Step Four

Pillar Talk

When, in the early '90's, the Wizards of OS retired their triangulation pillars, they, (the pillars), became monuments, as attested by the posh 'don't be naughty' plate, (below), affixed to Binsey's, while they, (the pillars), were offered for adoption. Binsey's stone-wrought erection, (number left), in fine fettle still, though like most, missing crowning brass centre-piece, contrasts fettlewise with Skiddaw's concrete job, (number right), which really is a pity. Reason: Gene requested Skiddaw's as his adoptee. OS rejected Gene's ask (April '94). Doesn't excuse G though; he should still care.... so this isn't the reason it's a pity! (G... You really are a prat(t)! ... Yea! G knows!)
Summit pillars, like these two, oft taken as summit markers, less oft aren't, deliberately and otherwise, whereas non-summit pillars invariably occupy and therefore indicate the very same non-summit.

Binsey is 1466ft. Note the number to call re "damage". 08456 05 05 05

BINSEY

Claimed by Diane as hers, Binsey is the only hill she has climbed more times than Gene has. To date Diane has made 171 ascents. Binsey, at just over 5 miles. is the nearest 'Wainwright' to Croft Farm. Gene has made 144 ascents. Q. What is the nearest non-English hill to Croft Farm and have D&G climbed it?

It's missing brass centre-piece for a start......so ....go on... call the number...see what happens!

Memorial at
Croft Farm:
Skiddaw
Air Crash
1992.

SKIDDAW

Skiddaw is 9 and a bit miles from Croft Farm, making it the nearest mountain, (meaning 2000ft +), its 3054ft summit being visible from the house. G claims Skiddaw as his, having made 174 ascents to date. Diane has made 36 ascents.
Binsey & Skiddaw ascents link ..

See....

thehumangenehome.com P2

Step Two

Ans: Scotland's Criffel, 1867ft is about 18½ miles away. D&G's ascent thereof 20-6-1992. Also in Scotland, Burnswark Hill, 942ft, Martin's claimee, slightly under 24¾ miles, Queensberry, 2287ft, a bit over 38¾ miles, the nearest "foreign" 2000-er, and the closest Munro, Ben Lomond, 3192ft, about 111 miles, while the Welsh 3000-er, Foel-fras, 3092ft, is not much further. Snaefell, (IOM), 2037ft, is just under 56¼ miles. Make no mistake! Ben Lomond, despite oft claim contrarywise, ain't visible from the Cumbrian Mountains. Criffel and Queensberry are definitely visible from Croft Farm, along with a host of others.

Baby Making (Part 2)

The best bit about babies is the making thereof and while G was making his in Step 2, D was making 2, (as featured in Step 3), of her own, though not necessarily at exactly the same time. Best part of 2 decades later D&G tried again, (same method, different mixture), and found it's (a) easy, (b) 'tickly' in a very nice way, and (c) erratic, (G said 'erratic'), inasmuch as the result was Martin. Follows (L)......the chronology of transition C2C, Cheshire to Cumbria.

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Infant M, like those going before, was put out early to hill and mountain, hating it predictably increasingly up to mid teens, post which reverse trend's expected break-even at age 47 proves it was good for him! No proper prambles for M, though, (unlike P&K), but like them, key to
early stuff is other-
wise the same, i.e.

Sep '82

Jan '83

Jul '83

Sep '84

Workington

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A selection

Carried

Walked up Carried back

Walked Walked

7-8-83

Binsey

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First hills, mountain,
(2000ft) and 3000fter

18-8-83

The Binn

30-8-83

Bakestall

28-10-83

Skiddaw

Photo by Philip. Martin on the hills with Gene......
.....and hating every minute!

Binsey summit 7-8-83. L to R. Simon, Diane,
Mark, Philip, Katherine.

Martin
contained in
container
twixt Diane
& Mark.

Crack Jumping

Step 3

...Crack as in...created in...
....Martin apart, young offspring would

Gene with Martiin
on Skiddaw summit.
28-10-83.

16-8-85	Caermote Hill
5-7-86	The Binn
30-8-86	Gowbarrow Fell
21-9-86	The Hay
3-1-87	Aughertree Fell
31-1-87	Latrigg
20-2-87	Fauld's Brow
8-8-87	Bleaberry Fell
9-8-87	Raven Crag
10-8-87	High Tove

oft spring across, but the run-up has lengthened with age and Crack
width, while the depth increase has mirrored degree of unleapability,
(observed as disinclination), to the point of leaplessness in some. Rearrange........... ...thingy, tend to, more, side and favour...as in appears 2B inspiring offspring, "thingy", as in lack of, paucity of, or whatsit of, appearing D&G applicable!

3-4-88

Swinside, Ladyside Pike, Hobcarton Pike, Whiteside, Dodd

1-4-83 D (M-in-tum) nearing summit of
Great Gable.

1-4-83 D (same M, tum & day) Kirk Fell.

5-8-83 Grasmoor. L to R Simon, Philip, Mark,
Katherine.

26-7-86
Martin.

