdene Pay and
Display Car Park was full!</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiViloZJ5KsJtQ2kUBxAnac7PjCVDGPehGgFSjCHVUTgvU1IebWJW3ZQHadzHqIXT0dom8g0wdmSC9PpZX8rDqdsVtwA3bURuxD5nxLCBOK29_Wr4cUNWN_2fAQOIPU9D-CLgqLoSYBbO0/s1600/IMG_0859.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiViloZJ5KsJtQ2kUBxAnac7PjCVDGPehGgFSjCHVUTgvU1IebWJW3ZQHadzHqIXT0dom8g0wdmSC9PpZX8rDqdsVtwA3bURuxD5nxLCBOK29_Wr4cUNWN_2fAQOIPU9D-CLgqLoSYBbO0/s1600/IMG_0859.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Ladybower Reservoir, looking over to Ashopton Viaduct</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">As
a result, my intended parking by Ladybower Reservoir was full. Those of you,
who know that area, will know how quickly the parking is snapped up. So I had
to find alternative parking, about three miles up the road.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">This
meant a change to my planned route, from Ladybower, via Crook Hill to Alport
Castles. To even attempt that, would waste too much time walking to the start
point and I didn’t really fancy an uphill walk late on such a warm day.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">I
had parked in a layby on the Snake Pass almost across the road from Wood
Cottage, near Blackden View Farm. The nearest suitable path was via Alport
Farm, at Alport Bridge.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Those
of you, who know the area, will also be aware that mobile phone signals are not
brilliant, to non-existent, so I couldn’t let my wife know of the route change
before setting off.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">With
any walk, you should always leave a route plan with someone responsible, along
with estimated return times, and so if anything should go wrong, that person
can inform the police of your late return and their concern for your safety.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">However,
I knew once I gain some height, then I should be able to send a text message
advising of the revised route.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">I
used text for two reasons;</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">It
facilitates a more detailed route description, giving the recipient details they
can store.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2 </span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Text
messages often win through when it’s difficult to establish a phone call</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">I
was also still debating certain parts of the route to try and make a fuller day
of the walk!</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">So,
booted and suited, I set off, on the revised route, which entailed a rather
precarious walk easterly along the busy A57, Snake Pass. To be honest, I was
pushing my luck, for those who know the road, it harbours some rather unsavoury
road users and that particular part, didn’t have much of a verge to safely walk
along.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9xvkPheNYtFnCu5oF1yL81KmElj2xgAlDYvtN2RYeXIgztC0W0s__WvXTOqrPsCQ31A4XNhYzs0VfCvoJljZ9Ff2Vv5mopHyk5srsLh0TkjfinrIbYlrb9y8VZSWg02L2N9Kq3psqrmU/s1600/IMG_0862.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9xvkPheNYtFnCu5oF1yL81KmElj2xgAlDYvtN2RYeXIgztC0W0s__WvXTOqrPsCQ31A4XNhYzs0VfCvoJljZ9Ff2Vv5mopHyk5srsLh0TkjfinrIbYlrb9y8VZSWg02L2N9Kq3psqrmU/s1600/IMG_0862.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">...."</span><span style="font-size: small;"><em>a rather precarious walk easterly along the busy A57, Snake Pass</em></span><span style="font-size: small;">"....</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Knowing
the sunset time was 18:15 hrs, I was not relishing the return walk along the
Snake Pass in the late afternoon light, let alone the dark!</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">It
wasn’t too long before I reached the footpath near Alport Bridge, nicely
nestled among the roadside foliage, where my walk was to start, properly.</span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVL9g3E6K5RttrF7THRzPl_GmEA-m3cCZBA-h-tkk5lCmORfTzFzilT7wLL_2NyvKFDD34kG5C4hqBgJnFj1TKg8HsNcATPyVFoca-dLfbDE3ekta3i8-m2HvNyrbdHb2AS5uYJgyxyq0/s1600/IMG_0866.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVL9g3E6K5RttrF7THRzPl_GmEA-m3cCZBA-h-tkk5lCmORfTzFzilT7wLL_2NyvKFDD34kG5C4hqBgJnFj1TKg8HsNcATPyVFoca-dLfbDE3ekta3i8-m2HvNyrbdHb2AS5uYJgyxyq0/s1600/IMG_0866.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The footpath by Alport Bridge</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><br /></span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">The
path is well defined and soon reaches open space. Here you see signposts
showing the various routes, one of which was the hardened track that had come
through Hayridge Farm, leading to Alport Farm.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Here
I had eyed up the possibility of using the track through Hayridge Farm on my
return to the car, to reduce the distance I would need to walk along the Snake
Pass back to the car.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Walking
along the track, there was a narrow track going uphill to the left, taking my
up to Hey Ridge. Time for a quick route assessment, do I walk up Hey Ridge, or
follow the track through Alport Farm for Alport Castles?</span><br />
<span></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVGgU_UeT5TwHYFQn_WjJaXxG-Kag1lb5Cs_vtX2ejkQmdk2AP9tvmL6JrX12qlybYBcf_kclVLMaAxoImdAs1Wyy3HjbrTYnKmEDWRb7JgAywtUOWPF6FJNdzDAGF3qE8RRAtva9eoRQ/s1600/IMG_0868.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVGgU_UeT5TwHYFQn_WjJaXxG-Kag1lb5Cs_vtX2ejkQmdk2AP9tvmL6JrX12qlybYBcf_kclVLMaAxoImdAs1Wyy3HjbrTYnKmEDWRb7JgAywtUOWPF6FJNdzDAGF3qE8RRAtva9eoRQ/s1600/IMG_0868.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The path from the road</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNq8QIzTS8lHrGM3alb9q1hDKWA6V_OUHeJMwmIs9Gt6fApaov4luNdJdOmR30vGKjgG0ZiCZkdEjAR-bzYw8AsGfHNEXIM7AKRLlYWmwWS7PmgNti1ImivV8OnQ-HDOZ7nPvCxw87QPc/s1600/IMG_0870.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNq8QIzTS8lHrGM3alb9q1hDKWA6V_OUHeJMwmIs9Gt6fApaov4luNdJdOmR30vGKjgG0ZiCZkdEjAR-bzYw8AsGfHNEXIM7AKRLlYWmwWS7PmgNti1ImivV8OnQ-HDOZ7nPvCxw87QPc/s1600/IMG_0870.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Soon the path clears the wooded area</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2-ceE64SZHEZR84wlzjlAsNFJ7__KIQ9bF35T8b6stAhQD2sdBMzN3ZB7a6-XmcD3_HH9rzBT0JmT5w1ObkHeY6CbYBsCcSwiGhBWR20z4GjIFX0Ys0kKKGlnkAZaTB_3RfrO4vRCY_I/s1600/IMG_0873.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2-ceE64SZHEZR84wlzjlAsNFJ7__KIQ9bF35T8b6stAhQD2sdBMzN3ZB7a6-XmcD3_HH9rzBT0JmT5w1ObkHeY6CbYBsCcSwiGhBWR20z4GjIFX0Ys0kKKGlnkAZaTB_3RfrO4vRCY_I/s1600/IMG_0873.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The hardened track to Alport Farm</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ITwApg0zPZE28fcpMg2YW9S7ufyDb3TSOp8E2EZn4e0VY-4gqxAFl0emNd70X7zrEYiD8KhL3xYiYvcNhC8Azj-qvhaUyWbYGgfbsOh3UFOHuI9Igc_0nrxzsonoeO6qyYh5C_JO-ls/s1600/IMG_0875.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ITwApg0zPZE28fcpMg2YW9S7ufyDb3TSOp8E2EZn4e0VY-4gqxAFl0emNd70X7zrEYiD8KhL3xYiYvcNhC8Azj-qvhaUyWbYGgfbsOh3UFOHuI9Igc_0nrxzsonoeO6qyYh5C_JO-ls/s1600/IMG_0875.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The path to Hey Ridge</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">The
sky was blue, the sun shining, Ladybower was still engulfed in low cloud,
Kinder and Bleaklow should be in clear view, so my decision was made, ascend via
Hey Ridge and return via Alport Castles.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">I
fancied that route, as I gained height Kinder was looking superb and inversion
over Ladybower was looking very photogenic.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">The
ascent up Hey Ridge was nice and steady, with the views becoming ever more
impressive as I gained height. I had also managed to gain sufficient height to
send a text message advising my wife of the route change and revised return
time.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">It
also enabled me to tweet some photos I’d taken of the inversion over Ladybower,
Kinder and Bleaklow.</span><br />
<span></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe7R33xNfm6apMpnlOyV-HaFxTc0W3IHUqEoDd_Wa1HySyMTqniBmPXBD1fznPxBEWW8_-ZqlLdHFxeAJ2ubZVpIw1QWXQRAEnCu8lDuq626XkBaaZ2l_EKeoWKAuDFcE-5YjjF02pxhU/s1600/IMG_0879.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe7R33xNfm6apMpnlOyV-HaFxTc0W3IHUqEoDd_Wa1HySyMTqniBmPXBD1fznPxBEWW8_-ZqlLdHFxeAJ2ubZVpIw1QWXQRAEnCu8lDuq626XkBaaZ2l_EKeoWKAuDFcE-5YjjF02pxhU/s1600/IMG_0879.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Looking up Hey Ridge</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_t2LwXXg3pJkNKKcyEOwe_Bf9bH-yZDtQO82t5QBeosR0xvupq5ikhQeqqAzr8Xyt1jjY4oZG1u7T1njAl7CBpZLqmG0csYFahyJRnOpMSgf_gA6Vyy8qQ0MO3gKp5F1PesQkCTxSteg/s1600/IMG_0889.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_t2LwXXg3pJkNKKcyEOwe_Bf9bH-yZDtQO82t5QBeosR0xvupq5ikhQeqqAzr8Xyt1jjY4oZG1u7T1njAl7CBpZLqmG0csYFahyJRnOpMSgf_gA6Vyy8qQ0MO3gKp5F1PesQkCTxSteg/s1600/IMG_0889.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Inversion over Ladybower Reservoir</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Walking
along this stretch of Hey Ridge, reminded me a lot of walking across Howl Moor,
in the North York Moors. The plantation I used for handrail purposes was almost
akin to the plantation on Howl Moor, used for the very same reason, along with
the terrain and vegetation!</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">You
can read about that walk in </span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/a-heartbeat-walk-from-aidensfield-on-to.html"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span style="color: blue;">A Heartbeat Walk from Aidensfield on
to Howl Moor</span></span></a><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
</span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWyUrm3bNtkCYFzmVeB7rb6BgPHUgG4APzOPoc4akSneHyCwtFo8vb2rQSWzrZlY1PMXAuwJzMcw7-JH8nsEM7rvX7iM55XM4InH_qqhHxdUbmhCQuM1oQZQGHPv-lPubnwtcasZWBr10/s1600/IMG_0926.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWyUrm3bNtkCYFzmVeB7rb6BgPHUgG4APzOPoc4akSneHyCwtFo8vb2rQSWzrZlY1PMXAuwJzMcw7-JH8nsEM7rvX7iM55XM4InH_qqhHxdUbmhCQuM1oQZQGHPv-lPubnwtcasZWBr10/s1600/IMG_0926.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="font-size: small;">...."</span><span style="font-size: small;"><i>reminded me a lot of walking across Howl Moor, in the North York Moors.<br />The plantation I used for handrail purposes was almost akin to the plantation on Howl Moor</i></span></span><span style="font-size: small;">"....</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Time
