Bob W wrote: > > > > > > > <http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/landscapes/images/pic41.html> > > > > > > > yeah - don't know what the light was before but this light is > > lovely to my eye. > > what a stark place. > > > > Ann, > > it's chalk downland - the same stuff as the White Cliffs of Dover. It was > once the bottom of an ocean, and the hills rise and swell like the ocean. > The chalk, as you probably know, is the remains of trillions of little > creatures that died over millions of years. YUp - I do know about the chalk being beasties , (geology was my minor so I had better) but didn't know or note where Cotty was when he took this. It looks like a cultivated field - or is it just the tire tracks that make it look so?
The soil is very thin on top, > and of course drains easily, so it can have the feeling of a desert when > you're out in that landscape. But it's the same landscape in which you find > places like Stonehenge and Avebury, where early Britons made their living. I've never been to England, but there are places on this side of the pond that have a similar feel and I find it bone-chilling and fascinating at the same time. > Excellent walking territory. A bit windy there though I bet! > > Cotty has really done it justice with that photo. > > Bob yeah , it is certainly a lovely shot. ann
