dandelion patch
Stonewalling!
Day 6. Stonewalls are a significant feature in many regions of England and Scotland. All with very different appearances... distinct vernacular. This will be much to do with available resources. That includes time. Just how much extra time is required to shape stones like this I cant be say. Maybe its faster to prepare them and then move to the site for building.. The Rosedale Abbey neighbourhood has some remarkable stone walls... miles of 'show-piece' walls like this. This happens to be a garden wall in the village but the outlying lanes and fields have walls that are equally well built and maintained. Not obvious from the image but they actually narrow consistently with increasing height by maybe 6 inches difference between the top and the base. This I imagine provides added stability.
29:07:15. Wednesday. Much brighter day than last few. Brightens up by late afternoon. Trip to Whitby today across the moors. Clearly see why the Tour de France enjoyed the area in 2014. A walk around Whitby, we detect the reminiscent melange of popcorn, fish and seagull cries and slot machine whipping up the narrow windy lanes from the quayside below. From memory dulls again by the evening. Cool enough. Hear of J's interview. Managed to namedrop a certain Captain Cook... apprenticed in Whitby... or so he says.
Plenty happening in the outside world but we are cocooned from it all in the middle of the moors.
Stonewalling!
Day 6. Stonewalls are a significant feature in many regions of England and Scotland. All with very different appearances... distinct vernacular. This will be much to do with available resources. That includes time. Just how much extra time is required to shape stones like this I cant be say. Maybe its faster to prepare them and then move to the site for building.. The Rosedale Abbey neighbourhood has some remarkable stone walls... miles of 'show-piece' walls like this. This happens to be a garden wall in the village but the outlying lanes and fields have walls that are equally well built and maintained. Not obvious from the image but they actually narrow consistently with increasing height by maybe 6 inches difference between the top and the base. This I imagine provides added stability.
29:07:15. Wednesday. Much brighter day than last few. Brightens up by late afternoon. Trip to Whitby today across the moors. Clearly see why the Tour de France enjoyed the area in 2014. A walk around Whitby, we detect the reminiscent melange of popcorn, fish and seagull cries and slot machine whipping up the narrow windy lanes from the quayside below. From memory dulls again by the evening. Cool enough. Hear of J's interview. Managed to namedrop a certain Captain Cook... apprenticed in Whitby... or so he says.
Plenty happening in the outside world but we are cocooned from it all in the middle of the moors.