as pressing on, I’d already lost an hour and a half daylight walking time, so I
had to move on. I’d clocked the large number of close contours of Alport Dale,
where the River Alport flows through, but I’d hoped that I could make a
relatively easy crossing of the Dale quite a distance along.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Coming
to the end of Alport Plantation, Alport Dale was in full view, along with its
long steep sides leading down to the River Alport!</span><br /><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_kUrKK60YBQSkAzoI47lqXOvG3klC9G2MsGTwm3i97H9ZMISx0h9gmiqsUcGGFQR-AcC02NGhCPFGBp50tCu04Hk9UQLuySfvWn29fFNVJ1tWFxm5DbSHSDKt12KzSWKP0PznpF3YPSk/s1600/IMG_0927.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_kUrKK60YBQSkAzoI47lqXOvG3klC9G2MsGTwm3i97H9ZMISx0h9gmiqsUcGGFQR-AcC02NGhCPFGBp50tCu04Hk9UQLuySfvWn29fFNVJ1tWFxm5DbSHSDKt12KzSWKP0PznpF3YPSk/s1600/IMG_0927.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">...."</span><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Alport Dale was in full view,<br />along with its long steep sides leading down to the River Alport</i></span><span style="font-size: small;">"....</span></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">It’s
easy sometimes to underestimate what contours tell you about the steepness of a
slope, but this was no surprise. It was just as I’d feared, a long deep dale
with steep slopes both sides. However, the further west I walk, the drop to the
River Alport would get gradually less.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Lunchtime
was looming fast, so I stopped for a lunch break, which also served as an ideal
time to reassess my route.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">I
was having doubts about getting back to the car before sunset. While that in
itself wasn’t an issue, what was the issue, was the lack of mobile signal and
my wife panicking if I hadn’t made some contact to let her know I was going to
be later than the revised time was a problem.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">So
everything packed away, I put my pack back on my back and started to undertake
a full reccie of the area and assess possible route alternatives to return back
to the car within reasonable time.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">After
all, Alport Castles had been where they are for a long time and will still be
there for a lot longer.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">So
I was looking at the map and the lay of the land, standing what I would have
considered a reasonable distance from the edge, I was even considering back
tracking the route I’d just covered. After all, the terrain was generally good,
even though there were some rather wet and boggy areas, it would get me back
within the allotted time.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Then!</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Woosh!</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">The
ground from under my feet gave way, taking me down in to Alport Dale!</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Now
my recollection is very sketchy what happened here.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><br /></span>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Looking down Alport Dale after the fall!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">I
just recall the ground giving way and a glimpse or two of what seems like fast
moving ground. Yes, I was falling, fast!</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">I’m
unclear how far I had fallen, for I hadn’t actually started to locate on the
map where I actually was. I know I wasn’t at the top; I had moved down a short
distance to allow me to get a clearer view of the dale, so it is really very
difficult to assess the height of the fall!</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">The
next thing I vaguely recall, I was feeling cold and shaking. All I could think
about was getting warm, so I somehow managed to get my fleece from my pack.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Things
are still extremely vague, I really don’t remember opening my pack, but I must
have, for not only had I put my fleece on, I’d pulled out the stuff sack with
my storm shelter in.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Still
shaking, but not feeling quite so cold, in fact I felt quite warm, I started to
collect myself together and began to realise what had happened!</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">I
was almost at the bottom of Alport Dale!</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Time
scales are very vague here, I’m not even going to try and guess.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">The
reality was, I had a steep climb out, and no matter which way I went. I had no
mobile signal. I was in considerable discomfort, but no obvious cuts, bruises
or damage.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">I
could put some weight on my legs, though still very shaky.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Still
collecting myself together, I started to reassess the whole situation, I needed
to climb out and get back to the car, as soon as possible.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">I
don’t think at this point, it had crossed my mind how serious the situation
was, or even worse, could have been; but my goal was to get going as soon as I
could.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Though
I was able to stand up, I was still shaky, so I grabbed my trekking poles, set
them to the desired length, put my pack back on my back, and then decide what would
be the best way out of Alport Dale.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Looking
at the contours on the map and both sides of Alport Dale, I decided that the
best option was to cross the River Alport, which had a few options where the
stones would provide some sort of crossing, then make a steady ascent where the
contours would become greater in distance apart then on the other side, and
head in a south easterly direction heading for Birchin Hat and Alport Castles.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">The
plan was in place, the only thing was, would I be able to make the trek?</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">There
was only one way to find out, that was to do it.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">It
was uncomfortable to start with, my legs seemed very unsteady, and also my arms
struggled to support me on my trekking poles, but I wasn’t going to give up.
Heading down hill was not the easiest of descents, almost losing my footing a
few times on the steep slope down; I eventually reached the River Alport.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Looking
upstream and downstream, for the best place to cross, I spotted what seemed the
ideal place, a good stretch of stones across the water.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><br /></span>
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif">With
the aid of my trekking poles, I crossed the river safely and without incident,
but now there was a steep climb away from the river in front of me!</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">My
legs and arms still a little shaky, I was beginning to wonder if I’d made the
right decision. I had no option, I was now committed to this route.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">So,
a quick breather, a couple of deep breaths and start the ascent up the steep
grassy slope.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">I
had about a steep 30 metre ascent before the ground would even out, or even I
could consider stopping for a breather. It was a challenging climb, but I
eventually made it. Where I was able to take a much needed breather and allow
myself some recuperation before the next stage.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">After
a few minutes, I decided it was time to move on, I still had a long way to walk
and a lot of height to gain.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">I
did wonder about the possibility of walking along the River Alport to avoid
unnecessary height gain, but the map unsurprisingly shown marshy ground, which
could have been more intrepid!</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Onward
and upward, the planned gradual ascent had started. But, I needed to adjust my
trekking poles. The right one needed to be longer, to compensate for the
downward slope to my right while the left needed to be shorter.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">I
was amazed how much more steady I felt once the poles lengths were set.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">By
now I had almost forgotten how I felt and started to feel more positive and I
was actually looking forward to going via Alport Castles.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Onward and upward, the steady ascent and distance gained started to make the walk a
pleasure again. I could see the River Alport below, becoming more distant, the
crossing point was becoming more indistinct and what looked like Birchin Hat,
getting nearer.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid9Z_xq4kv78W6mnRFP5X7ZMMjqqA9FjpXhd12J92XFWc6aYVh_TCHymEFXGFiyIIPCiVK707QzAyEsunRU4kKyXgPbsmNHbgem8P4tkRNuibU6mSbcsDHPe35f6rieH_RRwyxuHwUW8k/s1600/IMG_0932.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid9Z_xq4kv78W6mnRFP5X7ZMMjqqA9FjpXhd12J92XFWc6aYVh_TCHymEFXGFiyIIPCiVK707QzAyEsunRU4kKyXgPbsmNHbgem8P4tkRNuibU6mSbcsDHPe35f6rieH_RRwyxuHwUW8k/s1600/IMG_0932.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Looking across Alport Dale to Hey Ridge, after the climb up from the River Alport</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Time
for another breather and also to reassess the route, check timings and work out
roughly what point I would be using my headtorch.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">I
found a nice sized boulder to sit on and I could start to assess and plan the
next and final stages of my route.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Yes,
quick calculations earlier suggested I was going to return to the car in the
dark.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">At
my current pace, I was going to see Alport Castles in decent daylight, make a
comfortable descent, in daylight, but around Alport Farm, I would most likely
need my headtorch on.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Suitably
rested, I decided now was probably the best time to get my headtorch handy.
