A random selection …
Cliff Ironstone Quarry
One of the lesser known ironstone mines in Cleveland. Well, actually it was a quarry for the first 8 years of its operation from 1857 to 1865. An account published in 1866 by ‘J.G.’ is interesting: Enchanting as everything appeared we had no time to linger, so we began our trip from the beach and […]
Remembrance Service, Easby Moor
The Cleveland Mountain Rescue Team’s very moving remembrance service at the memorial to the three servicemen killed in the 1940 plane crash on Easby Moor. 100 years ago today the Great War ended in Europe; a war that had lasted for 4 years and 97 days; a war that had claimed the lives of 9 […]
Tissington Spires
Dramatic limestone formation in the gorge of the River Dove in Derbyshire. Open Space Web-Map builder Code
Brothers’ Parting Stone
It was pretty grim on Fairfield today. I had expected an hour an an half to kill waiting for my DoE group to summit so I put on all my spare clothes, got the bivvy out, and hunkered down behind the low summit shelter to listen to a Radio 4 podcast. Half an hour later […]
Ayre of Billigroot: The Law That Scotland Cannot Kill
I bought a 1956 guidebook off eBay. It was a good decision. It mentioned a beach at Stavaness with “almost spherical granite boulders.” That was enough. The likely candidate was the Ayre of Billigroot, though calling it an ayre is generous. The word comes from the Old Norse “eyrr,” meaning a gravel beach. The Vikings […]