High Rigg

Time Warp! M born, followed by M not born? Why not? No flippin' point in time warps if you can't warp time! So on into the past,
sorry...future! Note: Irritating use of initials, e.g. M for Martin, comes unstuck...two kiddiewinks start with M. But Mark's short anyway.

Brass Nerve

(below)
Photo shows a probable copy of a replica facsimile trig pillar brass centre-piece rumoured to have allegedly been possibly borrowed from Arran's Beinn Bharrain, perhaps, but maybe not.
If so could have been 18-8-91, pillar number approx.
S8730

24-8-90 Martin on Scafell looking to Great Gable.

29-4-89 D&M Bonscale Pike above Ullswater.

A Word or Two
Ullswater...one word, Wast Water...two.
Derwent Water, or Derwentwater? ....More later.

A Top or Two
Eight and three thousand, in fact, with sixteen
and seven thrown in! ...More below.

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7-8-89 D&M on Ysgyryd Fawr.
Come on, NT! Get it right!

8-9-90 G&M Helvellyn via Striding Edge.
On this day, at 7 years, M had reached all 8
English 3000 ft summits in 16 days!

D Am No Nomad

G neither! Worse if you’re Damon, wandering backwards,
but forward-roaming nomadism pre D&G in die-3 spits-
-whence-born Britain was rare. Nomadicity increase post
then saw kidlets of D&G Antarctic -bound, getting as far as
Berks and Hants, (Mark and Philip respectively). Point is new
“up” experiences for D&G, such as assorted Downs,
(including Watership) and a 5-year flirtation with Glastonbury
Tor, drum thumpers and all!
North confined rovers, though, settling in Cumbria, D&G
exchanged first year Arlecdon’s Western Fells backdrop for Plumbland’s Northern/North-Western, with southern Scotland thrown in. Far away Wales was walked and G & Son, (one at a time), hunted Munros, (several at a time), but not in Wales.

15-7-90 G&M ascent of Blencathra via Sharp Edge. G insisted on the light safety rope, but it's doubtful if M could have actually held him!

Great Gable

Scafell Pike Scafell

13-8-91 G&M Arran en route to
Cir Mhor.

29-5-92 M on
Middle Fell
above Wast Water.

Climb to Claim

Since shift of home to Carlisle, Pennine Cold Fell is Martin’s new
claimee, as in climbed n times, where n is an integer. Trail, (Mag),*
inspired by Slow Movement, but leaning on fast folk, such as tent-
inventers, reckons you claim a mountain through 3 days’, (nights’),
kip thereon. Naa! Proper way…pit you against mountain…just you! Make first daylight, naked, (Oh yes, barefoot too), ascent…Skiddaw taken! Allowing
moonlight, starlight and shoe (light), so is Binsey! * Aug 09 p23

Trail

Slow Movement

Trig point antics on Criffel.
D&M 20-6-92

14-4-93 G&M summit of Tinto, which has an excellent view indicator, but...
no sign of The Lone Ranger!

Antics minus trig point.
Martin being fearless on
Crib Goch. 3-8-93

More trig point antics on The Cheviot
D,G&M 21-7-93

It's a Long Way to Top o' Roppa

Some push,but Yorkshire’s Howgill
chunk, (Oh, yes it has), says it’s hill-
-wise a Lakeland county! Fair enough, the Broad Acres aren’t big on lakes;
modest Malham Tarn, Semer Water and Hornsea Mere best W, N and E Riding offers. Titchy Gormire Lake, though, nestling sub North York Moors western escarpment, just what G needed re long walk invention to add to his list…crossing of said moors “parallel” to, but south of Lyke Wake Walk. With North Sea indentation, Wyke, (as in Cloughton, or Hayburn), as terminus, Gormire start spawns…Lake Wyke Walk!
Delightful Blakey Topping and other dinky hills, include a trespass, or two to savour, but Roppa Edge is legit! G had this LWW in yonks-ago-mind…didn’t complete at Cloughton Wyke ‘til Oct 2000.

LAKE WYKE WALK

24-8-93 D&M Eel Crag.

5-8-93 D&M on The Cantilever, Glyders, with lots of grey sky to write on! Like...In pic to R, D&M descended over Sail and Scar Crags, thereby each completing their
first entire book of
Wainwrights...Book 6.

Wainwright should know

You'd think so, wouldn't you? In fact you can find both Derwent Water and Derwentwater in his guides. G goes with OS...two words, unless used as an "adjective", e.g. Derwentwater Marina. Of the "waters" only Ullswater, Loweswater (and Hayeswater?) appear to be one word. Hawes Water can be found in either form, probably because it often appears as....
...Haweswater Reservoir.

Stepping In

As in D for J, G for S, as in Pardoe/Robinson Exchange-a-Spouse Scheme, (taken thus by D&G, as family switch by J&S, resulting in effing big aforementioned Crack), began in Step 3 .….responsible for and continuing into current Step 4, which is already longer than the other three combined. Ergo it has run out of space. Ergo it will run into another page. Ergo if it ran back it would be ogre!
But it isn’t, so run forward to……Step 4 and a bit ? ….. No! Call it THUT! Go On! Have a look!

PRESS

THUT

Step 3