martinthehills.co.uk Report : Visit Site

Technical data of the martinthehills.co.uk

Geo IP provides you such as latitude, longitude and ISP (Internet Service Provider) etc. informations. Our GeoIP service found where is host martinthehills.co.uk. Currently, hosted in United States and its service provider is Automattic Inc .

the related websites

hse.gov.uk hotelscombined.com maplin.co.uk ebrd.com netnames.com bloomberg.com avanquest.com 

HTTP Header Analysis

HTTP Header information is a part of HTTP protocol that a user's browser sends to called nginx containing the details of what the browser wants and will accept back from the web server.

DNS

HtmlToText

mart in the hills hillwalker with dodgy knees, waffling about the great outdoors and stuff skip to content home about lake district walks scottish highlands cheviot hills hadrian’s wall lancashire & cheshire tales from the 1980’s random stuff zoo review – chester zoo tit cam – blue tit nest contact links about lake district scottish highlands cheviots hadrian’s wall 1980’s tales nestbox cam mountain safety mountain safety links and tips basic safety guide for people new to hillwalking contact links ← older posts ben alder and the bike-hammer-brake adventure posted on march 3, 2018 by mart in the hills probably the greatest influence on our early highland trips was irvin butterfield’s book, ‘the high mountains of britain and ireland: a guide for mountain walkers’. full of superb mountain photos that would inspire many an adventure for years to come. ben alder was a typical example, a huge upland area in the central highlands looking invitingly wonderful with it’s sweeping ridges and nearby culra bothy. for some reason one image lodged in the memory, two grey figures like astronauts on the moon, simply titled “on the ben alder plateau in deteriorating weather”. not that we had any intention of ever trying this in bad weather as in addition to it’s featureless plateau alder is one of the most remote munro’s with a lengthy approach making a day trip long and arduous. most do it from culra, a near 11 mile circuit with 3,350ft ascent, however culra is another 9.5 miles from the nearest road at dalwhinnie. for years alder was on the wish list but deferred, until one fine day a plan came together. the year was 2001 nearly 20yrs ago, before 3g and wireless, windows xp had just launched, as had shrek, lord of the rings and the first harry potter film. we had friends in edinburgh and took ridiculous advantage by all too often establishing base camp in their spare room. for this trip we were offered something making ben alder do-able in a day…bicycles! so we drove up to edinburgh one evening to stay with dave & pam (for that was their names). dave was a geordie mechanical engineer/inventor type, pam was a chiropodist who used to enjoy winding us up by saying she worked in the local crawford’s biscuit factory putting the filling in custard creams. on arrival in edinburgh our options were clear;- 1. get gear sorted, have a sensible early night ready for a sensible early drive for ben alder! 2. go for a pint! (we chose option 2). edinburgh pubs are wonderful and serve many types of beer which we hoped would be ideal preparation for the hills. back from the pubs at 11pm we started preparation for the hills. firstly we needed to check the bikes, i’d be using pam’s, whilst alan (being a tall bugger) would use dave’s. i remember dave’s words as if it were yesterday, in classic geordie understatement;- “reet well my bike’s ok, apart from a slow puncture…….but pam’s brakes don’t work”. brief and to the point, though we did wonder why these slight issues hadn’t been mentioned beforehand. dave continued optimistically;- “i’ve kind of sorted something for the brakes which should be ok”. words to fill any aspiring mountain cyclist with confidence. dave led us to the bikes, remember he’s a mechanical engineer/inventor type;- “i’ve used picture wire as the brake cable….and taped a small hammer to the handlebar as the lever”. yes dave in true geordie spirit of lord armstrong had invented the worlds first bike-hammer-brake™. that night i ventured onto edinburgh streets testing the friction coefficient of said braking system – and bloody hell, it seemed to work! madness, but our trip was back on! despite the late night we managed an early start, loading two defective bikes into a renault 5, not an easy task i can tell you. we arrived and parked near dalwhinnie station unloaded the bikes, pumped alan’s tyre up and excitedly looked forward to an eventful day. by now you’re probably dying to see the bike-hammer-brake™, so as they say on the telly, let’s go live to dalwhinnie;- may 2001 – the infamous bike-hammer-brake™, high-tech geordie engineering at it’s best don’t i look cool – or something. alder’s long approach started on a long track by loch ericht perfect for cycling. on the first undulation i carefully and successfully engaged the bike-hammer-brake™, all went well, even alan’s tyre stayed up. only downside was the unexpectedly hazy weather, we’d always wanted a clear day for alder so had picked what seemed a pleasant weather window. remember forecast options back then were far more limited pre smartphone, our options were;- stop at a red phone box, phone the mountain forecast, watch coins disappear at alarming speed, long intro, hopefully have enough coins for the full forecast, try to remember forecast. divert to an outdoor shop and hopefully find a mountain forecast displayed catch the national television weather, no cost but gloriously useless no recollection of which option we picked (probably 3), but we can remember it was guaranteed to be a fine warm clear day with no chance of rain whatsoever. no rain anywhere in scotland in fact, nearest rain was a village outside reykjavik. so certain were we of no rain that i didn’t even bother taking my waterproof, just a showerproof cycling top, (you just know where this is going don’t you). memories fade of the 9.5 mile bike ride, seemed satisfyingly straightforward along the lochside turning southwest at ben alder lodge with that classic view of alder eventually opening up just like butterfield’s photos. the two leaches ridges looked fantastic even on this aged photo though i’d completely forgotten about the snow up there that day, we just remember it was really warm for may. soon we were cycling straight for alder passing the famous culra bothy, unfortunately on the other side of the river so didn’t get any decent photos. bikes were jettisoned and hidden in long grass with handlebars poking out like deer antlers, despite the remote location our urban upbringing ensured it was impossible to suppress our fears of passing thieves! we took the long leaches ridge which turned out simpler than it looked, little memory except that it involved some scrambling, eventually reaching a flat top then on to a cairn with a trig marking the highest point. disappointing ‘summit’ for such an impressive mountain, a big bulky massif with nice sides. we were happy though having reached our goal, always a satisfying moment just a pity about the longed for views. unfortunately we couldn’t see far at all, hardly anything west no rannoch moor, glencoe, nevis range etc which was a big disappointment. i’m mid left, in shorts, it was that warm sat on top having switched to shorts for the ascent, it really was that warm. after refueling we set off to cross the ben alder plateau, no place to be in deteriorating weather of course, but remember there was no chance of rain, actually it did look a bit dark in the west but we ignored this and carried on. we successfully traversed the plateau which unsurprisingly was flat, as plateaus tend to be hence the name. then onwards curving east and up towards the second munro, beinn bheoil. alder looked great from here though beinn bheoil was the better top. still no cover in rain, not that it was going to rain. that dark sky though did seem suspiciously worse which we manfully kept trying to ignore, hoping it would go away. relaxing on the summit cairn there was suddenly a big bright flash, then a rumble, another flash and a rumble. an electric storm was approaching fast from the west. amazingly by some divine intervention and in full view of the ben alder plateau, the weather had indeed deteriorated. maybe twas the curse of irvine butterfield come to haunt us, “ they whom traverse the plateau shall suffereth the weather of deterioration “! we raced off that flat featureless mountain top as fast as legs could take us, (not very fast). i kept close but not too close to alan, theory being his extra height woul

