Folds are found everywhere layers are. Folds are the natural consequence of pushing a rug, cooking lasagna or deforming sedimentary or metamorphic rocks. Sniffing out folds, ‘getting a nose for them’, is part of any geologist’s training. Here’s a Google Earth image of a chunk of northern England. What may catch your eye is the… Continue reading Getting a nose for folds
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The edge of Cheshire. Part 3 – abandoned
This is the third part of a set of posts describing a walk I took across Cheshire. My goal was to find out everything that was interesting about the places I visited. Previously I’ve seen traces of apocalypse and traced the layers of the landscape. Dropping off the ridge, the wind suddenly stops and everything… Continue reading The edge of Cheshire. Part 3 – abandoned
The edge of Cheshire. Part 2 – layers of landscape
This is part 2 of a series of posts seeking to describe everything of interest on a walk along the edge of Cheshire, in England’s Peak District. Part 1 ended as I left Sutton Common, my mood lifting as the ground dropped. Descending the hill I passed a small house with a pigeon coop in the garden.… Continue reading The edge of Cheshire. Part 2 – layers of landscape
The edge of Cheshire. Part 1 – traces of apocalypse
Someone once said: “if you know enough Science, nothing is boring”. I love this idea, but I’m also intrigued by the geographical equivalent: no place is boring, if you know enough about it. Recently I went for a walk to try and find out if this is true. The walk started from my childhood home in… Continue reading The edge of Cheshire. Part 1 – traces of apocalypse