Have you ever tried searching for something in the pitch black?</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">So
my headtorch was put in to a pocket for quick and easy access and my backup
headtorch was placed at the top of my pack, so if I needed it, that to would be
easy to put hands on it in the dark</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">So
continuing to head for Birchin Hat, I could make out what looks like aright
angled dry stone wall in the distance. Now I knew Alport Castles wasn't too far
away.</span><br /><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHFx1u33K_BkmAUwR1CLRBGZu63zuPzELocPxWDrwjzMzsOQni5Mn6ohe7ZE30j7rwU9ha2c9xZOXntfK-DB2ST9QG9HCcRK4txZHkFgXU1eRvqklBBfp1oSZwcl9fVjjF3BCwbNYUarY/s1600/IMG_0944.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHFx1u33K_BkmAUwR1CLRBGZu63zuPzELocPxWDrwjzMzsOQni5Mn6ohe7ZE30j7rwU9ha2c9xZOXntfK-DB2ST9QG9HCcRK4txZHkFgXU1eRvqklBBfp1oSZwcl9fVjjF3BCwbNYUarY/s1600/IMG_0944.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Birchin Hat, identifiable by the dry stone wall at the top </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">I
could also see what looked very much like a deep cutting in to the plateau I
was aiming for. This would mean either an awkward route around, what would
probably have very narrow footings and steep enough slopes, or I had to make a
straight steep ascent upwards.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">I
opted for the steep ascent upwards, which I had a clear view of the route
ahead, which looked steep, but safe to negotiate. I didn’t relish the idea of
maintaining a steady ascent, only to find I had narrow footings with a high
risk of slipping and also the risk of having to backtrack and try an
alternative route.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">It
wasn’t too long before I reached Birchin Hat, distinguishable by its right
angled dry stone wall, shown as a right angled boundary feature on the map. I
could also see Alport Castles!</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">At
this point, I hadn’t read up on exactly what Alport Castles was. What in the
distance almost resembled a Motte and Bailey now looked very much like an old
disused quarry. Subsequent reading told me how wrong I was. Alport Castles is
one of the biggest land slips in the Peak District, continuing for almost a
mile in length, not just the two features known as The Tower and Little Moor!</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><br /></span>
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Just digressing slightly, another land slip in the Peak District, is a popular area and hill, Mam Tor, one side, the Castleton side, has slipped, rendering the once main road from Castleton to Buxton unusable and was closed back in 1979.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Mam Tor showing the area of the landslide</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The old Castleton - Buxton Road, devoured by the ongoing landslips of Mam Tor,<br />forcing the road to be closed permanently back in 1979</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">The
largest section of Alport Castles, called The Tower, almost resembles a Motte
and Bailey, which was my first thoughts of the feature, viewed from a distance.</span><br /><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The first view I had of Alport Castles</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Alport Castles, The Tower</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5igfLj8kwdXe-nELhqkvE413Hp5mPx0ftEbuDTHeO8l_uYwlFZAeWxBaH_GZvYD8-sZlcTrIxTFDaEh02Xk5IncG2gF0f9vZaY4nyemZmKB1eXHsnpIYCX_UbUlljXgKnHEN2fgYO008/s1600/IMG_0955.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5igfLj8kwdXe-nELhqkvE413Hp5mPx0ftEbuDTHeO8l_uYwlFZAeWxBaH_GZvYD8-sZlcTrIxTFDaEh02Xk5IncG2gF0f9vZaY4nyemZmKB1eXHsnpIYCX_UbUlljXgKnHEN2fgYO008/s1600/IMG_0955.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Alport Castles, Little Moor</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><br /></span>
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">I
also had some very commanding views over to the Great Ridge, Derwent Edge and
also Stanage Edge in the distance. All of those I have walked on many occasions
and if you look at the titles at the end of this blog, you can read those walks
too.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">All
of a sudden, my mobile had burst in to life, the message tone was pinging away,
as Twitter was updating with all the responses to my earlier tweeted photos, so
that told me, I had a signal.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Time
to let my wife know that I was going to be later than the revised time sent
earlier that morning.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">It
wasn’t too long before I had a reply acknowledging my text.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">With
that done, it was time to enjoy the views take and tweet some more photos, and
observe a superb sunset over Kinder.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Things
seemed to be going nicely to plan; I had reached Alport Castles close to the
start of my descent route, just after Little Moor, leading down to Alport Farm.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Here
I was to lose any mobile signal and I had estimated that towards the end of my
descent, any available light would soon disappear.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><br /></span>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The path down alongside Little Moor</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx_JPINwjx4oGfi6qT0cSs8ZaMf1G9ZANLtOu5DpeFuZM_OeEAPPxPOVOUNChPjYpq8RIjPR_RBQcVNE70fcJNP-Wqcyl3HmwXYl060bwEo_bngAUebRKuhEfgGw-KgrdiIYIsiNzHkoo/s1600/IMG_0971.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx_JPINwjx4oGfi6qT0cSs8ZaMf1G9ZANLtOu5DpeFuZM_OeEAPPxPOVOUNChPjYpq8RIjPR_RBQcVNE70fcJNP-Wqcyl3HmwXYl060bwEo_bngAUebRKuhEfgGw-KgrdiIYIsiNzHkoo/s1600/IMG_0971.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The path to Alport Farm runs alongside the dry stone wall</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><br /></span>
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">After
an initial steep descent alongside Little Moor, the path steadied out,
maintaining a steady descent down to Alport Farm and also giving me some good
views of Alport Castles The Tower and Little Moor.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Now
for some strange reason, a cairn had been established on a reasonably clearly
defined path. Hey ho, nothing to worry about, but I had to grab a photo.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><br /></span>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The cairn</span></td></tr>
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">It
was also an ideal time to get my headtorch out of my pocket and put it in to
position, ready for what I expect to be a rapid fading of light. A quick check
that it still works, then on my head it went.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Also,
I have a cycle rear light, which attaches nicely to the back of my pack. That
can either be a flashing or constantly on set of three red LED’s.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Continuing
down, it wasn’t long before I reached the River Alport, by Alport Farm, which I
would need to cross again.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">In
the rapidly fading light, I spotted what looked like a suitable crossing point.
But, the map told me the actual crossing point was some fifty metres further
downstream.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Trusting
my map, I opted for the maps crossing point, which turned out to be a nice
substantial bridge.</span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The deceptive crossing point</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The proper crossing point, a substantial bridge across the River Alport</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><br /></span>
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Crossing
the river, I walked back towards what initially looked like a crossing point,
but on the other side of the river, which required some inspection. This revealed
it would be a little too deep to cross without getting a couple of boot fulls
of water.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Looking
at the tracks leading to the water’s edge, suggest its used by vehicles, like
quad bikes and tractors, so my advice, don’t consider crossing here with the
bridge being so near.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Following
the track round, the light had as good as faded by now, so photos are not an
option, because the flash isn’t powerful enough to capture the scene clearly
enough.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">According
to the map, it should be a steady hard core track, used by motor vehicles,
however, the reality was, it was still grass. Approaching Alport Farm, I was
given the choice of a path off to my right, or what didn’t appear to be a
clearly marked path through a farm gate in front of me.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">This
is where taking bearings came in to their own. The gated grassed track didn’t
look like a footpath, while the path to the right would take me the wrong way,
in a northerly direction alongside the River Alport!</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Added
to that, in the now very indistinct light, the grassed track seemed to swerve
to the left, just as the map suggested, so I took the chance and followed that.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Just
as the map suggested, I was walking through Alport Farmyard. Though any signage
was not very evident using the clear bright light from my headtorch, but the
way it meandered matched the plan on the map.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">I
soon reached the end of the farmyard and the other side of the gate, was that
hardened track I was looking for.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Here
on, the route was straightforward, the track would take me straight to the A57 Snake
Pass and through Hayridge Farm.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">I’ve
spent many hours night walking and have completed navigation training, in the
dark, so I was quite comfortable to continue, the arduously long walk along the
track and also, to conserve battery power, I switched the headtorch off!</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><br /></span>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The view back at the car.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><br /></span>
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Now
that might seem reckless, considering the earlier incident, but I was
comfortable with what I could see in the dark.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">The
fact is, you would be amazed what you can see once your eyes have become
accustomed to no artificial light.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">It
can take between twenty to thirty minutes for eyes to become accustomed to the
dark from bright light. However, after using a headtorch, within a minute or
two, my eyes can become comfortably accustomed to darkness and I can see
sufficiently to make a safe passage.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">BUT!
I cannot read a map, or compass, without artificial light.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">I
eventually reached Hayridge Farm and I could hear the traffic passing along the
A57 Snake Pass.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Now
the bit I wasn’t relishing, walking the busy road, in the dark!</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">I
soon reached the layby where I had started, and was reacquainted with my car,
journeys end of an eventful day.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Post
walk assessment, which I did once I’d got home and relaxed in a hot bath, the
day really didn’t go to plan, I’m far from superstitious, but I wonder if the
things that seemed to be road blocks to the walk, were a warning?</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">A
quick recap, the pre-walk checks; the punctured hydration pack, the headtorch battery, the slow
drive up and no planned parking available!</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Sometimes
these things make you wonder, but what it did do, was awaken me to the reality
of what could have been!</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Yes,
a nasty statistic!</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">In
hindsight, what did surprise me, was how I managed to work around the
situation, and also reassure me that the extra kit I carry for emergency
events, as often advised, is a good idea, along with the way I organise my
pack, using different coloured dry sacks to store various items in, probably
also helped.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
</span><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">My
trekking poles, something I’m guilty of not using often enough, once again,
have more than proved their worth as part of my first aid kit.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">I’ll
tell you now, there would be NO WAY I would have managed any ascent without
those trekking poles after the incident.</span></span></div>
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</div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><br /></span>
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">I
have written a blog about trekking poles, <a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/trekking-poles-love-em-or-hate-em.html"><span style="color: blue;">Trekking
Poles, love ‘em or hate ‘em?</span></a> <span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Which
was inspired by a previous walk where I had to use the very same poles as part
of my first aid kit while descending Moel Siabod along conversations with
fellow walkers who are either for or against the,. You can read about that walk
in </span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/moel-siabod-and-my-old-navigation.html"><span style="color: blue;">Moel
Siabod and my old Navigation Training Ground</span></a>.</span></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><br /></span>
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Sadly,
one of the poles has a bent bottom section. I will try to repair the section,
hoping that the repair will not weaken the trekking pole. If not or I’ve any
doubt, I will be replacing them before the next walk.</span></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><br /></span>
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">The
following day, the Monday, I ached considerably, particularly down my left
side, walking was painful, particularly stairs and it wasn’t until almost the
next weekend when I started to feel less pain.</span></span></div>
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</div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><br /></span>
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">I’m
probably raving bonkers, for I would quite happily do the same rout again. But,
I would keep a greater distance from the edges, which I would do with cornices
when winter walking or other obviously dodgy edges.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><br /></span>
<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">A post walk update, the damaged trekking pole was beyond sensible repair. Any attempt would have resulted in considerably weakening the pole therefore putting in doubt the strength of the pole should I need it in a similar, or worse, situation later on. So they were replaced, as a pair.</span></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Finally,
happy rambling and thank you for reading,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/trekking-poles-love-em-or-hate-em.html"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Trekking Poles, love ‘em or hate ‘em?</span></span></a><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/a-heartbeat-walk-from-aidensfield-on-to.html"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">A Heartbeat Walk from
