These plants were a common sight in the coastal woodlands on the Isle of Wight. I’ve also seen them in the sheltered woodlands at Folkestone Warren on the SE Kent coast - but what is it, any suggestions?
When your 30th birthday is one of the hottest days of the year and half the country has come to your hometown for the beach, so you fuck off for a hike to the special place.
I went fossil hunting down at the Warren (in Folkestone, Kent, UK) on Thursday last week. These are some of my favourite finds from the trip (I washed them up at home).
Fossil hunting is great fun. If you live in the UK, and fancy giving it a shot, then there are some really handy websites that you should check out. https://ukfossils.co.uk/ and http://www.discoveringfossils.co.uk/fossil-locations-of-great-britain/
If you don't live in the UK but still want to give it a go then I would recommend looking for local fossil hunting clubs, societies and websites. Failing that you should try to look for areas where sedimentary rocks are being eroded. For instance, cliffs by the sea, rivers, old quarries, etc.
Just make sure you don't trespass or go anywhere too dangerous. For instance, if you are fossil hunting under cliffs at the beach, don't get to close to the cliffs (falling debris and cliffs collapsing) and plan around the tides (you don't want to get cut off).
Caroline and myself have been exploring The Warrwn at Folkestone. This image was taken on a dull morning at lo by Ziggy Stardust...
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Caroline and myself have been exploring The Warren at Folkestone. This image was taken on a dull morning at low tide. The vast seascape with its rocks and seaweed is lovely with just the right sky to compliment it.
Here’s a wonderful piece of history uncovered by Derek Butcher, a route asset manager at Network Rail [@NetworkRailSE], who found historic images of The Great Fall in a filing cabinet while moving offices.
The Great Fall was an immense coastal landslide that occurred at Folkestone Warren in December 1915. Such was the seriousness of the landslide that the railway line that ran through the Warren, used to convey troops in WW1, was not reopened until well after the end of the war.
I learned about this historic event from a tweet on Mark Smith’s twitter feed The Man in Seat 61, and its associated conversations.
Here are photos [click to enlarge], and the maps that were found. It is thought that the train drivers and passengers were evacuated back along the line to Folkestone, while the landslip continued, resulting in crazy angles of the train and carriages.
Photos of The Great Fall landslide uncovered Here's a wonderful piece of history uncovered by Derek Butcher, a route asset manager at Network Rail [@NetworkRailSE], who found