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Oh my goodness…let’s just say I wouldn’t be standing quite so close as those people, and I’m sure they weren’t that close to the tree. ;)
Ok, you answered my question: ammonite. How very cool! My oldest son would love to see those!
What a difference a season makes at that harbour, eh?
I tell you the local police go crazy when the land slips as they try and keep the public away and safe but as there are loads of new fossils exposed, there are people climbing all over the landslip – including families. Nuts!
those pebbles make interesting patterns.
The fossils are 190 million year old sea creatures a bit like a present day Nautilus. The fossils do make very pretty patterns!
My young son loves to fossil hunt. He would never believe the treasures that you saw there. Great stuff…
Thanks. It is a wonderful place to visit, for sure. I am very lucky to live so close.
Great pics. hope that weather improves.
thanks for sharing!
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It actually got worse today! We were soaked several times and it has become much colder. Marvellous.
Glad you enjoyed the photographs.
Thanks for taking us with to the coastline in Dorset – indeed a World Heritage site! and so well documented in you’re post with these great photos – and the vid of course; glad I wasn’t under that tree!
I loved the two comparison pics too – good proof of the seasons difference!
Talking about rain; there have been some in Oslo, Norway lately too. So the winter and snow are soon wiped out and then spring followed by summer is next. The weather forecast for August is very promising I have heard ;-) so I hope you still wanne meet up with us at the Oslo Blog Gathering!
Glad you enjoyed seeing them, Renny, I enjoyed posting about them.
Yes I would still like to come to Oslo, I’m just making sure of a few dates before I book…my sister and her husband are cruising around the Norwegian Fjords in August so I hope the weather is nice for them :-)
what a fab place for fossils … fossil hunting is such a delight I have a few collected from my travels around the coast .. so cool :-)
I am fascinated by them -190 million years old! I want to learn about them properly so I know what I am searching for next time…
Wow, thanks for sharing those great pics with us!
Hope the weather clears so you can take your sis around
Glad you enjoyed them – and no it didn’t – In fact it has got colder and even wetter :-(
enjoyed your article
Thanks!
nice pic…..
Thank you :-)
very cool!
I agree, fossils are amazing :-)
Fossils. It’ interesting.
They certainly are, I’m going to learn all about them :-)
Our cliffs are a very poor hunting ground for fossils although there are meant to be some. I’ve been reduced to finding very round pebbles on the shingle beaches. Apparently the Romans used to lose their marbles as well.
I believe that your last photograph is the fossilised foot print of the Ploppisaurus …….
Aaah, that would be it…do you knowI kept thinking about you all day, all that talk of old fossils….
I love those fossils. Very cool.
There used to be these slate piles near my house when I was growing up that were littered with fern fossils. They were so common to me that I took them for granted. They aren’t there anymore and I just now realize how cool they were.
Wow, that must have been worth seeing. Where did they go, do you know? Do you have any?
I haven’t been able to find any of mine at my parent’s house, so they are probably gone.
The slate piles were removed when they put in a parking lot for a Teener League baseball field. I played on that field, so I don’t mind it too much. I just wish I would’ve grabbed some rocks first.
We went on holiday to Dorset a few years ago – spent several hours at Charmouth, trying to find some fossils to take home :)
I read an amazing book while down there – “The Dinosaur Hunters” – all about Mary Anning, Giddeon Mantel, and the havoc that the discovery of dinosaurs caused.
I’ve just finished reading ‘Remarkable Creatures’ by Tracey Chevalier which is all about Mary Anning. I must find the book you mention, I’m obsessed with fossils at the moment. Mary Anning was such an amazing woman.
I would like to let you know what a joy it is to wake up each morning and read your delightful blog. I always feel as if you are speaking directly to me.