Bagging Area - Points, Hills and More

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57.5 Degrees of Pain
57.5 Degrees of Pain
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I thought that was a pre-requisite for being on this thread! 🤣 This article takes a slightly unfair angle, but it's all in good spirit really: ordnancesurvey.co.uk
Get that link in the sidebar um!
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done!
57.5 Degrees of Pain
57.5 Degrees of Pain
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done!
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HappyG(rrr)
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bbc.co.uk

Highest number of deaths and MRT call outs in Scotland this year. Inevitable with more people using the hills or is it a problem? :-) G
Snoot
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The Blencathra trig point has gone missing (a couple of times). There's just a ring up there now I think to signify the rest of the trig point under the ground. grough.co.uk


I don't think it was ever a pillar as it's logged as buried block with ring. The ring was replaced in March 2019, had suffered some damage by July 2020 and severe damage by April 2023 with almost a quarter of it missing last time I was up there a few weeks back. Looks delibrate, do people collect bits of trigs??

You can see the various states of it on the link below:

trigpointing.uk
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The ring was replaced in March 2019, had suffered some damage by July 2020 and severe damage by April 2023 with almost a quarter of it missing last time I was up there a few weeks back.


I despair at this behaviour. Presumably people try to dig it out and end up breaking bits off it.
paulcook
paulcook
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That makes more sense. I did wonder how somebody - even a brazen/criminal souvenir collector/vandal - had the opportunity and means to get a trig down.

But I'll echo Synge's despair.
Ally-C
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Too many folk out there now with no respect for our natural places, my mate is just back from Glen Brittle & said the impact of humans around the Fairy Pool area is brutal.
Northern Exile
Northern Exile
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I was in Skye late last year and it looks like a lot of work was being done to limit the impact on the area around the Fairy Pools
Ally-C
Ally-C
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9:15pm, 22 Sep 2023
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I’ve nae idea what you can do about it. But at what point does work to limit the amount of visitors totally change the area for the worse?

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Given the auto bagging recognition developents, first Wainwrights and now all sorts, opening up a thread for general discussion and whatever comes next.
Fetch's page : fetcheveryone.com/points.php
Fetch's blog and background : fetcheveryone.com/blog/3/2023/2/463428
A note from the lawyers : Existence or reference to a point doesn't imply it's necessarily safe or legal to access it.

And hopefully leave the Lake District Lovers thread for Lake District topics.

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