Today I drove out to the end of The Hope Valley intending to walk for a couple of hours in the winter sunshine. I parked Clint close to Speedwell Cavern at the eastern end of Winnats Pass.
The picture at the top is the ruin of Hurdlow Barn which must have been connected with historical sheep farming though there was once a lot of lead mining activity in the area.
Above on a high plateau above The Hope Valley - amateur signage pointing the way to the village of Castleton and to Mam Tor which means - the shivering mountain. Here is an image of Mam Tor I captured today...
And I spotted this anti-litter sign at the bottom of Winnats Pass. I am no saint but I can say with some certainty that I have never consciously dropped a single piece of litter in my entire life. I guess there are other bloggers and blog visitors who can say just the same. I wonder, do people use the insult "tosser" in other parts of the English speaking world?
Near the end of the walk I had a treacherous descending path to negotiate. Bare limestone can get very slippery and there was mud too. The steep descent was for about fifty yards and I took my time, trying my level best not to fall. I am happy to report that I succeeded.
Halfway down, I sat on a rock to rest for five minutes and another passing rambler asked if I was okay. I said I was as he promptly slipped and fell on his fat arse. The embarrassed look on his face was priceless but luckily the way he fell meant that he did not hurt himself.
Walking up Winnats Pass
Rowter Farm
We don't use tosser here but I know what it means, it's an apt description of trump.
ReplyDeleteI like your photos but am hard pressed to believe that is a mountain. I like that there are still these kinds of farm stands where people trust each other.
Okay, okay - I know it is not a mountain by Canadian standards but you got some huge mother******s!
DeleteOkay, I wouldn't make such comments!
DeleteThat is because you are a thoroughbred gentleman.
DeleteBleak but beautiful land scape. Just the place for a good walk.
ReplyDeleteIt was not new to me but it's a good while since I walked there.
DeleteWhat a spectacular view from the ruin of Hurdlow Barn!
ReplyDeleteYes. Right across The Hope Valley. The pointy bit on the horizon is called Win Hill.
DeleteI like the farm sign! The picture of Mam Tor and the "Walking up Winnats Pass" would be my choices for a January calendar picture; you can "see" the cold but also the beauty of winter, which is part of the yearly circle when many lives are asleep or at least at rest, waiting for it all to begin again.
ReplyDeleteDuring our mountain hikes, I usually find the descents a lot more mentally straining than the ascents, wich are (for me) demanding mostly on a physical level. Good job you didn't fall, and good job the man who did was not hurt.
The farm sign appears to have lost its bottom part. Maybe it blew away.
DeleteThe farm sign is terrific.
ReplyDeleteI have done the opposite to dropping rubbish, that is returning rubbish to its owner, via an open car window when it was stuck in traffic and I was younger and fleet of foot.
Did you check the price of the eggs?
No. I did not check the price of the eggs but possibly more expensive than in our local Lidl and Aldi supermarkets.
DeleteI really like the farm sign. Rowter Farm almost looks like a little village. I have never been a "tosser", always taking my rubbish home if there isn't a bin nearby.
ReplyDeleteGood! You are definitely not a "tosser" Elsie.
DeleteDon't suppose that was a chicken farm then?
ReplyDeleteI hope that poor man didn't hurt himself when he fell, particularly as he was kind enough to ask if you were OK.
My thoughts too.
DeleteDebby and JayCee are very kind ladies.
DeleteYes, I join these ladies and wonder why you sounded a bit snippy about the nice gentlemen who asked if you were okay. Why did you insult his ass?
DeleteAt the top of his legs were voluminous buttocks Ellen - in other words - a fat arse or as they might say in America, "a fat ass". This was a literal description.
DeleteI have left apple cores in discreet places, but that's the only litter I've dropped. I can't understand why some think they can just drop it anywhere. Do they do it in their houses?
ReplyDeleteAre these "discreet places" also rude places? One might say that much of the litter we see is down to manufacturers and we shouldn't just blame the litter louts.
DeleteI think in the USA the term generally used is litterer. Lovely photos with such a beautiful blue sky.
ReplyDeleteI imagine that your current president has dropped lots of litter in his lifetime.
DeleteI have absolutely no doubt about that.
DeleteI love the photos, as always, but it's the tossers that get me.
ReplyDeleteCarry your trash until you get to a bin or get home and dispose of it properly. It's not rocket science.
Every single piece of litter degrades the environment that all of us must share.
DeleteLitter bins don't exist in rural Ireland.
ReplyDeleteWell that is a porky Dave! I saw one in Kilfenora, County Clare.
DeleteWhile walking in the woods on the new trail that's part of the Tallahassee greenway trail, I have seen a smallish but very obvious pile of recently opened oyster shells. Oyster shells? In the woods? They don't bother me so much as they are, in a way, also part of nature. Just a very different part. Did someone take the time to haul those shells into the woods? It is confusing.
ReplyDeleteI really like that farm sign. Looks like you had a great walk.
How strange to find oyster shells in the woods. There must be some kind of story in that.
DeleteA nice walk. I knew Tosser, because I watch a lot of BBC, and read a lot of writers from England. If I called my neighbor a tosser they would not know what I meant.
ReplyDeleteBut you and I both know that your Fake President is an absolute tosser!
DeleteFresh eggs from the farm...such a difference in appearance and taste from the ones at the grocery store. What a beautiful walk. Thank you for sharing your day.
ReplyDeleteGlad you could come along Diaday.
DeleteDo you take a walking pole (or poles) when you go hiking? I wouldn't be without mine.
ReplyDeleteNo I don't but on that treacherous downhill path I would have been happy to use one for support.
Deleteahhh the classic (dis)honesty box.... my mate once bought eggs from one and promptly gave them to me to carry for the rest of the walk!! Myself..... i thought it easier to get two chickens.... nice pics and it looks a good walk
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of a mate is that - who gets you to carry his eggs!
DeleteSo after my mis-judging you yesterday, YP, a compliment today. Your photo of that sign for the farm is very well done, framing it against the sky. Bravo!
ReplyDeleteI will sleep easier tonight after that compliment.
DeleteI once fell in front of a complete stranger I was talking to on Hampstead Heath. Pretty embarrassing! And yes, slippery mud was the culprit!
ReplyDeleteWe don't use "tosser" in the states. Doesn't it have rather obscene origins?
Good to get out into the fresh air and take a pleasant walk with you YP.
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