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	<title>Collected Musings of a Hill Wanderer</title>
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	<description>Thanks for dropping by. What is now my hillwalking blog started out as a place to put hillwalking trip reports and photo gallery update news. It has since blossomed from those beginnings to take on a life of its own, with the aforementioned being complemented by related topics such as plans for future outings, walking books, outdoors gear, weather, travel and the wonder of nature. Enjoy.</description>
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		<title>Looking in on a (quite) different world</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/blog/2010/03/19/looking-in-on-a-quite-different-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:15:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[St. Patrick&#39;s Day was a few days ago and it seems to have heralded a sustained onset of spring this year with birds singing their hearts out and daffodils attempting to take over from snowdrops on the roadsides. A work colleague took to his bike for the first time this year on Monday after having [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seeing the heart of Cheshire and beyond by bike?</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/blog/2010/02/24/seeing-the-heart-of-cheshire-and-beyond-by-bike/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently, my late Uncle Jim had a fascination for exploring the byways of his local stomping ground and I am left wondering if my own inclinations come from the same gene pool. For instance, an unexpectedly Sunday morning from more than a week ago&#160;was the cause of dragging me out on my bike for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A mixture of spring warmth and cloudless summits</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/blog/2010/02/14/a-mixture-of-spring-warmth-and-cloudless-summits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 08:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#39;s amazing where a moment of curiosity might take you. The weekend before saw me checking out the travel possibilities for Keswick while pondering the reality of a day outing to Dyffryn Ardudwy was what was to follow it. The trouble with the latter is that the last train back is often at around 16:30 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Departing with one plan, arriving with another</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/blog/2010/02/12/departing-with-one-plan-arriving-with-another/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the weather promised ahead of the last weekend in January, I really didn&#39;t want to be leaving an opportunity unused or even underused. In the midst of mulling over the possibilities, Keswick dropped into mind and transport arrangements fell into place so that&#39;s where I was headed. Just because a destination was in mind [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A foretaste of spring followed by a reminder of winter</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/blog/2010/02/08/a-foretaste-of-spring-followed-by-a-reminder-of-winter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday, I was&#160;walking towards the top of a Welsh hill dressed in a manner more appropriate to a day in April. Since then, it has not been possible to put away the down jackets just yet and that is set to stay for the course of the week by the appearance of things. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A little white surprise</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/blog/2010/01/31/a-little-white-surprise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning, I got up and peered out my window not to see sunshine but falling snow instead. After that prolonged cold spell earlier in the month, I&#39;d thought that we&#39;d to wait a while before seeing another white covering and that was even with light snow showers being forecast. Even so, I wasn&#39;t expecting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>They don&#8217;t have to be that high</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/blog/2010/01/28/they-dont-have-to-be-that-high/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last weekend&#39;s greyness did nothing to coax me out of doors and other things took up whatever spare time was available. With a promising forecast for the coming one, I am minded to make use of what goodness comes the way though it will mean preparation for colder temperatures and mindfulness of the threat of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2009: a year of reconnaissance and rediscovery</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/blog/2010/01/26/2009-a-year-of-reconnaissance-and-rediscovery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before Christmas 2009, I tried making a start on this round-up but the attempt came to a full stop. One cause was a memory block and a certain loss of chronology in the trip report postings. Along with this, end of year fatigue and lack of inspiration had their parts to play too. The latter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Now that an arctic visitor has departed</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/blog/2010/01/22/an-inspection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One night last week after I had tired of trying to break up ice on the footway outside my house, I finally got to watching my copy of the BMC&#39;s Winter Skills DVD. That act may have brought a wealth of information my way but I have no intention of launching a full scale incursion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alterations</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/blog/2010/01/18/alterations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Those of you who are regulars may note a certain change in the colours around here. Another bit of electronic fiddling was the cause of bringing the background colour to my notice The new year has yet to see a proper piece of outdoors action. That&#39;s not to say that I didn&#39;t go inspecting the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A longer winter break</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/blog/2010/01/06/a-longer-winter-break/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:52:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have had the cold winter mixture of snow and ice for so long now that it almost is no longer newsworthy. It was there before I set off on a winter airborne crossing of the Irish Sea and remained to welcome me back on my return. That&#39;s not to say that it isn&#39;t causing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/blog/2010/01/05/white/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year, postings on here were beginning to look like a daily winter weather report for Macclesfield and its surrounding areas. As it happens,&#160;it now turns out that the inaugural post of 2010 is much in the same vein. Such an amount of snow turned up overnight to join what awaited my return from Ireland [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intermission ahead</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/blog/2009/12/24/intermission-ahead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the Christmas season upon us, I am taking my customary break from adding things on here. All going well, normal service will resume again in the New Year. Until then, I hope that good things will come your way and thanks for dropping by during 2009.
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		<title>More snow in the air</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/blog/2009/12/22/more-snow-in-the-air/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:26:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now, I know why it was a good idea to sit schtum on Sunday. This afternoon, I took a bus over the hills to find a Buxton constantly beset by snow showers. Even with my being shod in North Face Hedgehogs, a certain chill was felt as I negotiated soft and often slushy snow underfoot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sticking with what was near at hand</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/blog/2009/12/21/sticking-with-what-was-near-at-hand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In those rare times when snow pays a visit, thoughts can turn to going elsewhere. So it was on Monday after with Sunday&#39;s snow covering. In the end, I wisely stuck with enjoying what lay on my doorstep and spent and afternoon among Macclesfield&#39;s nearby hills. Traffic may have been free-flowing and public transport running [...]]]></description>
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