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BB2041
: Trigpointing
Thursday
19th November 2020
It's
funny what people collect or "bag".
We BOOTboys,
or at least most of, us are no exception.
Wainwrights for example. Visiting
each one for the sake of visiting each one.
Twice in my case. More in Stan's.
Or Bryan's. Although I think there is a good excuse
in that it forces us to visit parts of the
Lake District into which we might not otherwise
wander.
Ditto
Monros, Marilyns, Corbetts, Grahams, Donalds,
HuMPs, Simms, TuMPs, Furths, Hewitts, Nuttals
and Birketts. All group nouns for
a selection of hills with particular attributes
and all with devotees dedicated to visiting
each within the groups. If you want
to know what they all are, visit Mountains
and Hills in the British Isles.
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When
I were a lad it was PG Tips
cards. Or Soccer Bubble
Gum- I am still missing Charlton
Athletic 1957, by the way. And
I didn't even like bubble gum.
Later,
Trainspotting before maturing
into Beer Mats, then Coins.
More recently Weather Vanes.
Tony likes old Post Boxes
and anything to do with Lady
Anne Clifford. Other folk
I know like Buttonhooks or Pipeline
Gates. Or Pokemon. Or
Sylvanian Families.
Each
to his (or her) own.
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Manchester
City 1957-58
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Looking
for inspiration for a Lockdown 2.0 theme
for today, I discovered another group of
collectors- Trigpointers.
According to their website, they are
people who are unable to walk past a trigpoint
without bagging it. Amazingly (to
me) there are more than 8,000 members of
the group and over 23,000 trigpoints logged.
They now have a new member. BOOTboy!
It
was thanks to my new friends that we derived
the theme for the day. The Lockdown
group of 2 rule seriously interferes with
the normal sociable side of BOOTboying.
The day needs a theme common to all.
Today it was Trigpoints. Each
pair could go where they liked when they
like but they had to visit at least one
Trig Point then post it on WhatsApp for
the others to guess their location.
It
was a lovely day, despite a cold northerly
wind. A common theme of many of the
photos was the distant view of the Coniston
range.
Bryan
was on Scout Scar with Mike F
In an effort to build up my fitness I have
recently been doing a QAD (Quaque Alternis Die) round
of Cunswick and Scout Scars.
I was joined on the walk today by Mike F.
Upon reaching the trig column
on Scout Scar I went through the Don process of propping my phone up
against rocks so I could take a Comitibus photo. It took a while because a couple had arrived at the trig and were faffing about
taking photos from various angles.
It was only as they left and walked towards us that I realised it was Stuart
and Gill, and the purpose of their faffing suddenly became clear!
7.3 miles / 1,094ft
John H
was with Trish having a Hot Sausage
Picnic on Winder
Martin
and Diana
had a chance encounter.
We
planned a quiet stroll up Whitbarrow to
the Lord's Seat Trig Point. En-route in
the sunshine we happened upon David and
Helen H who had the same destination in
mind.
There
were many folk around the summit and we
completely forgot the unique identifier
in our snaps. Overall we probably saw 60
walkers/runners and our round trip was 7.6
miles and 1600 feet. Marvellous views into
the hills and to Blackpool Tower.
Mike
B and Terry
went west
The last few weeks we've stumbled on
myriad muddy field gates where animals have created a bog. Not today, I
planned. I was wrong. The second field we went into we had a job exiting. We
had to carefully balance on moving wood in deep water.
Thank goodness for Humphrey Head
though. Once reached it, we started to meet other walkers. And a man mending
fences. We also noticed the cockle pickers out on the sands and met some later
returning on their quad bikes. And was that James landing at the aerodrome?
The coastal path was a delight.
Unfortunately
they missed the trig point at Cannon Winder-
they thought they only had to find one!
Robin
was with his faithful dog, Holly
Set
off in sunshine to Low High Hill, then Middle
High Hill and up to yes, you guessed it
– High Hill. I reckon by rights it should
be High High Hill, but it’s not.
At
1,443 feet it is the highest point on the
Pennine Bridleway above Settle and the site
of Langcliffe Trig Point S5521, today’s
destination.
The Trig
Point was built in 1949 and used in the summer of
1951 to prepare OS maps. Pen-y-Ghent in background
A warm sausage brunch/lunch courtesy of Jonna wrapping
them in foil and stuffing them into a thermos was enjoyed a bit by Holly and
mainly by me. Home under blue skies via Stockdale Farm and Lambert Lane.
7.7
miles / 2,093 feet
Stephen
and Tony had
a leisurely time.
We commenced walk in Levens; up & over
Sizergh Fell for a leisurely coffee at the Castle. On up to Helsington
where we bumped into Philip and Ann.
Leisurely lunch and then down to
Cinderbarrow through the secret wood via the secret tree and secret lake where
we saw a naked lady arise from the water holding aloft a sword.
The Lady arising from the Lake is Dirtie
Gertie, more properly known as La
Délivrance. Photo
© Martin Addison
Detour to
Levens Church to bag the trig point and then a leisurely covid19
compliant beer. 6.5 miles.
Stuart
and Gill
plus Maisie also went up Scout Scar where
they encountered Bryan.
Stan
and I
bagged two and maybe three trigpoints.
From
Stan's house, we
climbed up by the side of James' pad to Paddy Lane.
I was waiting for Stan
to say "Let's take the race route to
the top" and of course he duly obliged.
It's not as I remember it but
I never took part in the Benson Knott fell
race and it's many, many years
since I walked up from the Lane.
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Let's
just say that although a nice climb through
fields, it is a convoluted route and, unless
you know where you are going, don't try
it.
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Having
visited both summits, admired the panorama
and taken the obligatory S5733 TrigPointPic, we
headed over to Fisher Tarn in conditions
infinitely better than on BB1901 despite
the recent rain.
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From here we returned
to Paddy Lane and headed south, passing
the old Greyhound pub..
The
Hayclose Lane TV Mast is listed on Trigpoint
website as an Intersected Station which
I think means that the mark is placed on
a pre-existing structure. As it is
all security locked, we couldn't see any
mark but I did find two manhole covers saying
TRIGLIDE so we'll count those instead.
At
the end of Paddy Lane is the Station Inn
(open for take-aways) and the start of the
climb up to Helm, as it is locally known,
or alternatively The Helm, as preferred
by mapmakers. This time there is no
difficulty in spotting trig point S5515
and
no difficulty in admiring the view.
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Job
done, we parted company in Oxenholme and
went our separate ways home. 12.1
miles, 1,604 feet
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