https://www.ipernity.com/tag/earthwatcher/keyword/224416 https://cdn.ipernity.com/p/200/FE/AE/1683198.buddy.jpg https://www.ipernity.com/tag/earthwatcher/keyword/224416 Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:01:22 +0000 Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:01:22 +0000 https://www.ipernity.com https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024284 tag:ipernity.com,2011-05-04,doc-39024284 Wed, 04 May 2011 08:05:48 +0000 2011-04-11T16:07:50+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024284"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/42/84/39024284.5a958f45.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="164" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is Hooken beach, just east of Branscombe, Devon.</div> Hooken convergence <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024284"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/42/84/39024284.5a958f45.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="164" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is Hooken beach, just east of Branscombe, Devon.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024286 tag:ipernity.com,2011-04-21,doc-39024286 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 10:50:05 +0000 2011-04-11T13:18:10+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024286"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/42/86/39024286.b3eade4a.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="132" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>River Otter at Budleigh Salterton, Devon</b><br /> <br /> This is the River Otter just east of Budleigh Salterton, taken from the pebble spit which nearly blocks the river mouth. The sea is just behind the camera location. There used to be a harbour here but the great storm of 1824 enlarged and extended the pebble spit so as to nearly block the river mouth completely and the harbour fell into disuse. The estuary today is a nature reserve - an extensive area of salt marsh and a Site of Special Scientific Interest.</div> Cloudscape with River <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024286"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/42/86/39024286.b3eade4a.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="132" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>River Otter at Budleigh Salterton, Devon</b><br /> <br /> This is the River Otter just east of Budleigh Salterton, taken from the pebble spit which nearly blocks the river mouth. The sea is just behind the camera location. There used to be a harbour here but the great storm of 1824 enlarged and extended the pebble spit so as to nearly block the river mouth completely and the harbour fell into disuse. The estuary today is a nature reserve - an extensive area of salt marsh and a Site of Special Scientific Interest.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024282 tag:ipernity.com,2011-05-04,doc-39024282 Wed, 04 May 2011 08:06:00 +0000 2011-04-09T14:51:13+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024282"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/42/82/39024282.0c3e567c.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Originally uploaded for the Guesswhere UK group.<br /> This is a view looking up at the landslide area at the western end of Pinhay Bay, east Devon.<br /> The trees are at all sorts of odd angles and some have fallen completely due to the continuing intermittent landslide movements.<br /> <br /> The top of the landslide scar is seen in this photo:<br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024280" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024280</a></div> Slowly falling trees at Pinhay Bay, Devon <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024282"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/42/82/39024282.0c3e567c.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Originally uploaded for the Guesswhere UK group.<br /> This is a view looking up at the landslide area at the western end of Pinhay Bay, east Devon.<br /> The trees are at all sorts of odd angles and some have fallen completely due to the continuing intermittent landslide movements.<br /> <br /> The top of the landslide scar is seen in this photo:<br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024280" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024280</a></div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024280 tag:ipernity.com,2011-05-05,doc-39024280 Thu, 05 May 2011 07:32:59 +0000 2011-04-09T11:17:36+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024280"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/42/80/39024280.487df4de.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Originally uploaded for the Guesswhere UK group.<br /> <br /> This is located next to the South West Coast Path which runs through the Axmouth to Lyme Regis Undercliff National Nature Reserve, a conservation area of international importance. This is an area of extensive landslides which have created a jumble of ridges and chasms, now the location of luxurious woodland and special habitats for plants, birds, insects and other animals. <br /> <br /> The 'undercliff' is the area between the beach and the back landslide scarp face, which may be as much as 700 metres inland. Mostly this is dense woodland, but occasionally there are more open areas where landslides are still intermittently active, where the larger trees have either been uprooted or have not yet had the chance to mature (as is the case here, viewed from the back scarp face of one of the more recent landslides).<br /> <br /> Just visible on the distant horizon is the Isle of Portland, far across the other side of Lyme Bay.</div> The Undercliff overlooking Pinhay Bay, east Devon <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024280"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/42/80/39024280.487df4de.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Originally uploaded for the Guesswhere UK group.