Archive List of all my blogs with dates and contents . . .
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March 2024
3/24/2024 - Call of the Curlew!
3/2/2024 - 'Northern Saints' : Durham + 'The Way of the Sea' @ Druridge Bay
February 2024
2/10/24 - Jungfraujoch in Winter!!!
December 2023
12/30/2023 - TMB (Tour du Mont Blanc) 3
12/21/2023 - TMB (Tour du Mont Blanc) 2
November 2023
11/16/23 - Offas-Dyke-National-Trail-October-2023-the-Finish
11/7/2023 - Offas-Dyke-National-Trail-October-2023-week-2
October 2023
10/25/23 - Offas-Dyke-National-Trail-October-2023
September 2023
9/10/23 - tmb-tour-du-mont-blanc-2023.
July 2023
7/5/23 - Ascent of the Thorong La!!! . . . Annapurna Circuit . . . Nepal 2023
3/30/23 - 'Via Francigina' Pilgrimage - Switzerland to Rome!! - The Alps!
2/7/2023 - Everest Base Camp + Kala Patthar - Nepal 2022
May 2022
5/30/222 - Everest + Gokyo Trek 2022 . . . Namche Bazaar including Acclimatisation Day
5/22/2022 - Everest + Gokyo Trek . . . Bupsa to Namche Bazaar via Paiya + Phakding
5/11/2022 - Everest + Gokyo Trek . . . 2 days overland by 4x4 through the Himalayan foothills!
5/5/2022 - Everest + South West Coast Path + other adventures!
July 2021
7/31/2021 - Ben Nevis - National Three Peaks Summer Challenge 2021
February 2021
2/28/2021 - Annapurna - our first Himalayan adventure - Part 2
2/10/2021 - Annapurna - our first Himalayan adventure - 40 years ago!
November 2020
11/5/2020 - Pennine Way . . . Days 10 to 12 . . . Keld to Dufton
October 2020
10/4/2020 - Wharfedale + Littondale . . . Two day adventure!
September 2020
9/10/2020 - Pennine Way . . . Days 7 to 9 . . . Kirkby Malham to Keld
9/10/2020 - Pennine Way . . . Days 4 to 6 . . . Hebden Bridge to Kirkby Malham
9/4/2020 - Pennine Way . . . Days 1 to 3 . . . Edale to Hebden Bridge
July 2020
7/26/2020 - Pennine Way . . . 6 days to go!! . . . final training walks!
June 2020
6/29/2020 - Harrogate Ringway . . . how a 20 mile walk became 30 miles!!
6/16/2020 - Orchids, foxgloves and wild deer . . . walking mindfully!
6/14/2020 - Pilgrimage to . . . 'Great Shunner Fell'
6/7/2020 - 'Yorkshire Three Peaks' 2020
April 2020
4/28/2020 - Journey to the 'Land of the Long White Cloud' (4) . . . New Zealand
4/21/2020 - Journey to the 'Land of the Long White Cloud' (3) . . . New Zealand
4/15/2020 - 'Happy Easter' + Journey to the 'Land of the Long White Cloud' (2) . . . New Zealand
4/1/2020 - 'Stay at Home Day 9' including . . . 'April Fool in China - 1985!' . . . Shanghai + Tibet
March 2020
3/31/2020 - 'Stay at Home . . . Protect the NHS . . . Save Lives' . . . and Scrapbook!!!
February 2020
2/20/2020 - 'Aotearoa' . . . Journey to the 'Land of the Long White Cloud' (1) . . . New Zealand
2/11/2020 - 'One More Step' in Upper Wharfedale + Pilgrimage to Druridge Bay
June 2019
6/26/2019 - Camino de Santiago - 'The Way of St James' (2)
6/11/2019 - Camino de Santiago - 'The Way of St James' (1)
March 2019
3/14/2019 - Keep on travelling . . . Camino Training 2019!
August 2018
8/31/2018 - Lynne said to me . . . "Keep on travelling!" . . . final overseas travel together . . . Holland
April 2018
4/14/2018 - On our travels again! . . . Northern Ireland + Littleborough (where I was born!)
