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Trip Report – Traverse of Kinder Plateau and Bleaklow – Part 2

Posted on November 6, 2010 by

Day 2 – Thursday 28th October 2010 Start 8.15 Finish 18.00 27.9 Km (19 miles) I was packed away by quarter past eight and on my way, walking along the plateau edge past the rocks of Plym Chair and climbing … Continue reading →

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Knee problems

Posted on September 22, 2010 by

If you read yesterday’s post on my backpacking trip to Scotland’s Southern Uplands, you will know that walking down-hill towards the end of the trip from Loch Skeen, past the waterfall Grey Mare’s Tail, my knees started to really hurt, … Continue reading →

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Trip Report – Southern Uplands

Posted on September 21, 2010 by

I had to give a presentation to a group of my customers in Glasgow on Friday morning.  Mary had suggested that I combine it with a walk on the way back as I had not been out for a while.  … Continue reading →

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Taking notes when backpacking

Posted on September 1, 2010 by

Looking for something to potentially  replace  the notebook and pen  on a backpacking trip ? About 4 or 5 weeks ago I became aware of a really interesting app for the Iphone  which I have been using for business and … Continue reading →

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Replacement Vaude Power Lizard UL tent

Posted on August 27, 2010 by

Back in February, I purchased one of these tents and I have been very impressed with the space, weight and speed of pitching.  I found out through a post on blogpackinglight that the end poles supplied on some of the … Continue reading →

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