Anyone here done any Hiking?

Hi crags,Thanks for the info.I've always wanted to visit bronte country ever since I first read Wuthering Heights.What a great book that is.I'll try to visit Holmfirth when I've finished hiking around Marsden.

I visit Haworth Cat Rescue Centre quite regularly. Quite a hike back up the hill, as it is situated way below the main road.

Hi David F M Sales,The hike/walk I'll be taking on will be around 12 miles or so.I would guess that's a bit of a  walk in the park for an experienced hiker but it won't be for me.Not been for a long time but the peak district is a wonderful place.

Hi Kenny Mann,Haworth,that name rings a bell.Didn't the Bronte sisters live there?

Yes the Bronte Sisters lived there it's not too far from Keighley which still has a steam railway.

Indeed Culvin, about 20 miles from Marsden

As does Haworth, Breeding.

That's what I meant starts Keighley Oakworth ..Railway Children...

Oct 24, 2016 -- 5:17PM, crags wrote:

LOSW usually associated with Holmfirth, which is also the home of the Cragrats Theatre.Many Kate Bush fans have get to-gethers in Holmfirth as well, because of its association with the Brontes, and in particular Emily Bronte author of Wuthering Heights.

Haworth is also the usual place for KB fans to meet, and not Holmfirth, though the latter is still regarded as Bronte Country.

Must be at least a dozen of you by now crags.

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Holmfirth no real Bronte connection as far as I know, quite a distance from Haworth. Culvin, Marsden is quite unspectacular, but once you top either side of the valley it is fine country.

KB fans

The Isle of Skye is a wonderful place for hikers.

Oct 24, 2016 -- 6:28PM, saddo wrote:

Holmfirth no real Bronte connection as far as I know, quite a distance from Haworth. Culvin, Marsden is quite unspectacular, but once you top either side of the valley it is fine country.

about 20 miles and still regarded as Bronte Country

Not if ya live round here.

Yes. try walking over the Cuillins.

Oct 24, 2016 -- 6:28PM, akabula wrote:

KB fans

Yes, and maybe a few more than that

The more info I receive here the more i feel I'm going to really love this hike.

Enjoy your troll, oh sorry I mean your stroll

Done some hiking. Scotland is the best place to do it in Britian imo because in addition to the great scenery you can legally camp on any unenclosed private land as long as you follow the outdoor code (basically don't be a count). The only problem is the weather is likely to be ****. I would like to do the Hadrian wall walk some time though and maybe the Penines way.

Did The Lyke Wake Walk many years ago.

Jimmy Savile was doing it at the same time but in the opposite direction, as it happens.

Great thing about Scotland is there are lots of places you can fish for nowt and take a lovely Brown or Rainbow Trout back for
your supper

Crags your story wins the cigar

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indeed.

Hi shrewd_ dude, When I arrive in Huddersfield on Saturday night I'll have my tent with me and I'll be looking to then camp in the nearest field that i can find.I'll make my way to Marsden on Sunday morning to meet 8 or 9 other hikers who I am joining on the hike.I think I'd definitely agree with you about Scotland being the best place in Britain to hike because of the incredible beauty that can be found there and also the freedom to camp almost anywhere,as you say.

Crags,I didn't want to see a pic of that thing here...Talking of pics,I'll post pics here of Marsden and other places when I return home on Monday.

Sounds good. Camped in Homfirth area when Tour de France has a stage there a couple of years ago. Was a lovely area. Hopefully get good weather.

Crags, my Dad designed Saviles flat

Culvin, I don't give a fook, really.

Oct 24, 2016 -- 7:32PM, Breedingmad wrote:

Crags, my Dad designed Saviles flat

Been scraped off the face of the earth, and the top of the building - bit of overkill going on there.

Oh dear,crags doesn't give a fook and here's me thinking he was starting to become one of my special chitty chatty friends.

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Did Jimmy ask for a false bottom to be put in any of the storage cupboards?

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Did Jimmy ask for a false bottom to be put in any of the storage cupboards?

I'll be going here this sat/sun,Marsden in West Yorkshire.I'll make sure to have a pen,paper handy and wait for the inspiration to be inspired by this wonderful place.   yORKSHIRE[   This image is no longer available.   ]

quite a lot. good company (which for some may mean no company) and no driving rain and it's a great way to spend a week or a day or an afternoon.

the big walks can get too overcrowded in summer; on the other hand you can be completely alone in winter. remember going up to red tarn (at the bottom of the summit of Helvellyn) in early January. Completely empty, compared to the queues over striding edge in summer.

Hi Dstyle,The winter walk you describe sounds wonderfully appealing.

Hi Culvin tis a nice place but only a 7 out of ten to Skye's 10.

Hi akabula,Thank You for that.I'll very much take note.

i'm giving up all exertion. Jim Fixx died jogging. i was walking two miles a day but new advice says strong exertion causing a sweat, causes mineral depletion. You need to replace minerals more often.
My uncle used to Hike all over Scotland, had a heart attack a couple of years ago. thin and fit looking. He still works hard in a physical way.
I'm cultivating my COWARD genes. more bed rest and I might take up drinking.

Bloody Bell,you've got me worried now zorrostrikes because almost every day I sweat buckets when i'm cycling here,there and everywhere.I'm glad to be taking that hima pink salt anyway.

Some of the delights you'll see on Skye

Portree

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The Black Cuillins are the backdrop to this supposedly magical place.
Called The Fairy Pools. Fairy as in Elves etc before Crisp has a go.

