In previous posts, I have mentioned a little of what I started to do when I got the clay samples back to the studio. In this post I will expand on that and also how I began to think about making glazes from these samples and pre-existing water data. At the beginning of the project […]
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I wanted to write something about what the river flows over on its journey from source to sea. The geology of this part of North Devon is governed mostly by Carboniferous sandstone, mudstone and siltstone formations which were laid down between approximately 328 and 310 million years ago. The Bude and Crackington Formations predominate over […]
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TP07 – Camping at Northcott Mouth and took the opportunity to try to get some samples from a possible source of the Torridge at Meddon just a few miles away. In the village there is a nature reserve around the source at SX277178. I spent some time wandering around the ouskirts of the nature reserve, […]
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Explored other places from the car. Stopped at Beam House (SX473207), a PGL outddor adventure centre, to ask permission to sample from the bank. The bank here is not owned by them, & if permission was given I would need a DBS to be able to access the site. Drove to Weare Giffard, past Annery […]
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Spent the day walking & driving aiming to sample and explore the lower part of the river from Beaford towards the sea. A fair amount of preparation in advance using the OS Explorer 126 1:25,000. Looking for useful sites from Torrington downstream. Walked from Puffing Billy on the Tarka trail outside Torrington to Weare Giffard […]
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Maps arrived. Looking through to identify places where clay or later water could be sampled. Starting at the head of the river and working towards the mouth. Looking for places initially where there is either: So: One of the 3 tributaries that make up the Torridge starts here by a B road off the A39 […]
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