{"id":1325,"date":"2016-01-27T00:12:31","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T00:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/?p=1325"},"modified":"2016-01-27T00:47:01","modified_gmt":"2016-01-27T00:47:01","slug":"aaron-kearneys-unight16-and-our-trip-to-the-strange-monument","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/aaron-kearneys-unight16-and-our-trip-to-the-strange-monument\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Kearney&#8217;s UNight16 and our trip to the Strange Monument"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is now a year since Aaron Kearney&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+AaronKearney\/posts\/WJraz3wyoaX\" target=\"_blank\">Unight16<\/a> plan covered the UK in blue blankets for 250 million mind units. A lovely sight.<\/p>\n<p>This has prompted a few people to remember Aaron in various posts so it might be appropriate to post photos of some time I spent with Aaron. I owe my biggest field of 3 1\/4 million mind units to Aaron when he asked me to be involved in his <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+AaronKearney\/posts\/M4oXrX6VpCY\" target=\"_blank\">Hardrada<\/a> plan where I sacrificed my guardian. But a portal that Aaron and I had a trip out to a month earlier was later to became my guardian and last 469 days.<\/p>\n<p>It is a great shame he is not still here with his amazing plans and infectious enthusiasm. He set the bar high for others to follow.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few photos of the trip Aaron and I made to what is called &#8220;The Strange Monument&#8221; in the game of Ingress.<br \/>\n<a title=\"Climbing through the bracken\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/24007991043\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1502\/24007991043_b693c0290f_z.jpg\" alt=\"Climbing through the bracken\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With this being September the bracken was a reasonable height but still manageable.<br \/>\n<a title=\"Lichens\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/24006644144\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1477\/24006644144_a2cfe2c928_z.jpg\" alt=\"Lichens\" width=\"640\" height=\"423\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There were various lichens growing amongst the heather.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Heather\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/24552578381\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1707\/24552578381_f83e17f20a_z.jpg\" alt=\"Heather\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Higher up the slope above the bracken the heather was quite thick and it was easier to try and walk between it, perhaps small paths made by sheep, rabbits, deer?<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"A closer look at the lichen\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/24608583796\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1448\/24608583796_7343d65c1c_z.jpg\" alt=\"A closer look at the lichen\" width=\"494\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And there is the monument. But the flora is still interesting. The monument is actually a surveying aid, one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colsterdale_towers\" target=\"_blank\">Colsterdale towers<\/a> built to help with the construction of the Leighton and Roundhill Reservoirs.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Heather\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/24007982353\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1616\/24007982353_580762710c_z.jpg\" alt=\"Heather\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The view from near the tower is nice<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Trying for signal from Masham\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/24339233740\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1630\/24339233740_4d9df2cf90_z.jpg\" alt=\"Trying for signal from Masham\" width=\"640\" height=\"257\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here is Aaron trying to get a mobile signal from Masham.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Sunset\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/24634775205\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1638\/24634775205_f77736fdab_z.jpg\" alt=\"Sunset\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From the monument the sunset was gorgeous. But it was not too late to head back to the car.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"On the way back to the car\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/24634773985\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1629\/24634773985_9c63a5d868_z.jpg\" alt=\"On the way back to the car\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Heading back to the car.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Aaron and Black Sheep\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/24526424472\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1598\/24526424472_02d7fdb098_z.jpg\" alt=\"Aaron and Black Sheep\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With a stop off at the brewery for a tasty pint.<\/p>\n<p>For those that didn&#8217;t know this is related to the game of <a href=\"http:\/\/ingresswith.us\/iw\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ingress<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is now a year since Aaron Kearney&#8217;s Unight16 plan covered the UK in blue blankets for 250 million mind units. A lovely sight. This has prompted a few people to remember Aaron in various posts so it might be appropriate to post photos of some time I spent with Aaron. I owe my biggest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-paul"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3kGoX-ln","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1325"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1330,"href":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1325\/revisions\/1330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}