Elgar Was Here
Big numbers do heavy lifting. You have millions of experiences in a lifetime. You think thousands of thoughts a day. The odds of something lining up occasionally are not slim — they are enormous. The surprise is not that coincidences happen. It is that we are surprised. Or perhaps it is just Jung’s “synchronicity.”
I have never paid much heed to Edward Elgar. In a pub quiz I might ...
Warrendale Knotts and Attermire Scar
The scarps east of Settle rival any picture of the Dolomites. Vast columns of rock stand gaunt against the skyline, and in its shaded valleys, hill sheep regard the intruder with resentment and suspicion.
The geology is almost absurb. Warrendale Knotts is a dramatic cliff of shattered limestone crags along the Mid Cr ...
https://www.fhithich.uk/2026/04/06/warrendale-knotts-and-attermire-scar/
Pen-y-Ghent: Where Giants Trod
What a splendid view to stumble upon. Pen-y-Ghent, that stubborn Yorkshire monolith, standing proud above the limestone pavements of Winskill Stones, looking as though it has absolutely no intention of going anywhere.
A mountain with a name like that ought to come with legends attached, and Pen-y-Ghent does not disappoint. Stories of giants a ...
https://www.fhithich.uk/2026/04/05/pen-y-ghent-where-giants-trod/
These places always overpromise. It turns out that Dent only had one vampire, not vampires plural.
Langcliffe Quarry and its Hoffman Kiln
Langcliffe Quarry was once a place of serious industry, producing lime from the late 1800s to the early 1900s. The remains of three types of kiln still stand here: the Triple Draw, the Hoffmann, and the Spencer. Together, they tell the story of how lime production lurched from the pre-industrial age into t ...
https://www.fhithich.uk/2026/04/04/langcliffe-quarry-and-its-hoffman-kiln/
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