tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post3932123214708202890..comments2024-03-28T13:06:29.793+00:00Comments on conradwalks: Woodman Lane from the HighwaymanSir Hughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-32454930486990886072018-07-17T09:41:08.161+01:002018-07-17T09:41:08.161+01:00afoot - you are right of course. We all cause dama...afoot - you are right of course. We all cause damage. Since I came to live in Arnside eighteen years ago new paths that are quite substantial have arrived where there was no trace before, and others that may have been mistaken for faint sheep-trods have developed into highways and that is almost exclusively from walkers only. When one lives in an area for a number of years such happenings are more noticeable. Any newcomer would assume that some of those paths have been there for a century or so.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-6065892633713982502018-07-16T20:25:10.114+01:002018-07-16T20:25:10.114+01:00When set against the damage done by trail bikes et...When set against the damage done by trail bikes etc and dare I say it, us walkers - just think of the path repairs needed even on remote hills in Scotland - I have to say that I have no problem with horses on paths. Hunting is a different matter altogether. afootinthehillshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06670636358354420373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-57835468963384086322018-07-16T07:58:46.235+01:002018-07-16T07:58:46.235+01:00gimmer - ...to say nothing of the way horses ch...gimmer - ...to say nothing of the way horses churn up footpaths, You couldn't design a machine to make more of a mess. I suppose we've all got a right to use the so called bridleways and I'm all for a bit of give and take, but I have come across some real horrors due to horse traffic - Wenlock Edge was one of the worst. Once I encountered a pretty young lady on a horse on such a churned up path and I complained a little banterishly, "Oh! It's the hunt that does it" was her reply - there goes another horsey related subject I could go on about... Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-28594687423041527432018-07-15T21:05:18.002+01:002018-07-15T21:05:18.002+01:00When I lived in a very special AONB protected vall...When I lived in a very special AONB protected valley in the Chilterns , we (the concerned residents - ie all who had eyes to see and minds to understand ) had long and sometimes vituperous battles with a series of in-comer multi-megalo-millionaire-horsey-maniacs who wanted to build such an equestrian complex (only for their private use, you understand) slap bang in the middle of the most prominent flat land at the bottom of the valley : eventually we even managed to get the local planning department to agree the designs (all suspiciously similar despite the applicants protesting their independence - all being very reminiscent of a certain well known restcamp 'somewhere in occupied Poland' - work makes you free, and all that) were almost word for word contrary to the most sacred policies of the AONB and national landscape and heritage protection policies, and one by one they were all seen off and the applicants retreated with muttered threats to take their wealth and patronage to more welcoming climes. Looks as though you have unearthed the northerner amongst them. Maybe amongst the broad acres and looming heights of the north, they might be less prominent - but it still makes one wonder 'why' ! Do the horses care ? Or is the real objective the breaking in of other fillies ? Not to mention relieving them of their cash.gimmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-46534737604528488932018-07-15T16:49:46.667+01:002018-07-15T16:49:46.667+01:00Mark - Thanks for that. I have seen more of it tod...Mark - Thanks for that. I have seen more of it today up near dufton viting my friend gommer who comments here.<br /><br />=============<br /><br /><br />Gayle - I have always ben dubious about total ascnts given by Memeory Map, but it's good for the ego when tghey've been exaggerated.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-61641712704224667152018-07-15T09:56:58.503+01:002018-07-15T09:56:58.503+01:00The comment I left on Friday seems to have disappe...The comment I left on Friday seems to have disappeared. Here it is again:<br /><br />The other problem with electronic mapping altitude profiles (as I'm sure you are aware; not trying to teach you to suck eggs) is that it is not possible to plot a line thin and accurate enough for the software to know exactly what line you're taking. A fine example last week when we took a walk that was largely flat, but across a steep slope. The electronic calculation of our ascent thus thought we had been wearing our thighs out with a violently bumpy profile amounting to something silly like 300m of ascent.<br /><br />As for the parking, I can only offer that it is the same the whole world over. Given a huge empty-but-for-Bertie car park it's almost a given that the next vehicle to arrive will park right next to us.Gaylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08648378503343413924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-53159913321563968952018-07-13T20:44:31.112+01:002018-07-13T20:44:31.112+01:00The white stuff is almost certainly home to huge n...The white stuff is almost certainly home to huge numbers of caterpillars. There are, I believe, several species of 'tent' moths. I think in urban settings they are probably a reportable species because they can be a pest. I once saw a line of trees by the Lune near the bottom end of the 'other' Borrowdale which were all absolutely covered with the stuff. The caterpillars can completely strip trees and bushes of leaves.<br />I keep looking at the paths in that area - it seems like an obvious Lune Catchment walk. You've beaten me to it though!Markhttp://www.beatingthebounds.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com