Comments on: Washed up at Gibraltar https://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/03/17/washed-up-at-gibraltar/ ...and a few more reasons for climbing mountains Mon, 23 Mar 2015 12:50:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: McEff https://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/03/17/washed-up-at-gibraltar/#comment-22500 Mon, 23 Mar 2015 12:50:57 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=9022#comment-22500 In reply to David.

Hi David. I know what you mean. People have been bumbling about in those sorts of places since ancient times, and I don’t suppose much has changed except their clutter has become a little bit more sophisticated. People are moulded by the landscape as opposed to the other way round.
All the best, Alen

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]]> By: David https://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/03/17/washed-up-at-gibraltar/#comment-22498 Mon, 23 Mar 2015 11:21:59 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=9022#comment-22498 There is something about a landscape where nature and people come together on the coast. It’s as if the rough edges of human impact are softened a little by nature. Looks a wonderful place to stretch the legs.

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]]> By: mountaincoward https://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/03/17/washed-up-at-gibraltar/#comment-22487 Sun, 22 Mar 2015 19:28:13 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=9022#comment-22487 In reply to McEff.

I still don’t use metres anyway – I huff if people use metric measurements still. But LOL to the meters – perhaps they meant they’d moved 100 gas meters on the outside of the buildings?

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]]> By: McEff https://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/03/17/washed-up-at-gibraltar/#comment-22485 Sun, 22 Mar 2015 19:09:03 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=9022#comment-22485 In reply to mountaincoward.

Hey Carol. I’ve just driven past a printer cartridge shop in North Road, Darlington, which has a sign on the door saying the premises has moved “a hundred meters” up the street. I did some huffing and puffing over that.

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]]> By: McEff https://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/03/17/washed-up-at-gibraltar/#comment-22484 Sun, 22 Mar 2015 19:05:07 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=9022#comment-22484 In reply to mountaincoward.

It’s a lovely spot to spend a few hours on a fine day, Carol. What I forgot to mention is that there’s a visitor centre, but it got flooded a couple of years ago in a storm surge. Work to rebuild it starts this summer, so next summer would be a good time to revisit the place and stir those childhood memories.
Cheers, Alen

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]]> By: mountaincoward https://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/03/17/washed-up-at-gibraltar/#comment-22466 Sat, 21 Mar 2015 02:11:08 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=9022#comment-22466 In reply to McEff.

My spelling’s wonderful but the spellchecker is always insisting all words must contain the American Z instead of our S ! ????

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]]> By: mountaincoward https://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/03/17/washed-up-at-gibraltar/#comment-22465 Sat, 21 Mar 2015 02:08:47 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=9022#comment-22465 Humorously written as always… I think your crested chappie would be one of the plovers – they have a crest. I feel sure I’ve been to Gibraltar Point (going by the name) but don’t recognise it and can’t remember it – it would have been years ago with my parents though…
Carol.

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]]> By: McEff https://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/03/17/washed-up-at-gibraltar/#comment-22452 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 19:01:04 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=9022#comment-22452 In reply to chrissiedixie.

I did the Wolds Way long before I started the blog and also didn’t have a camera with me. The whole thing is just a vague memory. It was enjoyable, though I do recall acquiring a large blister towards the end. Enjoy!

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]]> By: chrissiedixie https://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/03/17/washed-up-at-gibraltar/#comment-22451 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 18:36:08 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=9022#comment-22451 In reply to McEff.

Stranraer to the Med sounds wonderful! I have actually pencilled the Wolds Way in on my Year Planner for the beginning of July, staying at campsites along the way. Negotiations with the Mobile Bed And Breakfast Team (in our van) are still on-going for the Viking Way…
Have you written the Wolds Way up on this blog? I will have a look…

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]]> By: McEff https://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/03/17/washed-up-at-gibraltar/#comment-22450 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 18:14:19 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=9022#comment-22450 In reply to chrissiedixie.

Hi Chrissie. I hope you walk the Viking Way because I’d like to read that. I’ve walked the Cleveland Way, and continued down the Wolds Way, and had planned to continue again along the Viking Way but have not got round to it. One day perhaps. It is all part of a plan to walk from Stranraer to the Mediterranean. The Humber Bridge is as far as I’ve got.
Cheers, Alen

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]]> By: chrissiedixie https://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/03/17/washed-up-at-gibraltar/#comment-22442 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 10:16:59 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=9022#comment-22442 Never been to Lincolnshire – although I’ve a sneaky plan to walk the Viking Way at some point – but your post makes me want to just leap into the van and go….
I love those wonderful, washed-out, far-horizon views you seem to get on the East Coast. You could be a million miles from anywhere.

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]]> By: Jo Woolf https://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/03/17/washed-up-at-gibraltar/#comment-22440 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 06:46:00 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=9022#comment-22440 In reply to McEff.

Haha, I had that book too! Don’t know what happened to it, though.

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