Aidensfield on to Howl Moor</span></span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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old Navigation Training Ground</span></span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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</span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/castletons-north-ridges.html"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Castleton’s North Ridges Sunday 19th February 2012</span></span></a><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/stanage-edge-on-sunny-bank-holiday.html"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Stanage Edge on a sunny Bank Holiday Sunday</span></span></a><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/a-windy-wander-on-mam-tor-and-along.html"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">A windy wander on Mam Tor and along Castleton’s Great Ridge</span></span></a><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/an-autumn-walk-on-bamford-moor-and.html"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">An Autumn Walk on Bamford Moor and Stanage Edge</span></span></a><o:p></o:p><br />
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</span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/derwent-edge-and-ladybower-with-friends_8094.html"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Derwent Edge and Ladybower with
friends</span></span></a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>Peak Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07645316221553542322noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823921419241429099.post-15413467837427407422014-09-17T14:34:00.001-07:002024-02-28T06:04:40.490-08:00Classic Kinder walk, and some Gritstone formations<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial;">I've been pondering a return to this side of Kinder for a while, and after a chat with a work colleague, decided this was going to be my walk. But, it was in competition with another route I'd been looking at, which is still on my ever increasing tick list!</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></span></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The
route I took, not for the first time either, is probably the classic route that
most people take when walking up on to Kinder. Most people start from Edale and
ascend via one of the many paths from there on to the Kinder Plateau.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The
route I took this time was from Edale, ascending Kinder following Grinds Brook
up to Grindsbrook Clough, then a scramble up to the plateau at the top of
Grindsbrook Clough. From there, Crowden Tower, Woolpacks, Swines Back and
descending via Jacobs Ladder to pick up the Pennine Way at Upper Booth back to
Edale.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I
arrived at the car park in Edale, just across the road from Edale Station, paid
my car parking dues at the pay and display machine near the toilets, got suited
and booted, then headed off in to Edale to start my route proper.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The
last time I walked this route, well, apart from the last bit after Upper Booth,
was back in February 2013 when a few of us met up at a bunkhouse just outside
Hope and enjoyed a winter wander along the snow covered route.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">You
can read about that walk and the weekend in </span></span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/a-peak-winter-meet-bunkhouse-and-kinder.html"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">A Peak Winter Meet, a Bunkhouse and
Kinder</span></span></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1BMqEC_iT51v9G_2CGq_1AKosEmFKKuujIjy3-bxk1_Gl60kNlSXFyYs85Kj9qsnXYXNGRJTAun2xv-MhHtZ4QUdeu-iIla_GpzWQGc-G8Kr5dqI8b4hZOXvxt-KCm8IeJJTEWEQNbVA/s1600/2010-09-05-0026.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1BMqEC_iT51v9G_2CGq_1AKosEmFKKuujIjy3-bxk1_Gl60kNlSXFyYs85Kj9qsnXYXNGRJTAun2xv-MhHtZ4QUdeu-iIla_GpzWQGc-G8Kr5dqI8b4hZOXvxt-KCm8IeJJTEWEQNbVA/s1600/2010-09-05-0026.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The wild Kinder Plateau and one of the many groughs</span></td></tr>
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<br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">T</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">he
very first time I ever walked on Kinder, I was about eleven or twelve at the
time, and walked up on to Ringing Roger, and I would guess following the edge
around to the top of Grindsbrook Clough to join the route I followed this time
around.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Unfortunately,
my memories are very vague from that day, but I do remember looking across the
barren plateau and thinking “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Wow, how
wild and wonderful. One day, I’ll walk across that….</i>”. Never did I realise
that I would follow those thoughts and aspirations through.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I
think the next time, I was about eighteen, and did my first wild camp, using
what was high tech then, well, budget more than high tech, an old ex-army canvass ridge tent with a couple of
friends.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I
don’t think for one moment we ventured far, for the kit was heavy, we were not
as comfortably equipped as we are today. As much as we were convinced at the
time we had conquered Kinder Scout, I can assure you we were light years away,
never venturing far from the edge of the plateau, it didn’t take long before we
started our descent, back down Ringing Roger!</span></span><br /><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl4bXWJa7VsWdA_xQqaE2xNatxGpzMTLGUAyz26jBL5uMiI5lY353Vpeo6R7XL6nyIvwE1rpwxekZ15dFcboomeKx-ziYHAei0Cmlfd3ZCP_1r9efLa-P34j0kIkJmZGTNLeWnTEZmvWo/s1600/IMG_2160.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl4bXWJa7VsWdA_xQqaE2xNatxGpzMTLGUAyz26jBL5uMiI5lY353Vpeo6R7XL6nyIvwE1rpwxekZ15dFcboomeKx-ziYHAei0Cmlfd3ZCP_1r9efLa-P34j0kIkJmZGTNLeWnTEZmvWo/s1600/IMG_2160.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The top of Grindsbrook Clough, in the snow, February 2013</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Anyway,
I’ve digressed with a little personal history, but as lot of water has gone
under the bridge since those wild care free days, my skills and knowledge have
progressed greatly and I still enjoy these areas, just as much, if not more so
with the experience gained.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">So,
I leave the car park, walk past the station in a northerly direction, heading
in to Edale properly, aiming for The Old Nags Head, probably one of the most
well-known pubs in the County, particularly for those starting out on the
Pennine Way.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Edale Station Car Park</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The road past Edale Station and under the railway to Edale</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgexGwpmiH9yYbFjRn98-VAt8IQFtFtxvSS58DxxI122SqbszGAyZEGvnQ8QkMCrc4BagEcPQw_1BC3KfMFJrry8Dn1Fy_Qx9LWfVUzITOj-EoR74jSsAysKWA7tkrHql1lkWrS-QLfRsk/s1600/IMG_0452.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgexGwpmiH9yYbFjRn98-VAt8IQFtFtxvSS58DxxI122SqbszGAyZEGvnQ8QkMCrc4BagEcPQw_1BC3KfMFJrry8Dn1Fy_Qx9LWfVUzITOj-EoR74jSsAysKWA7tkrHql1lkWrS-QLfRsk/s1600/IMG_0452.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The Old Nags Head pub, Edale</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Just
a quick piece of advice, the route I’ve chosen can be completed in reverse.
But!</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yes,
a BIG BUT, Jacobs Ladder, part of the Pennine Way, which I chose as my descent
route, is quite an uphill slog!</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">So
if you decide to do the route in reverse, just be aware that it is a long steep
path!</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">It
was bad enough descending, as you will find out later, so check out the
contours on your map before you make any plans….</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The
Pennine Way is the path off to the left, level with The Old Nags Head, but my route
was straight on, through the village to take up a public footpath to my right
towards the end of the houses, going down through a short wooed area, where I
take the wooden bridge across Grinds Brook, up some steps and out on to fields
following the hardened slabbed path alongside Grinds Brook.</span></span><br /><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">...."</span><span style="font-size: small;"><i>through the village to take up a public footpath to my right</i></span><span style="font-size: small;">"....</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">...."</span><span style="font-size: small;"><i>take the wooden bridge across Grinds Brook, up some step</i></span><span style="font-size: small;">"....</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Here
it is relatively easy navigation all the way up to the start of Kinder, up to <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>where Golden Clough joins Grindsbrook Clough.
Here, it starts to get exciting where the route starts to get gradually more
challenging and at times, the path at one point close to an adults foot in
width with a chance of slipping in to the water of Grinds Brook if you miss
your footing!</span></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></span>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">...."<i> out on to fields following the hardened slabbed path<br />alongside Grinds Brook</i>"....</span></td></tr>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">From
here, you are walking up Grindsbrook Clough, over a boulder strewn path,
crossing Grinds Brook a few times trying to find a comfortable route up.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">It
isn’t long before you start to scramble properly, with a mixture of large,
medium and small sized boulders to negotiate and a proper steeper ascent all
the way up to the plateau!</span></span><br />
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">While
I was walking up Grindsbrook Clough, I had the pleasure of chatting to quite a
few folk, many while struggling, doing their best to negotiate the route up,
through a lack of fitness, skills and poor footwear. It is important that
suitable footwear is worn when attempting a walk like this, not just for
scrambling, but also for walking along the plateau path, in all weathers, for
the weather could, and does change, very quickly. Not just on kinder, but any
open route!</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Grindsbrook Clough</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The scramble up Grindsbrook Clough</span></td></tr>
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I was at the top of Grindsbrook Clough, without wishing to appear rude, I let
the crowds disappear, so I could enjoy the views peacefully, and then I needed
to find a suitable sheltered spot for lunch.</span></span><br /><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The peaks of Win Hill (L) and Lose Hill (R) in the distance</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The top of Grindsbrook Clough</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">It
was also an opportunity to put an extra layer on, for the wind had picked up,
though not too cold, but it was enough to get a chill while standing around.</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">There
was a group of two couples; reasonably well kitted out, stopped for a breather
and commented how cold they felt. I advised they put on an extra layer while
they had stopped and without hesitation, the agreed, got out that extra layer
from their packs.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">At
this point, a few folk seemed to be a little confused which path to take. The
compass, in conjunction with the map, was telling them the right way, while
their observations seemed to contradict that. They had built up an impression
of circumnavigating the plateau edge, which is right to a point. But, if they
took the path they thought they should be on, they would end up walking to
Grindsbrook Knoll!</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The gritstone formation that seemed to get mistaken for Pym Chair</span></td></tr>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">So,
everyone finally moved on, I enjoyed the view, looking over to both Win and
Lose Hills, and Kinder all around, it was beautiful.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I
then continued on my way, walking past what looks like a giant gritstone chair,
and met a couple who thought it was Pym Chair.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Pym
Chair is some considerable distance further on near to the Woolpacks, not
Grindsbrook Clough!</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">They
were intent on walking to Kinder Scout, following a clearly defined path on
the map, asking for advice. I advised them that the route to Kinder Scout is
not a clearly defined path and that they would have to walk carefully in a set
bearing, taking care not to veer off!</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Whether
they did or not, I don’t know, but I wasn’t convinced their navigational
knowledge or skills were good enough…..</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I
left them to it, continued on my way, searching for a nice sheltered lunch spot.
Finding the right spot didn’t take too long. It was just right, good views, no
one around, I could just see the Woolpacks in the far distance, cracking views
all around. What more could I ask for?</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">One
couple walking the opposite way approached a bench like stone and sat to eat
their lunch. I did suggest they might want to come in to a sheltered area,
there was plenty enough room, but they were quite happy to sit where they were,
and enjoy the view they had.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Lunch
over; it was time to move on, following a clearly defined path circumnavigating
the edge of the Kinder plateau, heading for my next destination, Crowden Tower.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Crowden
Tower has a special memory for me, it was where my son, then thirteen, made his
first ascent of Kinder from Upper Booth, via Crowden Clough on to Crowden
Tower, and then across the plateau to Kinder Scout. After some initial
teaching, here it was the first proper insight for my son in to a navigational
trick: ”Leap Frogging”!</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The top of Crowden Brook, and Crowden Tower</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Basically,
you start fixed at a known location, send someone off on a bearing, get them to
line up perfectly on that bearing, then they stay there while you walk up to
them.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">That
exercise is repeated as often as required until you reach your destination,
while keeping track of the distance covered by counting paces, which should
help to stop you over running the desired location.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Normally
you would employ a back stop, a feature that you can look out for that tells
you you’ve gone too far by a calculated distance. However, on Kinder’s plateau,
those features are extremely rare!</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">On
that day, it was a successful process; we reached the cairn marking Kinder
Scouts Summit, and my son was like a dog with two tails, proving a new
technique to him and reaching Kinder Scout, on what he would have deemed
impossible under normal circumstances.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I’ve
digressed again…..</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Continuing
down towards Crowden Brook, crossing the water, I then climb back up, heading
for the Woolpacks, a large area of gritstone formations.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Taking
yet more time out to admire the views, grab a few photos, it was bliss, hardly
a soul about.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">It
was good looking back over Crowden Brook, remembering that day my son made his
first ascent on to Kinder, as well as looking back over the route I’d had been
walking today.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">While
taking in the views, and of course, taking photos, one young couple stopped and
asked if I knew where Kinder Scout was and were they far away?</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hmmm,
do I know!</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">With
trainers on, a small pack, map and compass…..</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I
asked how good their navigational skills were and the young man replied
honestly, “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Not very, but enough to get me
back along this path</i>.”</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I
advised he didn’t try, explaining that it was a featureless plateau and they
would need a bit more than just map and compass.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I
invited him to look over towards the plateau, and he agreed it was featureless.
