Cleveland Hills - Frozen North Edition

chickenrunner

chickenrunner

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Hacked up onto Urra Moor this afty. Still plenty of snow around, knee to waist deep on the Cleveland Way. Fortunately it has frozen and will support your weight (mostly :rolleyes:). Right on the moor top I came across a young lad in shorts, to my comment "shorts? why the hell didn't I think of that?" he responded "we're dumb townies we didn't think it would be like this". His legs were a very fetching lobster pink in colour. :D

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chickenrunner said:
Hacked up onto Urra Moor this afty. Still plenty of snow around, knee to waist deep on the Cleveland Way. Fortunately it has frozen and will support your weight (mostly :rolleyes:). Right on the moor top I came across a young lad in shorts, to my comment "shorts? why the hell didn't I think of that?" he responded "we're dumb townies we didn't think it would be like this". His legs were a very fetching lobster pink in colour. :D

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Cracking pics. Feel quite envious, with limited travel I haven't been able to get up on the tops for a couple of weeks now and I'm really missing it. I'll be up on the north pennines and cheviots as soon as permitted though
 
Artie Fufkin said:
Cracking pics. Feel quite envious, with limited travel I haven't been able to get up on the tops for a couple of weeks now and I'm really missing it. I'll be up on the north pennines and cheviots as soon as permitted though
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That's a point, I should stress this was all accomplished from my front door, my house is in this picture (somewhere).
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The thing that is hitting me hardest at the moment is not being able to get out into the wilds (trivial I know) so thanks for the great shots, I'm well jealous. Just considering buying a new camera for such trips.
 
That series of old photographs is amazing. That's a canny spot to live. I was looking on Google Earth earlier to see if I could spot a chicken run as there are not many houses up at the valley head. :)
 
The 2nd photo with the trig point, I think that may mark the highest point on the North York Moors.

Also have you spotted the carving of the miner in the stone on the incline Chickenrunner ????
 
Nobby_Barnes said:
The 2nd photo with the trig point, I think that may mark the highest point on the North York Moors.

Also have you spotted the carving of the miner in the stone on the incline Chickenrunner ????
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Yes it is the highest point in the NYMNP, 1489ft.

The rock carving is supposedly of a 'gaffer' who was in charge of the navvies who constructed the railway, given that he is wearing a top hat. There's also a bird. Earlier in 2020 the NYMNP installed some 'interpretation boards' top and bottom. At the top there's a table with a steel casting showing the original layout at Incline Top. It wasn't nicknamed 'Siberia' for nothing.

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chickenrunner said:
Yes it is the highest point in the NYMNP, 1489ft.

The rock carving is supposedly of a 'gaffer' who was in charge of the navvies who constructed the railway, given that he is wearing a top hat. There's also a bird. Earlier in 2020 the NYMNP installed some 'interpretation boards' top and bottom. At the top there's a table with a steel casting showing the original layout at Incline Top. It wasn't nicknamed 'Siberia' for nothing.

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Brilliant photo chicken runner, I don't think I noticed the bird when I spotted it. It's on the left hand side as you go up if anyone fancies looking for it...
Some nice walks from Bank Foot. I like the one that goes straight up and over to Baysdale Abbey and back round over the moors...
 
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