Comments on: Faggergill: Out of the Fryingpan into the Mire https://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/11/07/faggergill-out-of-the-fryingpan-into-the-mire/ ...and a few more reasons for climbing mountains Wed, 31 Aug 2016 13:54:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: McEff https://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/11/07/faggergill-out-of-the-fryingpan-into-the-mire/#comment-25878 Mon, 04 Apr 2016 14:23:03 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=8502#comment-25878 Thank you very much for that. Greatly appreciated.

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]]> By: McEff https://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/11/07/faggergill-out-of-the-fryingpan-into-the-mire/#comment-25877 Mon, 04 Apr 2016 14:22:36 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=8502#comment-25877 Hi Paul. The theory about the path ending as it does sounds good. As for the Kettle Stone, I’m wondering now whether the word has the same origins as the geoligical term kettle-hole, as in a depression or hollow. Alternatively, the Viking name Ketil has been incorporated into various placenames and misspelt kettle, as in Kettlewell (Ketil’s well). However, if you ever come across any further information, or stumble across the stone on a future visit, I’d appreciate an update.
Cheers, Alen

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]]> By: Paul Gregory https://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/11/07/faggergill-out-of-the-fryingpan-into-the-mire/#comment-25872 Sun, 03 Apr 2016 17:48:26 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=8502#comment-25872 By the way, I meant to say what an interesting site you have created: a good read.
Paul Gregory

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]]> By: Paul Gregory https://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/11/07/faggergill-out-of-the-fryingpan-into-the-mire/#comment-25871 Sun, 03 Apr 2016 17:47:18 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=8502#comment-25871 I have tried a couple of time to locate The Kettle Stone and must say I haven’t a clue! It is marked on a map circa 1860 as is a quarry at that position, the path which ends there could well be to do with the quarry. My, rather tenuous theory is that it is either the flat stone (possibly for standing a pot or cauldron for some reason) next to the gate or one of the indented boulders. The approach from Scargill is worth the effort.
Paul Gregory

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]]> By: McEff https://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/11/07/faggergill-out-of-the-fryingpan-into-the-mire/#comment-19357 Mon, 24 Nov 2014 22:56:47 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=8502#comment-19357 Hi Steve. Thanks for that. I’ve never walked through Booze. Seen it there on the map dozens of times but have always driven past it. Must get there one of these days. Curry pie? Blimey.
Cheers, Alen

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]]> By: Steve Bibby https://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/11/07/faggergill-out-of-the-fryingpan-into-the-mire/#comment-19334 Mon, 24 Nov 2014 04:18:10 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=8502#comment-19334 Excellent stuff again, Alen. The local names are a draw in themselves. Crackpot beckons. We trudged through Booze a couple of years ago……just….well, just because.

That day I saved my family, narrowly avoided a fall onto the rocks in Slei Gill, and broke the record for dog-poo bag hurling. I rewarded myself with a curry pie.

This is a very good thing you’re doing, Alen. Thank you.

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]]> By: McEff https://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/11/07/faggergill-out-of-the-fryingpan-into-the-mire/#comment-19115 Sun, 16 Nov 2014 18:38:01 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=8502#comment-19115 Hiya Tracey. If you find the Kettle Stone you must let me know. Have a good walk.
Cheers, Alen

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]]> By: Tracey https://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/11/07/faggergill-out-of-the-fryingpan-into-the-mire/#comment-19110 Sun, 16 Nov 2014 17:54:07 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=8502#comment-19110 Looks like you found me another local walk Alen. I’ve been meaning to get to Arkengarthdale for a while now, If i get out there and find that Kettle Stone, I’ll let you know……… But don’t hold your breath. ????

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]]> By: McEff https://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/11/07/faggergill-out-of-the-fryingpan-into-the-mire/#comment-18870 Mon, 10 Nov 2014 10:06:05 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=8502#comment-18870 I shall look at this now instead of job hunting.

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]]> By: McEff https://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/11/07/faggergill-out-of-the-fryingpan-into-the-mire/#comment-18869 Mon, 10 Nov 2014 10:02:11 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=8502#comment-18869 Hej Hanna. Thanks for checking the names. It would have been interesting if anything came up. A Viking ship burial would be a great discovery over here. I don’t think we have any ??? although Angle-Saxon ship burials have been discovered.
The DNA project sounds fascinating. I would like to participate in that. I shall take a look.
Yes, the bothy had everything a walker needs, right down to a flushing toilet, which is bordering on the luxurious for these sorts of places. Logs already chopped for the fire and three bowls of steaming porridge already on the table (just kidding).
Cheers, Alen

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]]> By: McEff https://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/11/07/faggergill-out-of-the-fryingpan-into-the-mire/#comment-18868 Mon, 10 Nov 2014 09:54:59 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=8502#comment-18868 Hi Mike. That’s an interesting theory. Also, the algae and lichen (are they the same things) was evident on some of the larger stones on Elsey Crag, especially the Fringpan Stone.
Cheers, Alen

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]]> By: EchoohcE https://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/11/07/faggergill-out-of-the-fryingpan-into-the-mire/#comment-18849 Sun, 09 Nov 2014 21:28:15 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=8502#comment-18849 By the way, about the hollows in the rock – some are doubtless man-made, or enlarged by the hand of (ancient) man, but a lot of the twisty runnels on the gritstone edges I think are natural. I’ve noticed them quite often when I’ve been rock-climbing. My thinking is that birds have for millennia been pooing on these edges, upon which they often perch. The acidic? droppings leach into the rock and cause some corrosion, and wind, rain etc. does the rest. In some places I’ve seen these runnels over a foot deep, and extending for several yards – on gritstone! Where the edges are still used as bird-perches there is usually a lot of green algae about. Birds of prey and crows and suchlike use them.

(Got my monika right this time – wandered over from volcanocafe, which I recently ‘joined’, and made exactly the same mistake on my first post there. Doh!)
Cheers now, Mike

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