http://becausetheyrethere.com ...and a few more reasons for climbing mountains Tue, 17 Dec 2013 16:09:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://becausetheyrethere.com http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/08/22/coniston-fells-highways-byways-narrow-ways/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/08/22/coniston-fells-highways-byways-narrow-ways/#comments Thu, 22 Aug 2013 08:30:54 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=6558 Continue reading →]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/08/22/coniston-fells-highways-byways-narrow-ways/feed/ 25 McEff coniston 1 Coniston 2 Coniston 3 Coniston 4 Coniston 5 Coniston 6 Coniston 7 Coniston 10 Coniston 11 Coniston 8 There's a climber on this picture. Can you see him? Coniston 12 Coniston 13 Coniston 14 Coniston 15 Coniston 16 Coniston 17 Coniston 18 Coniston 19 Coniston 20 Coniston 21 Coniston 22 Coniston 23 Coniston 24 Coniston 25 Coniston 26 Coniston 27 Coniston 28 http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/06/10/above-bethesda-ancient-and-modern/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/06/10/above-bethesda-ancient-and-modern/#comments Mon, 10 Jun 2013 08:30:08 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=6325 Continue reading →]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/06/10/above-bethesda-ancient-and-modern/feed/ 23 McEff bethesda 1 bethesda 5 bethesda 7 bethesda 8 bethesda 6 bethesda 2 bethesda 3 bethesda 4 bethesda 9 bethesda 10 bethesda 11 bethesda 15 bethesda 14 bethesda 13 bethesda 12 bethesda 16 bethesda 17 bethesda 2 bethesda 1 bethesda 17 bethesda 16 bethesda 15 bethesda 14 bethesda 13 bethesda 12 bethesda 11 bethesda 10 bethesda 9 bethesda 8 bethesda 7 bethesda 6 bethesda 5 bethesda 4 bethesda 3 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/2013/02/26/a-blackpowder-blast-from-the-past/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/02/26/a-blackpowder-blast-from-the-past/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:00:51 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=5794 Continue reading →]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2013/02/26/a-blackpowder-blast-from-the-past/feed/ 25 McEff Burlington 1 A walk on the quarry top, with Black Combe and the Duddon estuary in the background Burlington 2 Burlington 6 Burlington 7 Burlington 8 David Coward, Geoff Dickinson and George Gledhill outside the level Burlington 11 The forebreast charged up and ready for firing Water pours down the right-hand wall of the level heading Burlington 5 From left, Peter Inman, David Coward, Chris Cook, me crouching Burlington 12 level level1 Burlington 13 Burlington 14 Burlington 20 Burlington 21 Burlington 22 Burlington 23 Surveying the results of the blast, from left, wire sawmen John "La'l Joker" Postlethwaite, Ronnie Cartmel, quarrymen Peter Inman and Chris Cook, level-driver David Coward and quarry manager Mike Dickinson The next morning, David Coward up on the "hill", the mound of blasted rock that now fills the end of the quarry Burlington 26 http://becausetheyrethere.com/2012/11/21/memories-misty-water-coloured-and-unreliable/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2012/11/21/memories-misty-water-coloured-and-unreliable/#comments Wed, 21 Nov 2012 11:36:11 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=5406 Continue reading →]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2012/11/21/memories-misty-water-coloured-and-unreliable/feed/ 27 McEff Schiehallion 1 Schiehallion 2 rannoch 1 coe 1 ruin2 Sgurr Breac 1 (2) Sgurr Breac 3 Sgurr Breac 2 an 2 an 1 an 3 http://becausetheyrethere.com/2012/02/21/swindale-and-this-is-alvar-lidell/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2012/02/21/swindale-and-this-is-alvar-lidell/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:56:11 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=4206 Continue reading →]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2012/02/21/swindale-and-this-is-alvar-lidell/feed/ 27 McEff swindale11 swindale1 swindale2 swindale3 swindale6 swindale5 swindale4 swindale15 swindale7 swindale8 swindale9 swindale16 swindale13 swindale10 swindale17 swindale14 http://becausetheyrethere.com/2011/09/29/kentmere-%e2%80%93-in-the-footsteps-of-the-forgotten/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2011/09/29/kentmere-%e2%80%93-in-the-footsteps-of-the-forgotten/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 08:46:09 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.wordpress.com/?p=3576 Continue reading →]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2011/09/29/kentmere-%e2%80%93-in-the-footsteps-of-the-forgotten/feed/ 15 McEff shelter wall shelter Kentmere small water ullstone gill ginnel waterfall tips green slate cross-hole Ullstone Gill 2 Harter Fell Haweswater http://becausetheyrethere.com/2011/07/26/yew-crag-incline-and-the-quarryman%e2%80%99s-bedstead/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2011/07/26/yew-crag-incline-and-the-quarryman%e2%80%99s-bedstead/#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:21:13 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.wordpress.com/?p=3256 Continue reading →]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2011/07/26/yew-crag-incline-and-the-quarryman%e2%80%99s-bedstead/feed/ 2 McEff yewcrag incline 1 yewcrag incline 8 Honister yew crag 9 yewcrag incline 4 yewcrag incline 2 yew crag 11 yew crag 13 yewcrag incline 6 yew crag 12 yewcrag incline 7 yewcrag incline 3 yew crag 10 yew crag incline