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apparently there is going to be a 'MILE AND A HALF' or so 'ZIP WIRE' being built in the Lake District... apparently ! you have to walk up a big hill- 2,000 feet to get to it then fly the hell back down ! mint ! 😉 well cool i cant wait ! 😆
[url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/aug/10/british-student-zip-wire-alps ]thought this was about this - nasty if quick end [/url]
even then, im up for it.
It's Mark Weir up [url= http://www.honister-slate-mine.co.uk/ ]Honister[/url] - the plan is for the zip to come off Fleetwith Pike and down to the top of the pass. Be interesting to see if he gets permission.
Brill! I always fantasised about these things. They should also do them from skyscrapers in cities.
They should also do them from skyscrapers in cities
like the vertical one down the auckland skytower ?
this is an idea from a guy who slated the OMM, that got cancelled a few years back due to the rain, 'nearly turned the Lake District into a Morgue' I for one think this sets a worrying precedent. It has some very influential backers and I have yet to see what the BMC's stance on this is so the more support it has from individuals the greater the chance this zip line will get the nod.
its like we are reverting back to when the quarries were open, creating an unsightly mess and a terrible noise in a beautiful landscape and that has to be a bad thing.
'nearly turned the Lake District into a Morgue'
is that tongue in cheek or is that your view ? i cant work it out in the context of your comment
Terry: it's that bloke who runs the Via Ferrata thing in Honister Quarry. Well known local troublemaker/opinionated t**t.
He was the one who phoned in the OMM story to the local press causing all those scare stories in the papers about "hundreds of marathon runners lost in floods", "rescuers save thousands from certain death" etc etc. Massive story blown out of all proportion by one tosser seeking a bit of publicity.
He was on TV saying that the organisers of the OMM were irresponsible and "had nearly turned the Lake District into a morgue".
ah ok - highclimbers post makes sense now ...
wtf is via ferrata ?
I'm with Highclimber.
It's even been suggested that his plan might have won the support of Wainwright. Now that's just being fanciful and twisting AW's words IMO
yeah, sorry about that (note to self: check spelling of posts) it should have read
this is an idea from a guy who [s]slated[/s] stated the OMM....
Wainwright would be spinning in his grave (if he hadn't been cremated) at the mere suggestion he would have supported this ridiculous idea.
What's next? rebuilding the old tramway up to Drum so the poor tourists don't have to walk up?
There was a massive zip wire across a valley in Morzine last time we were there. All a bit disorganised but it was a good ride. You got into a sort of suit with clamps fitted to the back of it and that was clipped into the zip wire by 2 separate cables, there was one further safety wire too. Lying face down suspended under the cable the guy then pulled a release hook and you just gently accelerated away, going from 6ft off the ground to 500ft as you passed the edge of the cliff. Max speed was about 60mph, wire was about 1km and you reached the other side of the valley then went into a sort of buffer zone of ropes to slow you down. Walk back to the valley bottom then cable car back to the start.
Good fun but the wire did make one hell of a racket that could clearly be heard from the valley bottom.
Ahhh, come and enjoy the Lakes but only in a way we think is OK....says the Friends of the Lakes
the planning application states
As a result of ongoing customer research and demand plus the need to sustain full-time employment out of the peak tourist season, Honister [mine] proposes to develop a THIRD via ferrata product to be known as "Lancaster Aerial Flight". This zipwire will transport participants from the top of Fleetwith Pike down to the exsisting workshop/Visitor Centre, mirroring the industrial heritage of the past...
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He is trying to put it forward as heritage of slate mining which is a poor excuse to create such an eye (and ear)sore.
[i]which is a poor excuse to create such an eye (and ear)sore.[/i]
In your opinion, obviously you don't know that it will be, seeing as it's not built yet. Mind you, on the other hand people might enjoy it, and y'know, have some fun...Can't have that, eh?
I know that it will create a lot of noise and that a 1200m steel cable with a 3m high tower on the top of fleetwith pike and a huge building at the base will be a bit of an eyesore.
