Introduction
I have been going on walks for as long as I can remember. although it was not until the 1970's that I started organising my own trips. Around this time someone mentioned to me that I really ought to keep a diary - a suggestion that I glibly ignored at my chagrin. It was not until I begin to realise that my memory was not as infallible as I had presumed that I started to go back and fill in history.
The early trip reports are reliant on piecing together faint memories and using the few photos of the time to piece the stories together. Bear in mind that in those days there were no digital photos created by mobile phones, and so relied on film that needed to be developed many days after the photographs were taken. Each film only contained 36 "exposures" so you had to carry many rolls on a trip, then fork out to see what you had actually captured - in this respect there are only a few pictures to detail events.
The days of digital photography have allowed the stories to be greatly enhanced with multiple pictures, and as well, the more I write, the more comfortable I get describing routes, so the longer the entries become.
Now I am retired so I have been making more use of my free time to go on walks close to home, and as such since lock-down the number of walks has exponentially increased.
Welcome to my world of days out.
This diary of stories is recorded for my own record - recollections that I cannot guarantee are complete or even if things have been remembered incorrectly.
Latest trip - click here
Full Summary - click here
Trip Summaries of last 4 years
2024
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Day Trip Summary - Days Out
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Spring Alps Trip - Brenner valley - Trins
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New Year Ski Trip - Beaufort
2023
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Day Trip Summary - Days Out
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Old Farts Meet - Shropshire Hills
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Spring Alps Trip - Innsbruck valley - Pillberg
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New Year Ski Trip - Beaufort
2022
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Day Trip Summary - Days Out
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Spring Alps Trip - Schoppernau & Schmirn
2021
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Day Trip Summary - Days Out