Kerry Fletcher's volunteers will be evaporating brine in stainless steel pans outside the hall.
Friday 19 October 2012
Middlewich Salt Fair 19-20 Oct 2012
Representing the Ecosal-Atlantis project at the Middlewich Salt Fair.
Kerry Fletcher's volunteers will be evaporating brine in stainless steel pans outside the hall.
Kerry Fletcher's volunteers will be evaporating brine in stainless steel pans outside the hall.
Wednesday 10 October 2012
Visit to Hilbre Island - salt making site
Great visit today to see the site of historic salt making at Hilbre Island 2 miles off the coast of The Wirral peninsular. The main island is the one to the right across the sand.
It is only possible to walk to the island at low tide, and knowledge of the incoming tides are essential for a safe return journey. We were fortunate in being driven across the sands in the Land Rover belonging to the Wirral Ranger Service -
Hilbre Island webcam
The Coastal Observatory webcam is located at the top of the radar tower on Hilbre Island. The camera and telemetry equipment is currently dependent on a battery/petrol generator supply. A small wind turbine power generator was installed in February 2005.
National Oceanography Centre, Natural Environment Research Council.
The web cam takes images every 4 minutes, and a panorama every hour. These are archived and allow you to look at previous images and panoramas of the island back to 2004.
Our visit was captured on the panorama and can be see at the Hilbreimages web page.
Friends of Hilbre Island
The salt making site is being researched and recorded by Roy Foreshaw and Christine Longworth.
Hilbre will feature in the Ecosal route of historic salt making sites in the UK.
It is only possible to walk to the island at low tide, and knowledge of the incoming tides are essential for a safe return journey. We were fortunate in being driven across the sands in the Land Rover belonging to the Wirral Ranger Service -
Hilbre Island webcam
The Coastal Observatory webcam is located at the top of the radar tower on Hilbre Island. The camera and telemetry equipment is currently dependent on a battery/petrol generator supply. A small wind turbine power generator was installed in February 2005.
National Oceanography Centre, Natural Environment Research Council.
The web cam takes images every 4 minutes, and a panorama every hour. These are archived and allow you to look at previous images and panoramas of the island back to 2004.
Our visit was captured on the panorama and can be see at the Hilbreimages web page.
Friends of Hilbre Island
The salt making site is being researched and recorded by Roy Foreshaw and Christine Longworth.
Hilbre will feature in the Ecosal route of historic salt making sites in the UK.
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| Christine Longworth and Roy Forshaw standing by rock cut channels and brine tanks. |
Saturday 6 October 2012
Links with the Association of Friends of Inland Salinas
We shall soon be meeting with Katia Heuso, the founder of the Association, and showing her the historic salt making sites of Cumbria. We first met Katia in 2003 when we organised an international meeting of salt researchers at the Lion Salt Works. We have been working together by email on the ECOSAL-ATLANTIS project.
The Friends of Inland Salinas blog site - http://www.salinasdeinterior.org/
Link to the video of the work of Katia and her husband Jesus on the salt making sites in Guadalajara, Spain.
The Friends of Inland Salinas blog site - http://www.salinasdeinterior.org/
Link to the video of the work of Katia and her husband Jesus on the salt making sites in Guadalajara, Spain.
Documental: La Sal Escondida
http://www.miguelpavon.com/?p=70
Video of Filming the Reconstructed Congregation at George Street Chapel
Our video record of the filming day at George Street Chapel on 30 September, 2012.
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