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Jan 15 2016
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Daily Post, Landscape

Heron Pike

Friday 15th January 2016, 11.40am (day 1,604)

Spindrift and Windermere, 15/1/16

I remain grateful for the fact that I have a job flexible enough to allow me to bring my weekend forward a day and get out on a walk on a Friday. However, I wasn’t out basking in the sunshine or anything. This was a severe-weather walk, as rough as anything I’ve ever done, as evidenced by the spindrift seen here. Heron Pike sits between the lakes of Grasmere, Rydal Water and (pictured) Windermere. More photos from this walk on my other blog when I get round to it, but that’ll be tomorrow now.

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Oct 13 2015
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Daily Post, Flora/Fauna

Bucks and does

Tuesday 13th October 2015, 11.35am (day 1,510)

Bucks and does, 13/10/15

I’m sure there are lots of things that could be better about this picture, but hey, it ain’t easy to capture wild red deer in England — there really aren’t very many of them, and they really don’t like people. This was my best attempt. I like the way the two bucks are clearly keeping an eye out for anyone who might be messin’ with their does, so to speak.

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Aug 07 2015
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Last leg

Monday 3rd August 2015, 10.10am (day 1,439)

Last leg, 3/8/15

What goes up must, of course, come down, a job that from the summit of Kili takes another day-and-a-half of walking. The final few hours, down from Mweka camp to the park gate, was done, for us, in pouring rain, something I’m very glad we didn’t have on our ascent through the forest on day one. Anticlimactic? Of course, a bit, but it was always going to be. I got down in one piece with no ill effects and all in all must count it as one of the most rewarding experiences of my life.

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Aug 07 2015
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Daily Post, Friend, Portrait

Steve at Barafu Camp

Saturday 1st August 2015, 6.10pm (day 1,437)

Steve at Barafu camp, 1/8/15

Barafu camp lies at 4,600m, or about 15,100 feet, and is ‘base camp’ for the final ascent to the summit of Kili, which rises behind this point. One arrives there around lunchtime and is supposed to get some sleep in the afternoon and evening because the final climb is done overnight. But the views are amazing, and I was not the only one defying advice and being up and about later on as the sun went down behind the shoulder of Kibo (and what must be one of the world’s most spectacularly-sited toilets, visible to the right).

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May 23 2015
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View from High Knott

Saturday 23rd May 2015, 11.30am (day 1,367)

The Langdales, 23/5/15

Far too glorious a day to not go on a walk. The walking blog will get updated tomorrow, but for now, here’s one of today’s spectacular views: Great End on the left, then the three lumps from centre to right are Loft Crag, Pike o’Stickle and Harrison Stickle — the Langdale Pikes. England doesn’t get a great deal better than this.

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May 17 2015
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My walking companions

Sunday 17th May 2015, 11.10am (day 1,361)

Near Symonds Yat, 17/5/15

The real point of this weekend was to meet and — hopefully — bond with the people who are going to be attempting Kilimanjaro with me. Here is a selection of them, at least. A good weekend, I think we’re more ready than we were on Friday anyway.

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May 09 2015
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Loch Esk and Craig of Gowal

Saturday 9th May 2015, 1.30pm (day 1,353)

Loch Esk, 9/5/15

You didn’t think I was going to come all the way to Scotland to work and not get a walk in, did you? This is about an hour north of Dundee by road, the southern edge of the Cairngorms National Park. Here we are about 2,600 feet above sea level, at the head of Glen Clova. A good walk today.

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May 01 2015
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Sheep, Ill Crag and Great End

Friday 1st May 2015, 1.50pm (day 1,345)

Sheep, Ill Crag, Great End, 1/1/15

“OK, I might have a bit of a silly tail. But I live in a cooler place than you.”

And yes, that’s snow in May.

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Mar 11 2015
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Daily Post, Landscape

Walker on Long Crag, Bannisdale

Tuesday 10th March 2015, 1.10pm (day 1,293)

Walker on Long Crag, 10/3/15

Sometimes there are days — and associated weather forecasts — on which one has to admit (for the sake of general sanity and effectiveness in life) that one’s personal priorities are more important than one’s paid employment. I rearranged a few things as a result. And yes, I like being out in countryside like this, as did the gentleman pictured here, who I slowly caught up over the course of a mile or two and was able to use to give a good sense of scale. This is a desolate spot, but worth reaching. You can see more photos from the day on my other blog.

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Jan 04 2015
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Daily Post, Hebden Bridge, Landscape

The last walk of the Christmas break

Sunday 4th January 2015, 11.45am (day 1,228)

Dog walking, 4/1/15

At least since Christmas Day it’s been a pleasant break with lots of chances to get outdoors. It’s no coincidence that there’ve been plenty of landscape shots on here in the last 10 days, and here’s another one. The whole house goes back to work and/or school tomorrow: which I guess is the case for many of us. H0pe you had a good one.

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