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Dead chuffed!

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Chris Collyer Jun 5, 2003 22:18:36

Replying to pebblesfromheaven

Oooh yer lucky bugger!

Can you tell us what sort of size it is or any more about it? I’m never quite sure what qualifies as a ‘portable’ or not. There are many stones on Rombald’s that could be lifted and spirited away by a couple of people or one person with lifting gear (I’m surprised they haven’t been). I wonder how big a stone has to be before it stops being a portable and just becomes ‘not earthfast’
And what was the legendary Stan like – I have an image of him having a fondness for cups of tea and cake ;-)

-Chris

pebblesfromheaven Jun 5, 2003 23:09:50

Replying to Chris Collyer

Hehe yes he'd have been grateful for cake if I'd had any, but they'd just had their tea...
He came with Aron from Newcastle Uni and they had been at Weetwood and Fowberry all day and wanted to get home!
This stone was "rescued" from a storm beach so I felt justified in taking it, and he agreed. It's not as if it had been in it's original position. It's about 35cm in diameter and I carried it in a bag. You should have seen the bruises on my shoulders from the straps ;-)

He took a rubbing and some piccies and didn't stay long. But it was nice. I only got starstruck after he'd left...!

I will just go and post the rudiments on TMA, along with piccy. I will use the Lindesfarne co-ords but it isn't there now, of course ;-)

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