URL analysis for martinthehills.co.uk

https://martinthehills.co.uk/2016/03/11/the-cheviots-in-winter-a-walk-in-the-snow/?share=facebook
https://martinthehills.co.uk/2015/12/12/an-afternoon-on-ben-wyvis-the-social-mountain/?share=facebook
https://martinthehills.co.uk/tag/upper-coquet/
https://martinthehills.co.uk/2015/06/18/a-blog-from-the-blue-tit-box-2015-basic-instinct/?share=pocket
https://martinthehills.co.uk/category/uncategorized/
https://martinthehills.co.uk/tag/glas-leathad-mor/
https://martinthehills.co.uk/2012/10/28/classic-cheviots-circuit-from-slymefoot-barrowburn-border-ridge-windy-gyle-lamb-hill-wild-goats/
https://martinthehills.co.uk/2015/06/24/an-extended-winter-hill-and-rivington-pike-walk-from-lower-house-10-miles/?share=pocket
https://martinthehills.co.uk/#content
https://martinthehills.co.uk/category/scottish-highlands-skye/
https://martinthehills.co.uk/2014/06/14/a-blog-from-the-blue-tit-box-week-three-have-they-gone-yet/
https://martinthehills.co.uk/2017/01/19/the-wall-years-two-mens-competitive-obsession-on-the-high-section-of-hadrians-wall/
https://martinthehills.co.uk/2016/03/11/the-cheviots-in-winter-a-walk-in-the-snow/?share=reddit
https://martinthehills.co.uk/tag/goldscleugh/
https://martinthehills.co.uk/tag/lambden-valley/
walkhighlands.co.uk
northumberlandnationalpark.org.uk
college-valley.co.uk
highfellevents.co.uk
fellbound.blogspot.co.uk
gov.uk
plantlife.org.uk
alansloman.blogspot.co.uk
unfurlphotography.co.uk
about-rivington.co.uk

