Dove we live and learn, all we had to do was walk along the beaches, three of them. One is under Huntcliff Saltburn where you get the Jet, petrified coal, which local jewellers make into all kinds of wearable products, cost me a fortune when Joan and I went.
Wow! Jet - that's another thing entirely - jet jewellery is gorgeous - we don't get that this way but occasionally we do get lumps of amber revealed after what the fishermen call 'a scouring tide'. Some of the best pieces have been found here
I forgot to say that some of the lumps of flint have quartz crystals in the centre, showing how they were formed from bubbles of gasses and magma millennia ago.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Dove, take a trip to Whitby jet jewelry shops to make your eye's water, it made mine water when Joan saw something she liked. "Oh well it is only money and she was worth the cost" wish I could still give her such treats.
Do not know if you have ever been up here, people tend to think we are dark satanic mills and mean streets, it is quite a shock for them when they catch site of Gods own Country and that is from Derbishire up to the Scottish borders through Durham and Northumberland. Have travelled far and wide, this is home and a beautiful one at that would not live anywhere else.
One thing you would see is front gardens not parking lots, our hill top area all have drives so no need to concrete over what should be the lungs of our homes, one of my pet hates along with decking.
There were stone musket balls, but they weren't made of Flint with the white chalky-looking covering like the ones we find fairly deep down in flint-rich East Anglia.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Muddle, Whitby was our day trip on a regular basis after we retired. Fifty minutes drive through beautiful countryside over heather covered hills and as you came down off the moors a glorious view of Whitby and the Abbey. Park on the North cliff, a walk down under the whales jaw bone down the Kyber Pass and straight on to the pier and beach. A walk along the breakwater and sit awhile then fish and chips in the Magpie Cafe, the best fish in Whitby, or so we thought until one day the queue was down the fish quay so we went elsewhere and really did find the best and at half the cost. A slow walk up the 99 steps to the Abbey, Joan loved the Church at the top with its old time closed pews, then the Jet shops and old fashioned sweet shop, Joan never came empty handed out of either. Cherry lips? Well I did not help her eat those, i was more mushrooms.
A steady drive back and fine nights sitting in the garden with a glass of something and Joan with her cherry lips, very happy memories indeed.
Whitby Jet is fossilized monkey puzzle trees and was greatly loved by Queen Victoria whilst she was mourning Prince Albert. My sister-in-law was bought some for an anniversary by my brother and it is so lustrous and beautiful. I couldn't afford to buy any
I enjoyed our trip to Whitby some years ago and saw Morris dancers on the fish quay and then walked over the bridge and up loads of steps to the Abbey. Also did the Dracula trail. Its a lovely place to go though and the amazing whale jawbone is mind blowing. Missed out on the yummy fish and chips. I'll have to go again!
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Dove we live and learn, all we had to do was walk along the beaches, three of them. One is under Huntcliff Saltburn where you get the Jet, petrified coal, which local jewellers make into all kinds of wearable products, cost me a fortune when Joan and I went.
Frank.
Wow! Jet - that's another thing entirely - jet jewellery is gorgeous - we don't get that this way but occasionally we do get lumps of amber revealed after what the fishermen call 'a scouring tide'. Some of the best pieces have been found here
http://www.visit-aldeburgh.co.uk/articles/the-amber-coast
https://ukfossils.co.uk/2003/01/24/dunwich/
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I forgot to say that some of the lumps of flint have quartz crystals in the centre, showing how they were formed from bubbles of gasses and magma millennia ago.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Dove, take a trip to Whitby jet jewelry shops to make your eye's water, it made mine water when Joan saw something she liked. "Oh well it is only money and she was worth the cost" wish I could still give her such treats.
Do not know if you have ever been up here, people tend to think we are dark satanic mills and mean streets, it is quite a shock for them when they catch site of Gods own Country and that is from Derbishire up to the Scottish borders through Durham and Northumberland. Have travelled far and wide, this is home and a beautiful one at that would not live anywhere else.
One thing you would see is front gardens not parking lots, our hill top area all have drives so no need to concrete over what should be the lungs of our homes, one of my pet hates along with decking.
Frank.
There were stone musket balls, but they weren't made of Flint with the white chalky-looking covering like the ones we find fairly deep down in flint-rich East Anglia.
Last edited: 11 November 2016 08:38:03
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Muddle, Whitby was our day trip on a regular basis after we retired. Fifty minutes drive through beautiful countryside over heather covered hills and as you came down off the moors a glorious view of Whitby and the Abbey. Park on the North cliff, a walk down under the whales jaw bone down the Kyber Pass and straight on to the pier and beach. A walk along the breakwater and sit awhile then fish and chips in the Magpie Cafe, the best fish in Whitby, or so we thought until one day the queue was down the fish quay so we went elsewhere and really did find the best and at half the cost. A slow walk up the 99 steps to the Abbey, Joan loved the Church at the top with its old time closed pews, then the Jet shops and old fashioned sweet shop, Joan never came empty handed out of either. Cherry lips? Well I did not help her eat those, i was more mushrooms.
A steady drive back and fine nights sitting in the garden with a glass of something and Joan with her cherry lips, very happy memories indeed.
Frank.
Whitby Jet is fossilized monkey puzzle trees and was greatly loved by Queen Victoria whilst she was mourning Prince Albert. My sister-in-law was bought some for an anniversary by my brother and it is so lustrous and beautiful. I couldn't afford to buy any
I enjoyed our trip to Whitby some years ago and saw Morris dancers on the fish quay and then walked over the bridge and up loads of steps to the Abbey. Also did the Dracula trail. Its a lovely place to go though and the amazing whale jawbone is mind blowing. Missed out on the yummy fish and chips. I'll have to go again!
I know a lot of stones are shaped in the ice age when the glassias were moving . The stones would roll as the ice was moving.