JamesWhitehead
Piffle Prospector
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Anyone, living within easy reach of Penrith, planning an unusual day out over the Easter holiday, could explore the mystery of what became of Isis Parlis. [edit Aug. 2012: But finish reading this first!]
At your own risk be it, though! Probably the site has been rendered unsafe by landslide or flooding. [edit Aug. 2012: More recent information suggests this is almost certainly the case.]
The last eye-witness account I can trace of these red sandstone caves dates back to the early 1990s. The site seems not to have been visited in the time since the Internet arrived! Though, in 2008, someone posted on a message board their intention of going to the Caves, nothing was afterwards heard from them . . .
A draft version of some literary detective work has been uploaded onto my site:
Archived page from 2012 here. No longer updated.
:shock:
edit 1: 11:53 pm: Some rephrasing. The linked page itself has been expanded.
edit 2: Monday, 9th April, 3:00 pm: Lots of ways to spell it but Isis seems standard on the Web not Issis. Thread title also adjusted as will be webpage heading.
edit 3: 17th August: Date of last visit adjusted to take account of 1990s visit by Grevel Lindop; I've also uncovered a reference to a visit by Marjorie Rowling in the 1970s. It seems there is less and less to see, alas!
At your own risk be it, though! Probably the site has been rendered unsafe by landslide or flooding. [edit Aug. 2012: More recent information suggests this is almost certainly the case.]
The last eye-witness account I can trace of these red sandstone caves dates back to the early 1990s. The site seems not to have been visited in the time since the Internet arrived! Though, in 2008, someone posted on a message board their intention of going to the Caves, nothing was afterwards heard from them . . .
A draft version of some literary detective work has been uploaded onto my site:
Archived page from 2012 here. No longer updated.
:shock:
edit 1: 11:53 pm: Some rephrasing. The linked page itself has been expanded.
edit 2: Monday, 9th April, 3:00 pm: Lots of ways to spell it but Isis seems standard on the Web not Issis. Thread title also adjusted as will be webpage heading.
edit 3: 17th August: Date of last visit adjusted to take account of 1990s visit by Grevel Lindop; I've also uncovered a reference to a visit by Marjorie Rowling in the 1970s. It seems there is less and less to see, alas!
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