crook peak

[snappingturtle]

 

[Nomad64]

A lovely spot but it is Crook (not “Crooked”) Peak - apparently from old English “cruc” meaning peak so it is “Peaky Peak”!

https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/crook-peak-sedgemoor

 

[snappingturtle]

Ah thank you! I will change the title, I did fathom the meaning of crook, so yes peaky peak! man English can be a messy language! I'm going hike the whole range as it ends near where I live so I'm starting with the farthest point.

 

[Nomad64]

Ah thank you! I will change the title, I did fathom the meaning of crook, so yes peaky peak! man English can be a messy language! I'm going hike the whole range as it ends near where I live so I'm starting with the farthest point.

Enjoy the walk. I grew up(ish) a few miles from there and my eighty-something year old mother still stomps up there at least once a month - probably on a night with a full moon!

She swears blind that a few years ago she saw a cat with tufted ears the size of a Labrador (lynx/caracal?) up there - personally I think most people would be more frightened by the prospect of meeting Old Ma Nomad than even the fiercest big cat!

Titter ye not, (G00gle is your friend for those not old enough to remember him!), old Lurcio used to live just below the hill if you want to brush up on your Latin.

 

[snappingturtle]

Your mother is the "crook crone!"?? many a night the story of meeting such a creature would send shivers down the spine of all who dare listen to the tale! lol sorry I should not say that of your mother!.......I'll umm get me coat then

You mention a big cat, same was thought to be the Exmoor beast, I was schooling down on the Devon moors at the time, and after seeing "American werewolf in London" I had my own idea's about the beast, and needless to say night walks on the moors took on a new element especially when out with myself and just a mate and he brings up the moorland scene!........Fek!

 

[Nomad64]

Your mother is the "crook crone!"?? many a night the story of meeting such a creature would send shivers down the spine of all who dare listen to the tale! lol sorry I should not say that of your mother!.......I'll umm get me coat then

You mention a big cat, same was thought to be the Exmoor beast, I was schooling down on the Devon moors at the time, and after seeing "American werewolf in London" I had my own idea's about the beast, and needless to say night walks on the moors took on a new element especially when out with myself and just a mate and he brings up the moorland scene!........Fek!

Be careful, she is liable to appear suddenly anywhere along the Mendips or just about any hills in the South West or Wales!

 

[snappingturtle]

Be careful, she is liable to appear suddenly anywhere along the Mendips or just about any hills in the South West or Wales!

Ho man!!