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2024-03-29T07:56:03+00:00text/html2008-04-12T17:25:26+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/700David Gruar50.591823 -1.963217SZ0276 : Cliffs at Swanage
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The jurassic limestone cliffs south and west of Swanage are a popular rock-climbing destination. These climbers are bringing up their seconds at the end of the Subluminal area - below the Anvil Point lighthouse - where the climbs are short and start and finish on nice safe ledges. Climbing on the other Swanage cliffs (including Boulder Ruckle, in the sunlight) can be rather more serious, due to tidal starts, longer routes and top-outs on steep grass.text/html2007-02-16T22:50:39+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/700David Gruar51.745304 -2.214317SO8505 : Stroud police station
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Stroud's new police station, probably dating from around the 1970s, stands at the top of the town centre and is visible from all over town. The police were previously based at [[340145]].text/html2007-02-16T22:44:18+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/700David Gruar51.747097 -2.217222SO8505 : Old police station, Stroud
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This former police station is now a private members' club; the force now occupies an ugly concrete building on a hill overlooking the town ([[340155]]). It stands on one of Stroud's many roundabouts. The route from left to right across the picture was formerly an important through route, as the road from Gloucester entered the town centre before continuing on to Cirencester, but traffic is now directed along the relatively new street of Merrywalks in the foreground. The photo was taken from the (not particularly useful) footbridge over Merrywalks, at 4.30 pm on a Sunday; the roundabout is rather busier at this time on a weekday!text/html2007-02-07T22:44:04+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/700David Gruar51.748870 -2.230267SO8405 : New building, Stroud College
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Stroud's further education college is currently building a futuristic-looking new home to complement its existing 1960s block ([[332777]]).text/html2007-02-07T22:37:55+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/700David Gruar51.748867 -2.231716SO8405 : Stroud College
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Or "Stroud College in Gloucestershire" as it's officially called, presumably for the benefit of people who don't know where Stroud is. This is the old block of the college, in typical 1960s educational style. On the right they are building a swish new block (I think they demolished an existing building to make room for it): see [[332783]]. College website: http://www.stroud.ac.uk/index.htmltext/html2007-02-07T22:25:10+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/700David Gruar51.761065 -2.381016SO7307 : Channels in the mudflats
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This particular stretch of mudflats drains inland, with a rather straight channel carrying the water back to the river. I'm not sure of the explanation for this natural phenomenon, but I suspect it might be that when the river floods, it deposits the largest load of silt at the point closest to where it bursts its banks. (This is certainly the reason why levees form along rivers prone to flooding.) The sun can be seen setting behind the Forest of Dean.text/html2007-02-07T22:17:47+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/700David Gruar51.768258 -2.381077SO7307 : Sunset over the Severn estuary
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The main channel of the River Severn is just beyond the bank of mud in the foreground. The extensive area of sandbanks known as The Noose is beyond.text/html2007-02-07T22:12:32+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/700David Gruar51.761065 -2.381016SO7307 : Mudflats near Frampton-on-Severn
https://www.geograph.ie/photo/332733
The latest edition of the OS Landranger map marks mud on the left (i.e. east) side of the Severn channel and sand on the right side. This stretch of mud near Frampton extends along the estuary for a couple of kilometres, and the grassy foreshore (behind the mud cliffs on the right) is made up of several millennia of silt deposits.text/html2007-02-07T22:02:24+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/700David Gruar51.755675 -2.379522SO7306 : Reedbeds by the Severn estuary
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The land beyond the fence in the foreground is an important breeding ground for birds, and is maintained as a nature reserve by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust based at nearby Slimbridge. The public are barred from this part of the reserve, but it's possible to get a glimpse into it from the neighbouring fields.text/html2007-02-03T20:41:47+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/700David Gruar52.709307 -3.724363SH8313 : Old mine workings
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Signs of former small-scale industry typical of those found all over north Wales. The path from the Nant Maesglase valley up to Bwlch Siglen can be seen rising up the hillside on the right; it's of very good quality considering its current low traffic, and was probably built to service the mines.text/html2007-02-03T20:20:06+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/700David Gruar52.730060 -3.719258SH8416 : Flood debris near Llwyn-y-grug
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A flood has swept this mass of earth down the course of a small stream - too small to be marked on the 1:50,000 map - descending from Moel Cwm yr Eglwys. It destroyed both the fence just below the footpath, which has evidently been replaced recently, and appears to have been halted by a fence halfway down the field, which has also been buried. The soft, spongy debris also covered the footpath to the left of the picture all the way down to the main road, and was rather difficult to walk through.text/html2007-02-03T19:51:20+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/700David Gruar52.759091 -3.701135SH8519 : Bryn Hafod
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A cosy hut owned by the Stafford-based Mountain Club. It has no road access, requiring a 10-minute walk-in from the nearest parking space.text/html2007-01-26T22:16:10+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/700David Gruar51.745113 -2.301220SO7905 : Bonds Mill Bridge
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Built in 1994, this is the world's first advanced composite road bridge, according to a plaque on the old toll house. Advanced composites appear to be a class of plastics that constitute a cost-effective alternative to materials such as steel and concrete. The bridge spans the Stroudwater Navigation near Stonehouse, connecting the two halves of the Bonds Mill Business Park, and appears to incorporate some kind of lifting or swing mechanism. This bit of the canal is (I think) part of a navigable stretch of some five miles, but it is currently not connected to the rest of the canal network. The Cotswold Canal Trust plan to connect it up to the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal at Saul Junction to the west, as well as reopening the Thames & Severn Canal to the east, though there are a few major obstacles to get round in both directions.text/html2007-01-23T22:28:58+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/700David Gruar51.740560 -2.322913SO7704 : Eastington
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The road into the village from Frocester.text/html2007-01-23T22:25:52+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/700David Gruar51.742374 -2.317133SO7804 : House at Cress Green
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One of a small group of houses at the end of a cul-de-sac leading away from Eastington.