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Post by 4wd on Apr 30, 2014 15:42:33 GMT
There will probably be a few of these if I don't crash  |
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Post by Joyce on Apr 30, 2014 18:06:24 GMT
That was a lovely trip, 4wd Spotted you and waved  |
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Post by 4wd on May 2, 2014 22:03:40 GMT
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Post by rgsp on May 3, 2014 7:52:12 GMT
You're getting better at driving that thing 4WD!
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Post by 4wd on May 3, 2014 9:01:07 GMT
I still haven't ventured away from home though, as soon as it becomes a speck in the distance - about 200 metres - it gets worrying even when you know an area well.
I might try somewhere very open like Ralphs Cross up the road one evening.
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Post by 4wd on May 7, 2014 6:17:38 GMT
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Post by 4wd on May 15, 2014 6:28:05 GMT
Another quick tour of the nearby fields.
I got a case for this the other day so can take it further from home safely now.
It is a rather *spikey* thing to carry loose on a car seat for example.
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Post by wr on May 15, 2014 22:02:39 GMT
Thanks 4wd. Really enjoyed those vids. Nice clear films and well put together with the music. Nice to see the ol Davy with the sprayer on.
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Post by 4wd on May 21, 2014 7:07:25 GMT
Up on the Moor late yesterday.
This little stone shooting shelter has a fireplace and benches inside, they still use it on grouse shooting days
The place is of some age, in the 18th Century John Wesley preached here, drawing large crowds from nearby Dales.
The area is still a stronghold for Wesleyans and Methodists in general.
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Post by 4wd on May 25, 2014 6:36:33 GMT
I googled this to check the spelling and got Hammer House of Horror  It hasn't been an inhabited farm for a hundred years but inside there is still a big fireplace and it's in fair condition. It's used as a sort of sheep pen and lambing shed, the fields above are rough but still fenced from the moor. That sort of enclosed rough grazing is called an 'Intake' locally. |
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Post by rgsp on May 25, 2014 10:13:14 GMT
I was desperately trying to remember where I'd seen a signpost to "Trough House", and after much head scratching I think it must have been where the path from above the east side of Great Fryupdale turns sharp right and goes very steeply downhill into the head of the dale
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Post by 4wd on May 25, 2014 12:28:26 GMT
Yes that track by it leads right over to Fryupdale, and the gamekeepers and shooting parties use it but it's only a bridleway unlike some of the similar link routes over the moors that have been used by horse and carts and still classed as open to all vehicles.
The views from the track where you circle around the top of the dale are amazing.
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Post by rgsp on May 25, 2014 16:06:02 GMT
Yes that track by it leads right over to Fryupdale, and the gamekeepers and shooting parties use it but it's only a bridleway unlike some of the similar link routes over the moors that have been used by horse and carts and still classed as open to all vehicles. The views from the track where you circle around the top of the dale are amazing. They are indeed, which is why I've walked it several times. The path which runs down the side of the ridge between Great and Little Fryup dales makes a pleasingly green contrast with the moorland tops/edges as well during a day's walk. |
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Post by 4wd on Jun 1, 2014 6:50:32 GMT
Yesterday evening's broomstick action.
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Post by 4wd on Jun 18, 2014 12:13:53 GMT
Kind of boring short one from late yesterday. I had a mind to do some flying over while they were working but it was always rather gloomy and windy - seemed a bit risky. The main worry when I did this later was being eaten alive by midges  |
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