Home on Saturday ... then ...

"Where the hell have you been all bloody week ??" - a stern-looking Rollo ...

... sort out dirty washing (much !), relaxing evening (yes even a take-away !) - then Sunday ... continue with clean-up, prep tea, trip to supermarket to catch up with food and then .... guess what ... a bit of a walk !!!!!

Nothing dramatic mind - just up the canal to Greenfield, quick pint in the Railway (OK two) and a brief glimpse at the Fabulous Dilly Sisters - a few less than brill pix (I had my "walking lens" on) at

Fabulous Dilly Sisters @ Railway Greenfield 11Oct15

... and then home back down the canal (to eat the slow-cooked lamb shanks wot I sorted earlier !)
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Cotswold Way ...

I've been away !!

Token posy pic - Winchcombe High Street ...

Strange really - I checked my holiday chart a couple of weeks ago .. and realised I had a week's holiday at the beginning of October - and the added bonus was that now that Mrs Smiffy is officially "retired" - we could actually do something with it !!  An abortive trip to travel agents (no decent Saturday flights to anywhere with walks !) meant we hit the internet to book stuff (mostly pubs of course !!) for a seven dayer down on the Cotswold Way.  So - following the "archetypal Postie day off" recently, it was the "archetypal Postie week off" - 50 miles through the Cotswolds starting in Chipping Camden finishing in Painswick near Stroud.  A couple of wet days and then it dried up.  All in all a good week away. Some pics at

Cotswold Way - October 2015

Back at work today - aargh - back at football tomorrow (Stalybridge v Chasetown FA Cup replay) ...

Situation normal ...
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Mossley v Harrogate RA - FA Trophy 03Oct15 - Catching up !

I've been away !!

An Alex Low O.G. was the difference at the end of the day (second left) ...

A bit of revenge for the league defeat a few weeks ago - and a few bob in the kitty as well - again match report available at this place

Mossley 1 Harrogate RA 0 (FAT)

Next stop - Darlington - aargh - we've had some interesting encounters with them chaps in the not too distant past - fingers crossed for Hallowe'en ...
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Mossley v New Mills 29Sep15 - Catching up !

Guess how many goals Tom Pratt has scored ...

I've been away !!

If you need a match report try this.   Suffice to say there are some pics from the game at

Mossley 3 New Mills 0

... shame there weren't more goals given the amount New Mills have been shipping - still it's three points at the end of the day.
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The Archeytypal "Postie Day Off"

24 hours late mate !!!

Sunday morn - Mrs S not feeling so bright (sneezy, fluish etc etc - still not perfick as I type this on the Tuesday !!). A morning of tidying up (laptop and house ... in THAT order !!), before cabin fever set in.  I'd seen something on Facebook about Saddleworth CC's last home game - so I headed down - to find if I had read the Facebook post proper like, I'd have known it was on the Saturday ...

Hey ho - I went for a wander ... some pics at

Sunday Wander 27Sep15
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Saddleworth Rangers v Myton Warriors

 Myton Warriors on the charge ...

... yes we're in the football season ... but when everything conspires - you take the best option.  Finished work in good time to get the train home (plan was Droylsden v Lancaster in the FA Cup) ... but then it all went pear-shaped.  Train from Greenfield was 36 minutes late .. so no chance of getting to the Butchers Arms.

However ... with the trains terminating at Stalybridge and then turning straight round - I got to Mossley, dashed up home, quick change, grab (prepared) camera bag, dash back down to station - and catch train I've just come in on - result !

Missed start of game - noticed Jackie (Saddleworth Rangers "official" snapper) so decided to do the "wrong end" ... and here they are ...

Saddleworth Rangers 22 Myton Warriors 44

It's not been the greatest of seasons for Saddleworth ...
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Stalybridge Celtic Youth v Prescot Cables Youth

 
... in the FA Youth Cup 1st Qualifying Round ... not a good night for the home team - well beaten in the end (by 10 men for a good while as well) - hey ho - pics at

Stalybridge Celtic Youth 2 Prescot Cables Youth 5

So .. in less than a week Prescot Cables have come to Tameside twice - - - and won twice - grr !
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