<br /> <br /> This is located next to the South West Coast Path which runs through the Axmouth to Lyme Regis Undercliff National Nature Reserve, a conservation area of international importance. This is an area of extensive landslides which have created a jumble of ridges and chasms, now the location of luxurious woodland and special habitats for plants, birds, insects and other animals. <br /> <br /> The 'undercliff' is the area between the beach and the back landslide scarp face, which may be as much as 700 metres inland. Mostly this is dense woodland, but occasionally there are more open areas where landslides are still intermittently active, where the larger trees have either been uprooted or have not yet had the chance to mature (as is the case here, viewed from the back scarp face of one of the more recent landslides).<br /> <br /> Just visible on the distant horizon is the Isle of Portland, far across the other side of Lyme Bay.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024276 tag:ipernity.com,2011-10-24,doc-39024276 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 07:12:26 +0000 2011-04-09T13:06:57+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024276"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/42/76/39024276.bbae428c.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Charton Bay is a lovely secluded location mid-way between Lyme Regis and Seaton. <br /> <br /> Access is very limited: a very steep private footpath (involving steps and a ladder) down the cliff from the South West coastal path, or a three mile slog along the beach from either Seaton or Lyme Regis.</div> Charton Bay, Devon <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024276"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/42/76/39024276.bbae428c.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Charton Bay is a lovely secluded location mid-way between Lyme Regis and Seaton. <br /> <br /> Access is very limited: a very steep private footpath (involving steps and a ladder) down the cliff from the South West coastal path, or a three mile slog along the beach from either Seaton or Lyme Regis.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024268 tag:ipernity.com,2011-11-02,doc-39024268 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 08:53:00 +0000 2011-04-11T10:34:59+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024268"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/42/68/39024268.02701a9e.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The Otter Sandstone (Triassic) is a fluvial sand deposited by an extensive river network flowing through low lying desert conditions. The prominent honeycomb weathering is due primarily to modern wind erosion.<br /> Location: West Cliff, Budleigh Salterton, Devon.</div> Cliffs of composed of Otter Sandstone, Budleigh Salterton <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024268"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/42/68/39024268.02701a9e.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The Otter Sandstone (Triassic) is a fluvial sand deposited by an extensive river network flowing through low lying desert conditions. The prominent honeycomb weathering is due primarily to modern wind erosion.<br /> Location: West Cliff, Budleigh Salterton, Devon.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024266 tag:ipernity.com,2011-11-02,doc-39024266 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 08:58:23 +0000 2011-04-11T11:03:55+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024266"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/42/66/39024266.e38d666f.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The Budleigh Salterton Pebble Beds (Triassic). These rocks were deposited in desert conditions by intermittent torrential floods, perhaps in a wadi type of environment. There is a crude depositional dip of about 20° to the east (right) visible just above the grass-covered debris. The main part of the exposure is a generally fining-up sequence with a single sand layer visible in the upper part, which could represent a single flash flood event.<br /> <br /> Location: West Cliff, Budleigh Salterton, Devon.</div> Budleigh Salterton Pebble Beds <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024266"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/42/66/39024266.e38d666f.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The Budleigh Salterton Pebble Beds (Triassic). These rocks were deposited in desert conditions by intermittent torrential floods, perhaps in a wadi type of environment. There is a crude depositional dip of about 20° to the east (right) visible just above the grass-covered debris. The main part of the exposure is a generally fining-up sequence with a single sand layer visible in the upper part, which could represent a single flash flood event.<br /> <br /> Location: West Cliff, Budleigh Salterton, Devon.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024264 tag:ipernity.com,2011-11-02,doc-39024264 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 08:58:36 +0000 2011-04-11T11:20:31+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024264"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/42/64/39024264.7e09afc0.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="183" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Small normal faults in the Triassic age Budleigh Salterton Pebble Beds and the overlying Otter Sandstone. The Pebble Beds were deposited in desert conditions by intermittent torrential floods, perhaps in a wadi type of environment. The Otter Sandstone is a fluvial sand deposited by an extensive river network flowing through low lying desert conditions. The prominent honeycomb weathering is due primarily to modern wind erosion.<br /> <br /> Location: West Cliff, Budleigh Salterton, Devon.<br /> <br /> A photo of the same location taken when I was a student 40 years ago (scary!) is here:<br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39022690" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39022690</a><br /> Notice how there is much more debris banked up against the cliff now, compared with then.</div> Budleigh Salterton Pebble Beds - faulted <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024264"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/42/64/39024264.7e09afc0.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="183" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Small normal faults in the Triassic age Budleigh Salterton Pebble Beds and the overlying Otter Sandstone. The Pebble Beds were deposited in desert conditions by intermittent torrential floods, perhaps in a wadi type of environment. The Otter Sandstone is a fluvial sand deposited by an extensive river network flowing through low lying desert conditions. The prominent honeycomb weathering is due primarily to modern wind erosion.