http://becausetheyrethere.com ...and a few more reasons for climbing mountains Sun, 16 Aug 2015 02:55:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://becausetheyrethere.com 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/2015/01/21/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/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/2014/06/17/lindisfarne-a-pilgrims-progress/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/06/17/lindisfarne-a-pilgrims-progress/#comments Tue, 17 Jun 2014 08:25:52 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=7975 Continue reading →]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/06/17/lindisfarne-a-pilgrims-progress/feed/ 49 McEff lindisfarne 1 Lindisfarne 2 Lindisfarne 4 A car crosses the causeway at low tide Lindisfarne 9 Lindisfarne 3 Lindisfarne 5 Lindisfarne 6 Lindisfarne 7 Lindisfarne 10 Lindisfarne 11 Lindisfarne 12 Lindisfarne 13 Lindisfarne 15 Lindisfarne 16 Lindisfarne 17 Lindisfarne 18 A second shelter. Very basic but it does the job This appears to be a line of cairns, possibly markers that preceded the posts Lindisfarne 22 Lindisfarne 21 Lindisfarne 23 Lindisfarne 24 http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/05/23/cross-fell-fiends-rivers-paths-and-poets/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/05/23/cross-fell-fiends-rivers-paths-and-poets/#comments Fri, 23 May 2014 08:00:37 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=7893 Continue reading →]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/05/23/cross-fell-fiends-rivers-paths-and-poets/feed/ 24 McEff Cross Fell 7 Cross Fell 2 Cross Fell 4 Cross Fell 3 Cross Fell 5 The first glimpse of Cross Fell, with its covering of cloud A mile or two on and the cloud is lifting Cross Fell 3a Cross Fell 9 Cross Fell 10 Cross Fell 11 Cross Fell 12 Cross Fell 13 Cross Fell 14 Ancient and modern. Looking from an old cairn on Cross Fell towards Little Dun Fell and Great Dunn Fell with its radar station. Great Dunn Fell is the second-highest mountain in the Pennines. According to Wikipedia, ???a randome containing primary surveillance radar (PSR) and secondary surveillance radar (SSR) antennae, various towers and fencing crown the summit???. So now you know The view towards Cow Green reservoir Cross Fell 17 Cross Fell 18 Cross Fell 19 Cross Fell 20 Cross Fell 21 Cross Fell 22 Cross Fell 24 Cross Fell 25 Traps like this are all over the place in this part of the Pennines. Their function is to kill predators that prey on grouse, so that rich people will have plenty of birds to blast out of the sky when the shooting season starts. I phtographed this one because it has an egg on it. We can but speculatee where the egg came from Cross Fell 27 Cross Fell 26 Cross Fell 28 Cross Fell 29 Cross Fell 30 Cross Fell 32 http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/02/13/wild-winds-and-the-wain-stones/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/02/13/wild-winds-and-the-wain-stones/#comments Thu, 13 Feb 2014 09:00:07 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=7377 Continue reading →]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/02/13/wild-winds-and-the-wain-stones/feed/ 35 McEff wain stones 15 wain stones 3 wain stones 4 wain stones 5 wain stones 6 wain stones 7 wain stones 25 wain stones 17 wain stones 8 wain stones 1 wain stones 10 wain stones 11 wain stones 13 wain stones 14 wain stones 12 wain stones 20 wain stones 22 wain stones 23 wain stones 26 wain stones 28 wain stones 19 wain stones 18 wain stones 29 wain stones 30 wain stones 27 http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/01/20/stamford-bridge-a-long-walk-to-the-last-battle/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/01/20/stamford-bridge-a-long-walk-to-the-last-battle/#comments Mon, 20 Jan 2014 09:00:38 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=7215 Continue reading →]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/01/20/stamford-bridge-a-long-walk-to-the-last-battle/feed/ 40 McEff hardrada 35 hardrada 2 hardrada 3 hardrada 4 hardrada 5 hardrada 6 hardrada 7 hardrada 8 hardrada 9 hardrada 10 There is life on the river even today, though rather more sedate, it must be said hardrada 12 hardrada 13 hardrada 14 hardrada 15 hardrada 16 Some parts of the Minster Ways are muddy ??? like this Other bits are flat and the grass has been mown to stop your boots slipping. And someone has stuck yellow flags in the ground so you don't lose the route. They're considerate folk in Yorkshire . . . hardrada 19 hardrada 20 hardrada 21 hardrada 22 hardrada 23 hardrada 24 hardrada 25 hardrada 26 hardrada 27 hardrada 28 This is the third of these signs I've passed. I think they refer to the Yorkshire penchant for exaggeration rather than the uncastrated adult male bovine hardrada 30 hardrada 31 This is the graceful though redundant railway viaduct. Stamford Bridge's stone bridge can be seen in the far distance hardrada 33 hardrada 34 hardrada 1 http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/10/17/the-glyders-and-a-descent-into-hell/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/10/17/the-glyders-and-a-descent-into-hell/#comments Thu, 17 Oct 2013 08:30:18 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=6807 Continue reading →]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/10/17/the-glyders-and-a-descent-into-hell/feed/ 28 McEff glyder 1 glyder 2 glyder 4 glyder 5 glyder 6 glyder 3 glyder 7 glyder 8 glyder 10 glyder 9 glyder 12 glyder 11 glyder 19 glyder 13 glyder 14 glyder 15 glyder 16 glyder 17 glyder 18 glyder 20 glyder 21 glyder 22 glyder 24 glyder 25 glyder 26 glyder 23 glyder 27 http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/10/02/in-the-footsteps-of-offa/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/10/02/in-the-footsteps-of-offa/#comments Wed, 02 Oct 2013 08:30:29 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=6731 Continue reading →]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/10/02/in-the-footsteps-of-offa/feed/ 22 McEff offa 1 offa 2 offa 3 offa 4 offa 5 offa 6 offa 7 offa 8 offa 9 Did I mention that the sheep have six legs and two heads around here? offa 11 offa 12 offa 13 offa 14 offa 15 offa 16 offa 17 offa 18 offa 19 offa 20 offa 21 http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/07/12/blencathra-by-the-back-door-grudgingly/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/07/12/blencathra-by-the-back-door-grudgingly/#comments Fri, 12 Jul 2013 08:30:31 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=6440 Continue reading →]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/07/12/blencathra-by-the-back-door-grudgingly/feed/ 34 McEff mung 19 mung 2 mung 3 mung 4 mung 5 mung 6 mung 7 mung 8 mung 9 mung 10 mung 11 mung 1 mung 12 mung 13 mung 14 mung 15 mung 16 mung 17 mung 18 mung 20 mung 21 mung 22 mung 23 mung 24 http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/05/07/sutton-bank-witches-and-featherless-geese/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/05/07/sutton-bank-witches-and-featherless-geese/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 08:00:56 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=6127 Continue reading →]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/05/07/sutton-bank-witches-and-featherless-geese/feed/ 23 McEff sutton bank 1 sutton bank 2a sutton bank 4 sutton bank 8 sutton bank 2 sutton bank 9 sutton bank 5 Two chaps building a ramp for wheelchair users at a viewpoint sutton bank 7 sutton bank 6 sutton bank 10 sutton bank 11 sutton bank 12 sutton bank 14 sutton bank 15 sutton bank 16 sutton bank 13 sutton bank 17 sutton bank 18 sutton bank 20 sutton bank 19 Cold Kirby across the fields, just as the rain begins to fall