tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post4629655751663594997..comments2024-03-28T22:13:17.139+00:00Comments on Stonehenge and the Ice Age: RB to talk at AberystwythBRIAN JOHNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-24728974497021221442016-11-08T18:44:53.714+00:002016-11-08T18:44:53.714+00:00I gather, by the way, that Richard is due to retir...I gather, by the way, that Richard is due to retire within the next year or so. Let's hope it will allow him more time for fieldwork -- I would really appreciate a chance to hoof about in the Rhosyfelin area with him......... BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-14861353816083728232016-11-08T18:41:36.589+00:002016-11-08T18:41:36.589+00:00I had a report from somebody who went to an earlie...I had a report from somebody who went to an earlier talk from Richard, on the same topic. Richard was challenged on the fact that he was ignoring the role of glacial and other processes in the evolution of the Rhosyfelin landscape, and my informant was not greatly impressed by the fact that Richard more or less refused to discuss such things. Maybe there will be a few independent thinkers in today's audience who know what the phrase "scientific scrutiny" means!BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-28137358168253848262016-11-08T18:10:30.853+00:002016-11-08T18:10:30.853+00:00Be interesting to know if there are any feedbacks ...Be interesting to know if there are any feedbacks from those attending this afternoon's lecture.<br /><br />For example, has Richard Bevins acknowledged the two Papers that were written by Brian and his colleagues in December, 2015, in which they state that Rhosyfelin is essentially an entirely natural, but nontheless interesting landform worthy of study for its own sake, without need for any "quarry add - ons" to fluff up its appeal to Mr Joe and Mrs Jo Public, and to over - excite suggestible chaps like senior archaeologist with mechanical digger, Joshua Pollard (as well as his Quarry - Finder Generals, MPP and Colin Richards)?TonyHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-8471508883342167792016-11-07T17:40:17.673+00:002016-11-07T17:40:17.673+00:00Yes, Neil is a glacial geomorphologist with vast e...Yes, Neil is a glacial geomorphologist with vast experience. I gave a talk on the bluestone problem about a year ago to the same department, aimed at research students and staff. Well received.......BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-23170613956113323992016-11-07T17:23:38.076+00:002016-11-07T17:23:38.076+00:00Isn't Professor Neil Glasser primarily a Physi...Isn't Professor Neil Glasser primarily a Physical Geographer, Brian?<br /><br />Unfortunately, can't make it to Bevins' lecture, unless a helicopter miraculously arrives for me, out of the grey - blue, gratis.Neither did I make his charged - for talk at Wiltshire Heritage Museum, Devizes, last year, and my request for a transcript [on behalf of the Blog] fell on stony ground, which was a pity.TonyHnoreply@blogger.com