Mother of all treks

srikanthpotluri · 23rd February 2010, 17:08

Great going! Dont stop!!!

kraft.wagen · 23rd February 2010, 19:00

Beautiful Country side pics.
Keep 'em coming.

MX6 · 24th February 2010, 00:31

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Originally Posted by StarVegabond

English Country side is very beautiful. You have captured them nicely.
thanks for sharing

Thanks Star. The best is yet to come.

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Originally Posted by WhiteKnight

Great going!!!

Shall we climb faster please???

Thanks WKnight. Wish I could! There's another travelogue that I working on too. Will step on the gas soon.

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Originally Posted by ishotmydog

wow! fantastic snaps man, you have got to love the countryside

Thanks ismd (and why did you shot your dog?) I love the country side. Thankfully, I'm not accustomed to luxury yet.

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Originally Posted by srikanthpotluri

Great going! Dont stop!!!

Thanks Srikanth. I'll get more things up here shortly.

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Originally Posted by kraft.wagen

Beautiful Country side pics.
Keep 'em coming.

Sure Kraft. Watch this space shortly.

Thanks all for your kind words.

vnabhi · 24th February 2010, 03:35

Splendid pics! The meadows in England appear to look as good as those in Scotland.
Keep 'em coming!

ampere · 24th February 2010, 06:25

Great snaps. I remember once we walked about 30KM along the French Riviera (half between Nice/Monaco) to Monaco along the Mediterranean with hills on the other side. It was an awesome experience.

PS: When I say 30, I am not joking !

MX6 · 24th February 2010, 13:06

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Originally Posted by vnabhi

Splendid pics! The meadows in England appear to look as good as those in Scotland.
Keep 'em coming!

Well, the one's in Scotlands even better. That would be my next travelogue. Anyway the landscape gets better as one proceeds up north. Thanks for your words of appreciation

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Originally Posted by ampere

Great snaps. I remember once we walked about 30KM along the French Riviera (half between Nice/Monaco) to Monaco along the Mediterranean with hills on the other side. It was an awesome experience.

PS: When I say 30, I am not joking !

French Riviera is an amazing locale. I do know you are not joking.
I once walked north to south of Singapore and east to west as well. That was a walkathon trip taking random pics. It was fun.
I walked from Yishun in singapore once to Johor Bahru in Malaysia. Walked the entire stretch! That was the first time I walked across from one country to another (barring the walk between India and bhutan, which was mere 10 mins across the border for fun.
I also once walked from Bajpe airport (mangalore) till Udupi. That was because of a goddamn bus strike because some cop slapped a bus driver near Lalbagh in mangalore! That's like 60 odd kms.
During my last 3 months in Scotland, I walked 15 kms a day!
Keep Walking!

SmartCat · 24th February 2010, 15:00

This blog's progress is going at a walking (trekking rather) pace. How about 5 pics a day minimum?

wanderernomad · 24th February 2010, 15:39

Excellent pictures to say the least. Need your permission to make them as wall papers. And please do let them come at a more brisk pace. Atleast calibrate them with your walking speed.

hotstuff · 24th February 2010, 17:04

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Originally Posted by smartcat

This blog's progress is going at a walking (trekking rather) pace. How about 5 pics a day minimum?

I second that... MX6, as they say in the Army 'Tez Chal'!

live360 · 26th February 2010, 20:51

Great start and as usual awesome pics too. I love country side, in any country.

laluks · 26th February 2010, 21:31

Amazing.
Waiting for the rest.

MX6 · 26th February 2010, 22:58

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Originally Posted by smartcat

This blog's progress is going at a walking (trekking rather) pace. How about 5 pics a day minimum?

Oh oh. Yeah. I stopped to catch a breather, and was lost in the beauty of the place. Will step on it. What are weekends for!

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Originally Posted by wanderernomad

Excellent pictures to say the least. Need your permission to make them as wall papers. And please do let them come at a more brisk pace. Atleast calibrate them with your walking speed.

Thanks Wanderer. As long as you don't use them for commercial purposes, it's fine with me. I wouldn't mind publicity when people look at your desktop!

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Originally Posted by hotstuff

I second that... MX6, as they say in the Army 'Tez Chal'!

Sure hotstuff. I'm more hooked to my other travelogue. Hence the delay. Will make up for the same.

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Originally Posted by live360

Great start and as usual awesome pics too. I love country side, in any country.

Same here. Thanks for your comments live360

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Originally Posted by laluks

Amazing.
Waiting for the rest.

Thanks Laluks. The rest will unfold shortly.

Jayabusa · 26th February 2010, 23:06

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Originally Posted by MX6

If I can fill my lungs with fresh air
If I can fill my sight with greenery
If I can fill my ears with bird calls
I consider myself alive!

Absolutely!

Beautiful place & thanks for the pics.

MX6 · 27th February 2010, 02:49

The weather is typical english. One moment it's bright and sunny. The other moment, it's dark and gloomy. And it keeps changing every minute. As we proceeded towards Gordale Scar, dark clouds started hovering over our heads. Notice the loss of light in most part of the picture below.
Enroute to Gordale Scar.

That's the summit we had to scale. There are two routes to it. One a gentle slope through Malvern cove. Other, is through a slightly arduous Gordale Scar. We chose the latter.

