Little things - for the layout outside the railway fence

[Rivercider]

3 hours ago, Nearholmer said:

My elder daughter, now grown-up, swears that, when she was small, I used to “Drag us to fields in the middle of nowhere, and point at bumps and clumps - and that was a day out!”. What she means is that I’ve always been interested in history, and the faint traces it leaves in the landscape.

I believe Ivor Cutler had an upbringing like that,

 

cheers

[Compound2632]

3 hours ago, MrWolf said:

A terminal moraine basically being the point where a glacier runs out of steam and dumps the material it has been carrying.

 

If only it was that straightforward!

[MrWolf]

1 hour ago, Compound2632 said:

 

If only it was that straightforward!

 

I wouldn't want to bore you all to death with a lecturette on the finer points of corrasion. 

 

[corneliuslundie]

Somehow it is never as simple as it was painted at school. I do know though that terminal moraine sometimes shows up as odd small hills apparently at random at the end of a U-shaped valley, and they sometimes create lakes behind them.

But rather a large feature to include on most model railways. Probably not to be classified as a "little thing", though that doesn't mean we shouldn't discuss it here as it affects the landscape we are trying to represent.

Jonathan 

[Compound2632]

8 hours ago, MrWolf said:

I wouldn't want to bore you all to death with a lecturette on the finer points of corrasion. 

 

That's all right. I get that sort of thing from my elder son. Not all moraines are terminal. Glacier retreat is his specialist - and topical - subject.

[MrWolf]

Perhaps a glacial erratic or two would count as little things? I'm not entirely sure whether they would convert believably into model form. 

 

[Fat Controller]

3 hours ago, corneliuslundie said:

Somehow it is never as simple as it was painted at school. I do know though that terminal moraine sometimes shows up as odd small hills apparently at random at the end of a U-shaped valley, and they sometimes create lakes behind them.

But rather a large feature to include on most model railways. Probably not to be classified as a "little thing", though that doesn't mean we shouldn't discuss it here as it affects the landscape we are trying to represent.

Jonathan 

The Glais Moraine, near Skewen, is roughly parallel to the (never-completed) Felin Fran- Brynamman line, and could easily be mistaken for an embankment.

[eastglosmog]

You want a Glacial erratic? Here is one, the Mottee Stone near Avoca, Co Wicklow:

 

It should be small enough to fit most layouts.

 

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[corneliuslundie]

Why doers one need to climb it?

Jonathan

[iands]

Because it's there........?

[Phil Mc]

To get to the other side…….?

 

cheers,

Phil.

[eastglosmog]

You get a better view, over the gorse bushes, from the top?

[MrWolf]

On 09/06/2021 at 11:58, Fat Controller said:

The Glais Moraine, near Skewen, is roughly parallel to the (never-completed) Felin Fran- Brynamman line, and could easily be mistaken for an embankment.

 

Similar problems ari had hunting around the remains of the LNWR Ingleton branch.

[MrWolf]

At the rear of what is a pretty enormous viaduct, is this remnant of a small bridge, part of the road that was rerouted lower down the valley when the viaduct was built. 

Which means that the bridge hasn't been used since sometime around 1870.

 

[MrWolf]

Unusual porches on a pair of Victorian houses. The finials are cast iron sunflowers.

 

[MrWolf]

 

One of a pair of box van bodies in a disused quarry. Most of the woodwork is in a heap inside.

 

 

The other is in slightly better shape.

[corneliuslundie]

I like the porches. Rather plain terraced houses in our street often have rather nice porches but I am a bit nervous about photographing them.

Anyway, to this week's post.

A few not very useful little things today.

First a road drain

And I wouldn’t recommend you to use this stile which seems to lead straight into a thicket. Though this could be useful at the rear of a layout.

 

This bus stop has not seen a bus for a long time. When we moved here eight years ago I asked locals and no-one could tell me when the route stopped running.

 

I hope all the drivers spot the 30 mph sign as they pass. The photo was taken a couple of weeks ago and it is even less visible now.

 

Finally, not useless. A rather unusual manhole cover, which is just a few feet from that drain. Not sure why it is yellow.

 

Still thinking of a theme for next week. It may be a random selection.

Jonathan

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[Rivercider]

15 minutes ago, corneliuslundie said:

I like the porches. Rather plain terraced houses in our street often have rather nice porches but I am a bit nervous about photographing them.

Anyway, to this week's post.

A few not very useful little things today.

First a road drain

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finally, not useless. A rather unusual manhole cover, which is just a few feet from that drain. Not sure why it is yellow.

 

Still thinking of a theme for next week. It may be a random selection.

Jonathan

I presume the yellow cover is a fire hydrant, weren't they all yellow at one time, or was it just the wall mounted sign nearby?

 

cheers

[Rivercider]

On the theme of metal covers I noticed this roadside drain cover when in Widecombe recently,

 

Widecombe 19/5/2021

 

cheers

[Compound2632]

13 hours ago, MrWolf said:

At the rear of what is a pretty enormous viaduct, is this remnant of a small bridge, part of the road that was rerouted lower down the valley when the viaduct was built. 

Which means that the bridge hasn't been used since sometime around 1870.

 

 

Lowgill Viaduct, on the LNWR Low Gill - Ingleton line. The photo is take from the road bridge that was, I believe, built at the same time as the viaduct (1859, by Locke & Errington) to replace the old pack horse bridge, the road being displaced by the railway and straightened out in the process.

[corneliuslundie]

Could the King of Garton & King possibly me the same King as in King's Asphalt, an Exeter based company? My grandfather worked for KA for many years.

Jonathan

[eastglosmog]

Thought I would show a few examples of Neolithic standing stones, of which there are quite a few round these parts and most of which are small enough to appear on a layout. 

The Hoar stone at Enstone (remains of a burial chamber in a barrow):

 

Another view:

 

 

This is the Hawk Stone at Dean:

 

 

Lyneham barrow:

 

 

One on the village street at Taston:

 

 

And finally, some on a rather larger scale at Avebury:

 

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[MrWolf]

This one, known as the Spinning stone is on the edge of a Leicestershire village.

 

There's a round one in the centre of the village part under the wall of a c17th building and another equidistant outside the village. Nobody has been able to say for certain what they are.

 

 

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[figworthy]

18 hours ago, MrWolf said:

At the rear of what is a pretty enormous viaduct, is this remnant of a small bridge, part of the road that was rerouted lower down the valley when the viaduct was built. 

Which means that the bridge hasn't been used since sometime around 1870.

 

 

Dent Head on the Settle and Carlisle ?

 

Adrian

[figworthy]

When you are part way through scratch building a house and you run out of embossed stone sheet.

 

 

 

Adrian

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