http://becausetheyrethere.com ...and a few more reasons for climbing mountains Tue, 17 Dec 2013 15:57:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://becausetheyrethere.com http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/09/12/a-pennine-trek-part-1-moorland-and-mustard-gas/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/09/12/a-pennine-trek-part-1-moorland-and-mustard-gas/#comments Thu, 12 Sep 2013 14:46:16 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=6616 Continue reading →]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/09/12/a-pennine-trek-part-1-moorland-and-mustard-gas/feed/ 27 McEff teesdale 1 teesdale 2 teesdale 5 teesdale 3 teesdale 4 teesdale 6 teesdale 7 teesdale 8 teesdale 9 teesdale 10 teesdale 12 teesdale 13 Excuse me, but I think Hannah's Meadow should have an apostrophe I stood in front of this notice for some considerable time wondering how a lone backpacker might walk in single file. I don???t take too kindly to being told how to deport myself. I wouldn???t have minded if there had been a crop of delicate and valuable exotic vegetables growing in the field but it was just common grass ??? the stuff that flourishes on rugby pitches and in public parks. So I did my best to walk like a crowd, just out of bloody-mindedness. And that???s not easy teesdale 16 teesdale 17 teesdale 18 teesdale 19 teesdale 20 teesdale 21 teesdale 22 teesdale 23 teesdale 24 teesdale 25 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/2013/04/25/forever-changing-broad-majestic-duddon/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/04/25/forever-changing-broad-majestic-duddon/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:30:10 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=6079 Continue reading →]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/04/25/forever-changing-broad-majestic-duddon/feed/ 15 McEff duddon 1a duddon 2 askam 6 duddon 32 duddon 4 duddon 5 duddon 3 duddon 6 duddon 9a duddon 8 duddon 7 duddon 11 duddon 10 A piece of a beer bottle ??? probably Victorian ??? washed smooth by the sea. At a guess I'd say this formed part of a bottle embossed with "Hartley's of Ulverston", a local brewery, the name of which still survives duddon 33 duddon 12a duddon 13 duddon 14 duddon 19 duddon 17 duddon 18 duddon 15 duddon 16 duddon 22 duddon 23 duddon 26 duddon 24 duddon 25 duddon 28 duddon 30 duddon 31