Author: Fhithich
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Coleson Bank
This is not a route I use that often. A deep sunken track from Battersby up and over the moor to Baysdale. It gives an impression of some age, but its original purpose has been lost in antiquity. I suspect it may have been the route initially used by Bernard de Balliol (of Barnard Castle…
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Great Ayton Moor
It’s been a while, a blue sky and high cirrus clouds, and a huge sigh of relief from the hundreds of Red grouse inhabiting the moor. December 10th, the last day of the grouse shooting season. They’re safe now until the “Glorious Twelfth”, the 12th August, free to survive the winter and to procreate, to…
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A view from Cliff Rigg
In the distance, the Cleveland Hills look gloomy and drab. Breaks in the cloud allow patches of sunlight to flit across the vale. Near right is Undercliffe House, built of whinstone setts. December 9th, sixteen days left until Christmas and the day designated by the United Nations as ‘International Anti-Corruption Day‘. The theme this year…
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Moorland isosceles triangle
A strange feature to come across in the middle of a grouse moor. What appear to be two tracks, coming together at an angle of precisely 60°. The left hand track is about 27 yards long, and meets another track from the right. Again the angle is 60°. Once more, the left hand track is…
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Codhill Farm and Bold Venture
It’s not the most obvious place to site a farm, on the col between Highcliff Nab and Great Ayton Moor. A col unsheltered from both northerly and southerly winds. The col was formed as a spillway to the south from lakes formed between the north-facing escarpment of the Cleveland Hills and the glacier flowing along…
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Football Women Barred
100 years ago today, the Daily Mail carried the following report:— FOOTBALL WOMEN BARRED F.A.’s DECREE. “UNSUITABLE GAME” FOR GIRLS. The Football Association yesterday decided to request the clubs under their control not to allow the use of grounds for football matches between women mainly because the game is unsuitable for women. The following resolution…
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Dunglass Collegiate Church
Stopped off for a bit of exercise on the way home from Edinburgh and stumbled across this fine ruined church. The brown tourist sign pointed to ‘Dunglass Collegiate Church‘ which I admit I had assumed would be some Victorian church associated with a school or college. But worth a ½km detour. I now learn that…
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Wardie Bay
Lovely start to the morning across the Firth of Forth, but by the afternoon it was snowing in Edinburgh. Wardie Bay is sandwiched between the ports of Granton and Leith.
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Grey seals, Horsecastle Bay
Stopped off for a run around St. Abb’s Head to break the journey up to Edinburgh and surprised to come across several seals hauled up on the beach with their pups. They were Grey seals (Halichoerus grypus), and were seemingly unperturbed by the closeness of the popular footpath. The pups were no longer cuddly fluffy…
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Cockle Scar
I’ve had my eye on this photo for some time, but either the view is dull looking from this way or very contrasty the other with Roseberry silhouetted. It’s taken looking down Cockle Scar, Roseberry’s steep skirt of Staithes Sandstone Formation on its western side. This morning, a sprinkling of overnight snow puts some depth…