Thanking me and accepting my advice, they continued on their way.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Looking over the Woolpacks</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The Woolpacks, well, part of....</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Incidentally,
while I’m thinking about it, almost as soon as I left my lunch spot, I had no
further mobile signal until I got past Upper Booth. I’m not out to name and
shame any mobile network, more to advise that even in England’s fair and
pleasant land, there are lots of places where a mobile signal is non-existent
and alternative means to summon help would need to be employed if you became
stuck!</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This
is where whistles and torches come in to their own:</span></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">6 clear whistle blasts (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">or flashes of a torch if at night and in the
dark</i>) in succession - repeated at 1 minute intervals until a reply is heard
which should be 3 clear whistle blasts (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">or
flashes of a torch if at night and in the dark</i>) in succession - repeated at
1 minute intervals.</span></span></b><br />
<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">You
might want to read a blog I wrote; ”</span></span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/whats-in-my-pack.html"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">What's in my pack?</span></span></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">“ where I look at
some of the kit I carry in my pack and why.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Continuing
on, from the Woolpacks, it wasn’t too long before I reached Pym Chair. It does
look a little like a chair, an arm chair almost, a damned BIG arm chair at that
too!</span></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjleBs9okWNP17v1gOEy9mmpKRyTa6_fcrIe6C55S0cb-zal3DR4FGWEn3PZ_eXu7kFuh9EXd3TOpNGe6CzcKgpnartRIqwysR6nSebuTB2fIiO-gWK0nLUcPwjaYjg6HfsZwl-wzVpS28/s1600/IMG_0510.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjleBs9okWNP17v1gOEy9mmpKRyTa6_fcrIe6C55S0cb-zal3DR4FGWEn3PZ_eXu7kFuh9EXd3TOpNGe6CzcKgpnartRIqwysR6nSebuTB2fIiO-gWK0nLUcPwjaYjg6HfsZwl-wzVpS28/s1600/IMG_0510.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Pym Chair</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">However,
not quite as much as the gritstone formation near Grindsbrook Clough.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Leaving
this particular set of gritstone formations, you need to exercise a little care
and planning, for the route isn’t quite as clear as you have become used to.
There is a path on the eastern side, down and around the south side of the
stones, to take you back on to the path heading west for Swines Back.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Back
on to the path, I was now heading for Noe Stool, another gritstone formation
that really does look almost like a rather large stool!</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Who
needs to go to some of the American deserts to see some fantastic and
outrageous rock formations?</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">We
have plenty of those here in the UK, not just in the Peak District, but also
Yorkshire, Dartmoor, Exmoor and many more places, too numerous to mention here
today.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Continued
along the clearly defined path, I headed towards Edale Rocks and Swines Back.
Swines Back is where I will pick up the path down Jacobs Ladder, back to Upper
Booth.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Edale
Rocks is another gritstone formation, about fifteen metres above the path,
before you reach Swines Back. Here you get a good view down on to Jacobs
Ladder, my descent route for today.</span></span><br /><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUF0vz4R6Mg8AtptKt5LvVsNJGf450XLrjXNBLz1r2neph50cQdYb4yz2nD4Lxc5j-mf-B2bbK2qfXDIW8xPQIBk9lVFrE9tXXrKbjSXnccxDdI2X_zTuIsnuQUn_E2btjhgp4VLXiXBA/s1600/IMG_0522.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUF0vz4R6Mg8AtptKt5LvVsNJGf450XLrjXNBLz1r2neph50cQdYb4yz2nD4Lxc5j-mf-B2bbK2qfXDIW8xPQIBk9lVFrE9tXXrKbjSXnccxDdI2X_zTuIsnuQUn_E2btjhgp4VLXiXBA/s1600/IMG_0522.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Edale Rocks</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Noe Stool</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Following
the path, out of nosiness, I take a very minor detour, towards the point where
you can either continue straight on to Brown Knoll, turn right to Oaken Clough
and Edale Cross, or descend down Jacobs Ladder, my chosen route.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">...."</span><span style="font-size: small;"><i>a good view down on to Jacobs Ladder</i>"....</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">You
may recall I mentioned earlier, that Jacobs Ladder is quite a steep path; you
will hopefully see from one or two of the photos here how steep it is. However,
there are some splendid views back up on to Kinder looking back along the route
I’ve just walked.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Following
Jacobs Ladder down, it is not only steep, but there are some sharp turns along
the way but the views to the top where I had been walking, were slowly starting
to fade in to the distance, behind the peaks of Kinder, called “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Cloughs</i>”.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Continuing
the walk down, eventually I reached a narrow stone walled bridge that crossed
the River Noe, which unsurprisingly starts not too far from Noe Stool. Crossing
that bridge and the footpath almost immediately becomes fairly level, with only
a slight downhill gradient.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Jacobs Ladder</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">...."<i>some sharp turns along the way</i>"....</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhEgVg3Sej6OetEGpYGVYq7E5eAESKTUoiLSllGhyphenhyphenmGlB6yBqW8qm_QrYlQrAxosmvMUP1KKcZ0NNNyXtqLSRe16JwuCzWX6XV1F1LwjuW8flY57JXMvosOW9DzRUR2uQuLdLLMOSuK50/s1600/IMG_0557.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhEgVg3Sej6OetEGpYGVYq7E5eAESKTUoiLSllGhyphenhyphenmGlB6yBqW8qm_QrYlQrAxosmvMUP1KKcZ0NNNyXtqLSRe16JwuCzWX6XV1F1LwjuW8flY57JXMvosOW9DzRUR2uQuLdLLMOSuK50/s1600/IMG_0557.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The bridge on Jacobs Ladder over the River Noe</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Following
the path, you walk through Lee Farm, where in one of the out buildings on your
right, is a small display showing some of the wildlife, landscape and brief
history of the immediate area.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Continuing
through the farm, you reach a tarmacked single track ‘private’ road, which
leads to Upper Booth. It’s private in that the vehicular accesses is for those
living on Lee Farm, or have business with the farm It is part of the public footpath,
so there is no problems with you walking along the road.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">At
the end of the private drive, once through the gate you are now on a public
road, where you can not only see the road bends to the right, but also goes
through a small wooded area.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">In
this wooded area, there is a bridge taking the road over Crowden Brook, which
runs from Crowden Tower on Kinder.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Just
before the bridge, there is a gate on your left. The gate gives access to the
path that runs alongside Crowden Brook, taking you up through Crowden Clough to
Crowden Tower. This was the very route my son and I walked back in September
2010.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The footpath after the bridge over the River Noe</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimfoRszCmruxGFy8sjDY_q6-92WVubSjCgewOcgwQ4bACRxBggNhKIrvl0VJZG-TP34b6ZQY-824oozGfD5Y_BbaEpwViGCzTeoveVt_xCV8J6CAhZJYJ9pMYcipuBerg75TKXIqZYUXU/s1600/IMG_0576.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimfoRszCmruxGFy8sjDY_q6-92WVubSjCgewOcgwQ4bACRxBggNhKIrvl0VJZG-TP34b6ZQY-824oozGfD5Y_BbaEpwViGCzTeoveVt_xCV8J6CAhZJYJ9pMYcipuBerg75TKXIqZYUXU/s1600/IMG_0576.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Approaching Upper Booth</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5W0kZ4OxQjqjRGI4M8mD-VTw1swUDWLjMTbMhbFoJd5KSTrUboeWlFrNcbbTuhR1Q-nteV35xSu8oT5_gX6nVq3cHiLyKtow_x6lbZOVccLXbEhfwRAFGllGjyFHUPLJd51OqXh1vuYU/s1600/IMG_0583.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5W0kZ4OxQjqjRGI4M8mD-VTw1swUDWLjMTbMhbFoJd5KSTrUboeWlFrNcbbTuhR1Q-nteV35xSu8oT5_gX6nVq3cHiLyKtow_x6lbZOVccLXbEhfwRAFGllGjyFHUPLJd51OqXh1vuYU/s1600/IMG_0583.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The entrance to Upper Booth Farm and Campsite</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Just
a word of caution, if you haven’t noticed, parking by Upper Booth is extremely limited,
to the point of being non-existent, so if you decide to try that route, check
out your parking first.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Crossing
the road bridge brings you to Upper Booth Farm and campsite, On the entrance
corner to the farm, is a sign taking you through the farm to pick up the
Pennine Way and head for Edale.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Or
you could continue along the road which will bring you round to the station car
park just outside Edale.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">However,
having walked the road before, my chosen route was<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to backtrack the Pennine Way back to Edale,</span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
for a change of scenery.</span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span>
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">It’s
quite a straightforward and clearly signposted walk through Upper Booth farm to
pick up the Pennine Way. From here, the <span style="text-align: center;">path was clear and very defined from Upper Booth to Edale.</span></span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span>
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Once
you leave the farm yard, you are then on to a field and looking South- West,
you can see some rather derelict farm buildings. This </span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">is Tagsnaze Farm.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">What
importance is Tagsnaze Farm I hear you asking?</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">One
of the buildings on Tagsnaze Farm is used as the Middleton’s house in the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04dybc1"><span style="color: blue;">BBC TV series, The Village</span></a>.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvJX6XMQBnAlgfjkvrw93ZpNNrASHzdzn_HKZxjzs4T_ovEczniiCG4jJgvc2D5bI1JKA_s49dOoChywbazxB7PtKZZDP3Q-AYDduB5AIkW8Z_8jelAkgPxonCz51Vj38f8MwU59jfFQY/s1600/IMG_0598.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvJX6XMQBnAlgfjkvrw93ZpNNrASHzdzn_HKZxjzs4T_ovEczniiCG4jJgvc2D5bI1JKA_s49dOoChywbazxB7PtKZZDP3Q-AYDduB5AIkW8Z_8jelAkgPxonCz51Vj38f8MwU59jfFQY/s1600/IMG_0598.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The Middleton's home, from the BBC TV series, "The Village"</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Just
digressing, I couldn’t find anything explaining the origin of Tagsnaze.
However, I did find something on Tags Naze, which basically described It as a
settlement near to Edale during the 1700’s.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Continuing
along the path, you have a relatively small ascent to the foot of Broadlee-Bank
Tor.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><br /></span>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">...."<i>the path was clear and very defined from Upper Booth to Edal</i>e"....</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><br /></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Take
in the views as you walk along the path. On the right is the Great Ridge, viewed
from left to right; Lose Hill, Back Tor, Hollins Cross and Mam Tor.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">This
view is similar to the one seen from the Middleton’s house in the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04dybc1"><span style="color: blue;">BBC TV series, The Village</span></a>.
