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By: Sterling Adventures Blog » A very wet day around Borrowdale

Sterling Adventures Blog » A very wet day around Borrowdale — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:55:26 +0000

[...] into the barn to find a few hundred people and then after a quick chat to Alan, the owner of the Cairngorm Reindeer Herd, we headed off from Buttermere, over the Honister Pass back to Borrowdale. The rain and wind going [...]

By: Lolas

Lolas — Tue, 06 May 2008 18:39:12 +0000

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:49:24 +0000

So Niki Lauda only got half ill????

By: Pete

Pete — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:57:06 +0000

Yes, you win Rachel!
Amazing facts about Reindeers though! Imagine losing your ears when you get ill!

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:40:44 +0000

Including my own, of course… :cheeky:

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:39:51 +0000

Good question. I think they just die perhaps

Do I get the prize for the largest number of responses on this one?

By: Laetitia

Laetitia — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:37:34 +0000

Eeeeek – losing their ears! What else might drop off next?

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:29:44 +0000

They also lose their ears if they get ill and need to conserve energy! How cool is that!

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:29:10 +0000

That is correct Ian, well done. They click rather than make a noise through their mouth as this would release heat and in cold climates it’s really important for them to not to do this. They have lots of mechanisms which enable them to retain heat; they have for example hollow fibre hairs, all over their bodies, which mean that they can sit on snow without melting it and apparently they cannot even be seen using heat sensitive cameras.

By: Pete

Pete — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:27:00 +0000

Cheeky bum!

By: Ian

Ian — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:12:08 +0000

Hi I’m back!!!!!!!
computer went off on thurs and is back today and fixed.
The clicking is caused by a tendon in the ankle… it helps them follow each other in a blizzard. Its obviousley what you need Pete, to stop you getting lost all the time

By: Sabiene

Sabiene — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:17:49 +0000

Message from Ian : Computer has gone back to be fixed so I’ve missed the intrigue of reindeer clicks. Will let you know why they click at later date. Miss you all x

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:29:59 +0000

How many of the rest of us can remember all the interesting facts they were told on a hillside in Scotland almost six years ago? (easy for me: I’m pretty sure I spent no time at all in Scotland in 2002).

Come on Rachel: put Ian out of his misery…

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:40:23 +0000

Come on Ian, we are all (maybe except for Rachel) waiting to know why their legs click…

By: David

David — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:34:00 +0000

The reason their knees click is perhaps they are ‘old dears’

By: Laetitia

Laetitia — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:11:14 +0000

Excellent weekend, it sounds like to you had a fantastic time.

Come on Ian….. why do their knees click?