"I cannot promise to teach you all geology, I can only fire your imaginations" (Adam: on learning)

"nasty forward minxes" (also, Adam. On women)

Back to the Howgills...
Attitudes and time.

A slow Sunday THREAD.

NB Bibles were waved. Rocks were thrown.
After four full sunny days of staying in (working from home). I& #39;d really had enough.

Forecast was grim. The rain started when I shouldered my backpack.

Didn& #39;t matter. Alfred Wainwright said we were off to "Arcadia". Sounded good to me.
This reminded me of a house I saw later that day.
Neighbours.
Enough said. Nothing further to add.
I couldn& #39;t decide if the old wall was looking after the tree or vice versa. Went the wrong way as a result of daydreaming about it. I& #39;m glad I did. Just turned round and tried again.

Which meant I got to see what I think might be the Dales& #39; smallest bridge?
The walls all looked & #39;wrong& #39;.
@JRfromStrickley will know what I mean.
I& #39;d been sliding about on rain-slick limestone.
Where& #39;s all this stuff come from?

A heavy-breathing bull made me glad of the wall though. Said "Ta-ra Wonkhorn".
My two maps disagreed with each other...
Alfred had drawn his map fifty years ago. The @OrdnanceSurvey had added paths that he hadn& #39;t used.

I was looking for a little wooden gate. Alfred& #39;s map won. One of many times it did that day.

#DalesRust reminded me of a submarine surfacing.
One of these stones is really slippy. It& #39;s Dent& #39;s fault*.
I& #39;ll leave which stone it is, for you to discover.

*That is a COLOSSAL geology joke. Don& #39;t worry if you didn& #39;t laugh (see tweet 1).
Alfred had promised me Arcadia but I only found a limekiln tree. And & #39;something strange in a shakehole& #39;.

Then what I first thought was part of an eye. (It wasn& #39;t).

The rainbow& #39;s end was in the & #39;sylvan spectacular& #39; Alfred found and mapped.
Adam (Sedgwick) was an early & #39;rock& #39; star. He struggled at university at first:

"Here I am grinding away with six pupils. Under such circumstances it is impossible to advance one step. But I am compelled by circumstances to undergo this drudgery"

He believed in Noah& #39;s Flood & #39;til
...Shaly Cleavage (official name), fossils & other discoveries gave him cause to stop, think and wrestle with his attitudes. Charles Darwin was one of his & #39;problem students& #39;.

The cave "the sort of place that made an old man feel young again" (Alfred), is hidden & now forbidden.
So don& #39;t go in. It& #39;s not allowed.
Trying to avoid the mud. Nearly disappeared down a sinkhole.

That& #39;s allowed, so watch out.

Finally found those trees, Alfred. The two posts were now down to one, so tried to help out a bit there, too.
The old hedge led me to the woods. They never show you these when showing you the bare Howgills.

They& #39;re really quite rare round here, so they should.

These are looked after by @WoodlandTrust volunteers.
Bit worried about that cliff, but autumn leaves showed the way down.
Finally got to sit down to rest and read. Started raining again of course, before I finished this chapter @kathrynaalto and my drink.

"Attention is the beginning of devotion"...
Mary was onto something there.

Pay attention.
What the? Oh...OK.
& #39;Took the brakes off& #39; and went the wrong way (again).
On to a 60mph? road...

But then again, I got to see a milestone with a glam lipstick red makeover.

I& #39;d had such a good time I went somewhere else after. Hope you did too.

Have a great week.
(Get outside while you can!).
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