Out & About …

… on the North York Moors, or wherever I happen to be.

Category: Capt. Cook’s Monument

  • Shit Sack Day

    Shit Sack Day

    Two years ago I posted about Royal Oak Day, 29th May, to commemorate when Charles II returned to London and was restored as King in 1660. On this day, true Royalists wear a sprig of oak leaves in recognition of Charles’s escape by hiding in an oak tree at Boscobel House, Shropshire, after his defeat…

  • It can be done …

    It can be done …

    The relatively small patch of heather moorland around Captain Cook’s Monument has recently been strip mowed. This photo is technically of a strip on Little Ayton Moor, north of the parish boundary wall, but the area surrounding the monument, Easby Moor, also has at least two parallel strips. The moors are technically dry upland heath,…

  • Has the Duke of York ever been to Yorkshire?

    Has the Duke of York ever been to Yorkshire?

    It’s been a while since I’ve posted a photo of Capt. Cook’s Monument on Easby Moor. Ugly looking isn’t it. Its only beauty coming from its familiarity as part of the landscape. James Cook is of course Cleveland’s most famous son, even though when he left Middlesbrough was just a hamlet, home to 25 people…

  • Capt. Cook’s Monument and Aireyholme Farm

    Capt. Cook’s Monument and Aireyholme Farm

    The familiar sight of Capt. Cook’s Monument on Easby Moor appearing as the low cloud dissipates. It wouldn’t have been familiar to the young James Cook who lived as a young boy at Aireyholme Farm (centre of photograph). His father was employed there as a hind or skilled farm hand. However problematic Cook is in the…

  • Capt. Cook’s Monument in Storm Francis

    Capt. Cook’s Monument in Storm Francis

    Woke up to Storm Francis throwing everything it had at us. But on the positive side, under a new Government algorithm, it’s now been downgraded to Force 3 on the Beaufort Scale, a gentle breeze. But what to do. I needed inspiration. That old fallback, Capt. Cook left Plymouth today (25th August) on the first…

  • Sunrise on Cliff Rigg

    Sunrise on Cliff Rigg

    Two major achievements. First I dragged myself out of the house whilst still dark and secondly, I managed a hypnopompic run up Cliff Rigg, the first since my attempt at an Icarus imitation. They say the darkest hour is before dawn. That’s probably not true once your eyes have become accustomed. Dick Turpin and his…

  • Airy Holme

    Airy Holme

    A view from Roseberry Topping to Capt. Cook’s Monument across the great bowl of Airy Holme, Slacks Wood and Ayton Bank, just before a tremendous downpour. The National Trust boundary of Roseberry is the fence line in the foreground just before the bracken limit. Aireyholme Lane can just be made out crossing left to right.…

  • Capt. Cook’s Monument

    Capt. Cook’s Monument

    A quick amble up to Capt. Cook’s Monument at the end of a very wet day. No chance of a sunset, still drizzling and cloud. But the ling’s looking good. Open Space Web-Map builder Code

  • Capt. Cook’s Monument

    Capt. Cook’s Monument

    “In memory of the celebrated circumnavigator Captain James Cook F.R.S. A man of nautical knowledge inferior to none, in zeal prudence and energy, superior to most. Regardless of danger he opened an intercourse with the Friendly Isles and other parts of the Southern Hemisphere. He was born at Marton Oct. 27th 1728 and massacred at…

  • Sunrise Over Capt. Cook’s

    Sunrise Over Capt. Cook’s

    Inside all day gazing longingly over the sunny snow-covered Cleveland Hills. So an early run with the dog, no headtorch needed, and a lovely red sky to finish. Open Space Web-Map builder Code