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http://alansloman.blogspot.com/ - On 1st March 2007 I set off alone to walk from Land's End to John O'Groats; a LEJOG of 1,687 miles. It took me 17 weeks. I walked in memory of my father, Jeff Sloman, and raised £6,350 for Sue Ryder Care. I blogged as I walked to raise awareness for 

alansloman.blogspot.com - 2 hours ago
Glossop
— alansloman.blogspot.com — Woohooo! Currently holed up in a spanking B&B with Lynnie, Lord Elpus & Miss Whiplash, with WiFi!... We are about to hit the highspots of the town and discuss with Lord E (you can't trust the gurls with this...) our route for tomorrow. The reason I say you can't trust the gurls is that they ... (more) Glossop

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How does that work, then?
alansloman.blogspot.com - 27 hours ago
How does that work, then?
— alansloman.blogspot.com — I never cease to be amazed at how we organise the pricing of train fares in Britain.... We have just booked our train fares home at the end of the TGO Challenge. Amazingly, we managed to secure seats from Montrose to Huntington for just £14.00 each. That's a trip of about 440 miles. ... (more) How does that work, then?

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TGO Challenge 2010: Cheese & Wine Parties
alansloman.blogspot.com - 48 hours ago
TGO Challenge 2010: Cheese & Wine Parties
— alansloman.blogspot.com —     It has become the custom for Lord Elpus and I to hold a couple of... evening cheese and wine parties on our stravaig across Scotland. Last year, the first had to be relocated as I had followed our foul weather route, so a jolly time was had at Gerry's hostel instead of at Loch ... (more) TGO Challenge 2010: Cheese & Wine Parties

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TGO Challenge Preparations in Graphics
alansloman.blogspot.com - 4 days ago
TGO Challenge Preparations in Graphics
— alansloman.blogspot.com — That title is almost a direct pinch from the Glorious Gayle who has quite wonderfully been looking... at how far she has been walking in January and February over the last five years. Quite fantastically she even has records of how far she has climbed for the last three years. That's pretty cool ... (more) TGO Challenge Preparations in Graphics

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alansloman.blogspot.com - 6 days ago
Great Blog Posts, Part 2: Fenlander - Images from the past
— alansloman.blogspot.com — I have been following a number of great outdoor blogs over the past four years and thought... I would share with you some of the finest posts. These have given me so much happiness that I really feel they ought to be shared. The second is from Robin, aka "Fenlander" who writes with a ... (more) Great Blog Posts, Part 2: Fenlander - Images from the past

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Waterworld
alansloman.blogspot.com - 7 days ago
Waterworld
— alansloman.blogspot.com — It's a fine line between land and water. Living near the edge of the Fens in a... village on the River Great Ouse, the seasons bring regular and welcome flooding to the River meadows. (You can click on the map and pictures to see a larger versions) This morning's stroll around the usual ... (more) Waterworld

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Great Blog Posts, Part 1: Mark Alvarez - The Town Clock
alansloman.blogspot.com - 9 days ago
Great Blog Posts, Part 1: Mark Alvarez - The Town Clock
— alansloman.blogspot.com — I have been following a number of great outdoor blogs over the past four years and thought... I would share with you some of the finest posts. These have given me so much happiness that I really feel they ought to be shared. The first is from over the pond; from Mark Alvarez. Mark is  a TGO ... (more) Great Blog Posts, Part 1: Mark Alvarez - The Town Clock

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Digital Mapping
alansloman.blogspot.com - 10 days ago
Digital Mapping
— alansloman.blogspot.com — (You can click on the image above to make it bigger. Go on, you know you want... to...) A little while ago I showed our planned route for the second day of our 2010 TGO Challenge walk. Now, there are members of our congregation who are not particularly beardy walkery types and so, just for ... (more) Digital Mapping

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Ancient and Modern
alansloman.blogspot.com - 12 days ago
Ancient and Modern
— alansloman.blogspot.com —       (more) Ancient and Modern

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TGO Challenge Stickiness
alansloman.blogspot.com - 16 days ago
TGO Challenge Stickiness
— alansloman.blogspot.com — (You can click on the graph to make it bigger) There was a question over on the... TGO Challenge Message Board about the drop off rate of first timers on the TGO Challenge. I had often wondered about that myself - so I set to, to find out. The above graph shows the entrants to this ... (more) TGO Challenge Stickiness

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A Bridge Too Far
alansloman.blogspot.com - 18 days ago
A Bridge Too Far
— alansloman.blogspot.com — With increasing age you find, somewhat depressingly, that things ain't what they used to be. Memory for... one, but that was dealt with in an earlier post. Slim, trim figures. Sigh. It's not going well on the belly front; it has to be said. Judgement.  You would have thought that ... (more) A Bridge Too Far

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alansloman.blogspot.com - 19 days ago
Winter Sports
— alansloman.blogspot.com — Sitting on my settee (the settee is my friend) with a glass of rough old cider, watching... a nail biting match of American and British women and their curling tongs, it reminds me that tomorrow Lord Elpus and I will be flogged around the icy Fenland Landscape by Miss Whiplash. It leaked out that ... (more) Winter Sports

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TGO Challenge: The Dog Days
alansloman.blogspot.com - 22 days ago
TGO Challenge: The Dog Days
— alansloman.blogspot.com — These are the dog days of TGO Challenge. The route is in and approved. The weather is... still February; dull, raw on your skin and dark in the evenings. It is a time of waiting. The belly is still there, grinning like a dull grey stone in a shiny hinge. The weekend walks have stalled for a ... (more) TGO Challenge: The Dog Days

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alansloman.blogspot.com - 24 days ago
A Clash of Compulsions?
— alansloman.blogspot.com — Glass bottles then cans, cartons of fruit juice, root vegetables, packaged meats, breads, vegetables, soft fruits, eggs.... You will have got there by now; it's the order you load up the conveyor belt in the supermarket. Well, okay, it's the order that I load up the conveyor belt in the ... (more) A Clash of Compulsions?

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Disappointed...
alansloman.blogspot.com - 25 days ago
Disappointed...
— alansloman.blogspot.com — I was in London for lunch at the rather good Cafe Boheme having a rather tasty steak... frites, béarnaise all washed down with an excellent Gigondas. Full of the joys of impending Spring, I suggested a short stroll over to the Paramo  Shop in Covent Garden. This wasn't my other ... (more) Disappointed...

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