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	<title>Collected Musings of a Hill Wanderer &#187; Cycling</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>A look back at 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2011/12/26/a-look-back-at-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 07:43:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For me, 2011 will have to be seen as one when work very much got in the way of hill wandering. Even if it did, I did get out on quite a few excursions over its course and some of them took me places where I hadn&#8217;t been before then. Also, there was a sense [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It would be a pity to see them go</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2011/12/14/it-would-be-a-pity-to-see-them-go/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 07:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[England]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/?p=1828</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent poke around the SYHA website revealed some sad news: hostel closures. In total, there have been 46 but 5 of them are facing closure. There&#8217;s Canisbay near John O&#8217;Groats in Caithness, Arden near Loch Lomond and three in the Scottish Borders. These are Broadmeadows, Kirk Yetholm and Melrose. The latter losses will leave [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trip reports in progress</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2011/11/23/trip-reports-in-progress/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:32:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anglesey]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A weekend may have been spent around Cowal during the spring but it has taken until now to get the trip report more or less written, such has been the course that my life has taken. Just setting down the words took me back to that weekend and even to other walking trips where peace [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smells of an Indian summer</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2011/10/01/smells-of-an-indian-summer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 19:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cheshire]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/?p=1799</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some of us have been getting unseasonably hot sunny weather over the last few days; Scotland and Ireland are getting plenty of rain with a blocking area of high pressure keeping that away from England and Wales for now. That made a little too hot for walking among hills around Macclesfield so I went for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Glorious fresh green growth</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2011/04/20/glorious-fresh-green-growth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 20:16:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a little break, I am back cycling to and from work again. In the mornings, it is possible to revel in the way that everything has come to life over the last few weeks. That we have what feels like summer weather only can have helped. This year, it seems that the display of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A year in two halves</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2011/02/02/a-year-in-two-halves/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 20:17:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was one event in my life over the last year that very firmly punctuated the year in outdoors terms: a change of job. Whether it was the cause of putting my hill-going off track or not, there clearly were less outings in the second half of the year and those that were enjoyed weren&#39;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Well, it certainly isn&#8217;t all flat&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2010/09/12/well-it-certainly-isnt-all-flat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2010 09:26:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/blog/?p=1585</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, I finally managed to turn into reality something that I have been considering for a while: cycling from Macclesfield to Chester. Being a journey of 35-40 miles in length, it shouldn&#39;t surprise you that I was well tired after it. However, I didn&#39;t have to use any of the opportunities that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not so inactive</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2010/09/09/not-so-inactive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One thing that I cannot contradict is that it has been quiet on here for a while. An inspiring summer and my starting a new job both have had their part to play in that state of affairs. Even so, that isn&#39;t to say that I have been failing to get out and about. One [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hardly the kind of weather for sunbathing</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2010/08/18/hardly-the-kind-of-weather-for-sunbathing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2010/08/18/hardly-the-kind-of-weather-for-sunbathing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cheshire has seen many a fast moving spotty rain shower pass over it today and the Met Office&#8217;s online rain radar shows more Ireland. In between those, there have been spells of alluring sunshine of the kind that makes wonderful photos. How is it that you need a session of rain for the sunlight to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Edge</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2010/06/20/edge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 19:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/blog/?p=1555</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There may have been wonderful sunny summer weather visiting us over the last few weeks but goings on in my professional life have meant that I haven&#39;t made the kind of use of it that is habitual for me. That&#39;s not to say that there haven&#39;t been restive escapes during the hurly burly. In fact, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Still distracted</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2010/06/14/still-distracted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:43:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Saturday should have seen me go further afield but another matter meant that I stayed at home. However, I didn&#39;t waste the wonderful weather that came to us entirely because I got out my bike and travelled along some of the local lanes; it&#39;s not the first time that&#160;the handy machine&#160;afforded a quick escape [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Catching some sun in Munster</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2010/05/28/catching-some-sun-in-munster/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 19:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last weekend, I crossed the Irish Sea for a more social visit to the southwest of the island where my parents live. While there was a spot of lawn-mowing, hedge-cutting and other bits and bobs to be done, there were chances for limited immersion in hill country too. Friday saw us heading to Gougane Barra [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Revisiting the Scottish Borders</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2010/05/10/revisiting-the-scottish-borders/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2010/05/10/revisiting-the-scottish-borders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 12:26:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a bank holiday weekend spent expanding my explorations of the Isle of Man, last weekend allowed a getaway to a part of the world that I haven&#39;t really visited for nearly four years: the Scottish Borders. Since then, a new long distance trail has appeared on OS maps, the Borders Abbeys Way, and caused [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting greener</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2010/04/21/getting-greener/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every year in the second half of April, nature does its act of greening up any bare branches with delightful hues. Some years, this change creeps up on me no matter how hard I try not to miss it until it&#39;s nearly done. This year, I seem to be catching it as it progresses. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some competition for attention</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2010/03/30/some-competition-for-attention/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:54:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last weekend should have seen me heading off somewhere for a day trip but nothing of the sort happened. Various excuses could be summoned and fatigue following a busy working week certainly would be among them. Then, there&#39;s the one that you cannot be away every weekend and that&#39;s true too. Still, it would have [...]]]></description>
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