Dorothy’s Stone
Turkey Nab, near Ingleby Greenhow, is one of the steepest “road” climbs in Cleveland. The loose stony track that winds up it is not for the faint-hearted. Any driver attempting the ascent needs both patience and a steady nerve, for there is little room between the track and the sheer drop of the Nab’s edge.
To the left, immense boulders hang on as if by chance, e ...
Witch Tree, Maiden Tree
This week, public outrage greeted the news that two men have been found guilty of cutting down the Sycamore Gap tree beside Hadrian’s Wall.
Though obviously a cultural icon, sycamores are not native to Britain. The tree came from Europe and only arrived in Britain around the fifteenth or sixteenth century. The idea that Robin Hood passed it on his way ...
Lake Greenhow: A Forgotten Relic of the Ice Age
Yesterday’s post led me to glaciers, glacial lakes, and the like. At Botton Head, my imagination ran riot.
Difficult as it is to picture now, 10,000 years ago, a glacier covered the Tees Valley before me. The ice sheet, it is well-known, never quite managed to smother the Nor ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/03/26/lake-greenhow-a-forgotten-relic-of-the-ice-age/
#Greenhow #InglebyGreenhow #NorthYorkMoors #geological #glacial #history
Mouldwarps, Misconceptions, and Mass Extermination
Only the other day, we were marvelling at the sheer number of molehills littering the fields this year. Which, naturally, means an abundance of moles—or, if one prefers their grander, more traditional name, “mouldwarps,” an old English term meaning “earth-thrower.”
I remarked that their presence mus ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/03/24/mouldwarps-misconceptions-and-mass-extermination/
On this day in 1933, Germany passed the Enabling Act
Also known as the “Law to Remedy the Distress of People and Reich,” the act was a charmingly titled law that, in reality, handed Hitler absolute power and turned Germany into a totalitarian dictatorship.
Yes, the “Gesetz zur Behebung der Not von Volk und Reich”—a masterclass in euphemism. A harml ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/03/23/on-this-day-in-1933-germany-passed-the-enabling-act/
Greenhow Botton with a Fleeting Glimpse the Birthplace of Ivor Cummings
A view down Greenhow Botton towards Roseberry, which distinctive shape barely manages to poke above the skyline. Remarkably, it is a clear day—clear enough that, far off in the distance, from this the highest point of the North York Moors, Hartlepool is visible, gleaming faintly through a break in the cloud ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=36935
#Greenhow #InglebyGreenhow #NorthYorkMoors #20thCentury #history #OTD
Ingleby Manor and Lady Mary Ross’ Spectral Odyssey
I've wanted to post a photo of Ingleby Manor for quite some time now. However, the Grade II* Listed building is shielded from view by a formidable stand of lofty lime and oak trees. From this vantage point on Turkey Nab, one can just make out, albeit faintly on this murky morning, the rooftops nestled within that tongue of wood, positioned slightly to ...
Ingleby Bank woods — where two bodies were found hidden
Looking down on Hagg's Gate from the crest of Cushat Hill.
Hagg's Gate and Cushat Hill, names no one uses nowadays. Ingleby Bank, on the other hand, is a name that has roaming issues. The O.S. map claims it's the slope of that ridge on the other side of the vale of Greenhow. But it's a name which, I suspect, probably also gets used for the wo ...
Midnight Corner
Today's post comes swift and direct, plucked from the heights of the Ingleby Incline, that rapid ascent from the Cleveland plain to the moor's crest in just over a mile. Unveiled in 1861 and closed in 1929, this line's purpose was to transport Rosedale Ironstone to the steel mills of Ferryhill in County Durham.
Down below, the vast bowl known fondly as Midnight Corner, a name earned, ...
Ingleby Stone Quarry Company
Howling wind and relentless rain were more than enough to persuade me that a brisk walk on the open moor was no place to be. So, I cunningly decided to park up at Bank Foot and set out for a saunter in the sheltered woods that cover Ingleby Bank.
I soon found myself on the middle track, usually very muddy, and caught sight of the old tramway, complete with t ...
Mick Garratt