January 2018
1/28/2018 - Best Christmas Present Ever! + Hong Kong
November 2017
11/6/2017 - ASCENT! . . . Chris Bonington . . . Our Himalayan travels . . . 1982 Everest Expedition
October 2017
10/8/2017 - Kentmere Horsheshoe . . . Lake District
July 2017
7/28/2017 - 'The BIG Picture!' . . . scrapbooking Tibet 2016
May 2017
5/6/2017 - My latest poem "Beyond the Sacred Mountains' . . . Kashmir 1985
March 2017
3/14/2017 - Nyenchen Tanglha! . . . Tibet 2016
February 2017
2/22/2017 - Printing Everest! . . . printmaking workshop at 'ArtisOn' near Masham
January 2017
1/10/2017 - "Because it is there!" . . . Everest + Tibet 2016
October 2016
10/31/2016 - Masham in Autumn . . . Lynne crafting at 'ArtisOn'!
September 2016
9/16/2016 - Ka Tiritiri o te Moana! . . . Southern Alps . . . New Zealand 1982
9/6/2016 - Welcome to the World! (birth of our grandaughter) + our world travels!
August 2016
8/28/2016 - Two trails! . . . 'Rodley Nature Reserve' Leeds + 'Pak Tam Chung Trail' Hong Kong
8/19/2016 - The Sacred Mountain! . . . Poem + Photo Gallery . . . Annapurna Sanctuary Trek Nepal 1980
8/18 2016 - Full Steam Ahead - Dales to Darjeeling! . . . Yorkshire 2016 + India 1994
8/15/2016 - A Horse and Three Sisters . . . Sutton Bank Yorkshire + Blue Mountains Australia
8/12/2016 - Chance Meeting on Ilkley Moor! . . . Yorkshire 2016 + Kulu Valley India 1997
8/8/2016 - My First Mountain! . . . Blackstone Edge . . . Littleborough
8/4/2016 - A Wonderful Day! . . . Wedding . . . Harrogate July 2016
July 2016
7/20/2016 - First view of Everest . . . Dream fulfilled! Nepal 1982
7/14/2016 - 'Kei Ling Ha Hoi' . . . Gurkha Surprise + Shaolin Warriors! Hong Kong
7/8/2016 - Kathmandu . . . Nepal 2016
7/4/2016 - Faces of Kathmandu - a year after the earthquake! . . . Nepal 2016
7/1/2016 - Everest! . . . Tibet 2016
June 2016
6/23/2016 - Shigatse and Tashilhunpo . . . Tibet 2016
6/20/2016 - Scorpion Lake, a Spectacular Stupa and the British Invasion of Tibet! . . . Tibet 2016
6/15/2016 - Dunes and the 'Awesome Secret' . . . Tibet 2016
6/9/2016 - Junipers and Hot Springs! . . . Tibet 2016
6/4/2016 - Lake Namtso . . . Tibet 2016
May 2016
5/28/2016 - Lhasa . . . Tibet 2016
5/24/2016 - Return from Everest! Rongbuk Monastery + Rongbuk Glacier . . . Tibet 2016
April 2016
4/20/2016 - Tibet beckons! + Birmingham
4/12/2016 - Two Blossoms! . . . Korea 1995
4/10/2016 - Giant's Causeway to the Mountains of Mourne . . . Northern Ireland 2016
March 2016
3/22/2016 - Two Mughal Gardens! . . . Lister Park Bradford 2016 + Kashmir 1985
3/19/2016 - Serendipity! . . . Meeting Heinrich Harrer . . . Darjeeling 1994
3/17/2016 - Two Beaches! . . . Tynemouth Beach 2016 + Hac Sa Beach Macau 1996
3/14/2016 - 19! . . . 19 years since leaving Hong Kong + new Headteacher post in Catterick
3/12.2016 - Two Walks! . . . Harlow Carr 2016 + Sir Cecil's Ride Hong Kong 1997
3/7/2016 - Mocha! . . . writing my new poem 'Now!'
3/1/2016 - Wild, Wet and Windy! . . . Swinsty Reservoir near Harrogate 2016
3/1/2016 - 10,000 Steps! . . . Fewston Reservoir 2016 + writing poem 'Jokhang!' Tibet 1985
February 2016
2/22/2016 - The Story of China! . . . Great Wall China 1981 + Michael Wood documentary 2016
2/18/2016 - A Lancastrian in Yorkshire! . . . Yorkshire Photo Gallery 2016
2/17/2016 - Tibet 1985 + 2016!
2/10/2016 - Two Bridges! . . . Knaresborough 2016 + San Francisco 2012
2/8/2016 - I love the seasons! Harrogate 2016 + Japan 1983
January 2016
1/31/2016 - Finland 2014 + Israel 2015
1/28/2016 - January 28th 2016 . . . My first Blog! . . . Tibet 2016 . . . British Everest Expeditions 1920's
3/24/2024 - Call of the Curlew!