I say similar, because you actually view it from a different angle, with not
being right outside the barn used in the scenes. But I can assure you, it’s still
just as impressive.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">...."<i>Take in the views as you walk along the path.<br />On the right is the Great Ridge, viewed from left to right;<br />Lose Hill, Back Tor, Hollins Cross and Mam Tor</i>".....</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">This
particular stretch of my walk was interesting, in that I met one group and one
couple walking the opposite way, having passed them on Kinder earlier, where
they had ascended via Jacobs Ladder and descended via Grindsbrook Clough.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Their
comments were interesting, the couple said the walk up Jacobs Ladder was
interesting while a couple from the small group said, “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Never again up Jacobs Ladder</i>”</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">One
thing they were unanimous on, they all enjoyed the walk, whatever the
circumstances of the day.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The approach in to Edale</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The Old Nags Head, Edale</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The steps entering the car park</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><br /></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">From
here the path is very clearly defined taking you back in to Edale just to the South
West of the Old Nags Head. Once you enter the village, turn right and follow the
road back to the station car park, and the end of a very pleasurable walk and a
fantastic day.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The map showing the route</span></td></tr>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Finally,
happy rambling and thank you for reading,</span></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 18pt;">Peak Rambler</span></i></b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">Photo
Album<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77330842@N05/sets" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Peak
Rambler Flickr Photo Album</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Photos <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/77330842@N05/sets/72157647235408640/"><span style="color: blue;">Classic Kinder September 2014 on Flickr</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;">Links
to some of the areas I’ve mentioned and written about here:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/a-peak-winter-meet-bunkhouse-and-kinder.html"><span style="color: blue;">A
Peak Winter Meet, a Bunkhouse and Kinder</span></a><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/whats-in-my-pack.html"><span style="color: blue;">What's
in my pack?</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04dybc1"><span style="color: blue;">BBC TV series, The Village</span></a><o:p></o:p></span><br /></span>
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</div>Peak Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07645316221553542322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823921419241429099.post-85454370334470544472014-07-29T05:59:00.002-07:002024-02-28T05:58:49.803-08:00A wander from Monyash to Magpie Mine via Flagg and Taddington<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">First,
apologies for the poor quality photos that will appear in this write up. My
trusty Canon SX220 met its demise, when the velcro on the belt loop of camera
pouch it had sat in for over three years, finally gave way, resulting in the
camera dropping on to a stone and smashing the LCD display.</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Luckily
I had a spare compact, another Canon, but a budget model, which got me through
the day.</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">I
have since replaced the SX220 with a more modern Canon SX280. Both cameras give
me full or semi auto control with option of full manual shutter or aperture
control, while still having a pocket sized camera.</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Those
of you who are keen photographers will know what I mean about being able to
take control of the exposure settings.</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Anyway,
moving on.</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Another
apology, for circumstances beyond my control, I’ve not been able to get out
since my last walk up Creag Dhubh, where I wrote about a fabulously quiet and
wilderness style walk in </span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/creag-dhubh-and-walk-on-wild-side.html">Creag Dhubh and a walk on the wild
side</a></span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">So as
you might imagine, I was more than gagging to get out for a wander. It was
touch and go whether this one would come off or not, for I was not only gagging
for a wander, but also an overnight stop.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Yay, home for the weekend</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Not
easy when it’s peak holiday season, but a pure luck chance and I managed to
sneak in a last minute booking, against someone who had cancelled. Yes, it was
the very day I broke up from work; I phoned to see if there was a chance of a
midweek booking, to be offered this very weekend.</span><br /><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">A big
thank you to that person, or persons…..</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">As
soon as work was finished on Friday lunch, the factory was on summer shutdown,
I got home, dumped my work gear where it belonged, loaded up the car and headed
off to the Peak District.</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">I kid
you not, I was like an excited school kid going on holiday, and I was getting
away not just for a walk, but a camp too!</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Considering
it was the start of the peak holiday season (<em>no pun intended, peak as in peak time, not Peak District</em>), thankfully the roads I was driving
on were very well behaved. However, listening to the travel news as I was
driving, the motorways seemed to be full of their usual Friday afternoon chaos
and calamities!</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Arriving
in Bakewell on schedule I grabbed a bag of chips before getting to the
campsite, set me up nicely. Then the ten minute drive from Bakewell to the
campsite was just as pleasant. In fact, the only drawback is not driving
through the pretty village of Ashford-in-the-Water. But then understandably so,
I guess the villagers wouldn’t agree with me, and to be honest, I’m on their
side totally. For if I lived in a pretty village like that, I wouldn’t really
want traffic thundering past….</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">I
arrived on site, which was quite busy to say the least with more yet to come on
the Saturday night. I checked in only to find that the chap who runs the site
had broken his ankle while on holiday in Ireland!</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Tent
pitched, I took a wander for a local pint and to enjoy the sun setting over the
hills across the River Wye from Monsal Head.</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Monsal Head sunset</span></td></tr>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;">
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">At
this point, I was considering a walk from Monsal Head, over Little Longstone,
Coombs Dale to Calver and back via Longstone Edge. But then I had a change of
mind and something prompted me to pay a visit to Magpie Mine, somewhere I’d not
been for many years, since a child to be exact.</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">So
some last minute planning took place Friday night, taking in to consideration
the weather forecast for the Saturday, hot, dry and very sunny, which is a good
recipe for dehydration. I looked at various routes and options, ideally with at
least a suitable refreshment point halfway and journeys end.</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Journey’s
end was decided, Monyash, </span><a href="http://www.oldsmithymonyash.co.uk/"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="color: blue;">THE OLD SMITHY</span></span></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">,
which welcomes walkers, cyclists and anyone.</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">The
route, was an adhoc route, the only definite section was the Limestone Way out
of Monyash, a jaunt towards Sheldon, then Magpie Mine and Monyash.</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">It’s
rare I don’t have a more definite plan, even though all planned routes are
flexible, either due to circumstances or an option appears while walking to
investigate somewhere close by.</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">So
back from the pub, I set about organising my rucksack, lightening the load
while making sure that if I did become benighted, I was able to keep
comfortable, but, I was able to carry extra fluids. It’s not unusual for me to
consume 3 litres of water on a hot day and using a hydration pack, you cannot
monitor how quickly your water is being consumed.</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">So I
always carry at least a 500ml bottle. But in this case, I had two 500ml bottles;
for the map told me shade would be as good as non-existent. If I need to break
in to that emergency supply, that would be the time to make for the nearest safe
haven where I can top up, or if nearer, back to the car and make sure I’m
suitably rehydrated.</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;">Added
to that, though I now carry the Sawyer Mini Water filter, but studying the map
revealed <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">NO WATER sources</b>!</span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;">I
think it might be time to consider re-writing the blog listing what I carry and
why. You can read about what I carry in <a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/whats-in-my-pack.html"><span style="color: blue;">What's in my pack?</span></a></span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span></span></span></div>
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</span>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;">Though
I noted there are camp sites quite early on in the route, that didn’t mean
water was easily accessible and most certainly the only water sources available
later on, would be the farms on route.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">
</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">But
you can’t assume that they would all be obliging <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(though I’m sure most would oblige</i>), or even inhabited!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Saturday
morning arrived and I was rewarded with a fantastic sunrise from my tent.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Armed
with my Canon SX220, still in full working order at this point, I grabbed a
photo or two, or more….</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Breakfast
came and went, while enjoying a chat with my camping neighbours, we all wished
each other a good day, some walking, and some cycling and others were sightseeing.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Rucksack
packed, I set off for Monyash parking up at the small car park opposite the
village school, which was filling up fast, with various walking groups meeting
there.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">A quiet and sunny start in Monyash</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The small car park opposite the school in Monyash</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Some
detail about Monyash taken from </span><a href="https://monyash.info/"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Monyash
in the peak district</span></span></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> website</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: maroon;">Monyash (pronounced
Munyash) is a small village situated in the middle of the Peak District in
Derbyshire, England. The village lies in a shallow hollow in the limestone
plateau at the head of Lathkill Dale. Most of the houses sit along two roads
and at the intersection is the village green. The rolling scenery around the
village is typical of the White Peak area, with limestone walled fields and
small clumps of broad-leaved trees.</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">This
was a very rewarding moment, for it shows what real walkers are, very nice and
welcoming people. The three different groups I chatted to all asked if I was
with their group, and when I explained I was walking solo, invited me to join
them.</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Anyway,
boots on, I picked my rucksack up from the boot of the car, clipped the waist
belt up then adjusted the straps for comfort and routed the mouth piece of my
hydration pack and bang, the camera pouch dropped!</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Fingers
and toes crossed, I picked the pouch up, opened it and was confronted with a
cracked LCD screen!</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Hey
ho, too late to get upset, I need to get moving and by chance, I had a spare
camera in the car, which sufficed to get me through the day.</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">So,
in the North West corner of the car park is the start of a public footpath. A
quick check on the map to make sure it was the path I wanted, for my planning
suggested a path a little further north.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The footpath from the car park</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">...."</span><i><span style="font-size: small;"> this path takes you at the back of people’s gardens</span></i><span style="font-size: small;">"....</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6yKkSEGyuIck6BH6fs3XnZhJZgH1_7b-0DcloWkXcem2HX2P_i1HrTWaiHxSXkiqOMPvJAV7UqUmdASTSLCCsAh5pEM1PTBupBA_y9LiAZSJh9dClwtZY9VAXyjIvvcCPEYrExSahDJU/s1600/IMG_0046.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6yKkSEGyuIck6BH6fs3XnZhJZgH1_7b-0DcloWkXcem2HX2P_i1HrTWaiHxSXkiqOMPvJAV7UqUmdASTSLCCsAh5pEM1PTBupBA_y9LiAZSJh9dClwtZY9VAXyjIvvcCPEYrExSahDJU/s1600/IMG_0046.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">...."</span><span><i><span style="font-size: small;">before becoming open fields</span></i></span><span style="font-size: small;">"....</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">However,
it would get me to the Limestone Way, just as easily. Now, this path takes you
at the back of people’s gardens before becoming open fields.</span><br />
<br />
<span face="Arial, sans-serif">Crossing
the fields, we eventually come to Cross Lane, where we continue in the North
