Ramping Fumitory Marsalforn Gozo
I had a morning off and Lynne and I walked on the headland above Marsalforn. We looked at the flowers on the way.
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A hard day at the office
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Surf’s up in Marsalforn Gozo
The surf is up in Marsalforn Gozo
We cycled the three Km to the supermarket in Victoria. It is up hill on the way there and downhill on the way back, perfect. There has been a storm and there is a lot of white water. I suspect the diving was cancelled today.
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leaving Padfield and arriving in Masalforn Gozo
Lynne on the balcony of our apartment in Marsalforn in Gozo
Since leaving school on the last day of the Spring term Lynne and I have been working from first thing in the morning until the end of the day getting ourselves, our luggage and the house ready. The only exception was a lunch date where Mike Evans had arranged for Lynne and I to meet staff that I had worked with over the last 28 years, some for longer.
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My last day at Trinity
Best wishes on my retirement
I gave my notice with days to spare before the deadline. The advantage of this was that speculation about my successor or leaving me out of planning would not happen. I held a very important meeting with Capita and Manchester Council on the Thursday before I finished on the Friday. I was seeing parents and students up until 11:00am on the last day.
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The start of Moving out
Our second load of boxes to be placed in our outside container
One week of teaching to do. I have five leaving events. Thursday was the IT team, Friday was the leadership team, next Wednesday is the Pastoral team and Friday is good bye to the whole staff after my leaving speech – which needs preparing! The week after I am meeting staff who have left the school over the last few years at the previous Head’s house.
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Renting 28 Platt St
Our living room as we take photographs to advertise our house for renting
We have spent the weekend working out what we can afford to store and what we have to throw away. (more…)
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The boys in our hotel in Egypt tried to do things with towels, this impressed us!
We had booked this holiday before we had made the decision to retire and go to Gozo. It was nice to dive but we would have been better employed packing up the house.
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Before the next snow storm
Judy at Wain Stones Bleaklow
The forecast suggested snow by 12:00. We parked at the top of the Snake Pass and headed for Bleaklow Head. We got as far as the Wain Stones but we headed back to avoid the snow. It was a strange walk as the there was a a strange contrast between the white of the snow and the approaching black clouds and the snow. As we came down the Snake Pass the snow started.
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We found a helicopter
How do you hot wire a helicopter?
We walked up to Cock Hill and on to Clough Head. We were surprised to find a helicopter by a large number of bags of heather seadlings that are being used to reseed eroded areas of the moor. You do not usually leave helicopters lying around.
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Damp under foot in Cressbrook Dale
Our plan was to park in Litton and walk down Cressbrook Dale and into the part climbers know as Water-cum-jolly and back to Litton. Getting into the Dale on the side with the path foxed us. There was a river running down that required the removal of boots and socks and the rolling up of trousers if we were to cross to the side of the path. We declined this option, looked for alternatives and retraced our steps. The wind was gale force.
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Ladybower and Hope Cross
walker taking a direct line up the hillside towards Hope cross
A heavy frost after a wet week led to a beautiful day, a clear blue sky and no wind. The jet trails made crosses in the sky and we walked for three hours up from Ashop river to Hope Cross and came back down by the side of the Ladybower reservoir. It was good to be alive.
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Christmas 2011
My mother correctly making the observation that a notice telling you to close a kissing gate is surplus to requirements!
We stayed in two holiday cottages on a farm in the village of Yarpole – close to Leominster. We were lucky with the weather getting out walking on most days.
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A walk from Crowden Youth Hostel to Laddow
Crowden Quarry in the very short interval when the sum came out
School had broken up for the Christmas holiday. Lynne was feeling ill and was still in bed. Judy and I went for a walk. We parked at Crowden and walked up to Laddow it was snowing or raining for most of the time.