3/2/2024 - 'Northern Saints' : Durham + 'The Way of the Sea' @ Druridge Bay
February 2024
2/10/24 - Jungfraujoch in Winter!!!
December 2023
12/30/2023 - TMB (Tour du Mont Blanc) 3
12/21/2023 - TMB (Tour du Mont Blanc) 2
November 2023
11/16/23 - Offas-Dyke-National-Trail-October-2023-the-Finish
11/7/2023 - Offas-Dyke-National-Trail-October-2023-week-2
October 2023
10/25/23 - Offas-Dyke-National-Trail-October-2023
September 2023
9/10/23 - tmb-tour-du-mont-blanc-2023.
July 2023
7/5/23 - Ascent of the Thorong La!!! . . . Annapurna Circuit . . . Nepal 2023
3/30/23 - 'Via Francigina' Pilgrimage - Switzerland to Rome!! - The Alps!
2/7/2023 - Everest Base Camp + Kala Patthar - Nepal 2022
May 2022
5/30/222 - Everest + Gokyo Trek 2022 . . . Namche Bazaar including Acclimatisation Day
5/22/2022 - Everest + Gokyo Trek . . . Bupsa to Namche Bazaar via Paiya + Phakding
5/11/2022 - Everest + Gokyo Trek . . . 2 days overland by 4x4 through the Himalayan foothills!
5/5/2022 - Everest + South West Coast Path + other adventures!
July 2021
7/31/2021 - Ben Nevis - National Three Peaks Summer Challenge 2021
February 2021
2/28/2021 - Annapurna - our first Himalayan adventure - Part 2
2/10/2021 - Annapurna - our first Himalayan adventure - 40 years ago!
November 2020
11/5/2020 - Pennine Way . . . Days 10 to 12 . . . Keld to Dufton
October 2020
10/4/2020 - Wharfedale + Littondale . . . Two day adventure!
September 2020
9/10/2020 - Pennine Way . . . Days 7 to 9 . . . Kirkby Malham to Keld
9/10/2020 - Pennine Way . . . Days 4 to 6 . . . Hebden Bridge to Kirkby Malham
9/4/2020 - Pennine Way . . . Days 1 to 3 . . . Edale to Hebden Bridge
July 2020
7/26/2020 - Pennine Way . . . 6 days to go!! . . . final training walks!
June 2020
6/29/2020 - Harrogate Ringway . . . how a 20 mile walk became 30 miles!!
6/16/2020 - Orchids, foxgloves and wild deer . . . walking mindfully!
6/14/2020 - Pilgrimage to . . . 'Great Shunner Fell'
6/7/2020 - 'Yorkshire Three Peaks' 2020
April 2020
4/28/2020 - Journey to the 'Land of the Long White Cloud' (4) . . . New Zealand
4/21/2020 - Journey to the 'Land of the Long White Cloud' (3) . . . New Zealand
4/15/2020 - 'Happy Easter' + Journey to the 'Land of the Long White Cloud' (2) . . . New Zealand
4/1/2020 - 'Stay at Home Day 9' including . . . 'April Fool in China - 1985!' . . . Shanghai + Tibet
March 2020
3/31/2020 - 'Stay at Home . . . Protect the NHS . . . Save Lives' . . . and Scrapbook!!!
February 2020
2/20/2020 - 'Aotearoa' . . . Journey to the 'Land of the Long White Cloud' (1) . . . New Zealand
2/11/2020 - 'One More Step' in Upper Wharfedale + Pilgrimage to Druridge Bay
June 2019
6/26/2019 - Camino de Santiago - 'The Way of St James' (2)
6/11/2019 - Camino de Santiago - 'The Way of St James' (1)
March 2019
3/14/2019 - Keep on travelling . . . Camino Training 2019!
August 2018
8/31/2018 - Lynne said to me . . . "Keep on travelling!" . . . final overseas travel together . . . Holland
April 2018
4/14/2018 - On our travels again! . . . Northern Ireland + Littleborough (where I was born!)
