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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 freezing February</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2012/02/11/a-freezing-february/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This day last week, a weather front was making its way down Britain throwing out good coverings of snow as it did so. Macclesfield didn&#8217;t escape either though it sounds as if other places got more; there were several inches left on cars in Harlow in Essex last Saturday night. Transport got disrupted too and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stiffness</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2012/01/17/stiffness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:03:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Weatherwise, 2012 started like a lion in some parts with Scotland getting a particular battering. Before that the second day of the year saw me crossing hills to pop over to Buxton. That act planted in my mind the prospect of exploring more of Macclesfield&#8217;s hills this year. However, the following weekend was a quiet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wasn&#8217;t expecting to see any snow</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2012/01/02/wasnt-expecting-to-see-any-snow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 20:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today came as a lovely sunny if chilly day around Macclesfield so thoughts turned to a little trip out of doors. A certain lethargy meant that I couldn&#8217;t muster up enthusiasm for a wander on foot through the countryside so I went by bus through the hills to Buxton instead. Looking through the bus windows, [...]]]></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>
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		<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>Weekends away</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2011/05/05/weekends-away/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 19:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This evening finds Macclesfield a damper place than it has been for a good while. In fact, it could be said that 2011 has been largely dry until now. Of course, that can change and an unsettled summer could be all that many remember yet. In fact, some are asking if we are getting a [...]]]></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>Out in some of the whiteness</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2011/01/06/out-in-some-of-the-whiteness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 21:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Those heavy coatings of snow that many of us were to find round about our way before Christmas weren&#39;t left go without my going out and sampling the transformed countryside, even if my excursions were mere nibbles compared with what others were doing. On the Monday before Christmas, I got myself into the hills not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Matters of terminology</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2010/12/18/matters-of-terminology/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2010 15:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday evening and overnight, a white blanket arrived in and around Macclesfield. A company Christmas night out meant that I was out in Manchester to see the white stuff blanketting there and Stockport too. Again the south of England seems to have been affected too with Twitter awash with transport companies telling what services are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An arctic feel</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2010/12/08/an-arctic-feel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 19:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Surely, this winter must go down in memory as one with an early blast of cold weather that brought with it a hell of lot of snow in places. While Macclesfield and Wilmslow came off more lightly than other places, we still have to watch our step while walking about; those pesky areas of black [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stair Rods</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2010/07/31/stair-rods/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was coming home last night, rain started getting thrown down in torrents as can happen in Cheshire. It was almost as if a foretaste of Autumn was being put our way already. When you end up getting a wetting in that kind of deluge, you have to ask if reservoirs are filling up [...]]]></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>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>Remnants</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2010/04/11/remnants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 19:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend, I fitted in a overnight stay in Capel Curig and a strenuous walk walk over the top of Moel Siabod while en route from Dolwyddelan. Following that ardour, anything done today needed to be less energetic though a hike over boggy ground and through woodland conveyed me to Betws-y-Coed from where I travelled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Going out with a bang</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2010/04/01/going-out-with-a-bang/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:29:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[March should start like a lion and leave like a lamb but it seems to have got that script wrong this year. You only have to hear the stories of trains being marooned in snow drifts to be reminded of the same sort of thing happening at the end of February. In its own way, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking in on a (quite) different world</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/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>
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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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