<br /> <br /> Location: West Cliff, Budleigh Salterton, Devon.<br /> <br /> A photo of the same location taken when I was a student 40 years ago (scary!) is here:<br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39022690" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39022690</a><br /> Notice how there is much more debris banked up against the cliff now, compared with then.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024254 tag:ipernity.com,2011-11-09,doc-39024254 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 08:34:10 +0000 2011-04-11T15:18:08+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024254"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/42/54/39024254.82f83b14.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Beer Roads, Devon</b><br /> <br /> A single fishing boat heads into the small bay which serves as a harbour at Beer, at the end of a perfect day. The white Chalk cliffs of Beer contrast beautifully with the red Triassic sandstone cliffs in the distance near Seaton.</div> Heading into Beer <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024254"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/42/54/39024254.82f83b14.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Beer Roads, Devon</b><br /> <br /> A single fishing boat heads into the small bay which serves as a harbour at Beer, at the end of a perfect day. The white Chalk cliffs of Beer contrast beautifully with the red Triassic sandstone cliffs in the distance near Seaton.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024256 tag:ipernity.com,2011-11-09,doc-39024256 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 08:34:00 +0000 2011-04-25T15:00:26+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024256"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/42/56/39024256.735a9a06.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="147" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The dramatic landslipped towers of Chalk at Hooken Cliff, viewed westwards from Beer Head, Devon.<br /> <br /> The photo is a panorama compiled from three portrait format shots.</div> Hooken Cliff <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024256"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/42/56/39024256.735a9a06.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="147" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The dramatic landslipped towers of Chalk at Hooken Cliff, viewed westwards from Beer Head, Devon.<br /> <br /> The photo is a panorama compiled from three portrait format shots.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024262 tag:ipernity.com,2011-11-02,doc-39024262 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 08:58:46 +0000 2011-04-11T10:56:19+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024262"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/42/62/39024262.6e77f6d3.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="162" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">It was a calm, overcast morning with scarcely a ripple on the sea. I was struck by the lines of convergence and the radial sectors of blocks of colour and texture. Photo location just west of Budleigh Salterton, Devon, England.</div> Budleigh convergence <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024262"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/42/62/39024262.6e77f6d3.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="162" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">It was a calm, overcast morning with scarcely a ripple on the sea. I was struck by the lines of convergence and the radial sectors of blocks of colour and texture. Photo location just west of Budleigh Salterton, Devon, England.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024260 tag:ipernity.com,2011-11-02,doc-39024260 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 09:00:39 +0000 2011-04-11T10:57:42+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024260"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/42/60/39024260.cebe8533.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The beach pebbles at Budleigh Salterton are beautifully coloured, and especially lovely when wet, near the edge of the sea. They are mostly derived from the local eponymous Pebble Beds of Triassic age, although there are some older pebbles from the Devonian and older rocks further west.</div> Beach pebbles, Budleigh Salterton <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024260"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/42/60/39024260.cebe8533.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The beach pebbles at Budleigh Salterton are beautifully coloured, and especially lovely when wet, near the edge of the sea. They are mostly derived from the local eponymous Pebble Beds of Triassic age, although there are some older pebbles from the Devonian and older rocks further west.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024258 tag:ipernity.com,2011-11-09,doc-39024258 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 08:21:39 +0000 2011-04-11T13:18:33+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024258"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/42/58/39024258.49be8f40.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is the River Otter just east of Budleigh Salterton, Devon, taken from the pebble spit which nearly blocks the river mouth. The sea is just to the right of the camera location. There used to be a harbour here but the great storm of 1824 enlarged and extended the pebble spit so as to nearly block the river mouth completely and the harbour fell into disuse. The estuary today is a nature reserve - an extensive area of salt marsh and a Site of Special Scientific Interest.</div> River Otter skyscape <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024258"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/42/58/39024258.49be8f40.