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Trainline Hiking

Sunday came around once again.  The word Sunday most often serves as a synonym for hiking, yet today I didn't like the look of the sky.  It wasn't raining, but the clouds were just daring me to make plans.  So I did that other synonym for Sunday, which... ...full story at Notes from the Nog

from Notes from the Nog on Fri, Mar 28 2008

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