Whois Information

Whois is a protocol that is access to registering information. You can reach when the website was registered, when it will be expire, what is contact details of the site with the following informations. In a nutshell, it includes these informations;

Domain name:
martinthehills.co.uk

Registrant:
Martin Lawton

Registrant type:
UK Individual

Registrant's address:
The registrant is a non-trading individual who has opted to have their
address omitted from the WHOIS service.

Data validation:
Nominet was able to match the registrant's name and address against a 3rd party data source on 10-Dec-2012

Registrar:
UK Web.Solutions Direct Ltd [Tag = UKWSD]
URL: http://ukwebsolutionsdirect.co.uk

Relevant dates:
Registered on: 10-Jan-2012
Expiry date: 10-Jan-2018
Last updated: 10-Jan-2016

Registration status:
Registered until expiry date.

Name servers:
ns1.wordpress.com
ns2.wordpress.com
ns3.wordpress.com

WHOIS lookup made at 22:57:49 09-Oct-2017

--
This WHOIS information is provided for free by Nominet UK the central registry
for .uk domain names. This information and the .uk WHOIS are:

Copyright Nominet UK 1996 - 2017.

You may not access the .uk WHOIS or use any data from it except as permitted
by the terms of use available in full at http://www.nominet.uk/whoisterms,
which includes restrictions on: (A) use of the data for advertising, or its
repackaging, recompilation, redistribution or reuse (B) obscuring, removing
or hiding any or all of this notice and (C) exceeding query rate or volume
limits. The data is provided on an 'as-is' basis and may lag behind the
register. Access may be withdrawn or restricted at any time.

  REFERRER http://www.nominet.org.uk

  REGISTRAR Nominet UK

SERVERS

  SERVER co.uk.whois-servers.net

  ARGS martinthehills.co.uk

  PORT 43

  TYPE domain

OWNER

  ORGANIZATION Martin Lawton

TYPE
UK Individual

ADDRESS
The registrant is a non-trading individual who has opted to have their
address omitted from the WHOIS service.
Data validation:
Nominet was able to match the registrant's name and address against a 3rd party data source on 10-Dec-2012

DOMAIN

  SPONSOR UK Web.Solutions Direct Ltd [Tag = UKWSD]

  CREATED 2012-01-10

  CHANGED 2016-01-10

STATUS
Registered until expiry date.

NSERVER

  NS1.WORDPRESS.COM 198.181.116.9

  NS2.WORDPRESS.COM 198.181.117.9

  NS3.WORDPRESS.COM 192.0.74.9

  NAME martinthehills.co.uk

DISCLAIMER
This WHOIS information is provided for free by Nominet UK the central registry
for .uk domain names. This information and the .uk WHOIS are:
Copyright Nominet UK 1996 - 2017.
You may not access the .uk WHOIS or use any data from it except as permitted
by the terms of use available in full at http://www.nominet.uk/whoisterms,
which includes restrictions on: (A) use of the data for advertising, or its
repackaging, recompilation, redistribution or reuse (B) obscuring, removing
or hiding any or all of this notice and (C) exceeding query rate or volume
limits. The data is provided on an 'as-is' basis and may lag behind the
register. Access may be withdrawn or restricted at any time.

  REGISTERED yes

Mistakes

The following list shows you to spelling mistakes possible of the internet users for the website searched .