chriscastle46
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I've not been to GG for some years and my access information is out of date. Do you still have to apply to the Estate Office for a permit?
Cumbrian Neil said:You need a permit for GG?? I always wondered why one group of people got p*ssed off when 4 different sets of rope hung down Bar.
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Ohh, I don't know, it would be quite amusing I think!!chriscastle46 said:A discussion on permits would be interesting, but unwise!
Hammy said:What's a permit??
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I tend to agree with you Pitlamp on this issue, but how far does one take it? Do we all have to go back to fourteenth century spellings, as everything thereafter is a corruption?Pitlamp said:The word "gill" originated from the norse and means a steep ravine. The Vikings were here long before WW, so maybe we should avoid later corruptions?
Out of ignorance... can any old bloke get a permit from Ingleborough Estates... or do you have to prove insurance etc.?
I had always understood William Wordsworth to be responsible, but just took it on trust. It would appear that the earliest use <b>was</b> by WW. in his poem "An Evening Walk Addressed to a Young Lady", written in 1787. This was written when he was 17 or 18, which probably explains why it's not a very good poem.Pitlamp said:sorry to be pedantic but it should be spelt Gaping Gill (not "Ghyll"). The latter spelling is generally regarded as a deliberate corruption probably initiated by William Wordsworth in order to embellish his writings.