Flinders wrote:Weren't those mines where William Morris's family money came from? ...and all that green wallpaper he designed.....
...which was then used to decorate Napoleon's cell on St Helena?
"Cell" rather overstates the privations of Boney's confinement on St.Helena. His residence was Longwood House, the former summer residence of the Lieutenant Governor. He was free to walk around the island. Not many cells are wallpapered. http://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com/2011/07/napoleons-house-in-exile-st-helena.html The island itself was sufficiently secure and must have been a severe isolation for a man who had achieved so much in the outside world.
It's the same the whole world over
It's the poor what gets the blame
It's the rich what gets the pleasure
Isn't it a blooming shame?
Cyril Haearn wrote:How is Sailor developing, what does he weigh now? Please to post some images
I'll see what I can do! .
Two photos today outside on the decking.$matches[2]Sailor Floppy Ear.jpg
Collie? They are so intelligent. Many years ago I had a friend with a pair in Yorkshire and when I visited they would herd me round to whatever part of his fairly extensive grounds he was in. Just little nudges on the knee till we got there.
Back to the doggie eh? His name is Sailor. He's grown up now, and not so much a puppy, and his floppy ears have gone, but still very much of a handful. Needs exercise and entertainment, loves his toys and knows the names of them, and often does as he's told ........... but not always.
This is the very best photo of him so far. Taken by our favourite barmaid of all time at the Rising Sun Inn .......... since closed of course due to The Virus.
Mick F wrote:Walking the dog yesterday afternoon, I could see Devon Great Consoles quite well over in England and took this photo.IMG_0306.jpgThe arsenic still hasn't allowed anything to grow, and it's fairly typical of mining waste hereabouts, though this is the largest stretch by far.
We've been there a couple of times over the years to wander about. The mine chimney you see is Wheal Josiah. https://www.gooseygoo.co.uk/site/wheal-josiah/ There were lots of motorcycle scramblers there quite some years back, and also 4x4 rallies, but health and safety has finished that due to the arsenic dust though you do hear of mountain bikers using it even now. Walkers and explorers are often there.
I attended Plymouth Polytechnic. Whist there I produced a project on the recolisation or lack of vegetation on an old heavy metal tip near Lustleigh.
I found the concentration of metal were below the maximum of tolerance for some invasive species. the lack of vegetation was due to compactisation of the substrate and steep slope that did lead to the setting up of nutrient recycling. There was lack of water on the tip in part due to the compact substrate.
I went past this site some years later whilst in the area for the national 400km. I found vegetation have stated to colonise the tip, the presence of natural litter may in part be responsible for the amelioration of problem mention above.
The tip in the photograph may need some landscaping and the application of some animal manure to get the vegetation process going.
Philip Benstead | Life Member Former CTC Councillor/Trustee
Organizing events and representing cyclists' in southeast since 1988
Bikeability Instructor/Mechanic
The tip is a major landmark and it would be sad if it grew over. The Tamar Valley is a World Heritage Site, and it needs preserving rather than growing over. It's bad enough that the damned trees are over-growing and spoiling the views and the light-levels. We don't need any more of them.
Mick F wrote:The tip is a major landmark and it would be sad if it grew over. The Tamar Valley is a World Heritage Site, and it needs preserving rather than growing over. It's bad enough that the damned trees are over-growing and spoiling the views and the light-levels. We don't need any more of them.
Cut the lot down please.
I understand that Cornwall as the least tree in England.
We need more tree not fewer.
Philip Benstead | Life Member Former CTC Councillor/Trustee
Organizing events and representing cyclists' in southeast since 1988
Bikeability Instructor/Mechanic
Philip Benstead | Life Member Former CTC Councillor/Trustee
Organizing events and representing cyclists' in southeast since 1988
Bikeability Instructor/Mechanic
Only just seen this thread. Reminds me of the first holiday I had with the lady who was to become my wife.
We were walking, not cycling, and stayed at several places in the South-west, including Plymouth for three nights. On one of those days, I took her for a ride up the most scenic railway line in England; from the end of the line, we walked westwards through the strange mix of rural and post-industrial scenery and up to the top of Kit Hill. On the way back to Gunnislake we got talking to a local; my wife is Singaporean, and he explained how the copper-mining industry in the area had declined when imports of copper from Malaya became cheaper; and he also mentioned that arsenic had been mined in the area.
Over into England (Devon) at Devon Great Consoles ............... where I was the other day ................ Was the largest copper mine in the world until Zambia came online. https://www.mindat.org/loc-1527.html
NA Thinks Just End 2 End Return + Bivvy - Some day Soon I hope You'll Still Find Me At The Top Of A Hill Please forgive the poor Grammar I blame it on my mobile and phat thinkers.
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