An early run taking in the top of the quarry at Cliff Rigg

A super morning, dry and sunny with some noticeable southerly winds. To the west, a large bank of cloud looks ominous but kept its distance.

The quarry, now under the custodianship of the National Trust, is the result of the extensive extraction of Whinstone or dolerite, an extremely hard igneous rock that was ideal for road maintenance. Sandstone w ...

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Sunset from Cliff Rigg

A very wet run this morning over the Cleveland Hills.

And after lunch, the sun came out. Blue skies.

So I dragged the dog up to Cliff Rigg for the sunset.

And she repaid me by thorough belching — I made that phrase up, inspired by the 18th-century expression of a 'thorough-cough' which is coughing and breaking wind backwards at the same t ...

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The talus of sandstone boulders at the foot of Roseberry Topping resulting from the landslip that occured in 1912

A scene of rocky confusion.

'Talus' is a strange word. It's a word I actually find uncomfortable to use, long past its sell-by date. In this context it means the slope of rock debris but an alternative meaning is an anklebone. Each derives from different Latin words. Until 1830 ta ...

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