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is the River Otter just east of Budleigh Salterton, Devon, taken from the pebble spit which nearly blocks the river mouth. The sea is just to the right of the camera location. There used to be a harbour here but the great storm of 1824 enlarged and extended the pebble spit so as to nearly block the river mouth completely and the harbour fell into disuse. The estuary today is a nature reserve - an extensive area of salt marsh and a Site of Special Scientific Interest.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39023374 tag:ipernity.com,2009-03-20,doc-39023374 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:27:26 +0000 2009-03-16T13:00:04+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39023374"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/33/74/39023374.213e9bb0.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Originally uploaded for the Guesswhere UK group.<br /> <br /> This is the remains of the Allhallows (or Rousdon) water pumping station just east of the Dowlands landslide complex, between Seaton, Devon and Lyme Regis, Dorset. It was steam-driven and used to pump water from the undercliff up to the farms and dwellings on the top of the cliff.<br /> <br /> This is located next to the South West Coast Path which runs through the Axmouth to Lyme Regis Undercliff National Nature Reserve, a conservation area of international importance. This is an area of extensive landslides which have created a jumble of ridges and chasms, now the location of luxurious woodland and special habitats for plants, birds, insects and other animals. <br /> <br /> The 'undercliff' is the area between the beach and the back landslide scarp face, which may be as much as 700 metres inland.</div> Allhallows water pumping station, Rousdon, east Devon <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39023374"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/33/74/39023374.213e9bb0.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Originally uploaded for the Guesswhere UK group.<br /> <br /> This is the remains of the Allhallows (or Rousdon) water pumping station just east of the Dowlands landslide complex, between Seaton, Devon and Lyme Regis, Dorset. It was steam-driven and used to pump water from the undercliff up to the farms and dwellings on the top of the cliff.<br /> <br /> This is located next to the South West Coast Path which runs through the Axmouth to Lyme Regis Undercliff National Nature Reserve, a conservation area of international importance. This is an area of extensive landslides which have created a jumble of ridges and chasms, now the location of luxurious woodland and special habitats for plants, birds, insects and other animals. <br /> <br /> The 'undercliff' is the area between the beach and the back landslide scarp face, which may be as much as 700 metres inland.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39023372 tag:ipernity.com,2009-03-21,doc-39023372 Sat, 21 Mar 2009 09:32:26 +0000 2009-03-16T12:43:36+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39023372"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/33/72/39023372.0672458f.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is located next to the South West Coast Path which runs through the Axmouth to Lyme Regis Undercliff National Nature Reserve, a conservation area of international importance. This is an area of extensive landslides which have created a jumble of ridges and chasms, now the location of luxurious woodland and special habitats for plants, birds, insects and other animals. <br /> <br /> The rock in the landslip back scar is the Upper Greensand Formation (Cretaceous).</div> Whitlands Cliff, East Devon <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39023372"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/33/72/39023372.0672458f.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is located next to the South West Coast Path which runs through the Axmouth to Lyme Regis Undercliff National Nature Reserve, a conservation area of international importance. This is an area of extensive landslides which have created a jumble of ridges and chasms, now the location of luxurious woodland and special habitats for plants, birds, insects and other animals. <br /> <br /> The rock in the landslip back scar is the Upper Greensand Formation (Cretaceous).</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39023370 tag:ipernity.com,2009-03-21,doc-39023370 Sat, 21 Mar 2009 09:32:14 +0000 2009-03-16T10:53:49+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39023370"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/33/70/39023370.506917b6.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="81" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is located next to the South West Coast Path which runs through the Axmouth to Lyme Regis Undercliff National Nature Reserve, a conservation area of international importance. This is an area of extensive landslides which have created a jumble of ridges and chasms, now the location of luxurious woodland and special habitats for plants, birds, insects and other animals. <br /> <br /> This is a panorama stitched from three photos using Canon's 'PhotoStitch' software.</div> Pinhay woodland, East Devon <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39023370"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/33/70/39023370.506917b6.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="81" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is located next to the South West Coast Path which runs through the Axmouth to Lyme Regis Undercliff National Nature Reserve, a conservation area of international importance. This is an area of extensive landslides which have created a jumble of ridges and chasms, now the location of luxurious woodland and special habitats for plants, birds, insects and other animals. <br /> <br /> This is a panorama stitched from three photos using Canon's 'PhotoStitch' software.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39023354 tag:ipernity.com,2009-03-24,doc-39023354 Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:59:26 +0000 2009-03-16T13:12:05+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39023354"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/33/54/39023354.d5756982.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="161" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This lovely, lonely place is Charton Bay on the south-east Devon coast, about midway between Seaton and Lyme Regis.