up on t'moors
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up on t'moors
Today's walk was down into and then back up and around the Hole of Horcum. The return path, which is along the ridge to the right in this photo, looks flat but it's actually a long gradual climb.
I soaked in a hot bath after we got home again, to relax my leg muscles.
Ken
I soaked in a hot bath after we got home again, to relax my leg muscles.
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Re: up on t'moors
At the risk of condoning domestic violence, I have always preferred the narrative that says the Hole of Horcum was created when a giant pick up a clod of earth and threw it at his wife [he missed and the clod of earth became the nearby Blakey Topping] over the geological explanation that it's a huge cavern that collapsed.
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I agree.stuck wrote: ↑02 Apr 2022, 21:07At the risk of condoning domestic violence, I have always preferred the narrative that says the Hole of Horcum was created when a giant pick up a clod of earth and threw it at his wife [he missed and the clod of earth became the nearby Blakey Topping] over the geological explanation that it's a huge cavern that collapsed.
They should have taught more Latin in schools back then.
So someone could have yelled out Cave!
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Nice shot. Lot's of walking to get there!!
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Umm, yes, so we we drove there instead It then took us 2.5hr to walk around the loop: from the car park that's up on the ridge out of the left of the shot, down and along the path along bottom, around the corner in the centre of the photo, still out of shot, back up a gully and out on to the ridge on the right, then back along the ridge, which continues around behind the picture, to reach the car park again.
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Ken, being that you are one of the Lounge's keen photography types, why didn't you take a photo of yourselves walking around the lower loop from the top of the ridge? Without photographic evidence, how can we believe that your actually did all this?stuck wrote: ↑04 Apr 2022, 18:00Umm, yes, so we we drove there instead It then took us 2.5hr to walk around the loop: from the car park that's up on the ridge out of the left of the shot, down and along the path along bottom, around the corner in the centre of the photo, still out of shot, back up a gully and out on to the ridge on the right, then back along the ridge, which continues around behind the picture, to reach the car park again.
I note with increasing concern the lamentable excuses that everything seemed to be conveniently "out of shot"!
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Chris: I suspect that Ken and hench-walker could easily be spotted and followed on Google Earth Pro in real time, provided he wore an appropriately-distinctive hat (or more locally, flat cap).
If he were to inscribe "Ken" with a sharpie on the top surface, this would make your identification of him even more definitive.
If he were to inscribe "Ken" with a sharpie on the top surface, this would make your identification of him even more definitive.
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Of course he wore a hat! Nobody in Yorkshire would be seen on the moor Baht 'at.John Gray wrote: ↑04 Apr 2022, 19:24Chris: I suspect that Ken and hench-walker could easily be spotted and followed on Google Earth Pro in real time, provided he wore an appropriately-distinctive hat (or more locally, flat cap).
If he were to inscribe "Ken" with a sharpie on the top surface, this would make your identification of him even more definitive.
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LOL! I gathered that part. But a 2.5hr walk is a decent walk and quite a bit of exercise.
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Piffle! When I lived in Toronto I did that weekdays, in and out. It was 40 minutes walk up to Yonge & St Clair for the Tuesday lunchtime concert at Deer Park United and 40 minutes back. 25 down to St Andrews and 25 back. MetU was a solid 20 each way.
Then there were the shorter, but more frequent walks to UofT Walter Hall concerts; and my morning walk to RyersonU for a free copy of the Toronto Star ...
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to my shame, I didn't wear a hat.jonwallace wrote: ↑04 Apr 2022, 23:02Of course he wore a hat! Nobody in Yorkshire would be seen on the moor Baht 'at.
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shakes head sadly (is there a smiley?)stuck wrote: ↑05 Apr 2022, 11:10to my shame, I didn't wear a hat.jonwallace wrote: ↑04 Apr 2022, 23:02Of course he wore a hat! Nobody in Yorkshire would be seen on the moor Baht 'at.
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My hats off to you Chris.ChrisGreaves wrote: ↑05 Apr 2022, 09:32Piffle! When I lived in Toronto I did that weekdays, in and out. It was 40 minutes walk up to Yonge & St Clair for the Tuesday lunchtime concert at Deer Park United and 40 minutes back. 25 down to St Andrews and 25 back. MetU was a solid 20 each way.
Then there were the shorter, but more frequent walks to UofT Walter Hall concerts; and my morning walk to RyersonU for a free copy of the Toronto Star ...
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Re: up on t'moors
Nice image Ken.
I have long term friends in Yorkshire. When first time visiting them many years ago (driving M1 from the South) we stopped for some lunch in a Yorkshire pub. Three locals were nearby and I asked for directions. The result was a lengthy discussion with three different routes proposed. Is it still the same
I have long term friends in Yorkshire. When first time visiting them many years ago (driving M1 from the South) we stopped for some lunch in a Yorkshire pub. Three locals were nearby and I asked for directions. The result was a lengthy discussion with three different routes proposed. Is it still the same
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Bill Bryson ("Notes from a small island") would endorse Ron's statement.
Note that is Chapter 1, and he had hardly got started at this point ...
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Almost certainly. I've not had to ask for directions recently but the extract from Bill Bryson (thanks Chris ) sounds about right and as that quote shows, it's not just a Yorkshire thing
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Some years ago, we lived for a few years in the south of England. This was a continuing topic of conversation, whenever anybody said that they were going someplace that wasn't just into the centre of London.
The other continuing topic of conversation was comparing the weather with the past. Was the summer of 93 really warmer than this year?
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Surrey to Cornwall. A distance that most Americans would go to get taco.
That's a 5 hour drive. American cars must be very comfortable!
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