Category Archives: Explosives

A Pennine Trek, Part 1 ??? Moorland and Mustard Gas

Posted on September 12, 2013 by

The first stage of a three-day walk from Bowes to Hexham . . . Continue reading →

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A Blackpowder Blast From the Past

Posted on February 26, 2013 by

IUSED to blow up huge chunks of Cumbrian hillside for a living. I stopped doing it not through any regard for conservation or the environment, but because I???d noticed that none of my more senior colleagues ever reached retirement age … Continue reading →

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