January 2018
1/28/2018 - Best Christmas Present Ever! + Hong Kong
November 2017
11/6/2017 - ASCENT! . . . Chris Bonington . . . Our Himalayan travels . . . 1982 Everest Expedition
October 2017
10/8/2017 - Kentmere Horsheshoe . . . Lake District
July 2017
7/28/2017 - 'The BIG Picture!' . . . scrapbooking Tibet 2016
May 2017
5/6/2017 - My latest poem "Beyond the Sacred Mountains' . . . Kashmir 1985
March 2017
3/14/2017 - Nyenchen Tanglha! . . . Tibet 2016
February 2017
2/22/2017 - Printing Everest! . . . printmaking workshop at 'ArtisOn' near Masham
January 2017
1/10/2017 - "Because it is there!" . . . Everest + Tibet 2016
October 2016
10/31/2016 - Masham in Autumn . . . Lynne crafting at 'ArtisOn'!
September 2016
9/16/2016 - Ka Tiritiri o te Moana! . . . Southern Alps . . . New Zealand 1982
9/6/2016 - Welcome to the World! (birth of our grandaughter) + our world travels!
August 2016
8/28/2016 - Two trails! . . . 'Rodley Nature Reserve' Leeds + 'Pak Tam Chung Trail' Hong Kong
8/19/2016 - The Sacred Mountain! . . . Poem + Photo Gallery . . . Annapurna Sanctuary Trek Nepal 1980
8/18 2016 - Full Steam Ahead - Dales to Darjeeling! . . . Yorkshire 2016 + India 1994
8/15/2016 - A Horse and Three Sisters . . . Sutton Bank Yorkshire + Blue Mountains Australia
8/12/2016 - Chance Meeting on Ilkley Moor! . . . Yorkshire 2016 + Kulu Valley India 1997
8/8/2016 - My First Mountain! . . . Blackstone Edge . . . Littleborough
8/4/2016 - A Wonderful Day! . . . Wedding . . . Harrogate July 2016
July 2016
7/20/2016 - First view of Everest . . . Dream fulfilled! Nepal 1982
7/14/2016 - 'Kei Ling Ha Hoi' . . . Gurkha Surprise + Shaolin Warriors! Hong Kong
7/8/2016 - Kathmandu . . . Nepal 2016
7/4/2016 - Faces of Kathmandu - a year after the earthquake! . . . Nepal 2016
7/1/2016 - Everest! . . . Tibet 2016
June 2016
6/23/2016 - Shigatse and Tashilhunpo . . . Tibet 2016
6/20/2016 - Scorpion Lake, a Spectacular Stupa and the British Invasion of Tibet! . . . Tibet 2016
6/15/2016 - Dunes and the 'Awesome Secret' . . . Tibet 2016
6/9/2016 - Junipers and Hot Springs! . . . Tibet 2016
6/4/2016 - Lake Namtso . . . Tibet 2016
May 2016
5/28/2016 - Lhasa . . . Tibet 2016
5/24/2016 - Return from Everest! Rongbuk Monastery + Rongbuk Glacier . . . Tibet 2016
April 2016
4/20/2016 - Tibet beckons! + Birmingham
4/12/2016 - Two Blossoms! . . . Korea 1995
4/10/2016 - Giant's Causeway to the Mountains of Mourne . . . Northern Ireland 2016
March 2016
3/22/2016 - Two Mughal Gardens! . . . Lister Park Bradford 2016 + Kashmir 1985
3/19/2016 - Serendipity! . . . Meeting Heinrich Harrer . . . Darjeeling 1994
3/17/2016 - Two Beaches! . . . Tynemouth Beach 2016 + Hac Sa Beach Macau 1996
3/14/2016 - 19! . . . 19 years since leaving Hong Kong + new Headteacher post in Catterick
3/12.2016 - Two Walks! . . . Harlow Carr 2016 + Sir Cecil's Ride Hong Kong 1997
3/7/2016 - Mocha! . . . writing my new poem 'Now!'
3/1/2016 - Wild, Wet and Windy! . . . Swinsty Reservoir near Harrogate 2016
3/1/2016 - 10,000 Steps! . . . Fewston Reservoir 2016 + writing poem 'Jokhang!' Tibet 1985
February 2016
2/22/2016 - The Story of China! . . . Great Wall China 1981 + Michael Wood documentary 2016
2/18/2016 - A Lancastrian in Yorkshire! . . . Yorkshire Photo Gallery 2016
2/17/2016 - Tibet 1985 + 2016!
2/10/2016 - Two Bridges! . . . Knaresborough 2016 + San Francisco 2012
2/8/2016 - I love the seasons! Harrogate 2016 + Japan 1983
January 2016
1/31/2016 - Finland 2014 + Israel 2015
1/28/2016 - January 28th 2016 . . . My first Blog! . . . Tibet 2016 . . . British Everest Expeditions 1920's