We are a bit frustrated because the samples from the erratic are still in the queue waiting to be analysed -- the lab has a lot of work in hand at the moment. Eventually all will be revealed. Actually, I am sublimely unconcerned about the provenance of the erratic -- I don't really care where it has come from. The most important things are already established -- namely that large erratic blocks were transported up the Bristol Channel during at least one glacial episode, and that the Irish Sea Ice stream was powerful enough to impinge upon the Gower coast in spite of the conflicting pressure from Welsh ice which flowed down the valleys of the Neath, Tawe etc from the western Coalfield and the Black Mountains. If the Irish Sea ice stream was capable of doing that, it was certainly also capable of reaching Somerset and even Wiltshire.
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Shared.....waiting for the nay - sayers, probably with their ignorant, snide responses.......... the usual suspects ( who should know better, of course)
That's not a radical statement -- glacier modelling shows that ice could have reached Wiltshire, and there is plenty of evidence of the work of glacier ice in Somerset. The sceptics need to do some serious reading........
Indeed.....but it appears that ignorance is bliss! - notably in Wiltshire, even at its Devizes Museum amongst its (so-called) informed knowledgeable staff, and some of its Society's Members who maintain they are intimately involved with English Heritage at its Stonehenge focal point.
Their apathy and false sense of superiority is line-up blowing.
mind-blowing?
yes indeed, truly mind - blowing [ despite what my Kindle's corrective text wishes to assert!]
That Kindle of yours clearly has a mind of its own, and is determined to destroy your life and the English language as well. Smash it up and get back to a simpler and more pleasant life!
Nay mate, too lazy to revert to the Mesolithic laptop. I can use my Kindle in my sleep ( and often appear to, based on the results)
My Kindle also has the added benefit of baffling certain bird-brains who sympathetically refuse to do what Rob Ixer always recommends: "read the primary literature!"
The exhortation to "read the primary literature" is all very well, except that much of the relevant literature is hidden behind paywalls. It's perfectly feasible for the authors to place all of their articles on Researchgate or Academia, but they have chosen not to do that. Just some of the articles are available to those who do not belong to academic institutions. Not good enough.
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