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More piccys at:http://tashcamuk.fotopages.com/?entry=221272 Map of the area: http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=412745&y=383635&z=3&sv=412500,383500&st=4&ar=Y&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf&dn=639

Oh, at last!! Whatever you think of the present Labour Government, Mr Meacher and department have done this. I can now walk on a mountain, BY RIGHT, NOT PERMISSION. I think this important. and I say thank you to them. … Continue reading →

Starting out from Upper Booth heading north up Crowden Clough, and after a great deal of ‘puff’ end up on to Kinder Scout plataeu. This is the highest point [well area really,] of the Peak District. Splendid views in all … Continue reading →

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Weather has been splendid up to yesterday. Today, being Wales, it’s started to rain, lots. Still, rain and low cloud does makes for some atmospheric shots. http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=262315&y=355120&z=5&sv=262315,355120&st=4&ar=Y&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf&dn=633 More Piccys at: http://tashcamuk.fotopages.com/?entry=216544

Thought I would climb back up to the Snowdon Horseshoe, and finish a bit more of the route, I’d started on tuesday but had run out of daylight. Starting from my bunkhouse in the village of Nant Peris, I climbed … Continue reading →

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=255000&y=355000&z=5&sv=255000,355000&st=4&ar=N&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf&dn=633 More piccys at: http://tashcamuk.fotopages.com/?entry=216513

Starting from my campsite at Hafod y Llan, past the Gladstone Rock and up the Watkin Path, south to north. Summit at OS ref: SH610544 http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=261500&y=353500&z=3&sv=261500,353500&st=4&ar=N&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf&dn=633 more piccys at: http://tashcamuk.fotopages.com/?entry=216500

Left Nottingham this morning, for a lot of walking, scrambling and climbing about in the Snowdonia National Park, North Wales. Camping at Hafod Y Llan OS ref: SH628513 http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=262500&y=352500&z=3&sv=262500,352500&st=4&ar=N&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf&dn=633 piccys at: http://tashcamuk.fotopages.com/?entry=216497

“Let right be done” Sir Robert Morton On BBC2 tonight. I ust had to watch this again. Quite simply, next to Ken Loach’s film “Kes”, Terence Rattigan’s “The Winslow Bow” is one of my favourite all-time films. I’m one of … Continue reading →

Plenty of exhibits and loads of lovely people. The biggest cheers of the crowd, went to the public service workers. The Royal Air Force fielded a team for the first time. The NHS and Ambulance Services and the Gay Police … Continue reading →

On driving past, I found many walls, simply covered in artwork at “The Arches” Ladybay Bridge, Nottingham. I think this a particularly colourful set, made by many graphic artist. Not vandelism eh? as some think. I want to draw your … Continue reading →

Fire: Mansfield Town Centre Fire at a plastics factory in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire 5 hours, [and then overnight damping down] More than 80 firefighters from across the region raced to the scene, with up to 20 appliances deployed from Ashfield, Alfreton, … Continue reading →

August 1642, King Charles I ‘Raised his Standard’ at Nottingham, thus declaring war on the English Parliament. This act marked the beginning of the English Civil War. Over this weekend, the Sealed Knot mounted various displays and re-enactments, to commemorate … Continue reading →

“Sleepwalking into a surveillance society?” – Information Commissioner http://www.statewatch.org/news/2004/aug/08uk-info-commissioner.htm Watching out: A need for balance as Whitehall seeks more informationhttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,542-1218045,00.html Further, check out earlier entry on Monday, August 16, 2004 at: http://tash_lodge.blogspot.com/2004_08_15_tash_lodge_archive.html#109264894794420538 and at: http://tash_lodge.blogspot.com/2004_06_27_tash_lodge_archive.html#108854890794752745 when I’d volunteered for the … Continue reading →

A working 19th century windmill with museum and science centre. Once owned by George Green, physicist and mathematician. http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/physics/gg/MathspectrumLJC/index.phtml More about the windmill at: http://www.greensmill.org.uk More piccys on my PhotoBlog at: http://tashcamuk.fotopages.com/?entry=190035 Sunny eh? well yes, it was for an … Continue reading →

Attended a press conference at Wyburn House Farm, Hucknall. Still not too many details of the operation, but a statement read by Supt Stuart Wright. Much of the operation now standing down, even the tea urn and biccys, being taken … Continue reading →

An area of woodland, north of Nottingham, has been the location of the biggest ‘manhunt’ ever conducted by Nottinghamshire Police. ‘Operation Rendition’ involved the deployment of 650 officers, looking for two suspects, wanted for two different murders. One man was … Continue reading →

Richard Thomas is the Information Commissioner. There is a splash in todays Times about his views on government proposals for the introduction of Identity Cards in the UK. Below is the critical article about it all by Thomas, followed by … Continue reading →

It rained a lot last week, and, it’s going to rain a lot next week. [english summer]. So, I leapt in the motor, and dashed out to the hills. Put in a few miles for the views and excercise, and … Continue reading →