JJ's Stuff

My adventures with walking, backpacking, running (hobbling?), cycling, amateur radio, traditional folk music and song...and loads of other stuff.

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Wednesday, 28 August 2013

Donald Trump University

A discussion on Mudcat enlightened me to the fact that a certain well known desecrator of wild places has found a new way of extracting cas...

Wednesday, 21 August 2013

21st August, Kit review: La Sportiva Raptors

A posting on the TGO Challenge Message Board a couple of months ago alerted me to Snow and Rock’s half price offer on La Sportiva Raptors . ...

11th August, Last week was the week that was…

Just some pics: Flahs: Shame about the focus on this one Oh dear x2: A fine example of a flying kettle, aka Suzuki GT...

Tuesday, 20 August 2013

Sunday 18th August, Wandering around The Wirral

The phone rang last week, it was John B, walks coordinator of the East Lancs LDWA. John was calling to check I was still coming on his wa...

Wednesday, 14 August 2013

TGOC2014....The Plan so far

Plans are coming together for next year's Challenge. I try for a Challenge shake-down trip a week or so before the crossing but I rarely...

Thursday, 8 August 2013

Wednesday 7th August, Timperley to Northwich

It was Fast Blackshaw’s fault, he fancied walking to Northwich and needed company. I’d walked to Northwich a few years ago, although by a mo...

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About Me

John J: Timperley, Altrincham, Cheshire, United Kingdom; A bit boring really, although I like doing lots of stuff. My interests and hobbies include drinking proper beer, walking, backpacking, trail running (ho-ho!), traditional British song, music and dance, amateur radio - mainly CW QRP (G4WQD / GQRP2725), proper beer, decent food, cycling, er, did I mention beer? There's loads of other stuff too. You can contact me at johnjocys-at-hotmail-dot-com

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