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	<title>Collected Musings of a Hill Wanderer &#187; Badenoch &amp; Strathspey</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>And so to 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 07:32:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having had a few days to catch up with a few recent issues of TGO, a realisation has popped into my mind: maybe basing myself somewhere on a trip away might allow me to get more from it, especially for those places that take a little longer to get to them. Using Dunoon as a [...]]]></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>Sampling a Cicerone eBook</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2010/10/02/sampling-a-cicerone-ebook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Oct 2010 19:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For whatever reason, I retain a soft spot for Cicerone guidebooks and have amassed a collection of them. Whether it is the handy presentation, the descriptions, the included maps or the authoritative coverage of many parts of Britain and beyond, I cannot say exactly but all must play a part in the buying decisions. Of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A developing pattern?</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2010/04/19/a-developing-pattern/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unusually for me, my walking escapades seem to involve my reaching more summits than usually has been the case. In fact, finding some sort of hummock to ascend has formed part of my planning in the last few months. The most recent example of this was an out and back hike to Y Llethr from [...]]]></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>A short sortie in snow-streaked hill country</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2010/03/24/a-short-sortie-in-snow-streaked-hill-country/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2010/03/24/a-short-sortie-in-snow-streaked-hill-country/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:45:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/blog/?p=1490</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#39;s amazing how brainwaves emerge and the one that prompted&#160;my&#160;weekend visit to Glenmore and Abernethy is a case in point&#160; and&#160;it might have been caused by the prevalence of cycling outings since my last walking excursion. What resulted was a hastily planned getaway facilitated by a Caledonian Sleeper journey between Crewe and Aviemore (booking a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A weekend among the Cairngorms</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2010/03/22/a-weekend-among-the-cairngorms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was the feeling of a developing rut that triggered it and a ride on the Caledonian Sleeper that got me there but, if that was what was needed to get me out among snow streaked hills and under snow blanketed summits, then it did the job well. Though I met with hefty (rain) showers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2009: a year of reconnaissance and rediscovery</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/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>In times of plummeting mercury</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2009/11/12/in-times-of-plummeting-mercury/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It had to come as it often does at the start of November. Temperatures fell on a Sunday night after a fairly pleasant day&#160;that saw me fail to get out into the open air as I would have liked. What followed it was a&#160;day that mixed&#160;fine crisp winter sun and typical November misty murkiness. Some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It all doesn&#8217;t end with a damp start</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2009/09/12/it-all-doesnt-end-with-a-damp-start/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before I set off for Aviemore, a look at any forecast could leave you with only one conclusion: that it was going to be a mixed bag. It certainly was just that but the other thing that was predicted was that Thursday was to be the best day of my stay. By the time that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A day when long heather tamed vaulting ambitions</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2009/09/10/a-day-when-long-heather-tamed-vaulting-ambitions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The chance of having a less laden rucksack for day two of my Aviemore escapade set my imagination to soaring when it came to walking possibilities. Thoughts of summits like Creag Dhubh and even a putative first Munro bagging all started to queue up for consideration. You would have thought that the efforts of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Episodes of deceptive flattery and testing irritation</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2009/09/02/episodes-of-deceptive-flattery-and-testing-irritation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2009/09/02/episodes-of-deceptive-flattery-and-testing-irritation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 07:05:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My recollections of day one of my Aviemore escapade contain more greyness and rain than was actually the case. Skies may have been grey with a certain cool feel pervading the air on my arrival at the place&#8217;s train station on the Caledonian Sleeper but it wasn&#8217;t all thus. Awaiting the bus to Glenmore allowed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looks like I got away in time</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2009/08/14/looks-like-i-got-away-in-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2009/08/14/looks-like-i-got-away-in-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:27:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The weather prospects may have been uneven if anything but I grabbed a few days away in Aviemore this week. The Caledonian Sleeper conveyed me there and away again overnight before today&#8217;s heavy rain ensconced itself over Scotland. Tuesday saw me trot over Meall a&#8217; Bhuachaille, Creagan Gorm, Creag a&#8217; Chaillich and Craiggowrie in ever [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A first outing among the Cairngorms</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2009/04/30/a-first-outing-among-the-cairngorms/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2009/04/30/a-first-outing-among-the-cairngorms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The trouble with going somewhere for the first time is that you need to decide what to see. That reality is heightened when there are so many options that there is an embarrassment of riches. My Easter visit to Aviemore was a good example of this last point in every way. The weather could not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Of distractions and strolls</title>
		<link>http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2009/04/27/of-distractions-and-strolls/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a certain distraction occupying my life at the moment so that&#8217;s why that trip report from my Easter visit to Aviemore has yet to make its debut. Nevertheless, my weekends have been left sufficiently free for some sampling of the springtime awakening that surrounds us right now. Yesterday saw me pay a visit [...]]]></description>
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