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| The farmer is apparently a perfectly nice bloke, we didnt come across him, his wife came out to us, and i'm glad to say she is also a nice, friendly and helpful guardian, she even apologised to us for not getting round to getting rid of all the thistles, knowing my own willingness to present a site in it's best light I know how she felt, I bet she's out there right now making the place look presentable. Thank you. Burl says much on the site:- The name of the ring means 'the spring of Gunnarr' from the old Norse. The outer ring is badly pillaged with the remaining stones having a lye down. At the precise north just outside the ring are the two big impressive entrance stones. A slight mound within the inner ring contains the remains of a cist. Having architectural similarities with Castlerigg and Oddendale. Oh, and the M6 is a bit on the too close side but it doesnt take much away from the site. |
Posted by postman16th September 2012ce Edited 16th September 2012ce
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I was surprised at how well the circle withstood the closeness of the M6. Like it was a temporary interloper, a noisy upstart compared to the time the circle has witnessed. Welcome to the 5,000s by the way. |
Posted by thesweetcheat16th September 2012ce |
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No it want too much of an intrusion was it, but imagine a traffic jam going by. I'd jump out and have a gawp at the stones. Those 3000m mountains in Scotland are called Munroes, what shall we call ourselves ? Burlesque, bonkers, stoners, Stobarts ? |
Posted by postman 16th September 2012ce |
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We very nearly could have done that, the way the traffic was on the way up. Stobarts? Ha ha ha! |
Posted by thesweetcheat 16th September 2012ce |
| My mate calls us stone lickers, it seems a little wrong to me. |
Posted by bladup16th September 2012ce |
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Well, stone licker or not you cant be a Stobart till you've made 5000 posts. Wont take long |
Posted by postman 16th September 2012ce |
| Ah but i bet i've been to 5000 places, i have boxes and boxes of photos does that count? [ only joking!!!! ] well done to both of you, the first to 5000 [ i see tsc was already there- he's the winner and the real stobart ], are you going to tell Gladman about the contest now? now where's that scanner? |
Posted by bladup 16th September 2012ce |
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That must have cost an absolute fortune, ive been to places that I havent posted on, but not that many. all this is since i went digital about 7 or 8 years ago. Theres no contest (honest) were all following in someones footsteps |
Posted by postman 16th September 2012ce |
| Yeah i know, the one thing we all love is this landscape of ours, how lucky are we something put us here? [our mums] and it's a cupboard full, because there's always lots of every place, that's the beauty of digital , you can get rid of the crap ones, i still get them printed though!! i was definitely joking about the scanner, now that would take some time. |
Posted by bladup 16th September 2012ce |
| We are following in lots of people's footsteps! We're just lucky that they invented digital cameras in time for our visits. Especially since I can't afford to take a draughtsman about the countryside with me. |
Posted by thesweetcheat 16th September 2012ce |
| Ha Ha, and the horses need to graze. |
Posted by bladup 16th September 2012ce |
| Yeah, exactly! |
Posted by thesweetcheat 16th September 2012ce |
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