Fascinating story TwinOtter. Interesting to note that oil was transported to Pumpherston to be refined-that refinery was part of the shale oil industry here.
Trumper, most of them have been landscaped and a lot of the burnt shale used in the foundations of buildings, at least one shopping centre I know of and the M8 motorway. There are three near where I live, one is overgrown and if I remember there are some rare wild plants up there.One is currently being gradually removed-this link should show it- http://www.flickr.com/photos/34904785@N03/7236666290/in/set-72157629834846482 The other one is popular with walkers, myself included-you can see for miles from it.
I live in a shale area-matter of fact the first oil boom in the UK started with the extraction of oil from shale round these parts and we have some massive red spoil heaps to mark the fact.
Given the battering the weather has given some areas over the past few weeks I wonder if anything interesting might have been washed up somewhere along the coast?
Great stuff, by gum.I will enjoy looking through that lot. A friend of mine who goes to Copley for meetings now and again tells me you can always tell a Yorkeshireman, but you can’t tell him much!:)
Great stuff, by gum.I will enjoy looking through that lot. A friend of mine who goes to Copley for meetings now and again tells me you can always tell a Yorkeshireman, but you can’t tell him much!:)
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