http://becausetheyrethere.com ...and a few more reasons for climbing mountains Mon, 17 Aug 2015 08:44:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://becausetheyrethere.com http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/06/29/a-big-adventure/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/06/29/a-big-adventure/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2015 08:00:00 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=9258 Continue reading →]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/06/29/a-big-adventure/feed/ 68 McEff lucero-5 http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/05/27/days-like-this-no-21-eternity-in-borrowdale/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/05/27/days-like-this-no-21-eternity-in-borrowdale/#comments Wed, 27 May 2015 09:41:19 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=9247 Continue reading →]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/05/27/days-like-this-no-21-eternity-in-borrowdale/feed/ 43 McEff Borrowdale 1 Borrowdale 3 Borrowdale 4 Borrowdale 6 Borrowdale 5 Borrowdale 7 Borrowdale 8 Borrowdale 2 http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/05/15/days-like-this-no-20-glimpses-on-gable/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/05/15/days-like-this-no-20-glimpses-on-gable/#comments Fri, 15 May 2015 08:00:02 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=9225 Continue reading →]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/05/15/days-like-this-no-20-glimpses-on-gable/feed/ 27 McEff Great Gable 1 Great Gable 5 Great Gable 6 Great Gable 7 Great Gable 2 Great Gable 8 Great Gable 9 (2) Great Gable 11 Great Gable 12 Great Gable 13 Great Gable 14 Great Gable 4 Great Gable 3 http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/05/07/on-a-whim-to-william-gill/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/05/07/on-a-whim-to-william-gill/#comments Thu, 07 May 2015 10:25:01 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=9206 Continue reading →]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/05/07/on-a-whim-to-william-gill/feed/ 33 McEff william gill 14 william gill 2 william gill 3 william gill 4 william gill 5 william gill 6 william gill 12 william gill 12a william gill 12b william gill 7 Someone has tried and failed (not me, I add) to lob these great rocks down the shaft. Good job there was a grille on top or they might have ended up down there themselves william gill 9 william gill 11 william gill 13 william gill 15 william gill 16 william gill 10 william gill 19 william gill 20 william gill 21 william gill 22 william gill 1 image1 http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/04/28/days-like-this-no-19-pillar-and-the-rock/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/04/28/days-like-this-no-19-pillar-and-the-rock/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2015 08:00:08 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=9152 Continue reading →]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/04/28/days-like-this-no-19-pillar-and-the-rock/feed/ 35 McEff Pillar 1 Taking a breather on the High Level Route, with Ennerdale and High Stile in the background Robinson???s Cairn, which was built to celebrate the life of mountaineer and local farmer John Wilson Robinson, who died in 1907 pillar 12 pillar 13 The path to the top of Pillar Rock follows the rib of bare stone rising to the left in the bottom-left corner of the picture, then reappears on the sunlit ledge rising diagonally in the top left. This is called the Shamrock Traverse Pillar 5 Pillar 4 Click . . . the mighty Scafell, second-highest mountain in England Click . . . Illgill Head and Wastwater, England's deepest lake Click . . . Kirk Fell and Great Gable Stirrup Crag and Doorhead Screes (the pale, narrow line to the right). As quick descents go, it's the next best thing to shouting Geronimo and jumping off http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/04/14/gibbet-hill-and-carlin-gill-thats-entertainment/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/04/14/gibbet-hill-and-carlin-gill-thats-entertainment/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2015 08:00:14 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=9141 Continue reading →]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/04/14/gibbet-hill-and-carlin-gill-thats-entertainment/feed/ 29 McEff IMG_0004 Gibbet Hill is the slope in the foreground, immediately above the road, which is Roman in origin. This section of the road is known as Fairmile Road Roman road plus ancient chariot made by Germanic tribes Fairmile Road is in the foreground, with the West Coast Main Line and M6 motorway on the far side of the Tebay Gorge. The River Lune flows through the gorge but you can???t see it A collection of bones, none of which belongs to William Smurthwaite. I assume the larger samples are the remains of fell ponies, many of which roam wild in these hills IMG_0005 IMG_0007 IMG_0008 IMG_0010 IMG_0013 IMG_0017 IMG_0018 Little