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Andy Miller
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Career as psychologist (Hon Prof at Nottingham and Warwick Universities). 10 academic/professional books.
Now writing as Andy Christopher Miller - memoir, poetry, fiction, adventure, The Outdoors.
Born Weymouth, living in and loving the Peak District
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I seem to have written a #memoir.
I intended to write sketches of 95 hills in the #PeakDistrict, mixed with wider tales of climbing and mountaineering.
But (rave) reviews on Amazon have also seen the writer - me - growing and changing over the years
#rockclimbing #mountaineering #trekking
‘A Year On The Ethels: A Life In The Hills’ (4) Memoir
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November 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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“As a non-climber I was surprised how much I enjoyed the vivid descriptions, cliff-hangers and humour as Andy leads the reader through his life’s ups and downs both in relationship with the mountains and personal ones too … a gem of a book”
#AYearOnTheEthels:ALifeInTheHills
November 2, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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October 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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The 'Ethels' are a set of 95 hills in the English Peak District. In this video, I give my views on what they are – and what they are not.

#peakdistrict #hillwalking #hills #nationalpark #Ethels #EthelHaythornthwaite #countrysidecampaigner #access #stanageedge #all95

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‘A Year On The Ethels. A Life In The Hills’ (3) The Ethels
YouTube video by Andy Christopher Miller
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October 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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When we were rock climbing on Portland in 1964, we were the only people there! Every outing was a 1st ascent or an early repeat with the legendary Rev Bob Shepton.

#climbers #climbing #rockclimbing #seacliffclimbing #Portland #Dorset #earlydays #firstascents #BobShepton

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‘A Year On The Ethels. A Life In The Hills’ (2) Climbing
YouTube video by Andy Christopher Miller
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September 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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“ … embarrassingly personal “ - how I kept going after an early revue!

#climbers #rockclimbing #memoir #portland #firstascents #peakdistirct #frogattedge #nwales #williamsbarn #shadrach #cornwall #chairladder #bosigran #sennencove #friends #markvallance #carneddlewelyn #bivouac #glencoe
‘A Year On The Ethels. A Life In The Hills’ (2) Climbing
YouTube video by Andy Christopher Miller
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September 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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I am intending to produce a set of 4 short videos to promote ‘A Year On The Ethels. A Life In The Hills’ and this, an Overview, is the first.

#hillwalking #mountaineering #rockclimbing #peakdistrict #lakedistrict #scotland #conrwall #alps #himalaya #colorado #california

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Introducing ‘A Year On The Ethels. A Life In The Hills’
YouTube video by Andy Christopher Miller
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September 15, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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My book is out and about on its hols.

Readers here have taken it, clockwise from top L, to Glocs, N Berwick, and more locally to Wirksworth, Buxton, Staffordshire Moorlands

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August 14, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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#climbing #hillwalking #mountaineering #peakdistrict #snowdonis #lakedistrict #alps #rockies #eldoradocanyon #highsierra #mountwhitney #tuolomnemeadows
July 21, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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What a press release!

I could not wish for more than this from the Council for the Protection of Rural England.

#ayearontheethels #peakdistrict #landscape #hillwalking #rockclimbing #mountaineering #memoir #poet #author #psychologist #prizewinner
A Year On The Ethels: A Life In The Hills
CPRE Peak District and South Yorkshire is working to enhance, promote and protect the countryside. Find out more and get involved.
www.cprepdsy.org.uk
July 18, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Product placement
July 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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'I've just seen a face ..'

Ukewirks at #WirksworthFarmersMarket

#Ukewirks #Wirksworth #Derbyshire #ukuleles #Beatles #fun
July 6, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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My walking and climbing memoir was published this week-and sales have been brisk!
#rockclimbing #hillwalking #mountaineering #peakdistrict #Ethels #snowdonia #lakedistrict #scotland #cornwall #colorado #rockies #himalaya #annapurna #highsierra #mountwhitney #tuolumnemeadows #halfdome #poet #memoir
A Year On The Ethels: A Life In The Hills
Buy A Year On The Ethels: A Life In The Hills by Miller, Andy Christopher from Amazon's Fiction Books Store. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction.
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July 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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My new book becomes available on Amazon in 2 or 3 days time

#rockclimbing #mountaineering #hillwalking #peakdistrict #ethels #portland #dartmoor #snowdonai #lakedistrict #glencoe #cornwall #alps #colorado #highsierra #himalaya #annapurna #memoir
June 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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The streets of Paris
May 23, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Tin mining out under the sea

#Cornwall #mining #ocean #watercolour #painting #poetry #book #tragedy

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‘Above Us The Waves’
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May 7, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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Choose albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
19/20
#musicsky
#musicchallenge
#20albums20days
#BobDylan
#BringingItAllBackHome
May 1, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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Choose albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
19/20
#musicsky
#musicchallenge
#20albums20days
#TheBand
#MusicFromBigPink
April 30, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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Choose albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
18/20
#musicsky
#musicchallenge
#20albums20days
#Sondheim
#Company
April 29, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Choose albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
17/20
#musicsky
#musicchallenge
#20albums20days
#BobDylan
#LoveAndTheft
April 28, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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Choose albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
16/20
#musicsky
#musicchallenge
#20albums20days
#Graceland
#PaulSimon
April 27, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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Choose albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
15/20
#musicsky
#musicchallenge
#20albums20days
#TomWaits
#MuleVariations
April 26, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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Choose albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
14/20
#musicsky
#musicchallenge
#20albums20days
#Sondheim
#IntoTheWoods
April 25, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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Choose albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
13/20
#musicsky
#musicchallenge
#20albums20days
#BruceSpringsteen
#Nebraska
April 24, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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Choose albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
12/20
#musicsky
#musicchallenge
#20albums20days
#fFolkRevival
#FolkMusic
#TheWatersons
#EarlyDays
April 23, 2025 at 11:41 AM