Hadrian's Wall/northern England
Aug 10, 2018 13:39:25 #
paulrph1
Loc: Washington, Utah
JRD3 wrote:
In early September, I will hike Hadrian's Wall Path in northern England. Will walk from Carlisle to Newcastle. Any thoughts on this area for things to focus on. I think this is largely rural with lots of landscape possibilities. Thanks for the input. Jay
You will be close to he Lake District. It is called lake district for a reason.
Aug 10, 2018 14:32:31 #
bpulv wrote:
You have it backwards. The saying is "don't bring coal to Newcastle."
Most of the time I've heard the saying it was in the form of "that's like bringing coals to Newcastle" or oil to Texas, or potatoes to Idaho, or cheese to Wisconsin, etc.
Aug 10, 2018 14:45:24 #
loosecanon
Loc: Central Texas
hassighedgehog wrote:
Most of the time I've heard the saying it was in the form of "that's like bringing coals to Newcastle" or oil to Texas, or potatoes to Idaho, or cheese to Wisconsin, etc.
Right you are.
Aug 10, 2018 15:31:53 #
therwol
Loc: USA
John N wrote:
Search HADRIAN'S WALL on here and a no. of posts come up.
If you just type Hadrian, about a half dozen topics come up, mostly with just a picture or two and compliments. This one has the most pictures, including some I posted on about page 5.
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-520562-1.html
Aug 10, 2018 15:43:25 #
therwol
Loc: USA
paulrph1 wrote:
You will be close to he Lake District. It is called lake district for a reason.
You may or may not be aware that the lakes in the Lake District are not looking so good right now, but I'm told that it has recently started raining there again. We're going to visit (from the US) in mid-September, and I hope it doesn't look like this.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5827289/Photos-drastically-low-water-levels-Lake-Districts-iconic-reservoir.html
Aug 10, 2018 19:02:10 #
paulrph1
Loc: Washington, Utah
One thing when it rains it England it is usually not a downpour like we have the USA. In the USA we would call it a drizzle. But when it does it is all day and night and day and night. It can still get you wet.
Aug 10, 2018 19:26:40 #
Aug 10, 2018 19:29:17 #
One of our members, Graham Smith, has one of the best photos of Sycamore Gap that I've seen.
Aug 10, 2018 19:54:08 #
therwol
Loc: USA
paulrph1 wrote:
One thing when it rains it England it is usually not a downpour like we have the USA. In the USA we would call it a drizzle. But when it does it is all day and night and day and night. It can still get you wet.
Not always a drizzle. Sometimes heavy rain for days. There are markers in Carlisle and Cockermouth from the last floods, some 8 feet off of the ground on the sides of poles and buildings. There has been major flooding recent and past in the Lake District, taking out buildings and roads.
This summer has been marked by almost no rain. England turned brown. The lakes in the Lake District that double as reservoirs were pumped dry, and they're now talking about pumping the water out of more of the lakes to send it to places like Manchester. Our friends over there say they have seen some rain in the past week or two, so maybe things will turn around.
Aug 11, 2018 03:11:20 #
paulrph1
Loc: Washington, Utah
I believe this is what I said:"it is usually not a downpour". The key word is usually. Lived in England for two years and sometimes it rains hard but most of the time... Also I live out west and in my 71 years I have never seen a drizzle like their is in England. Not even in my many visits to California.
That's OK because this post brought up many different ideas. Somethings that we all should be aware of. One thing that we try to educate people from other parts of the world when you come to the Southwest be sure and not camp in washes but seek the high ground. And watch for storms that might be miles away because that storm that may be miles away might affect the drainage system you are hiking in.
That's OK because this post brought up many different ideas. Somethings that we all should be aware of. One thing that we try to educate people from other parts of the world when you come to the Southwest be sure and not camp in washes but seek the high ground. And watch for storms that might be miles away because that storm that may be miles away might affect the drainage system you are hiking in.
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