Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Holidays, Science & Nature, Sherborne 2019
Formed by the combined forces of the sea and a river swollen by melting ice at the end of the last Ice Age. Lulworth Cove is world famous for its unique geology and landforms including the Lulworth Crumple and Stair Hole.
Lulworth Cove, Dorset, is a small, almost circular bay with a narrow opening to the [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Aug 12th 2019
Filed under Holidays, Lucerne 2013
This sandtone slab from the ‘Rotsee strata’ exhibits an array of aquatic life forms which lived at the bottom of the sea bay just under 33ft deep. These life forms fed on suspended organic matter which they filtered through their gills.
2 Comments CherryPie on Sep 12th 2013
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Lucerne 2013
In 1872 during the course of building work on a wine cellar, Josef Wilhelm Amrein-Troller discovered a rock along with its 32 large potholes. These features were formed by the action of water and stones that fell through crevasses in the overlaying glacier.
The glacier garden was created to preserve the feature. It is coverd [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Sep 11th 2013
