On Sat, 01 May 2004 14:28:47 +0100, Sacha
wrote:
martin1/5/04 11:00
On Sat, 01 May 2004 09:55:30 +0100, Sacha
wrote:
martin1/5/04 7:58
On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 23:42:44 +0100, Sacha
wrote:
In Brittany AFAIR and according to your web site they harvest kelp.
It's kelp which is usually washed up in large piles after a storm in
most places.
Have you any idea why they don't harvest kelp in Jersey or do they?
Look at the website. ;-) I think they harvest everything that's going but
the most prolific in winter storms is the bladder wrack.
I remember watching a BBC archeology program about Scotland where they
showed ancient pits where seaweed was burnt before being used on the
land. Is this what they do in the C.I.?
No, they just spread it on 'neat'. It rots down through the winter.
We wondered if anybody ever burnt it. We couldn't see the point.
Perhaps they thought the salt had to be burned off? I don't understand that
at all because you'd think they'd realise that burning also burned away the
nutrients. Are we sure these weren't just huge fireplaces for ceilidh
nights? ;-)
sounds much more probable, archeologists aren't very practical when
they are guess mode.
I had a scout camp holiday in Jersey in 1953, it rained very hard and
we ended sleeping on the floor of a church hall in St Martin near
Rozel. I've been back several times to the Channel Isles, mainly
Alderney, but by boat. Boats tend to be drier than tents when it rains
:-)
If you sail round Alderney good luck to you!
I've never actually sailed around it just to/from and past it.
Quite enough to be going on with! Have you *seen* the tidal charts for that
area. ;-((
I have seen the real thing close up. I remember rocks whizzing by and
the boat averaging about 8 knots over the ground in a light wind when
we went from Alderney to Jersey.
And I used to live in St
Martin's, not far from Rozel. I know the Public Hall very well indeed!
It has very hard floor boards :-)
All the better for stamping on during election hustings. ;-)
stamping on politicians? :-)