<br /> <br /> The popular South West Coastal Path passes inland along the undercliff within a few hundred metres of this spot, but there is no public access to the beach here from the path, nor is the bay visible from the path. The only (non-trespassing) way to get here is either by boat or by a 3-mile slog along the beach, either from Lyme Regis or Seaton. As the beach route in either direction involves quite a bit of boulder hopping, this tends to be a very quiet spot.<br /> <br /> In the 19th and early 20th century there were once private gardens near here in the undercliff, which were planted up with all sorts of exotics. Two of these can be seen in this photo - the Pampas grass and the Holme oak are now unwelcome and very invasive.</div> Charton Bay, looking east towards Humble Point, east Devon <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39023354"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/33/54/39023354.d5756982.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="161" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This lovely, lonely place is Charton Bay on the south-east Devon coast, about midway between Seaton and Lyme Regis.<br /> <br /> The popular South West Coastal Path passes inland along the undercliff within a few hundred metres of this spot, but there is no public access to the beach here from the path, nor is the bay visible from the path. The only (non-trespassing) way to get here is either by boat or by a 3-mile slog along the beach, either from Lyme Regis or Seaton. As the beach route in either direction involves quite a bit of boulder hopping, this tends to be a very quiet spot.<br /> <br /> In the 19th and early 20th century there were once private gardens near here in the undercliff, which were planted up with all sorts of exotics. Two of these can be seen in this photo - the Pampas grass and the Holme oak are now unwelcome and very invasive.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39023344 tag:ipernity.com,2009-03-27,doc-39023344 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 06:30:54 +0000 2009-03-16T10:38:50+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39023344"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/33/44/39023344.7f86087f.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Near the start of my walk westwards along the South West Coastal Path, looking back towards Lyme Regis. Golden Cap and Langdon Hill are in the distance; the Cobb peeks out through the trees.</div> Golden Cap in the distance <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39023344"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/33/44/39023344.7f86087f.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Near the start of my walk westwards along the South West Coastal Path, looking back towards Lyme Regis. Golden Cap and Langdon Hill are in the distance; the Cobb peeks out through the trees.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39023342 tag:ipernity.com,2009-03-27,doc-39023342 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 06:31:04 +0000 2009-03-16T13:11:33+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39023342"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/33/42/39023342.ca443377.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This lovely, lonely place is Charton Bay on the south-east Devon coast, about midway between Seaton and Lyme Regis.<br /> <br /> The popular South West Coastal Path passes inland along the undercliff within a few hundred metres of this spot, but there is no public access to the beach here from the path, nor is the bay visible from the path. The only (non-trespassing) way to get here is either by boat or by a 3-mile slog along the beach, either from Lyme Regis or Seaton. As the beach route in either direction involves quite a bit of boulder hopping, this tends to be a very quiet spot.<br /> <br /> In the 19th and early 20th century there were once private gardens near here in the undercliff, which were planted up with all sorts of exotics. Two of these can be seen in this photo - the Pampas grass and the Holme oak are now unwelcome and very invasive.<br /> <br /> The cliffs in the distance expose the White Lias (Rhaetic) rocks.</div> Charton Bay west <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39023342"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/33/42/39023342.ca443377.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This lovely, lonely place is Charton Bay on the south-east Devon coast, about midway between Seaton and Lyme Regis.<br /> <br /> The popular South West Coastal Path passes inland along the undercliff within a few hundred metres of this spot, but there is no public access to the beach here from the path, nor is the bay visible from the path. The only (non-trespassing) way to get here is either by boat or by a 3-mile slog along the beach, either from Lyme Regis or Seaton. As the beach route in either direction involves quite a bit of boulder hopping, this tends to be a very quiet spot.<br /> <br /> In the 19th and early 20th century there were once private gardens near here in the undercliff, which were planted up with all sorts of exotics. Two of these can be seen in this photo - the Pampas grass and the Holme oak are now unwelcome and very invasive.<br /> <br /> The cliffs in the distance expose the White Lias (Rhaetic) rocks.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39023340 tag:ipernity.com,2009-03-27,doc-39023340 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 06:50:34 +0000 2009-03-16T13:57:45+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39023340"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/33/40/39023340.1e06faca.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">View eastwards along Charton Bay, eat Devon.<br /> The cliffs here are of White Lias (Rhaetic) marls with thin limestones.</div> White Lias at Charton Bay <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39023340"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/33/40/39023340.1e06faca.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">View eastwards along Charton Bay, eat Devon.<br /> The cliffs here are of White Lias (Rhaetic) marls with thin limestones.</div> Earthwatcher