First glimpse of the gordale scar. If you notice carefully, you can see people wearing colourful dresses scaling the "First Hurdle". First hurdle incidentally is the name given to that massive rock edifice which we had to scale. Besides the First Hurdle one finds the lower falls.

A view of the path we'd taken to reach the First Hurdle. We are going to scale that height of Gordale Scar. A brief about Gordale Scar. It's a limestone ravine formed due to melting glaciers millions of years back. There's a brook that falls at two places. The lower falls is what you saw in the photo showing the first hurdle. There's also an upper falls as we proceed up. The stream is called Gordale Beck. This moves on further to Janets Foss, before joining on to Malham Beck. That's roughly the route we are going to trek, not to leave out Malvern Tarn.

Notice how dark it has become when we had a view of the path we took (shown in last photo). Climbing up the slippery limestone Gordale Scar is very challenging and dangerous if the skies open up. However, the weather stood by us.
We started scaling the Gordale Scar.
Coming up next: Upper falls, Idyllic Janets moss, Magnificent Malvern Tarn which was simply out of the world!

ampere · 27th February 2010, 14:01

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Originally Posted by MX6

Well, the one's in Scotlands even better. That would be my next travelogue. Anyway the landscape gets better as one proceeds up north. Thanks for your words of appreciation

French Riviera is an amazing locale. I do know you are not joking.
I once walked north to south of Singapore and east to west as well. That was a walkathon trip taking random pics. It was fun.
I walked from Yishun in singapore once to Johor Bahru in Malaysia. Walked the entire stretch! That was the first time I walked across from one country to another (barring the walk between India and bhutan, which was mere 10 mins across the border for fun.
I also once walked from Bajpe airport (mangalore) till Udupi. That was because of a goddamn bus strike because some cop slapped a bus driver near Lalbagh in mangalore! That's like 60 odd kms.
During my last 3 months in Scotland, I walked 15 kms a day!
Keep Walking!

Even in Bangalore I have to walk at least 7-10Km every day. Else I cannot sleep !

23rd February 2010, 17:08	#16
srikanthpotluri BHPian Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 472 Thanked: 769 Times View My Garage	Great going! Dont stop!!!
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23rd February 2010, 19:00	#17
kraft.wagen BHPian Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Cbe <- >Ams Posts: 978 Thanked: 329 Times View My Garage	Beautiful Country side pics. Keep 'em coming.
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24th February 2010, 03:35	#19
vnabhi Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2007 Location: DC -> DC Posts: 5,958 Thanked: 2,393 Times View My Garage	Splendid pics! The meadows in England appear to look as good as those in Scotland. Keep 'em coming!
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24th February 2010, 06:25	#20
ampere Team-BHP Support Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 17,930 Thanked: 12,902 Times View My Garage	Great snaps. I remember once we walked about 30KM along the French Riviera (half between Nice/Monaco) to Monaco along the Mediterranean with hills on the other side. It was an awesome experience. PS: When I say 30, I am not joking !
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24th February 2010, 15:00	#22
SmartCat Team-BHP Support Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 6,400 Thanked: 42,751 Times View My Garage	This blog's progress is going at a walking (trekking rather) pace. How about 5 pics a day minimum?
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24th February 2010, 15:39	#23
wanderernomad Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Chandigarh Posts: 2,534 Thanked: 1,276 Times View My Garage	Excellent pictures to say the least. Need your permission to make them as wall papers. And please do let them come at a more brisk pace. Atleast calibrate them with your walking speed.
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26th February 2010, 20:51	#25
live360 BHPian Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: VJA Posts: 44 Thanked: 4 Times	Great start and as usual awesome pics too. I love country side, in any country.
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26th February 2010, 21:31	#26
laluks Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 6,552 Thanked: 16,397 Times	Amazing. Waiting for the rest.
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27th February 2010, 02:49	#29
MX6 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: City of seven islands. Posts: 2,877 Thanked: 231 Times	The weather is typical english. One moment it's bright and sunny. The other moment, it's dark and gloomy. And it keeps changing every minute. As we proceeded towards Gordale Scar, dark clouds started hovering over our heads. Notice the loss of light in most part of the picture below. Enroute to Gordale Scar. That's the summit we had to scale. There are two routes to it. One a gentle slope through Malvern cove. Other, is through a slightly arduous Gordale Scar. We chose the latter. First glimpse of the gordale scar. If you notice carefully, you can see people wearing colourful dresses scaling the "First Hurdle". First hurdle incidentally is the name given to that massive rock edifice which we had to scale. Besides the First Hurdle one finds the lower falls. A view of the path we'd taken to reach the First Hurdle. We are going to scale that height of Gordale Scar. A brief about Gordale Scar. It's a limestone ravine formed due to melting glaciers millions of years back. There's a brook that falls at two places. The lower falls is what you saw in the photo showing the first hurdle. There's also an upper falls as we proceed up. The stream is called Gordale Beck. This moves on further to Janets Foss, before joining on to Malham Beck. That's roughly the route we are going to trek, not to leave out Malvern Tarn. Notice how dark it has become when we had a view of the path we took (shown in last photo). Climbing up the slippery limestone Gordale Scar is very challenging and dangerous if the skies open up. However, the weather stood by us. We started scaling the Gordale Scar. Coming up next: Upper falls, Idyllic Janets moss, Magnificent Malvern Tarn which was simply out of the world!
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