was it scratched into the lichen or deeper into the rock?

i was there on weds afternoon and was pleasantly surprised by the lack of rubbish, someone had done a good job tidying up. I didnt see the vandalism so was surprised to read about it. Ill try to get up again this week to check it out if vicster doesnt get there first.

this spoiling other people's enjoyment thing is a difficult one for me. I reckon im pretty intolerant generally and while its obvious that vandalising the stones is completely unacceptable, just because loud drunken arseholes piss me off and spoil my enjoyment does that mean i should spoil theirs ? I take the easy way out and dont go there when i know they'll be there.

having said that, i still managed to get seething at long meg when some bloke drove his car over the field and parked up next to the wall behind the meg stone trying to flog his paintings. i walked over to little meg to chill out but the farmer was there with his muck spreader . Somedays theres just no avoiding other people's shit.

so the good news is that its alot smaller than i thought it would be - approx 5inch square.
the bad news is its still there and its scratched well into the stone.

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/47436

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/47437

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/47438

its on the outward facing side of the big odd shaped stone just south of the cove.

: (

Went to Castlerigg yesterday and tried to see if this damage was still evident but couldn't see it, which was a relief.

Mind you, the place was packed (they even have an ice cream van there now!) and there were coach parties of American, Greek and Spanish all over the place....so I may have missed it.