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Just received the Freeman 16 (provenance Paul Redford) from Richard - very pleased. Thanks a lot, Richard.

I agree, this is so ridiculous! Yet no more ridiculous (although perhaps in general normally less extreme) than many, many other inflated asking prices on eBay. Such is the nature of this 'beast'.

An annoying and hopeful wait for a lovely little farthing came to an end just 2 days before pay day! It was mine! I wanted it! I looked at it every day, hoping nobody else would spot it, and now it’s gone! 292371787088

Wind direction is going to be all important relative to the pub. It's always windier at the Nick because it funnels through the gap, but away from there it is mostly consistently exposed and so consistently windy. The bit before the stream crossing and the made up path is the only potentially sheltered section, but again that's wind direction dependant. Good for taking the kids to fly their kites It's still worth a walk up there on a clear winter's day, cold or not. Summer is too much like a zoo.

How does anybody get lost walking to the top of Pendle Hill? I assume they parked at the Nick, so up the track to the top is a motorway. The ruts are deep enough to be a walking hazard! We went up there 6 weeks ago - it was windy as always, but a really clear day and a good view of the 3 Peaks.

It's surprising how much different the weather can be when your at the bottom of a valley as opposed to the top. I've not climbed skiddaw. I once set off on a walk in August from Rivington heading up to Winterhill. I had shorts on and a tee shirt but had packed cold weather gear. The walk through the gardens up to the pike was oppressive the heat was similar to as you described. I must of consumed a litre of water before i reached the tower. Anyway within 5 mins of leaving the tower and heading out on to the moors towards the summit and masts the temperature plummeted to about 5 degrees and a cold wet fog descended on me , i then began to shiver so quickly threw my cold gear on. It was then that i realised why it was called Winterhill. I've experienced those conditions climbing peaks in the lakes but didn't realise these hills were similar. But most people do not realise that when venturing up there. They see the beautiful pictures people take on clear days from the summits and assume its just like a pleasant stroll in the countryside so venture out ill prepared and under equipped for a changing environment.

When I visited the Lake District in July 2003, it was during a hot spell. A friend and myself decided we were going to tackle Skiddaw - and to be fair, as the temperature at the surface was 26 degrees, we were just wearing tee shirts. At the start of the climb, until about maybe halfway up, it was very hot - in fact it was roasting under the baking Sun. But otherwise absolutely optimum conditions. Not sure if you know Skiddaw, but there is one particular stretch of the pathway we used, which is extremely steep, then not quite so bad. Any rate, from feeling as though we were going to collapse with heatstroke, it suddenly began to feel much cooler as we rounded a bend into a shady bit. At the summit, I would estimate the temperature to have been about 16 degrees only. A good 10 degrees cooler than the surface. The Sun was still just as hot, but as soon as you were in the shade, much much cooler - and that was in the height of Summer. The mountain sheep are tame and wander up to you, presumably expecting food.

We get that often near me. People venturing up on to Pendle hill in just hoodies and trainers. MRT and helicopters are always passing by. Had a young couple brought off there about a week ago in a white out just before 10pm. No lights or compass or map, never even been up there before. Reckless and foolish.

I don't think the idiot was even wearing a top as far as I remember. People don't seem to realise the massive temperature drop that occurs as you climb, even to 3000 feet. The inevitable wind speed increase would mean the wind chill would have been pronounced. No wonder he got hypothermia.

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That one needs posting up on CCF.

It wasn't me!!

Not mine, sadly! Would have been tomorrow, though, had it not been spotted by someone else!

I haven't read a newspaper since they stopped wrapping my fish n chips with one.

Thanks for sharing. I have also reported it. This should be a £20,000 coin. Heritage auctions have one 'Live' now it is already at $18,0000 with two weeks to go and that is only a PR67 without the + Heritage Auctions 1847 Crown PR67 eBay is a great place to buy coins, you just have to be careful.

Bad luck mate. It stings a little when that happens. Hope you find another suitable candidate in the near future.

they did circulate and are a lot harder in mint than most would imagine

Oh my. Why ? My minds struggling to process that. Who'd bid on that lol. Got to be a shill bid surely but why lol does he think anybody else is going to go one higher ffs. Fabulous condition too ?

He can buy all of mine at half of that price !

I guess he'll end up buying his own coin.

WTF? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/one-penny-1898/222762363666?hash=item33ddabeb12:g:3ygAAOSwEkhZvY1C Jerry

Still reported the tool. I think it was a massive mistake to infringe copyright by trying to portray it as a PCGS slab. Foot note or no foot note everything above that skirted authenticity even saying commemorative silver. The only silver in that coin is the colour