http://becausetheyrethere.com ...and a few more reasons for climbing mountains Sun, 16 Aug 2015 12:24:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://becausetheyrethere.com 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/2015/05/07/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/2015/04/14/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/2015/02/27/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 http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/02/17/arkengarthdale-moor-and-the-death-of-sods-law/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/02/17/arkengarthdale-moor-and-the-death-of-sods-law/#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2015 09:00:50 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=8899 Continue reading →]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/02/17/arkengarthdale-moor-and-the-death-of-sods-law/feed/ 43 McEff tan hill 1 Tan Hill 2 Tan Hill 5 Tan Hill 4 Tan Hill 3 Click map for full-size version Tan Hill 6 Tan Hill 7 Tan Hill 8 Tan Hill 9 Tan Hill 10 Tan Hill 11 Tan Hill 12 Tan Hill 13 Tan Hill 14 The Peat Cart, a painting by George Walker, 1814, from his Costumes of Yorkshire series. The mountain in the background is Ingleborough Tan Hill 15 Tan Hill 16 Tan Hill 17 Tan Hill 18 Tan Hill 20 Tan Hill 21 Tan Hill 22 Tan Hill 23 Tan Hill 24 Tan Hill 25 Tan Hill 26 Tan Hill 27 http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/02/08/done-on-great-dun-fell/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/02/08/done-on-great-dun-fell/#comments Sun, 08 Feb 2015 17:50:37 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=8857 Continue reading →]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/02/08/done-on-great-dun-fell/feed/ 29 McEff great dun fell 1 great dun fell 2 great dun fell 3 great dun fell 4 great dun fell 5 great dun fell 6 great dun fell 8 great dun fell 7 great dun fell 9 great dun fell 10 great dun fell 11 great dun fell 12 great dun fell 13 great dun fell 14 great dun fell 17 great dun fell 16 great dun fell 15 great dun fell 19 great dun fell 20 great dun fell 18 Click map for full-size version great dun fell 22 great dun fell 21 great dun fell 23 great dun fell 24 great dun fell 25 great dun fell 26 Silverband Mine was worked by the London Lead Company for galena, the ore of lead, during the 19th Century, though in the middle of the 20th Century it was mined extensively by the Laporte company for the mineral barytes. As recently as 2011, Silverband was producing barytes as an opencast mine (see footnote for YouTube video). great dun fell 28 great dun fell 29 The Laporte company installed an aerial ropeway for transporting barytes from the mine to the dressing plant near Dufton, several miles down the fell. This pylon is about all that remains . . . great dun fell 31 great dun fell 32 http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/01/21/days-like-this-no-12-dawn-on-dove-crag/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/01/21/days-like-this-no-12-dawn-on-dove-crag/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2015 09:00:45 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=8790 Continue reading →]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/01/21/days-like-this-no-12-dawn-on-dove-crag/feed/ 17 McEff Dove Crag 7 Dove Crag 3 Dove Crag 4 Dove Crag 1 Dove Crag 5 Dove Crag 6 Dove Crag 8 Dove Crag 9 Dove Crag 10 Dove Crag 11 From left, Peter Frith, Nigel Parker, Francis Gall and myself http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/01/16/days-like-this-no-11-above-clouds-on-a-chralaig/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/01/16/days-like-this-no-11-above-clouds-on-a-chralaig/#comments Fri, 16 Jan 2015 13:45:13 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=8772 Continue reading →]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/01/16/days-like-this-no-11-above-clouds-on-a-chralaig/feed/ 27 McEff A Chralaig 1 A Chralaig 2 A Chralaig 6 A Chralaig 4 A Chralaig 3 A Chralaig 9 http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/01/07/the-235-steps/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/01/07/the-235-steps/#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2015 09:00:12 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=8717 Continue reading →]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2015/01/07/the-235-steps/feed/ 38 McEff durham 1 durham 2 durham 3 Any views or opinions expressed on this plaque are solely those of the original author and do not necessarily represent the views of anyone associated with this blog durham 5 durham 10 durham 9 durham 8 durham 7 durham 6 Not many people know this, but when Albert Einstein was developing his theory of special relativity at the turn of the last century he worked part-time as a road mender for Durham County Council. His experimental equations can be found at numerous locations all over the city durham 13 durham 14 durham 27 durham 26 durham 25 durham 24 durham 23 durham 22 durham 21 durham 20 durham 19 durham 18 durham 17 durham 16 durham 15 And finally . . . You can???t wander far in Durham without stumbling across a prison