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mike knipe

mike knipe

Retired with a UK government pension. I'm English, in England. I do hillwalking, mine exploration, industrial archeology, a bit of botany , some caving and some splashing around in rivers. Then I write drivel about it.
I'm not entirely sure how I got here.
Story of my life, really...

Web Site: northern pies

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OutdoorBlips Member since June 30, 2009

Peebles to Moffat to Peebles
northernpies.blogspot.com - 15 hours ago
Peebles to Moffat to Peebles
— northernpies.blogspot.com — I thought it might be useful for those taking part in this walk, and those possibly taking... part, including anybody who hasn’t answered recent emails who may or may not becoming - (gasp!) – to sum up the arrangements for the walk. Anybody who isn’t included in the above who may want to ... (more) Peebles to Moffat to Peebles

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Ae Fond Kiss
northernpies.blogspot.com - 26 hours ago
Ae Fond Kiss
— northernpies.blogspot.com — just because I like it. Poor Nancy , eh?... (more) Ae Fond Kiss

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Skiddaw by Ullock Pike
northernpies.blogspot.com - 2 days ago
Skiddaw by Ullock Pike
— northernpies.blogspot.com — This was another of Martin Banfield’s collection of Bill Birkett’s Great British Ridge Walks, in this case... number 20, Skiddaw by Ullock Pike and descent by Birkett’s Edge. And what a fine spring morning if a bit fractios on the roads and a bit mizzly and misty at first. But as we (me, ... (more) Skiddaw by Ullock Pike

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Famiss Lakes Potes #3
northernpies.blogspot.com - 3 days ago
Famiss Lakes Potes #3
— northernpies.blogspot.com — English Language Prep  (homework) in the Wordsworth household. Scene 1 Up in William’s bedroom just after tea.... William: “ I wandered lonely as an apricot I wandered lonely…as a bee. I wandered lonely as …a cloud I wandered….lonely as a…. an eagle I wandered lonely as ... (more) Famiss Lakes Potes #3

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Surveying Heights of British Hills
northernpies.blogspot.com - 4 days ago
Surveying Heights of British Hills
— northernpies.blogspot.com — And other hillwalking subjects featured on Youtube…….. Below is the text of an email I just received,... forwarded to me by Bill Gallon. The subject is British Hills on Youtube, in particular the surveys on heights of hills recently carried out by John Barnard and Graham Jackson. The text is ... (more) Surveying Heights of British Hills

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Kinder Edge and Chinley Churn
northernpies.blogspot.com - 5 days ago
Kinder Edge and Chinley Churn
— northernpies.blogspot.com — On the occasion of the English version of the TGO Challenge Annual gathering at The Snake Inn... in Derbyshire during which I camped in the Akto on some tilted soggy stuff and skilfully avoided the walk arranged by the Arranger Alan Hardy. His idea of a 14 mile walk through the Pennine ... (more) Kinder Edge and Chinley Churn

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Chance Meetings Up The Deerness
northernpies.blogspot.com - 9 days ago
Chance Meetings Up The Deerness
— northernpies.blogspot.com —   Time to let bygones be bygones and put all thoughts of timber extraction and disposal into... the past as so much water under the bridge – and go for a walk. Today’s trundle was pretty much decided by the fact that the knipemobile has no petrol in it and the pension isn’t paid into my ... (more) Chance Meetings Up The Deerness

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Is it me?
northernpies.blogspot.com - 11 days ago
Is it me?
— northernpies.blogspot.com — This is a warning. A rant is about to happen. There is very bad language. If you... don’t like bad language, then don’t read this rant. And another thing – all comments have to be moderated by me. This is not a democracy. If I don’t like what you’re saying, it won’t get published, so you might ... (more) Is it me?

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Howgills – Green Bell and Randygill Top
northernpies.blogspot.com - 12 days ago
Howgills – Green Bell and Randygill Top
— northernpies.blogspot.com — Yet another walk in the series of Yorkshire dales 2000 foot tops. This top being the one... at the top of Randygill. And let’s be honest, there’s not much thats all that randy about Randygill Top. We should just clear that up before we start. Before we start on Randygill Top, as it happens, ... (more) Howgills – Green Bell and Randygill Top

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Its all downhill from here
northernpies.blogspot.com - 16 days ago
Its all downhill from here
— northernpies.blogspot.com — It seemed like a perfect plan. We would leave a car at the bottom of the hill,... drive another car to the top, sledge down and retrieve car number one after a long descent of 1800 metres horizontal (er….tilted…) and 150 metres vertical (ish) The maths should have told us it wasn’t really ... (more) Its all downhill from here

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The Greenburn Horseshoe
northernpies.blogspot.com - 16 days ago
The Greenburn Horseshoe
— northernpies.blogspot.com — Martin continues to collect his collection of Bill Birketts Great British Ridge Walks and so, me and... superdawg met Martin and Graham at a  slippery Little Langdale quite close to the phone box. This walk was arranged immediately after the Littledale Horseshoe walk, so maybe the ... (more) The Greenburn Horseshoe

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Teesdale – Moking Hurth and High Force
northernpies.blogspot.com - 19 days ago
Teesdale – Moking Hurth and High Force
— northernpies.blogspot.com — My plan for today – up until last night anyway , was to go and bag Penyghent... and Plover Hill as part of the Yorkshire Dales 2000 foot tops thing. The weather forecast was a bit borderline for the Dales, specially late in the day, and I didn’t have any change for the pay and display, ... (more) Teesdale – Moking Hurth and High Force

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A visit to HMS Ark Royal and some Geordie stuff
northernpies.blogspot.com - 20 days ago
A visit to HMS Ark Royal and some Geordie stuff
— northernpies.blogspot.com — This was Brian’s idea. He turned up this morning along with Charlie and we hurtled off to... South Shields to have a look at the Ark Royal which had an open day today before receiving some aircraft at sea tomorrow. Unfortunately, the ship was parked in North Shields, so, after some ... (more) A visit to HMS Ark Royal and some Geordie stuff

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Jeremiah Dixon – A Celebration
northernpies.blogspot.com - 21 days ago
Jeremiah Dixon – A Celebration
— northernpies.blogspot.com — Really really ardent readers of this blog will, no doubt be able to easily bring to mind... my series of celebratory flapjack cakes – There was the Arsenal cake, The ode to TV chef Fanny Craddock and so on. And so, I determined that it was about time for another cake. this time, I chose the ... (more) Jeremiah Dixon – A Celebration

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Get Carter Coast
northernpies.blogspot.com - 22 days ago
Get Carter Coast
— northernpies.blogspot.com — My Get Fit for the TGO Challenge plan says that at some point in February, I should... walk 15 miles, so for somewhere new to go, I decided to have this little trundle down the Durham coast path – based on the theory that if I walked  seven and a half miles in one direction, I could ... (more) Get Carter Coast

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