{"id":7663,"date":"2022-05-17T17:14:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T17:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=7663"},"modified":"2023-04-09T16:17:33","modified_gmt":"2023-04-09T16:17:33","slug":"somewhere-over-the-rainbow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=7663","title":{"rendered":"Somewhere over the rainbow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In search of a pot of gold.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A slightly better day, the wind had dropped but still muggy. Off we headed to Chapman’s Pool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chapman’s Pool looking towards Portland.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A steep and in place precarious walk down the slippery slopes of Kimmeridge Clay and towards the beach. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Great to see somebody had thought of a way back up!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a heavy shower being caught at the base of St Aldhelm’s head and facing a 400ft slog up a slippery slope would be interesting challenge. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A natural spring cutting its way through the clay cliff. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Strange to think that the oil-rich clay exposed at Chapman’s Pool extends hundreds of miles under the country and eventually into the North Sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ammonite exposed at low tide <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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More ammonites and belemnites – plenty more in the clay, however with thousands of tonnes directly above us any attempt at removal would probably result in us being buried by a landslide.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The “beach” – stunning, crystal clear water and a real suntrap.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Yet another ammonite – difficult to recall seeing so many ammonites in such a small area. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A slightly better day, the wind had dropped but still muggy. Off we headed to Chapman’s Pool. A steep and in place precarious walk down the slippery slopes of Kimmeridge Clay and towards the beach. Great to see somebody had thought of a way back Read More …<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7666,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,101],"tags":[1071,1069,177,1070],"class_list":["post-7663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-landscapes","category-seashore","tag-ammonites","tag-chapmans-pool","tag-fossils","tag-kimmeridge-clay"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7663"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7675,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7663\/revisions\/7675"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}