A Taste of The Coast to Coast - CrackPot Hall
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- Опубликовано: 18 окт 2024
- Alice at Crackpot Hall
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Newcastle writer David Almond investigates the story of a wild child who was said to roam the Yorkshire Dales near Crackpot Hall in the 1930s - and makes a surprising discovery.
Crackpot Hall is an ancient, ruined farmhouse near the village of Keld, which lies on the crossroads of the Pennine Way and the Coast to Coast Path in Swaledale. In its time, it has been a hunting lodge, an office for the local lead-mining industry and a family farm.
The acclaimed children's writer David Almond has long been intrigued by Crackpot Hall, and for decades has travelled west from his home near Newcastle to visit it. Recently, his curiosity was rekindled when he read about Alice, a four-year old child who was said to have been discovered roaming wild near Crackpot in the 1930s.
Led by the fabled laughter of Alice, David set out to find the wild child again and hear her story. Prepared to engage his imagination as a writer if facts alone failed, David was amazed by what Crackpot could still reveal.
Spoiler Alert: Alice was 4 years old when Ella Pontefract and Marie Hartley, the author and illustrator of a 1930s guide-book to Swaledale declared they had found her - "with a mocking, chuckling laugh" as she roamed alone with her dog and cats near Crackpot. Like many others, David believed Alice to be a figment of the two women's imagination, so he set out to make a programme about how places create stories. He found Alice, now 88, living in a village near Carlisle, and as full of laughter as ever.
Keld is a village in the English county of North Yorkshire. It is in Swaledale, in the district of Richmondshire and the Yorkshire Dales National Park. The name derives from the Viking word Kelda meaning a spring and the village was once called Appletre Kelde - the spring near the apple trees.[1]
Keld is the crossing point of the Coast to Coast Walk and the Pennine Way long-distance footpaths at the head of Swaledale, and marks the end of the Swale Trail, a 20km mountain bike trail which starts in Reeth. At the height of the lead-mining industry in Swaledale in the late 19th century, the village had a population of around 6,000. During this period, a series of remarkable buildings - now Grade II listed - were erected: they include the Congregational and Methodist chapels, the school and the Literary Institute.
A tea room and small shop operate at Park Lodge from Easter to autumn. Out of season, local volunteers provide a self service café for visitors in the village’s Public Hall. Keld’s Youth Hostel closed in 2008 and has since reopened as Keld Lodge, a hotel with bar and restaurant. There is a series of four waterfalls close to Keld in a limestone gorge on the River Swale: Kisdon Force, East Gill Force, Catrake Force and Wain Wath Force.
Another great video, liking the scenery as well
Thanx Graeme.... I appreciate your comments 👍👍👍
Robert John Kerr thanks
What a beautiful part of the Yorkshire dales! Great info about the area and some lovely filming too😎👍
Beautiful scenery and a fascinating story Robert! Hope you are keeping dry, I've noticed a lot of flood warnings around your area recently, and congrats on 400 subs (nearly) 👍👍👍
Thanks Anthony..... yeah not quite 400 yet..... most the flooding is Sheffield way South Yorkshire..... but yeah we got it bad....
That river looks awesome! Love those waterfalls. I can sense the fish! I get the feeling that fishing may not be a very common activity? Either way it is an absolutely awesome looking countryside. Great story about “Crackpot Hall” I wonder if they were all poisoned by the lead mines? Maybe if you stay overnight there on your coast to coast trip you will get a spectral visit from the ghost of Alice!? That would make a memorable video. Great job on the story telling. I love to hear the stories that go along with the places you visit!
Thanks for your comments.... You know when I return to that area I am gonna be spooked out after reading your comment ..... hahahah 👍👍👍
Finally got the 8 !!
Cracking vlog pal. Love the timewarp to normal! Very cinematic.
Cracking quality! Feel like im there with you both.
What cloth do you use to wipe the lens? Ive tried all kinds but always streaky!
Great story and links well done. Keep um coming👍
Hi .... thanks for your encouragement.... No special cloth used... sometimes mine is streaky.... I just go with it when it’s bad weather.... all part of 👍👍👍
i just got my hero 8. im using 1080p 60 fps and for some reason it stutter alot. im using the regular hyperboost
Gojiro .... Mine did the same... but after installing the latest firmware it has stopped... Be sure to be on the latest firmware.... hope this helps 👍👍👍
Im pretty sure its already updated to v1.20
Hi Robert, I know it's been said already but when the GoPro is in low light, your face looks like it's been painted, dare I say made of plastic, although you do look 10 years younger, bonus :)
I can see exactly what your saying..... I am living with it for now .... but yes sometimes it’s like WTF...👍👍👍