http://becausetheyrethere.com ...and a few more reasons for climbing mountains Tue, 17 Dec 2013 15:53:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://becausetheyrethere.com http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/10/28/the-long-surrender-brandy-bottle-incline/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/10/28/the-long-surrender-brandy-bottle-incline/#comments Mon, 28 Oct 2013 08:30:04 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=6877 Continue reading →]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/10/28/the-long-surrender-brandy-bottle-incline/feed/ 19 McEff brandybottle 1 brandybottle 2 brandybottle 4 brandybottle 5 brandybottle 6 brandybottle 7 brandybottle 8 brandybottle 9 brandybottle 10 brandybottle 11 brandybottle 12 North Rake Hush ??? Carved by men and lots of water brandybottle 3 brandybottle 14 brandybottle 17 brandybottle 15 brandybottle 16 "Lucy was dismayed to find that Mr Tumnus had been on the vodka again and had taken a sledge-hammer to the lamp-post. She sighed dramatically, as children do when they are vexed, and kicked the empty bottle into the stream." brandybottle 20 brandybottle 24 brandybottle 22 brandybottle 23 brandybottle 25 brandybottle 26 brandybottle 27 brandybottle 28 brandybottle 30 brandybottle 31 http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/05/28/manod-and-mysteries-earth-and-environment/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/05/28/manod-and-mysteries-earth-and-environment/#comments Tue, 28 May 2013 08:00:29 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=6231 Continue reading →]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/05/28/manod-and-mysteries-earth-and-environment/feed/ 12 McEff Manod 1 Manod 3 Manod 32 I've included this picture purely for personal satisfaction. This is me standing next to a CP (Chicago Pneumatic) 600cfm compressor up at Manod in 1982. At that time I worked with a similar machine at Stainton Quarry near Barrow. When I saw it standing there it was like meeting an old and ear friend. I suppose it's a man thing. Manod 2 Manod 5 Manod 6 Manod 7 Manod 4 Manod 8 Manod 12 Manod 9 Manod 13 Manod 10 Manod 14 Manod 11 Manod 15 Manod 16 Manod 17 Manod 18 Did I just say nearly everything was powered by water and gravity? This is the skeleton of a steam boiler. Manod 19 Manod 20 Manod 21 Manod 36 Manod 37 Manod 38 Manod 23 Manod 24 Manod 22 Manod 26 manod 39 Manod 29 Manod 27 Manod 35 http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/05/22/thirty-years-on-cwmorthin-revisited/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/05/22/thirty-years-on-cwmorthin-revisited/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 08:00:37 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=6162 Continue reading →]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/05/22/thirty-years-on-cwmorthin-revisited/feed/ 23 McEff cwmorthin 1 Cwmorthin 7 Cwmorthin 4 Cwmorthin 2 croesor 1a croesor 17 Cwmorthin 5 Cwmorthin 6 Cwmorthin 3 Cwmorthin 8 Cwmorthin 19 Cwmorthin 21 Cwmorthin 10 Cwmorthin 13 Cwmorthin 11 Cwmorthin 16 Cwmorthin 22 One of the ruined waterwheel pits at Croesor Cwmorthin 14 Croesor beckons . . . but not today Cwmorthin 18 Cwmorthin 20a croesor 3 croesor 2 croesor 5 croesor 6 croesor 9 croesor 10 croesor 11 croesor 13 croesor 12 croesor 16 croesor 7 croesor 15 http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/01/09/climbing-cielo-as-swallows-come-back-to-capistrano/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/01/09/climbing-cielo-as-swallows-come-back-to-capistrano/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2013 10:52:06 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=5643 Continue reading →]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/01/09/climbing-cielo-as-swallows-come-back-to-capistrano/feed/ 10 McEff cielo 1 cielo 3 cielo 5 cielo 4 cielo 6 Rosemary growing wild at the side of the path Cuesta del Cielo, Cielo???s southern ridge La Maroma in the far distance, the highest peak in the Sierra Tejeda y Almijara Lucero on the horizon Navachica, one of the highest peaks in the area ??? and a long walk from the road cielo 17 cielo 16 cielo 12 cielo 2 cielo 8 cielo 13 cielo 14 cielo 15 cielo 18 cielo 20 http://becausetheyrethere.com/2012/07/02/carn-a-mhaim-and-the-wondrous-eco-friendly-toilet/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2012/07/02/carn-a-mhaim-and-the-wondrous-eco-friendly-toilet/#comments Mon, 02 Jul 2012 09:02:00 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=4803 Continue reading →]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2012/07/02/carn-a-mhaim-and-the-wondrous-eco-friendly-toilet/feed/ 12 McEff carn a mhaim 1 carn a mhaim 2 carn a mhaim 3 carn a mhaim 7 carn a mhaim 8 carn a mhaim 9 carn a mhaim 10 carn a mhaim 11 carn a mhaim 12 carn a mhaim 2 Carn ?? Mhaim pokes above the trees carn a mhaim 4 carn a mhaim 5 carn a mhaim 6 carn a mhaim 7 carn a mhaim 8 carn a mhaim 9 carn a mhaim 10 Corrour bothy. The eco-friendly double toilet is in the timber extension carn a mhaim 12 Braeriach seen from the Lairig Ghru http://becausetheyrethere.com/2011/01/10/helvellyn-with-ghosts-part-2-the-waterfall/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2011/01/10/helvellyn-with-ghosts-part-2-the-waterfall/#comments Mon, 10 Jan 2011 08:30:59 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.wordpress.com/?p=2288 Continue reading →]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2011/01/10/helvellyn-with-ghosts-part-2-the-waterfall/feed/ 4 Wythburn Mine wagon wheel McEff helvellyn-dig 10 smiddy helvellyn-dig 4 helvellyn-dig1 helvellyn-dig 3 helvellyn-dig 8 helvellyn-dig 2 helvellyn-dig 7 wythburn levels helvellyn-dig 5 Wythburn Mine No 2 Level 2 Wythburn Mine copy Wythburn Mine No 2 Level 3 Wythburn Mine No 1 Level 3 Wythburn Mine No 2 Level arnisons low level Wythburn Mine No 1 Level Wythburn Mine No 1 Level 2 helvellyn-dig 9 helvellyn-dig 6