Westerly direction towards the Limestone Way.</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Incidentally,
the last time I walked the Limestone Way from Monyash, was July 2013, covered
in </span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/a-limestone-walk-from-monyash.html"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="color: blue;">A Limestone walk from Monyash</span></span></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">,
which took in Arbor Low Stone Circle, Bradford Dale and Lathkill Dale.</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">It was hot, 26.9ºC (80.4ºF) with virtually no breeze!</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">...."</span><span style="font-size: small;"><i>It was hot, 26.9ºC (80.4ºF)</i></span><span style="font-size: small;">"....</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">...."</span><span style="font-size: small;"><i>with virtually no breeze!</i></span><span style="font-size: small;">"....</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">I
wasn’t too long before I reached the point where Cross Lane became the Limestone
Way, so following the lane to the right a little, you can see where the
Limestone Way routes itself, still following a North Westerly direction.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The point where Cross Lane ends and the Limestone Way takes over.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Taking the path to the right</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1yAZLteOyhTEdSTLVwew-Ru9tWaZ6PZn5mASHA3mUKeTjnkXEqZ8rqdrNke1E1WCnMR7QkQkTGePgUXqy1RcGyKCIfQ5890m3ghu7asvxNTKxuoTf8GkySiPpS3Q_jS_ZJJMmMGtJPiQ/s1600/IMG_0057.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1yAZLteOyhTEdSTLVwew-Ru9tWaZ6PZn5mASHA3mUKeTjnkXEqZ8rqdrNke1E1WCnMR7QkQkTGePgUXqy1RcGyKCIfQ5890m3ghu7asvxNTKxuoTf8GkySiPpS3Q_jS_ZJJMmMGtJPiQ/s1600/IMG_0057.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Then to the left just after the barn in the above picture, is the Limestone Way</span></td></tr>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">While
walking along the Limestone Way, it wasn’t too long before I entered a very
large camp site, Knotlow Farm, just outside Flagg. At this point, it was very
unclear where the Limestone Way actually went, for there was no signage, no
tell-tale footpath impression, just a large field with a lot of tents on it!</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">A
full check of the map to get a bearing and look at alternatives, should I need
to make a detour. The alternative would be to head to the farm and follow the
track out of the farm, which would bring me back on the Limestone Way.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVqBXF8MH3eGOqY2M0N8W8ZPbQHNGSi7djRUpezGEGf2HPR3caeiMe3VIgheoFPHSVOf-aSp7Je1ta9nhk1mMTUYa0dLW1IW7IyglPKTG6kS08DDjWTrqaOejFvtS8JwYUlr9i7cdZH-4/s1600/knotlow+alt.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVqBXF8MH3eGOqY2M0N8W8ZPbQHNGSi7djRUpezGEGf2HPR3caeiMe3VIgheoFPHSVOf-aSp7Je1ta9nhk1mMTUYa0dLW1IW7IyglPKTG6kS08DDjWTrqaOejFvtS8JwYUlr9i7cdZH-4/s1600/knotlow+alt.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The alternative route through Knotlow Farm is shown in purple</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">However,
I wasn’t to be beaten, the footpath is somewhere and I was going to find it
with minimal fuss.</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">So, I
worked out the track and where roughly in the field the footpath would cross
the boundary feature, sorted my backstop, the field far corner, where I could
pace back from if the crossing point wasn’t clear.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">...."<i>I worked out the track and where roughly in the field</i>"....</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3PqP-HnTSAUpUpmGnYMJsOWhSmeMyKAobKynH4veNUfeEWZ9iy6NsfmstmxU-jfvvrW3H8vrctDVDpsS-I8UfsWkwDpKgKnsNwDvtaa-yGe0BVoAdUI17F13kXugPwSsL3mNxZxpT0fo/s1600/IMG_0064.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3PqP-HnTSAUpUpmGnYMJsOWhSmeMyKAobKynH4veNUfeEWZ9iy6NsfmstmxU-jfvvrW3H8vrctDVDpsS-I8UfsWkwDpKgKnsNwDvtaa-yGe0BVoAdUI17F13kXugPwSsL3mNxZxpT0fo/s1600/IMG_0064.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">...."<i>As luck had it, there was a gap in the dry stone wall<br />that was most definitely the Limestone Way, with a dilapidated sign to confirm it.</i>"....</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">As luck
had it, there was a gap in the dry stone wall that was most definitely the
Limestone Way, with a dilapidated sign to confirm it. So through the gap I went
and followed the edge of the field, only to eventually re-join Knotlow Farm
campsite.</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Here
I picked up the tarmac farm track which was my alternative route should I not
have found the footpath as marked on the map.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Over the dry stone wall and in to a field</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxFuYHGyLfPwAIwOCHaAyrzgTxpzm7npSPRGl-hm_6rRAHcwt3vAfEfoJ4SyhnqVUseBneQPqn32-NB6uj9I7LIgsLFztwRj5U0lD1fPtErcbcauxD4XTmgYFCBRSqtOURP9i8sqm6-qg/s1600/IMG_0066.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxFuYHGyLfPwAIwOCHaAyrzgTxpzm7npSPRGl-hm_6rRAHcwt3vAfEfoJ4SyhnqVUseBneQPqn32-NB6uj9I7LIgsLFztwRj5U0lD1fPtErcbcauxD4XTmgYFCBRSqtOURP9i8sqm6-qg/s1600/IMG_0066.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Only to return back on to Knotlow Farm Campsite</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNrAEk0dCzLmVV9x2_2rKmKL2umE3kkQxrvgeyXDXwNWCkgNTerac3ky98y1FUHl7NhN8z3cUfmxOstY8PDN6EZ7nHRLSgSWIAJ6f2dltCO7hpNMn-5hb1m-e35KjBYTqiPmKhuZrrbRg/s1600/IMG_0067.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNrAEk0dCzLmVV9x2_2rKmKL2umE3kkQxrvgeyXDXwNWCkgNTerac3ky98y1FUHl7NhN8z3cUfmxOstY8PDN6EZ7nHRLSgSWIAJ6f2dltCO7hpNMn-5hb1m-e35KjBYTqiPmKhuZrrbRg/s1600/IMG_0067.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Follow this tarmac track to the road for Flagg</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">This
next section to Flagg was easy; I just followed the track to pick up the road
in to Flagg, following the bend to the right and straight in to the small
village of Flagg.</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Flagg,
meaning Old Norse God, is a typical White Peak village and an interesting one
too.</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">The
following taken from the </span><a href="http://www.visitpeakdistrict.com/"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="color: blue;">Visit Peak District</span></span></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-themecolor: text1;">
pages, which can be viewed by clicking <a href="https://visitpeakdistrict.com/towns-villages/flagg"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">HERE</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="color: #666666;">Flagg is a small Peak District village, set in the Derbyshire Dales, halfway between
the picturesque town of Bakewell and the spa town of Buxton.</span></i></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="color: #666666;">
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Flagg is a friendly village in the area officially known as "The White
Peak". A thousand feet above sea level. It is predominantly a farming
village, concentrating on all aspects of agriculture. Before water was piped to
houses etc it was pumped up from a well and collected from stand taps in the
village, Flagg water supply never failed and farmers from miles around would
come with their tanks to collect water for their animals.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Flagg Hall is thought to date back to the 16th century and had associations
with the Dales and Fynnes, who were old Derbyshire families. The most noted
resident of Flagg Hall however is the 'haunted skull' which is still said to be
contained within. Legend has it that should this skull be removed or buried,
great misfortune will befall the owners of the Hall. An attempt was made to
bury the skull at Chelmorton many years ago, but when the funeral cortege
neared the village, the horses refused to proceed and despite any encouragement
by the coachman, they reared and stamped so much that he was forced to return
the vehicle to the Hall, and the skull was replaced.</span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Flagg is actually best known throughout the United Kingdom for the
point-to-point races held annually on Easter Tuesday by the High Peak Hunt.
Flagg Moor is the setting and the races are Derbyshires equivalent to the Grand
National. It is said that King Edward VIII when Prince of Wales actually rode
at Flagg Races!</span></span></i><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Soon
after entering Flagg, a few houses then the village hall, I came to a cross
roads. The next section was across the cross roads, just to the left of the
drive up to Flagg Hall Farm. Following the path marked on the map.</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Flagg Village Hall</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfml1MMCTFDUkVwXBSmWcxiTHJEa1KrpSXJYe6HwCM2UMydQWFPxCrbwD9BZsdLrgLZViECpiNiBws1GhU2ETMoWh1BmG-YTrxtijCU2xJqwfRgNLWsyT0EWw5s12v0xiXl2CBzjVF-IY/s1600/IMG_0078.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfml1MMCTFDUkVwXBSmWcxiTHJEa1KrpSXJYe6HwCM2UMydQWFPxCrbwD9BZsdLrgLZViECpiNiBws1GhU2ETMoWh1BmG-YTrxtijCU2xJqwfRgNLWsyT0EWw5s12v0xiXl2CBzjVF-IY/s1600/IMG_0078.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Flagg cross roads and footpath<br />to the left of Flagg Hall Farm Drive shown below</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMdM2Iegj0iuo738XwvdOHUV2civAHF9J-QVsHCmJ2cwhPwqlTF8i099FPZ68a5DMti8BfYUI9lGbhXwQwLPUeDD59MTCgRThHfUAaiE7hcE0Ydc8Yxd5OhBGlMUVUR2owNNOzJQZ7rdU/s1600/IMG_0079.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMdM2Iegj0iuo738XwvdOHUV2civAHF9J-QVsHCmJ2cwhPwqlTF8i099FPZ68a5DMti8BfYUI9lGbhXwQwLPUeDD59MTCgRThHfUAaiE7hcE0Ydc8Yxd5OhBGlMUVUR2owNNOzJQZ7rdU/s1600/IMG_0079.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Flagg Hall Farm Drive</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Now
here’s the interesting part. I tend to use Ordnance Survey 1:25000 maps printed
on Toughprint paper, which is waterproof paper and being A4 size, is more
manageable.</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Just
digressing, you can read about my early and pleasantly surprising experiences
with Toughprint waterproof paper in my blog </span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/toughprint-waterproof-paper-from-memory.html"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="color: blue;">Toughprint Waterproof Paper from
Memory map</span></span></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">.</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">I now
have quite a nice collection of A4 sized dedicated coverage maps, which really
are a lot easier to handle than the full Ordnance Survey sheets.</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">However,
Flagg is on the edge of the Ordnance Survey OL24 White Peak map, from here I
used my Harvey’s 1:40000 scale map. The interesting thing is, Ordnance Survey shows
the path through Flagg Hall Farm, and Harvey’s show the route I took through
the fields!</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">So,
it may look like I veered away from the path according to the Ordnance Survey
map, but according to the Harvey’s map, is was on the correct path. Added to
that, at the recognised crossing points, there were styles!</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">So at
some time, either in a previous life or reviewed life, that was/is a foot path.</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">My
guess is, based on the little yellow circled sign with the green background and
yellow arrow direct</span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">ing me across the field and the Harvey’s map is probably the
most up to date, being one of the latest in the series and a copyright date of
2012, vs. my Ordnance Survey map with a copyright date of 2009, that is the
preferred and proper route.</span><br />
<br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I've included images of both the <span style="text-align: center;">Ordnance Survey Explorer Map 1:25000 and </span><span style="text-align: center;">Harvey's White Peak Map 1:40000 maps below to show the differences</span></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Ordnance Survey Explorer Map 1:25000</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Harvey's White Peak Map 1:40000</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">However, a warning, the styles were rickety!</span><br />
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">A
nice steady ascent across the fields and I soon reached Flag Lane. Here I would
turn right heading in an easterly direction for a distance of approx. 120
metres, to pick up a footpath heading in a Nor-Nor-West direction, for the next
destination, Taddington.</span><br />
<span></span><br />
<span>T<span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">hat
was quite a handy opportunity for me, for every so often, I will check my
pacing steps, to make sure there are no changes for when I might really need to
know the distance travelled between notable navigation points when in low light
or poor visibility.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Flagg Lane</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The footpath off Flagg Lane to head in a nor-nor-west direction for Taddington<br />(and photo below)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwqJ7j7doSdPNCBzmTOCFjGf9kUNBYJbMR-nDD51IpgG0ayKilnqrZJx0okJ9i8USmW4b3w1kBaFqCUO5ufDfZ74xVvqe6YYW68i9_M01_ESa6D84E57rrSskGbLn0FPjLsc_DudPxWy8/s1600/IMG_0088.JPG" width="640" /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">If
time is against you at this point, you can shorten the route to Magpie Mine by
5.33 km (3.33 miles) and omit Taddington from the walk.</span><br />
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Once
you continue along the Flagg Lane past the footpath I took, for a total
distance of approx. 2.13 km (1.32 miles), you can still get to Magpie Mine.</span><br />
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Taddington
was added in to the plan just before I entered Flagg, and was also designated
as my lunch stop.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">...."</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><i> following the narrow field system, I eventually came across another style on my right</i></span></span><span style="font-size: small;">"....</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Straight across this field</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">So
following the narrow field system, I eventually came across another style on my
right where I would walk in a North-Easterly direction across the fields to
pick up the road in to Taddington.</span><br />
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Once
