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About 10 years ago I did a bit of walking in England. Early on our first day, we were following marks that led us to a fence and, with great surprise and delight I exclaimed to my continental walking partner "That's a stile!!" It was the first time I had seen one not in a book of nursery rhymes. I loved them.The good news it stiles haven't it made to the continent yet and are still firmly restricted to the British Isles
I don't think the British have a monopoly on stiles. I have found them in Norway walking there, and around Australia. I recall one in Norway on a rather steep descent where I leant back slightly too far getting down. It seemed to take forever as I tried in vain to stop myself falling backwards, but gravity had its way, and I ended up on my back with my head facing downhill and lying on top of my pack. I was glad at the time there was no-one there to see this.The good news it stiles haven't it made to the continent yet and are still firmly restricted to the British Isles, SY
I don't think the British have a monopoly on stiles. I have found them in Norway walking there, and around Australia. I recall one in Norway on a rather steep descent where I leant back slightly too far getting down. It seemed to take forever as I tried in vain to stop myself falling backwards, but gravity had its way, and I ended up on my back with my head facing downhill and lying on top of my pack. I was glad at the time there was no-one there to see this.
Haha! I know exactly what you mean... if I stick to the Cotswold Way there are gates, but as soon as I head off on other small footpaths the stiles kick in.On my last walk we were all excited because we only had to step over ONE, results, we thought
SY... we have this on the South Downs as well.. you'll get used to itThe good news it stiles haven't it made to the continent yet and are still firmly restricted to the British Isles, SY
SY... we have this on the South Downs as well.. you'll get used to it
I'm loving this thread. Can anyone help me here with the missing lines of a nursery rhyme that my mother used to recite to us as children:About 10 years ago I did a bit of walking in England. Early on our first day, we were following marks that led us to a fence and, with great surprise and delight I exclaimed to my continental walking partner "That's a stile!!" It was the first time I had seen one not in a book of nursery rhymes. I loved them.
Can anyone help me here with the missing lines of a nursery rhyme that my mother used to recite to us as children:
I'm loving this thread. Can anyone help me here with the missing lines of a nursery rhyme that my mother used to recite to us as children: ...
Yes, you're right. In England. Sussex to be sure. Kent also perhaps??? I don't know.... BTW, good for walking too. I take my dogs there very oftenLast time I checked the South Downs were on the British Isles ...SY
I'm loving this thread. Can anyone help me here with the missing lines of a nursery rhyme that my mother used to recite to us as children:
There was a crooked man
Who walked a crooked mile
He found a crooked six-pence
Upon a crooked stile
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And they all lived together
In a crooked little house.
SY... confidence perhaps. Or LACK of pride in not being able to cheat Ms GravityThanks for correcting me! Glad to hear that you weren't seriously hurt (apart of your pride perhaps) SY
Would this be something like the bocague, pardon my spelling, in France.We all come across obstacles relating to the Camino, whether it's in the planning, preparation, along the Way or otherwise. However in my training walks along some of the public footpaths near my home in the Cotswold Hills of England, I have to negotiate a certain type of obstacle - a STILE - every few hundred metres as they are often the only way of passing from one field to another. There is a knack to crossing a stile, as long as the step is in the right place! Here are a few of the physical obstacles I encountered today... (the link is to my Camino facebook page because I can't work out how to post an album here)
https://www.facebook.com/juliabeginshercamino/?fref=ts
Tell me about your training walks....
Pulling out my Randonnée for Vézelay the closest thing in French is échalier and from my limited experience often more of a ladder or an even more construction for the same purpose.Would this be something like the bocague, pardon my spelling, in France.
True, one must have the knack to cross a stile with style. A loose boot lace, a floppy hat in the wind, an overburdened haversack, half an eye on the stile and all the rest on the pub just across that field will ruin the whole experience.
Here's to more stiles!. . . and yes, Scruffy, they usually led to a pub.
Rats! Now my fairy tale, nursery rhyme outlook on life has been seriously marred.Ya ahhh!
The good news it stiles haven't it made to the continent yet and are still firmly restricted to the British Isles, SY
if the purpose of stiles is to keep livestock from wandering from one pasture to another, I am curious as to how the 'Irish stiles,' pictures of which @wayfarer posted above, actually work. Are they narrow enough to prevent the adult livestock from passing through, with the idea being that the babies, which presumably could get through, would not stray too far from the parents?
more of a ladder
I did Google it and, before I lost my link, I came to the conclusion that the rule "Always climb a gate at the hinge end" is mainly for the benefit of the gate owner and/or the person who has to maintain the gate, and not necessarily for the safety of the climber....not that the latter should be uppermost in the climber's mind.ALWAYS climb a gate at the hinge end.
If anyone doesn't know why, think about it.
And if still in doubt, google it.
Icacos - yes, it should always be for the benefit of the gate owner, part of the Country Code which 'most of us'* are taught in the UK from an early age.
But also for the safety of the climber.
A gate is attached to the gatepost by two hinges - top and bottom - at one end.
At the other end, it is attached to the gatepost by one fitting, usually situated at halfway or above.
Therefore the gate is most stable at the hinge end. It is less likely to buckle or sustain damage if weight is applied to the hinge end.
*if you live in the country. I don't think children growing up in towns and cities are taught this, but I could be wrong.
ALWAYS climb a gate at the hinge end.
OK I was thinking the hedge rows that gave the allies a bloody nose.Pulling out my Randonnée for Vézelay the closest thing in French is échalier and from my limited experience often more of a ladder or an even more construction for the same purpose.
Hinges are good, not too many places where you must cross a barbed wire fence on the CF unless you get really really lost but a similar rule holds too. Always climb over next to a post where the wire is securely fastened. Between posts where there may be some slack or hopping over invites disaster.Alwyn Wellington - well done - but just one thing to add...
ALWAYS climb a gate at the hinge end.
If anyone doesn't know why, think about it.
And if still in doubt, google it.
The chief obstacles there are cattle grids
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