Comments on: Days Like These, No 9: Clearing the Mind on the Cluanie Ridge http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/06/30/days-like-these-no-9-clearing-the-mind-on-the-cluanie-ridge/ ...and a few more reasons for climbing mountains Sat, 03 Oct 2015 22:37:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: McEff http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/06/30/days-like-these-no-9-clearing-the-mind-on-the-cluanie-ridge/#comment-11680 Wed, 02 Jul 2014 15:50:28 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=8041#comment-11680 Ha ha. The problems we have with our hair.

]]> By: Jo Woolf http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/06/30/days-like-these-no-9-clearing-the-mind-on-the-cluanie-ridge/#comment-11671 Wed, 02 Jul 2014 13:34:29 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=8041#comment-11671 That’s really extraordinary – I can sometimes remember where I was when I hear certain records (but not the day or even the year!) I would love the experience of climbing above the fog. Oh yes, the pun, it was coined by some Viking lass who didn’t like the way the fog frizzed up her hair. She takes her GHD straighteners everywhere now.

]]> By: McEff http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/06/30/days-like-these-no-9-clearing-the-mind-on-the-cluanie-ridge/#comment-11669 Wed, 02 Jul 2014 13:02:46 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=8041#comment-11669 I have a wonderful memory for headlines, Jo. It started in 1964 when Jim Reeves died. I was on a campsite in Cornwall and all the women were crying. I wanted to play cowboys and Indians and I couldn’t understand why the world was in a state of shock. So now I always associate places with events.
When the day is cold and foggy ??? a proppper fog when visibility is poor ??? you can bet your mortgage that if you climb up a couple of hundred feet you will rise above it. It’s like a bad haar day. Gain some height and you’re in a completely different world.
Sorry about the bad haar pun. I can’t remember who used that one first! Terrible, isn’t it?
Cheers, Alen

]]> By: McEff http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/06/30/days-like-these-no-9-clearing-the-mind-on-the-cluanie-ridge/#comment-11668 Wed, 02 Jul 2014 12:51:50 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=8041#comment-11668 Ha ha.

]]> By: Jo Woolf http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/06/30/days-like-these-no-9-clearing-the-mind-on-the-cluanie-ridge/#comment-11660 Wed, 02 Jul 2014 07:17:12 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=8041#comment-11660 Hi Alen, another inspirational post, and your pics are incredible. It’s almost like an allegory, William Golding style. Rising above despair and iniquity and stuff, to achieve enlightenment. (Maybe I need to go back to bed!) How do you know when the weather will be different on the tops? I was just asking because I wouldn’t be all that happy if I got up there and it wasn’t, that’s all! And also, I’m in awe of your ability to remember news headlines in that detail, and associate them with the places where you were at the time. I’ve noticed this before, it’s extraordinary! It must have been such a wonderful feeling, being up there in pure sunshine above the clouds and looking down from such a height – really uplifting. I wouldn’t have wanted to come down, either.

]]> By: smackedpentax http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/06/30/days-like-these-no-9-clearing-the-mind-on-the-cluanie-ridge/#comment-11651 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 21:59:28 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=8041#comment-11651 I’ll be on the bike wearing the yellow jersey … ;-)

]]> By: mountaincoward http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/06/30/days-like-these-no-9-clearing-the-mind-on-the-cluanie-ridge/#comment-11641 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 14:05:33 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=8041#comment-11641 There was a blinding postcard out at the time for sale in the area… it was just a plain black card with lots of white all-seeing eyes!

]]> By: McEff http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/06/30/days-like-these-no-9-clearing-the-mind-on-the-cluanie-ridge/#comment-11639 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 13:36:03 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=8041#comment-11639 Remind me never to kip in the New Forest.

]]> By: mountaincoward http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/06/30/days-like-these-no-9-clearing-the-mind-on-the-cluanie-ridge/#comment-11638 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 13:30:41 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=8041#comment-11638 and lots of midgies when you open the window! :-(

LOL to the spooky things peering in – reminds me of when I used to car-camp in the New Forest – that was dark and full of large creatures. Many a night, I’d wake up to the sound of heavy breathing and something rocking my car and hoped it was animal rather than human! ;-)

]]> By: McEff http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/06/30/days-like-these-no-9-clearing-the-mind-on-the-cluanie-ridge/#comment-11636 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 13:28:42 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=8041#comment-11636 Hey, I’ll keep a look-out for you on the telly.
All the best, Alen

]]> By: McEff http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/06/30/days-like-these-no-9-clearing-the-mind-on-the-cluanie-ridge/#comment-11635 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 13:27:52 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=8041#comment-11635 I always find that kipping in a car is colder and more uncomfortable than a tent. Plus you get spooky things looking at you through the window and lots of condensation if you don’t keep a window open.

]]> By: smackedpentax http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/06/30/days-like-these-no-9-clearing-the-mind-on-the-cluanie-ridge/#comment-11632 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 11:00:44 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=8041#comment-11632 Cheers Alen…the Tour is going past my front door (almost) – I live in Otley and will be in town with my 6yr old grandson to watch it. I have a friend who goes camping so no doubt will get the old Vango out and go off with him – I am inspired now. :-)

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