on the road, now heading in a northerly direction, there is an un-signposted
path to the right, but it is shown on the map. I started to navigate this path,
but it was very overgrown, so I back tracked to pick up the road again and
follow that in to Taddington.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The road to Taddington</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span>...."<i>on the road, now heading in a northerly direction,<br />there is an un-signposted path to the right,</i></span><i><span>but
it is shown on the map</span></i><span>"....</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span>...."</span><span><i>I started to navigate this path, but it was very overgrown</i></span><span>"....</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">At the highest point on the road, I had a clear view over to Eyam Moor and the radio mast </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">that sits on the moors summit.</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Eyam
Moor, (pro “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">eeem</i>”) where I enjoyed a
lovely walk in 2013 and a very interesting wander around the village of Eyam,
is covered in </span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/eyam-plague-village-and-walk-on-eyam.html"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="color: blue;">Eyam; a plague village and a walk on
Eyam Moor</span></span></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">.</span><br />
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">The radio mast can be seen across a lot of the Peak
District and the views from the moor are fantastic.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Looking over to the radio mast on Eyam Moor</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Once
in the village of Taddington, I investigated the various footpaths coming down
in to the village, if I had continued down the earlier aborted attempt. They
were all navigable, many of which were actually small lanes to the villagers
houses.</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<span face="Arial, sans-serif">Lunchtime,
so my stomach was telling me, was getting overdue, so it was time to find the
pub. I could just make out what looked like a pub sign, so walking along the
road in an easterly direction; I came to the Queens Arms, a nice pub inside
with a nice and small beer garden, on the edge of the car park.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><br /></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">One of the many paths in to Taddington</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">An old road side side</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Taddington</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">My lunch stop, the Queens Arms, Taddington</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">with a small and tidy beer garden</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">There
was my lunch stop.</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Taddington
is one of the highest villages in England, at its highest point on the map, is
365 metres above sea level (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">abbrv. asl</i>)
and the point at which I reach the road in to Taddington, is 383 metres asl.</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Taddington, like many other Peak District Villages, also
blesses their water wells.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Back
in 2012, I wrote about Tissington’s Well Dressings, which looks at some of the
work and history, which you can read here </span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/tissington-well-dressing-ancient-custom.html"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="color: blue;">Tissington Well Dressing, an ancient
custom, today</span></span></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Incidentally,
at the time of writing, the current pub owners have a parrot that startled the
life out of those waking past it! Unfortunately, it didn’t want to pose for the
camera, was quite happy to show off what acrobatics it could do in the cage</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">.</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Lunchtime
over, I headed back on to the main road through Taddington, heading Eastwards
and my next destination was Magpie Mine.</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Soon
after leaving the Queens Arms, at the junction I took the right fork, taking me
away from the main road and start ascending in to the country. From here it is
relatively straightforward; just follow the lane which eventually became a
track and ended up a footpath, taking me around the southern tip of Deep Dale.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The lane out of Taddington</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Which soon becomes a track</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The path in to the southern end of Deep Dale</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The path up to Flagg Lane, with the path to Deep Dale just behind</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Eventually
I start to descend and at the bottom of the small hill, I joined up with the
footpath out of Deep Dale.</span><br />
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">After
another minor ascent which took me back to Flagg Lane. I turned left to head in
an easterly direction, for the path to Magpie Mine.</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The track eventually reaches Flagg Lane</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Quite
early on in my planning stages, I was considering heading for Sheldon. This was
mainly due to the fact the last time I visited Magpie Mine, the walk was from
the village of Sheldon. However, when I added Taddington to my route, timings
didn’t really make Sheldon a viable option for today.</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">However,
if you decided to visit Sheldon, another of the many pretty Peak District
villages, then then take Johnson Lane at the junction (GR SK 165 682) where you
can take the road in to the village and then any one of the four footpaths out
of Sheldon to Magpie Mine.</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Sheldon,
like many Peak District villages, have their own website, which you can find
here; </span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.sheldonvillage.org.uk/">Sheldon Village A historic Village in the
Heart of the Peak District</a></span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span><br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Back
to the route, walking along Flagg Lane, where, you can see the buildings of
Magpie Mine, past the junction with Johnson Lane, a mere 175 metres according
to the map, was the clearly marked footpath I needed to get to Magpie Mine.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span></span></div>
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this point, you can clearly see the chimney of Magpie Mine, so it’s a case of
follow the footpath right to the mine.</span><br />
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Once
at Magpie Mine, many of the buildings still stand, though in a derelict form,
as you would expect.</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">CAUTION! As with any derelict site, buildings
or land, treat the area with respect, for you don’t want to become a casualty.</span></b></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The old buildings of Magpie Mine</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The winding gear and mine shaft</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The old buildings of Magpie Mine</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">After
a wander around and taking a few photos, it was time to set off for Monyash.</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">The
final stages of the route would be as straightforward as you could get.</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">The
map tells you there are <b>NO</b> direct footpaths to Monyash, so it is road all the
way from here.</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Taking
the track from Magpie Mine, heading more or less in a southerly direction, I
reach Flagg Lane again. Turning right and heading in a westerly direction,
heading for the junction with Horse Lane, which, heading south westerly, is the
route straight in to Monyash.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The track from Magpie Mine to Flagg Lane</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The pedestrian gate just to the right of the vehicle gate</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Junction of Flagg Lane and Horse Lane</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Horse Lane, leading straight in to Monyash</span></td></tr>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Eventually,
I reach Monyash and a T junction at the end of Horse Lane, where I turn left to
walk past the car park where my car is parked, but!</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">I desired a post walk drink, preferably a
cuppa at </span><a href="http://www.oldsmithymonyash.co.uk/"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="color: blue;">THE OLD SMITHY</span></span></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">, though the Bulls Head pub next door is just as
welcoming, which Andy and I used when we completed the walk </span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/a-limestone-walk-from-monyash.html"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="color: blue;">A Limestone walk from
Monyash</span></span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><u><span style="color: blue;">.</span></u></span></span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">What a welcoming sight </span><a href="http://www.oldsmithymonyash.co.uk/"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="color: blue;">THE OLD SMITHY</span></span></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> was, I sat outside with my cuppa, just reflecting on the
day’s very enjoyable wander and generally just chilling, when a voice said “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hello, fancy seeing you here!</i>”</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">When I looked up, there was one of the girls,
along with her husband, who work in my local Go-Outdoors!</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 272.25pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Monyash</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">The Old Smithy</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">and the bottom line is?<br />"<i><b>Muddy Boots Welcome</b></i>"</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">What a chance meeting. That was a really
pleasant time, chatting, catching up with the gossip, sharing camping and
walking stories, among the many topics.</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Eventually, we parted our ways back to our
respective camp sites, mine at Monsal Head, and theirs near to Lathkill Dale.</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Back at the campsite, kit sorted as best one
can, freshen up and change of clothing, I then took a walk to the Stables Bar
for dinner and to watch the sun setting over Monsal Head.</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">A perfect end to a perfect day.</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">For those wondering, I have since ordered a
replacement for my Canon SX220, the Canon SX280. The SX280 has all the features
I desire that the SX220 had, plus a lot more, like GPS tagging, better zoom
(500mm on 35mm equivalent against the SX220 which was 250mm on 35mm equivalent)
along with a whole host of other features, many of which I may never use.</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">But it fills the gap left by the SX220 nicely</span><br />
<br />
<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Finally,
happy rambling and thank you for reading,</span><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0000cc; font-size: 18pt;">Peak Rambler</span></i></b><br /><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Photo
Album<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77330842@N05/sets" target="_blank"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="color: blue;">Peak Rambler Flickr Photo Album</span></span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black;"> </span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black;"> </span></span></div>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial;">Links
to some of the areas I’ve mentioned and written about here:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/creag-dhubh-and-walk-on-wild-side.html"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Creag Dhubh and a
walk on the wild side</span></span></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/a-limestone-walk-from-monyash.html"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">A Limestone walk from
Monyash</span></span></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/eyam-plague-village-and-walk-on-eyam.html"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Eyam; a plague
village and a walk on Eyam Moor</span></span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/tissington-well-dressing-ancient-custom.html"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Tissington Well
Dressing, an ancient custom, today</span></span></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><a href="https://monyash.info/"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Monyash in the peak
district</span></span></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><a href="http://www.visitpeakdistrict.com/"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Visit
Peak District</span></span></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><a href="https://visitpeakdistrict.com/towns-villages/flagg"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Visit Peak District -
Flagg</span></span><br /></a>
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><a href="http://www.sheldonvillage.org.uk/"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: blue;">Sheldon Village</span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: blue;"> A historic Village in the Heart of the Peak
District</span></span></span></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><a href="http://www.oldsmithymonyash.co.uk/"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">THE OLD SMITHY</span></span></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</span><a href="http://peak-rambler.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/whats-in-my-pack.html"><span style="color: blue;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">What's in my pack?</span></span></a></span></div><div><br /></div>Peak Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07645316221553542322noreply@blogger.com2