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Walking Places Micro Sites
This is the
main landing page for the hosted micro sites on Walking
Places. Each of the links below takes you to a dedicated
micro site holding the journals of the site owners. Some of
these are managed by the authors and updated on a regular
basis, some of them just hold a single journal covering a
single journal.
If you would
like a micro site to host your walking journals or diary
then click the link on the right hand side of the screen.
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Famous Five Grannies - We are five
grandmothers Heather, Jenny, Val, Di and Celia, who all
enjoy walking and have teamed up to do the coast to coast
walk in support of Twin teenage boys with cerebral palsy who
need new wheelchairs, The
National
Society for Phenylketonuria (nspku), and the
Campaign to
Save our Rural Roads (SORR) |
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Pete Stott
- I was born in 1946. My parents were Madge and Charlie
Stott. We lived at the corner of Leeds Road and Fairfax
Street in Otley, West Yorkshire, at the foot of a steep hill
called The Chevin which divides Wharfedale from Airedale.
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Rambling Pete -
I have worked offshore on the Oil and Gas rigs for the past
29 years. I’ve visited some wonderful places, but there’s no
place like home for a good tramp around the Countryside.
Over the next year I will try and record a walk every Month
to share with whoever tunes in to this site. |
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Journeyman - Born in 1953, married with 4 sons aged
between 19-28, I retired from the Police Service in 2004
after 35 years to pursue other interests, in particular
walking.
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Kev & Liz - Married couple living in Lewisham, South
London, England ( Europe for those in the US) with 3 cats.
Habitual walkers and indoor climbers. |
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Lone Walker - Mid 40's IT consultant from
Cheshire, in the UK, took up walking in 2004 as a result of
a mid-life crisis. Walking was much cheaper than buying a
sports car or a motorbike. |
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Ashley Heeley - 47 years old married with 2 children
aged 14 and 9. A Human Resources Manager for a major Steel
Stockholder. Major interests include medieval history
especially the Wars of the Roses and the Battle of Towton in
particular, and reliving my youth by taking an interest in
music in particular some of the new bands coming out of
Leeds e.g. iForward Russia, Duels, Pigeon Detectives (The
Kaiser Chiefs are already mainstream). My answer to mid-life
crisis and it's a cheap night out! |
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The Savages - Ian (45) and son William (14) Savage.
Married to Ruth we have five children: William, Charlie
(13), Patrick (10), Roscoe (7) and Albert (3). We live in
North Yorkshire on the edge of Nidderdale. |
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The Savages 2007 - Ian (45), this time with my sons Charlie
(13) and Patrick (10), walk the Coast to Coast again. A
classic example of sibling rivalry! |
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Fab 4 on the Pennine Way - An excellent journal
covering the travels of two couples (Heather and Peter and
Pete and Eirlys) along the Pennine Way in May 2006. |
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Deborah & Gwen - Deborah, 44, daughter of Gwen,
married to Mel with 3 teenage children, freelance
photographer, living in Sheffield, loves all outdoor
activities. Gwen, 75, mother to Deborah, married to David, 2
grown up children and 4 grandchildren, retired teacher,
living in Mid-Wales, enjoys walking and gardening. |
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Gregg Neilson - Retired engineer, married, 68 years
old, living in Sonoma wine country of northern California.
Inveterate world traveler and loves walking. |
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Footloose Librarians - Texans both, and unrepentant
about it. James is a South Texas boy and director of the
Victoria Public Library. Steve lives in North Texas and is
director of the North Richland Hills Public Library. |
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David Holmes - An epic journal recounting the 120
days spent walking from Lands End to Cape Wrath. Get a big
mug of tea and don't plan on doing anything for a day or
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