Comments on: Humber. Southeasterly Four. Moderate or Good. Rain later. http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/09/02/humber-southeasterly-four-moderate-or-good-rain-later/ ...and a few more reasons for climbing mountains Wed, 06 Apr 2016 22:07:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: McEff http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/09/02/humber-southeasterly-four-moderate-or-good-rain-later/#comment-21475 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 10:14:19 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=8213#comment-21475 Hi David. It’s a wonderful place. I’ve always wanted to visit Spurn Head and finally got round to it this summer. I don’t expect it’s changed much since 1965. You should return and write an update.
All the best, Alen

]]> By: maromapress http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/09/02/humber-southeasterly-four-moderate-or-good-rain-later/#comment-21432 Sat, 31 Jan 2015 17:26:38 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=8213#comment-21432 Visited Spurn Head back in 1965 (!!!) to write a story about the lighthouse and the boat crew for one of the dailies. An amazing spot, so close to overcrowded cities yet now even more remote.
Cheers, David.

]]> By: McEff http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/09/02/humber-southeasterly-four-moderate-or-good-rain-later/#comment-15230 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 18:09:06 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=8213#comment-15230 Yes, I like the idea of the stash of Fray Bentos pies. A man could live quite happily like that. And the fried breakfasts ??? we’ve been trying to ween ourselves off those over the years, but in a situation like that you’ve just got to get the frying pan out. It’s mandatory.
Still haven’t found a name yet. One will come.
Cheers, Alen

]]> By: theopeningsentence http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/09/02/humber-southeasterly-four-moderate-or-good-rain-later/#comment-15227 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 17:59:38 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=8213#comment-15227 I wish Spurn Head was on this side of the country in Lancashire. I go for walks around Morecambe Bay and the Lune Estuary for that coastal wilderness. Spurn looks the same multiplied a hundredfold.

As for naming the van, if it breaks down on the A1 in a thunderstorm I reckon loads of names will come to you. But it’s the way to go. Mobile self-sufficiency. A fried breakfast with the door wide open. Two hundred Fray Bentos pies stored on the roofrack. . . .

Chris

]]> By: McEff http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/09/02/humber-southeasterly-four-moderate-or-good-rain-later/#comment-14621 Tue, 09 Sep 2014 10:16:27 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=8213#comment-14621 Hiya Hanna. Thanks for that. It doesn’t matter how much concrete and asphalt they put down, sooner or later the sea will triumph. And so it should.
Cheers, Alen

]]> By: Hanna http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/09/02/humber-southeasterly-four-moderate-or-good-rain-later/#comment-14620 Tue, 09 Sep 2014 10:14:08 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=8213#comment-14620 An interesting post, Alen. I love when the sea starts to wash away the roads and nature takes over. There is too much concrete and asphalt in the world:-) Lovely story and great pictures.
All the best
Hanna

]]> By: Scott Blair http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/09/02/humber-southeasterly-four-moderate-or-good-rain-later/#comment-14578 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 17:34:08 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=8213#comment-14578 I’ll keep an eye out for it. Cheers!

]]> By: McEff http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/09/02/humber-southeasterly-four-moderate-or-good-rain-later/#comment-14549 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 09:00:08 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=8213#comment-14549 Hiya again Scott. Yes, I have. My friend Zena bought it for me last year. It’s a brilliant and extremely humorous book and I would recommend it to anyone who is remotely interested in the sea.
Another excellent read, though on a more serious subject, is The Lighthouse Stevensons by Bella Bathurst. I picked it up in the Orkneys a few years ago. It’s a detailed account of how Robert Louis Stevenson’s ancestors built most of the Scottish lighthouses. A bit short on the jokes compared with Connolly’s book, but a hell of a good read.

]]> By: McEff http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/09/02/humber-southeasterly-four-moderate-or-good-rain-later/#comment-14547 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 08:50:56 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=8213#comment-14547 I like that. Mainly because some people will say: “Why do you call your van Morrison?” Ha ha. It’s the simple things that bring most pleasure.
Cheers, Alen

]]> By: Scott Blair http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/09/02/humber-southeasterly-four-moderate-or-good-rain-later/#comment-14507 Sun, 07 Sep 2014 18:57:08 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=8213#comment-14507 I meant to say – have you read this? Rather enjoyable, I thought.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Attention-All-Shipping-Journey-Forecast/dp/0349116032

]]> By: Scott Blair http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/09/02/humber-southeasterly-four-moderate-or-good-rain-later/#comment-14506 Sun, 07 Sep 2014 18:54:38 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=8213#comment-14506 Excellent read, excellent photies – as ever. It all reminded me of family holidays from days of yore. (Or even before that.)

Oh, and I’d just call the thing Morrison, and be done with it.????

]]> By: McEff http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/09/02/humber-southeasterly-four-moderate-or-good-rain-later/#comment-14456 Sat, 06 Sep 2014 18:33:15 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=8213#comment-14456 Hi Alan. Good to hear from you. The paths right down at the point have been cleared by some valiant chap with a petrol strimmer, but I doubt it’s the same guy you used to know.
I would have loved to have seen the Humber Bridge being constructed. It’s such a monument to British engineering engineering and know-how. I’ve just been reading that at the time it was built it was the biggest bridge in the world ??? but it’s now down at seventh. I remember watching News at Ten on the day it opened. First in the queue to cross it was a chap on a sit-on lawn mower. Everyone else had to follow him. Great stuff!
All the best, Alen

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