UlGill Beck tumbles down Black Force to join Carlingill Beck in Carlin Gill The Spout, at the head of Carlin Gill. The path continues up very steep ground to the left of the waterfall Stone of destiny. It would be nice to think this stone marks the site of the gibbet on Gibbet Hill, but it probably doesn't. Near enough, though . . . http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/04/09/days-like-this-no-18-a-dip-in-goats-water/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/04/09/days-like-this-no-18-a-dip-in-goats-water/#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2015 08:00:54 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=9089 Continue reading →]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/04/09/days-like-this-no-18-a-dip-in-goats-water/feed/ 40 McEff tarn 10 tarn 1 tarn 5 tarn 4 tarn 6 tarn 7 tarn 3 tarn 10a tarn 11 tarn 15 tarn 16 tarn 12 tarn 13 tarn 14 tarn 17 tarn 18 tarn 2 tarn 19 http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/03/30/days-like-this-no-17-sleeping-giants-of-assynt/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/03/30/days-like-this-no-17-sleeping-giants-of-assynt/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2015 16:28:38 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=9073 Continue reading →]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/03/30/days-like-this-no-17-sleeping-giants-of-assynt/feed/ 42 McEff assynt 1 Ben More Assynt from Conival assynt 2 assynt 4 assynt 5 assynt 6 Conival from Ben More Assynt assynt 8 Loch Beallach a' Mhadaich, taken a couple of years later while walking the Cape Wrath Trail http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/03/24/a-fosdyke-saga/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/03/24/a-fosdyke-saga/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2015 09:01:03 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=9043 Continue reading →]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/03/24/a-fosdyke-saga/feed/ 30 McEff Fosdyke 1 Fosdyke 21 Fosdyke 6 Fosdyke 2 Fosdyke 9 Fosdyke 12 Fosdyke 17 Fosdyke 3 Fosdyke 13 Fosdyke 18 Fosdyke 5 Fosdyke 4 Fosdyke 7 Wish you were here? This is me at the seaside . . . Fosdyke 16 Fosdyke 11 Fosdyke 14 Fosdyke 10 Fosdyke 15 Fosdyke 20 Fosdyke 19 http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/03/17/washed-up-at-gibraltar/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/03/17/washed-up-at-gibraltar/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2015 19:02:41 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=9022 Continue reading →]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/03/17/washed-up-at-gibraltar/feed/ 30 McEff Gibraltar 12 Gibraltar 2 Gibraltar 3 Gibraltar 4 Gibraltar 5 Gibraltar 8 Gibraltar 7 Gibraltar 6 Gibraltar 1 (2) Gibraltar 9 Gibraltar 10 Gibraltar 11 Gibraltar 13 Gibraltar 14 Gibraltar 15 Gibraltar 16 Gibraltar 17 http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/03/05/days-like-this-no-16-blue-skies-white-hills-red-screes/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/03/05/days-like-this-no-16-blue-skies-white-hills-red-screes/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2015 08:25:41 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=8988 Continue reading →]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/03/05/days-like-this-no-16-blue-skies-white-hills-red-screes/feed/ 35 McEff red screes 1 red screes 2 red screes 3 red screes 4 red screes 5 red screes 6 A new series for January 1979 ??? Richard O???Sullivan stars in the title role of Dick Turpin, with Alfie Bass. Don???t miss it. Also new this month is quiz show Blankety Blank with Terry Wogan, and Upstairs Downstairs spin-off Thomas and Sarah, starring John Alderton and Pauline Collins. Finishing this month after a run of ten years and 86 episodes is the Liver Birds, starring Polly James, Nerys Hughes, Elizabeth Estensen and Mollie Sugden. It???s all a far cry from Can???t Pay We???ll Take it Away and Benefits Britain: Life on the Dole. http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/02/27/days-like-this-no-15-walking-from-penrith-to-ravenglass/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/02/27/days-like-this-no-15-walking-from-penrith-to-ravenglass/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2015 09:00:36 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=8976 Continue reading →]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/02/27/days-like-this-no-15-walking-from-penrith-to-ravenglass/feed/ 61 McEff ravenglass 1 Click map for full-size version ravenglass 2 Blea Water from near the summit of High Street ravenglass 4 ravenglass 6 Sunny Jim ravenglass 5 The beacon on Thornthwaite Crag A last glimpse back at High Street View down to Hayeswater ravenglass 10 Labouring through Langdale ravenglass 11 The bright blue waters of Red Tarn. Apparently, effluent from ancient iron-workings is responsible for the name. Crinkle Crags in the background Looking down Hardknott Pass into Eskdale ravenglass 15