Still stunned by fluffy towels and central heating to name a few, we’d made our way from our camp site to the local – The George & Dragon – where we were staying on our penultimate night of this circular trip.
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The Herriot Way – Day One – Base Camp Aysgarth
I could barely believe it was only a year since we’d survived a week walking the Dalesway, four of us exiting one last forest to witness the jaw-dropping beauty of Lake Windermere shimmering in the early evening sun.
Smelly, tired and suffering borderline alcohol abuse, we had made it after eighty-odd miles of torment. Not exactly one of the great marches of history I will grant you but, no sooner had we finished, the next trip was being planned.
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Tales From The Scruffy – Strangers In The Night
Taken from the October Edition of The Trumpit.
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Racing In The Street
“We old athletes carry the disfigurements and markings of contests remembered only by us and no one else. Nothing is more lost than a forgotten game.”
Pat Conroy
And another cricket season comes to an end…
All The Fives
“I’m 59 and people call me middle aged. How many 118 year old men do you know?”
Barry Cryer
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