http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/12/16/moor-prance-neath-the-cover-of-december-skies/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/12/16/moor-prance-neath-the-cover-of-december-skies/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2014 14:03:12 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=8643 Continue reading →]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/12/16/moor-prance-neath-the-cover-of-december-skies/feed/ 42 cropped-masthead4.jpg McEff baysdale 1 baysdale 2 baysdale 3 baysdale 4 baysdale 5 baysdale 6 baysdale 7 Shooting butts make a very useful shelter in a strong wind baysdale 9a baysdale 10 baysdale 11 baysdale 12 baysdale 13 baysdale 14 baysdale 15 Armouth Wath is a pleasant place to stop on a warm day Ruin at Armouth Wath The view into Westerdale Shooters' bothy. Locked against vagabonds and robbers Bothy water supply. Or perhaps it's where they wash their wellies. Christmas trees always brighten a place up baysdale 23 baysdale 24 baysdale 25 baysdale 26 baysdale 27 baysdale 28 baysdale 33 baysdale 29 This is the downcast shaft. That doesn???t mean it was sad all the time ??? it???s primary function was for ventilation purposes, to deliver fresh air into the mine. The bad air escaped through the upcast shaft. Click on picture below for more details. baysdale 31 baysdale 32 http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/12/01/sweet-tees-flow-softly-black-friday-aftermath/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/12/01/sweet-tees-flow-softly-black-friday-aftermath/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2014 09:00:52 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=8592 Continue reading →]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/12/01/sweet-tees-flow-softly-black-friday-aftermath/feed/ 51 McEff Piercebridge 1 Piercebridge 2 Piercebridge 3 Piercebridge 7 Piercebridge 8 Piercebridge 9 Piercebridge 10 Piercebridge 11 Piercebridge 12 Piercebridge 4 Piercebridge 5 Piercebridge 6 Piercebridge 13 Piercebridge 14 Piercebridge 15 This is part of one of those ceramic insulating pots you used to see on telegraph poles. I find it in the shingle at the side of the river. Only last week the young Inspector Morse charged a bloke with murder after finding one of these at the crime scene. It???s a scary world. Piercebridge 17 Piercebridge 18 Piercebridge 19 Piercebridge 21 Piercebridge 22 Ah, a recycled Belfast sink . . . Piercebridge 23 Piercebridge 30 http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/11/27/not-everything-is-black-and-white-on-barningham-moor/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/11/27/not-everything-is-black-and-white-on-barningham-moor/#comments Thu, 27 Nov 2014 08:51:56 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=8552 Continue reading →]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/11/27/not-everything-is-black-and-white-on-barningham-moor/feed/ 47 McEff How Tallon 2 How Tallon 3 How Tallon 1 How Tallon 17 How Tallon 5 How Tallon 6 How Tallon 7 How Tallon 10 How Tallon 8 How Tallon 11 How Tallon 14 That's the trouble with traps . . . How Tallon 18 How Tallon 21 If you were hoping to park a car or camp for the night and spied these two signs hovering above the grass verge, and you were feeling bolshie and fancied yourself as what people used to call a barrack-room lawyer, you might fancy taking a risk and challenging the authorities. NRCC stands for North Riding County Council, which disappeared in the local government reorganisation of 1974. Further along there???s a sign written in Latin banning chariot racing. Just kidding. walkabout 2 Crossing a field on a public right of way, I notice someone has placed a stone on top of a fence post. Closer inspection reveals the stone to be full of crinoid fossils. I???m not sure, but I think they were the stems of plants which inhabited this part of the world during the Carboniferous era. walkabout 4 The A1 is always good for a photograph. We???re right on Scotch Corner here, which along with Viking, Forties, Dogger, Sole, Fitzroy, Bailey and Hotton is famous for being one of those places that everyone has heard of ??? but has no presence in the physical world. This looks like it might be an Iron Age earthwork of the type incorporated into the nearby Brigantian fortress and Stanwick, but it???s the spoilheap of a 19th Century copper mine at Low Merrybent Farm. This part of the country is famous for its lead mines, but the copper-mining industry is very much a forgotten chapter. Diesel pump at Low Merrybent Farm walkabout 8 Just in case you were considering straying from the footpath . . . This is a section of Dere Street, the Roman road that runs from York to the end of the empire. Hadrian wouldn???t have approved. These terraces in the fields beneath the village of Middleton Tyas are the remnants of a mediaeval farming system We are still out in the country, but this wall surrounding a cottage garden has been capped with what appears to be furnace slag. More remnants of the Middleton Tyas and Merrybent copper-mining industry? And finally. Back to the allotment for a sit-down at the close of another dank and dismal November day . . .