Petrified forest

suzublu · 20th September 2020, 12:20

No, not scared trees

Twice a year, the tide goes out far enough to uncover a prehistoric forest which stretched as far as Denmark.

Tree stumps can be seen and the forest is the source of the coalfields used by pits in County Durham

wraymond · 20th September 2020, 13:01

Of which Lindisfarne was the northern limit I believe? Had some good times there in 60's.

macafee2 · 20th September 2020, 16:38

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Originally Posted by wraymond

Of which Lindisfarne was the northern limit I believe? Had some good times there in 60's.

No they were a band, I well remember ..... Lady Eleanor

macafee2

wraymond · 20th September 2020, 17:45

No, somewhat before then. Round about '62 when we were all getting, er, putrefied on Newkie Brown and cider (because it was cheap), and Scotch eggs. Those were the days. If you can remember them.

Anyway, much earlier and in a Geography class, our teacher Taff Williams, Welshman by the way if I remember rightly, went on about joined up continents and Pangea when there were very different land masses. I thought I remembered the Holy Island as being the Northern border land mass. So it was rather large. Literally, a forerunner of the EU in a way.

SCP440 · 20th September 2020, 20:22

There is one of these prehistoric forests at Compton on the Isle of Wight, at low tide you can find pieces of what looks like charcoal and on a spring low tide stumps are visible, I have been told footsteps are visible if you know where to look but I have never seen them.

KWIL · 21st September 2020, 09:00

IOW, dinosaur footsteps as well.

wraymond · 21st September 2020, 11:25

I dare anybody to say they are a recent addition.

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wraymond This is my second home 75 Auto 2.5 SE Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Westcliff on Sea Posts: 5,185 Thanks: 423 Thanked 1,680 Times in 1,014 Posts	No, somewhat before then. Round about '62 when we were all getting, er, putrefied on Newkie Brown and cider (because it was cheap), and Scotch eggs. Those were the days. If you can remember them. Anyway, much earlier and in a Geography class, our teacher Taff Williams, Welshman by the way if I remember rightly, went on about joined up continents and Pangea when there were very different land masses. I thought I remembered the Holy Island as being the Northern border land mass. So it was rather large. Literally, a forerunner of the EU in a way. __________________ member no. 235

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SCP440 I really should get out more....... MG ZT-T 260 Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Witney Posts: 2,504 Thanks: 6 Thanked 910 Times in 571 Posts	There is one of these prehistoric forests at Compton on the Isle of Wight, at low tide you can find pieces of what looks like charcoal and on a spring low tide stumps are visible, I have been told footsteps are visible if you know where to look but I have never seen them.

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KWIL Precise Rover 75 Tourer 2.5KV6 Connoisseur SE Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Fleet Posts: 2,952 Thanks: 630 Thanked 617 Times in 480 Posts	IOW, dinosaur footsteps as well.