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Plenty of hotels as well. I've stayed in the Broadford, the Portree and the Uig.
Been some time but you can google obviously for standards.

My Oh My...akabula,those 3,4 and 5 pics are absolutely Stunning!I think that you've just chosen for me the place that i'll be going on my next little holiday.BIG THANKS!Mate.

the chemical reactions in my brain found those images to be most pleasant. your input is most welcome. My future gene pool will be more complete and my ancestors will benefit from my seeing such imagery.

zorrostrikes.

last photo looks photoshopped.

Hi scandanavian_haven,I'd agree that 5th pic does look like it's been photoshopped but it doesn't matter to me because i'd already made my mind up after seeing pics 3 and 4 that I would visit this incredibly beautiful place very soon.I've never been to Scotland before but what an amazing first place to go to to break my duck.

I'm leaving Liverpool now to go to Leeds and then Huddersfield before making my way tomorrow to Marsden.I Hope that all my fellow chittyChatteretters,and includes crags too,have a great weekend.AllTheBest

Enjoy your walk, Culvin

lovely photos akabula except the photo shopped one yuck 

That's an old man's game hiking.

Watch you don't bump into the Grim Reaper on your travels.

Only joking - wish I were going with you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=su8QmJyHeCM

I'm a fully experienced Rambling Hiker.

I would very much doubt that the OP has walked any further than to his offy for a bottle of cheap cider.

Yes that last photo isn't "right". Long enough exposure to make the water a flow but it's totally stinking of HDR.
It can be a nice effect but not what the eye sees. It's not just photoshop though, cameras can have HDR now as a feature.

Google images for HDR you'll see what I mean. It's like .. it takes the colours and saturates them to the extremes.

I went to go Hiking in the Woods at Wisley....these funny people kept asking me about Dogs ...or was it dogging ?
Didn't see any dogs though - funny that..most odd.

I left Liverpool on Sat at about 3.30pm,returned this afternoon at 12.It was a long,long weekend.Because of the cold and also not being used to sleeping in a tent,over the 2 nights i barely slept.The hike itself took almost 5 hours,with no breaks at all apart from one for 10 mins in which i eat some cheese (babybell) and swigged down some red wine.(Hardys shiraz).I took lots of pics on the hike and I'll post a few here later..To sum up the experience in just one word...FANTASTIC !

"I would very much doubt that the OP has walked any further than his offy for a bottle of cheap cider"...Actually crags that's almost true because up until quite recently,4 months or so ago,cheap cider was my drink of choice (3 Hammers).The reason I drank that muck was because at that time i suffered from social anxiety and for days on end I would be afraid to  leave the house.If I had to leave the house to sign on,etc then 3 Hammers would help me on my way.I don't drink it anymore.

To reinforce akabula's advice, I have walked extensively in Scotland and this walk in Skye is my favourite:

http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/skye/sligachan-elgol.shtml

When you do there and back (20ish miles), a pint in the Sligachan Hotel is magical.

Hi johnn,Great post,Thanks for that.

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Date stamp?

Oh crags,come on now.Do you think i'm making this up?

Nice pictures, Culvin.

Yes- No date stamp means I will have to mark them as pretendy photos off the WWW

Sorry, old chap

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XhNBDs_kg8

Here's a photo I took in Portugal on Sunday

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Here you go sad lad. I've put a pretendy date on it for you

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Here is a nice route that ends at a pub

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obmOpmai8CA&list=TLag5L3XbJQv0

not as hard as it looks ,can be busy  in summer but  much quieter in the winter

of course i am joking ,would not go over the ridge in after oct .

but a good route and even if you just go up and have a look and return to the pub its not a failure ,once spent a week in the pub

THANKS!Makybe_Diva.

I'll put some other pics up in a min,including an "arty" one at Bradford coach station.

I see Culvin has gone back to his pretendy Mr nice guy image. Only problem with that is your posts are still there from when you let the mask slip

mind you, some people on here will still fall for it, sadly

Culvin said that he knows/remembers Bert very well. This would be the legendary Bert who hasn't posted for about 10 years. Does anyone in their right mind believe that Culvin has been reading the forum for 10 years or more but has only recently started to post, as he said?

5 star numpties if they do.

Crags,i don't know anyone named Bert.What i said to you the other day was only a wind up.

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Poor

Set the date stamp on your camera if you want to be taken seriously by anyone who hasn't got an agenda.

"Poor",No i disagree,i think it's OK.I like it.I don't know how to set the camera date stamp but it doesn't matter now does it because you've already showed that date stamp's can be false.

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Akbula .I lived on Skye in Portree for a short while great place

Plenty more here:

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=the+canal+tow+path+in+marsden+photo&client=opera&hs=Vu5&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwii0OmK4IjQAhXGDxoKHXEdB6UQsAQIHQ&biw=1024&bih=709#imgrc=pCniC8KqQq3HJM%3A

Hi Breedingmad,Ive decided to go to Skye on my next little trip.

crags,You are just proper taking the pissy,...

Great place Portree is a beautiful place Portree Hotel has been taken over again after the previous owner was robbed by a certain bank
the bar in there was generally the place to go to see live music There is a nice walk up by Slighachean and probably a lot more walks
that I never managed.The Guy who was in Jethro Tull once frowned at me when I told him I had eaten a Salmon I found on the beach
(I didn't realize the poachers had dropped it whilst fleeing from the cops)but it's finders keepers he owns the rights.Great place
enjoy yourself.

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crags,why don't you use that last pic as an avatar rather than the ridiculous one you've currently got of the crappy katie bush playing on a guitar that looks like a huge phallic symbol.