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West Somerset Railway 9351 2-6-0 Locomotive in Minehead Station
Our hotel was next to the hotel and you could smell the coal smoke as soon as you walked outside. |
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The Party Overlooking Minehead
Eric is pointing out the features in the landscape |
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East Beach, Watchet
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The Ancient Mariner
Coleridge lived near by |
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Gypsum
Watchet, West Beach |
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Brick Kiln, Blue Anchor
The stoking holes are just visible |
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Blue Anchor Beach
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Blue Anchor Formation Requires A Closer Look
Photo by Kim Vignitchouk |
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Bone Bed at Blue Anchor Beach
Photo by Bob Morley |
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Loop the Bloop
Photo by Bob Morley |
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Gypsum (Calcium Sulphate) in a Fallen Block
Blue Anchor |
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Gypsum and Mudstone
Photo by Kim Vignitchouk |
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Gypsum and Red Mudstone
Photo by Kim Vignitchouk |
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A Septarian Concretion
Photo by Kim Vignitchouk |
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At the Hotel
The end of a hard day's geology |
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Arriving at Woolstone Quarry
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The West Somerset Railway's Diesel Multiple
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WSR's 9351 in Action
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Another WSR Train at Woolstone
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Woolstone Quarry
Looking at features in the new red sandstone |
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Woolstone Quarry Fossil Coral Detail
Photo by Kim Vignitchouk |
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St Georges Church, Sampford Brett
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Burrow Farm Engine House
Part of the West Somerset Mineral Railway. Used for powering the incline plane and draining the mine. |
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Ore at Burrow Farm
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Black Kidney Iron
Photo by Bob Morley |
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Burrow Farm Engine House
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