by designer | Jun 1, 2017 | Uncategorised
Earlier this week I was wandering along a spot called Beadlam Rigg. There’s no reason why you should know it, but it’s another one of those breathtaking landscapes that decorate this part of the world. And, of course, it owes its beauty to the underlying geology. A...
by designer | May 1, 2017 | Uncategorised
Why did the Holbeck Hotel slide into the sea? Why aren’t there any rivers flowing to the sea between the Esk and the Humber? And why are the pebbles on our beaches full of rocks from Scotland and Scandinavia? One answer will cover the lot – ice. From around 100,000 to...
by designer | Apr 1, 2017 | Uncategorised
Which do you prefer: stacks of bread and butter, or piles of books, or maybe even layers of sponge cake? I’ve used all of these and more to show how the rocks of the Yorkshire coast fit together. That’s what they are, just layers of rock – let’s call them strata –...
by designer | Mar 1, 2017 | Uncategorised
How do you spot something when you don’t know what you’re looking for? How do those brilliant people on TV manage to see signs of recent wildlife activity, or buried buildings, or ancient landscapes? How come you never find fossils when geologists like Roger Osborne...
by designer | Feb 1, 2017 | Uncategorised
A touch of frost can reveal all kinds of hidden delights. A couple of weeks ago I spotted a spider’s web stretched across the outside of our kitchen window. Reaching from the top middle to the bottom corner of the frame, it measured around a metre in each direction....
