Comments on: Haunts of Ancient Peace http://becausetheyrethere.com/2012/05/21/haunts-of-ancient-peace/ ...and a few more reasons for climbing mountains Tue, 17 Dec 2013 11:25:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: McEff http://becausetheyrethere.com/2012/05/21/haunts-of-ancient-peace/#comment-1587 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 21:40:13 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=4589#comment-1587 Cheers Wally. Thanks for that.

]]> By: wally thornton http://becausetheyrethere.com/2012/05/21/haunts-of-ancient-peace/#comment-1586 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 20:35:48 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=4589#comment-1586 the bountary stone near the calf is 400 yards north east of the white cairn.

]]> By: McEff http://becausetheyrethere.com/2012/05/21/haunts-of-ancient-peace/#comment-1584 Sat, 15 Sep 2012 17:24:50 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=4589#comment-1584 Hi Wally. Thanks for that. I’m due another trip up there soon so I’ll keep my eyes open for the other one.
Cheers, Alen

]]> By: wally thornton http://becausetheyrethere.com/2012/05/21/haunts-of-ancient-peace/#comment-1581 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:43:20 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=4589#comment-1581 the hole in the stone at blakethwaite is wot the rain has do.there is a boundary stone at the calf to.i have dun alot of bivvi in the howgills.wally.

]]> By: McEff http://becausetheyrethere.com/2012/05/21/haunts-of-ancient-peace/#comment-1235 Wed, 23 May 2012 22:33:52 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=4589#comment-1235 That???s a good tale. I???ll tell you what, though, on the remembering thing ??? I look back on incidents and sometimes think ???Did that ever happen at all or was I imagining it????. Trouble is, there???s no way of finding out.

]]> By: beatingthebounds http://becausetheyrethere.com/2012/05/21/haunts-of-ancient-peace/#comment-1234 Wed, 23 May 2012 22:26:47 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=4589#comment-1234 That happened to me too once, although it was so odd, and so long ago that I sometimes wonder whether I’ve remembered it quite right. It was back in the days of proper winters, mid-eighties. We were on Coniston Old Man, or that ridge anyway, between there and Swirl How. There was a fair bit of snow and a very fierce wind, spindrift, huge windchill. Anyway, one gust lifted the whole party and deposited us a few yards across the ridge. Disconcerting to say the least.

]]> By: McEff http://becausetheyrethere.com/2012/05/21/haunts-of-ancient-peace/#comment-1233 Wed, 23 May 2012 22:18:01 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=4589#comment-1233 Hi Mark. I???m glad other people can be frightened by wind. Twice I???ve been lifted off the ground and shifted several feet, and both times it happened in exactly the same place ??? walking north from the summit of Helvellyn. The wind was blasting up out of Brown Cove and scudding small stones across the fellside. It was a dodgy situation.
I like the sound of Carlin Gill, and it looks quite spectacular from above. Danny was due to venture up it today and I???m quite eager to read his report ??? which will no doubt feature fine wines and an array of digestible pleasantries.
Cheers, Alen

]]> By: beatingthebounds http://becausetheyrethere.com/2012/05/21/haunts-of-ancient-peace/#comment-1232 Wed, 23 May 2012 22:07:36 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=4589#comment-1232 The long walk up Carlin Gill is another lonely and lovely one.
Me and my mate the Ginger Whinger camped on Mam Sodhail in vicious winds, I think it was by Coire Lochan. We tried to wait it out, whilst it flattened our tents in our faces, but eventually set off up and over back to Glen Affric. We found a wonderful zig-zagging stalker’s path, not marked on the map which really helped with the big climb, but once on the ridge I seem to remember that the wind was frightening.

]]> By: McEff http://becausetheyrethere.com/2012/05/21/haunts-of-ancient-peace/#comment-1229 Wed, 23 May 2012 11:36:28 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=4589#comment-1229 Hi Paul. I’ve never been up Arant Haw so I’ll take a walk up there sometime. In fact, all of my Howgill walks have set off from the north side because it’s easier for me to get to ??? so I’m long overdue a trip from the south side. The only trouble is it’s quite a way from the M6 so I’ll not get any Stobart shots!
Cheers now, Alen

]]> By: Paul http://becausetheyrethere.com/2012/05/21/haunts-of-ancient-peace/#comment-1228 Tue, 22 May 2012 21:22:16 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=4589#comment-1228 Hey Alen,

Nice to see you back in the Howgills, some of the strongest winds I have ever experienced was on Arant Haw, enough to bowl a man over as I recall. The Stobbart trucks are starting to tickle me now, as you say nowadays, you don’t have to wait long to see one.

Really enjoyed this one.

]]> By: McEff http://becausetheyrethere.com/2012/05/21/haunts-of-ancient-peace/#comment-1225 Mon, 21 May 2012 17:40:02 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=4589#comment-1225 It was a great day, David. Peaceful and lonely. I like a bit of that now and then. Does wonders for the spirit.
Cheers now, Alen.

]]> By: McEff http://becausetheyrethere.com/2012/05/21/haunts-of-ancient-peace/#comment-1224 Mon, 21 May 2012 17:38:21 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=4589#comment-1224 Ta very much. I was brought up on the coast and miss it a gret deal. But there you go. Life’s twisting paths and all that . . .
Cheers, Alen

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