Wild About Britain - Conversation Between zail and ChrisJB

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Conversation Between zail and ChrisJB

Conversation Between zail and ChrisJB

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09-07-2008 09:37 PM - permalink
zail

glad you liked the pics :) Haven't been in the Stag for a long time - last time I stopped there (earlier this year) it was shut - I think it may have been a Monday lunchtime in March though!
09-07-2008 06:59 AM - permalink
ChrisJB

The last time I was at High Cup (about two years ago) I saw plenty of fell ponies.
Nice photos by the way. In 1994 we spent most nights in the Stag and I remember one particular farmer who came in a lot. He was a typical Pennine farmer, very taciturn. Alas I can't remember his name.

Regards, Chris
08-07-2008 09:16 PM - permalink
zail

And yes, it was the Cross Keys at Hilton.... :)
08-07-2008 09:15 PM - permalink
zail

actually, just remembered i put one up on Panaramio

Panoramio - Photos by zail

if you look about halway down the page it's on the right.. graveyard in foreground. When we still lived in london we used to go and stay in the Old Rectory next to Dufton church so it's a special place for me. On these holidays I also met a Dufton farmer and the local gamekeeper who were to become good friends (both dead now and buried in Dufton churchyard) and who I learnt a lot about the area from. If you've ever seen the Fell ponies up on the fell on the way to High Cup then they would have belonged to my farmer friend :) Most of the other Pennine pics on that page are from North Stainmore where I grew up....
08-07-2008 09:06 PM - permalink
ChrisJB

My fieldwork up there was when I was a Geology student. I mapped the rocks from Dufton Pike down to Murton Pike in the south. I have some fantastic memories, like a sitting outside the now sadly closed inn (I think it was called the Cross Keys) at Hilton, supping a pint of ale in the evening sun. I certainly look forward to your pictures.

Regards, Chris
08-07-2008 09:00 PM - permalink
zail

Got some pics of Dufton Pike from the churchyard that I took earlier this year - will send you the link when I've put them up online....
08-07-2008 08:22 PM - permalink
ChrisJB

I'm in SE Lancs, nearest town being Rochdale probably. I know High Cup very well. It was a wonderful sight when I first saw it on the Pennine Way in 1990. In 1994 I also spent six weeks living in a caravan in Dufton whilst doing university fieldwork and really fell in love with the area. The whole mass of moorland between the A66 and Alston I just find magnificent.

Regards, Chris
08-07-2008 08:18 PM - permalink
zail

Hello Chris, I moved up to Cumbria from London when I was 11 - lived on North Stainmore which is not far from Brough and Kirkby Stephen. High Cup Nick that area is one of my favorite places in that area :) Whereabouts are you?
08-07-2008 06:10 PM - permalink
ChrisJB

Howdy Zail. Whereabouts in the Cumbrian Pennines are you from? The Westmorland/Cumbrian Pennines are one of my favourite landscapes.

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