Ahhh, come and enjoy the Lakes but only in a way we think is OK
If you can't enjoy what's already there, maybe you should be going somewhere else - I hear Alton Towers has some exciting rides.
what about the pulley system that was up there years ago to bring the slate down...was that an eyesore too ? it will be fun i think.... 😉
i guess its going to be the 'noise pollution' then that mite not let plans see this through... we shall have to wait n see 8)
what about the pulley system that was up there years ago to bring the slate down...was that an eyesore too ? it will be fun i think....
I imagine it was an eyesore as anything man-made and out of context is. just because there use to be one doesn't mean there should be one now.
spoil sport 👿 😉
[i]just because there use to be one doesn't mean there should be one now. [/i]
Equally, that doesn't mean it can't be...
The countryside evolves y'know? It changes constantly, it's never static no matter how much [i]you'd like it to be [/i]
Given the pollution of the almost constant traffic around the lakes, and the boats and the occasional Fighter going through at a billion miles an hour and the eyesore that is Keswick on a busy Saturday in Summer, and the almost Mall like crowds on Cat-bells on a sunny day in the Holidays....A bit a wire, and a tower ain't going to make shit all difference...Is it?
Where is your personal line then, nickc? Cable car to the top of Helvellyn? Road up Skiddaw with a car park and cafe at the top? Fill in part of Derwent Water to build a new shopping centre? I mean given how polluted and busy the lake District is already, none of these things will really make any difference.
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Don't know why but this came to mind.
It's on the road there right? Down from the top to the visitor centre.
Surely the good walks and the bits that are really wildernessy are round the back, not on the road where the slate centre is?
Having seen the one in Morzine, I don't think it was much of an eyesore. People on it did make quite a noise with their screams though.
Joe
There's blue rope marking the potential path of the wire at the moment - it's on the road side / over the pass, rather open fell. I suspect Mr.Weir needs the extra income to pay for his helicopter rides to the Shepherd's cafe.
The lake district should not become a rural theme park. I don't see a lot wrong with the zipwire proposal - easy to remove, low visual impact, low pollution, brings in revenue.
i don't know the location or any more details than posted here tho so not enough info to reach a firm conclusion
From the top of the big crag all the way to the camera position, pretty much.
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Yes, the Lakes should not become a "theme park", that's exactly the point.
If the lakes are not just going to be a twee rural theme park then employment is needed. Would the wire be that much of an eyesore?
Rural areas can't stand still and remain the same for ever.
I'm not particularly for or against the idea really - however, I would have said that the massive trucks that drive up and down the grey road you can see on the far left of that image - transporting slate from the quarry on top of Fleetwith - would perhaps constitute more of an eyesore than the zipwire. It’s a very industrial environment around that whole area anyway.
If the lakes are not just going to be a twee rural theme park then employment is needed.
You said that already and it's just as fatuous the second time.
The economy of the Lake District is entirely based on the fact that it *is* a twee rural theme park attracting colossal numbers of tourists to see the pretty lakes and hills and then spend their money...
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(I should know, I lived and worked there for ten years.)
[i]The lake district should not become a rural theme park.[/i]
Too late, have you been up Cat bells recently?
Grumpy rant! I have lived in keswick for most of my life (now live in East Cumbria) I can ride in peace.
Everyone I know agrees with the comments about Mr Weir, always an opinion mountain races, floods etc etc Jeremy vine regular.
I love to get out and about but it is getting seriously overcrowded and far removed from peaceful enjoyment. Massive races taking up roads & bridleways where the enjoyment of a like minded group is at the detrement of all other users. I was recently pushing my bike up a steep section behind Skiddaw when a woman said 'I hope you are going to move aside I don't like to stop', 'neither do I' was the polite response. We then compound these events by having adventure courses and groups here there and everywhere. AND bloody fox hunting will be back before we know it.
I need a lie down.
crazy-legs - Member
There was a massive zip wire across a valley in Morzine last time we were there
C'est la [url= http://www.fantasticable.com/chatel_decouverte2.htm ]Fantasticable![/url]
Its actually in Chatel, over the Pre La Joux bike park. Found a decent video of it [url=
you can see a load of the trails and even the slopestyle course at 1min10s.