The Day The Lockdown Arrived

It was bound to happen. Because of the C-word, people were ASKED to stay out of the pubs.People did not.People were FORCED to stay out of the pubs (pubs closed) ! People were asked not to mingle.People went out in hoards.People have been FORCED to stay in doors ! The people, are allowed out to…

Five Hundred Miles

I was up with, or even before, the larks this morning. I have been waking earlier recently, somewhere around four to five. I’m letting the dogs out into the garden then either nipping back to bed for a snooze or just bimbling around for a while. Somewhere around five, I’ve been taking a dog out…

Chew Chew

It is a common fact that dogs like to chew things.It is a less common fact that a particular dog like to chew my clothes. To be more precise – Today, Misty loves to chew my gloves ! Luckily, I didn’t have my hands in them at the time. I’ve had a trawl on the…

Yum Yum

On my walk to The Griffin on Sunday, I listened to the Talk Ultra podcast (LINK). A lot of the episode was taken up with an interview with John Kelly who had just won the 2020 Spine Race. The Spine is basically racing The Pennine Way – in January! It is regarded as one of…

Batteries and Boozer

Wednesday was to have been a longish walk to Hams Hall and back which would have included a fair few unlit tracks. With this in mind, I put freshly recharged batteries into my head torch. As I inserted the final battery, the torch gave one short flash to indicate that the batteries had been put…