http://becausetheyrethere.com ...and a few more reasons for climbing mountains Sat, 15 Aug 2015 10:16:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://becausetheyrethere.com 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/2015/02/17/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/2014/11/07/faggergill-out-of-the-fryingpan-into-the-mire/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/11/07/faggergill-out-of-the-fryingpan-into-the-mire/#comments Fri, 07 Nov 2014 12:12:58 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=8502 Continue reading →]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/11/07/faggergill-out-of-the-fryingpan-into-the-mire/feed/ 27 McEff faggergill 1 faggergill 2 faggergill 3 faggergill 4 faggergill 5 There should be a telephone number on this because I'd like to hire it faggergill 30 faggergill 7 faggergill 9 faggergill 10 faggergill 13 faggergill 14 faggergill 11 faggergill 12 The humble Belfast sink is one of Britain's most enduring inventions. I wouldn't be without one ??? and today I'm not faggergill 16 faggergill 17 faggergill 18 faggergill 19 faggergill 20 faggergill 21 faggergill 31 faggergill 22 faggergill 23 faggergill 24 faggergill 25 faggergill 26 faggergill 27 faggergill 29 faggergill 8 http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/09/17/black-gold-tan-hill-tea/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/09/17/black-gold-tan-hill-tea/#comments Wed, 17 Sep 2014 08:09:41 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.com/?p=8263 Continue reading →]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2014/09/17/black-gold-tan-hill-tea/feed/ 23 McEff tan hill 1 tan hill 3 tan hill 4 This might look like a band of grass in the heather but it???s actually an old colliery roadway. Old roads like this are not uncommon in the area tan hill 6 These conical depressions are quite common on the moor. They are collapsed colliery shafts. The shafts were quite narrow ??? about five feet (1.5m) in diameter. But without regular maintenance they just collapsed in on themselves, the result being the surrounding ground disappearing egg-timer fashion. Not a good place to be standing at the wrong time Old boundary stone Old survey of the Tan Hill mines on the wall of the Tan Hill Inn tan hill 9 tan hill 10 Horse gins marked on the Tan Hill survey, one shown as coming into production in 1829 Old colliery road crossing the moor to a pit Horse gin on the horizon beneath a moody sky Colliery shaft tan hill 14 tan hill 15 tan hill 16 tan hill 17 Flooded colliery shaft. Not suitable for paddling in, no matter how hot your feet get You had to watch where you put your feet up here two hundred years ago. No telling what you might stand in. Colliery shaft craters are everywhere This one's got a fence around it. Must still pose a threat Closer inspection reveals it's only a few feet deep. Still, enough to break a leg or worse I could have spent a few fruitless hours wondering how these circles had been formed if it hadn???t been for the timely appearance of a retired gamekeeper from an estate in Wharfedale who was on what he called a ???busman???s holiday??? day-tripping on the northern grouse moors. This is the modern way to burn old heather to promote fresh shoots for the grouse to feed on. You drive a quad bike in a circle, cutting the heather to produce a circular fire break, then burn the centre. Apparently, during the London 2012 Olympics it was fashionable to link these heather circles to form the Olympic rings ??? public art on the moors. Can???t say I noticed them myself, but the grouse were really impressed and cheered on Team GB gold medal winner Peter Wilson in the shooting events tan hill 24 tan hill 25 Yes. It burns tan hill 30 http://becausetheyrethere.com/2011/08/12/empty-skies-empty-moors-empty-head/ http://becausetheyrethere.com/2011/08/12/empty-skies-empty-moors-empty-head/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2011 09:47:47 +0000 http://becausetheyrethere.wordpress.com/?p=3353 Continue reading →]]> http://becausetheyrethere.com/2011/08/12/empty-skies-empty-moors-empty-head/feed/ 9 McEff Track to Bowes teesdale sign Tan Hill road Tan Hill Inn railway wagon