Guangxi Sinkholes

[PetWar144]

BBC article about China’s sinkholes and their forests.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8697gqwyx6o

 

[Lankyman]

I think Great Douk could have one of those viewing platforms put in? Some folks would pay serious money to see 'places untouched since dinosaurs ruled the Earth'. Just think of the boost to the economy of Chapel-le-Dale.

 

[Badlad]

Just out of interest, what is the biggest shakehole in the Dales? By volume I guess. Anyone know?

 

[Samouse1]

Just out of interest, what is the biggest shakehole in the Dales? By volume I guess. Anyone know?

Dolines and Shakeholes – Dales Rocks

dalesrocks.org.uk

Braithwaite wife according to this is the biggest on Ingleborough

 

[Lankyman]

Just out of interest, what is the biggest shakehole in the Dales? By volume I guess. Anyone know?

If you extend it out beyond the traditional Dales area there are a couple of whoppers by Black Moss Pot (west side of Wild Boar Fell) that could approach Braithwaite Wife Hole in scale?

 

[alanw]

If you extend it out beyond the traditional Dales area there are a couple of whoppers by Black Moss Pot (west side of Wild Boar Fell) that could approach Braithwaite Wife Hole in scale?

These?

Side by side georeferenced maps viewer - Map images - National Library of Scotland

And for comparison, Braithwaite Wife

Side by side georeferenced maps viewer - Map images - National Library of Scotland

 

[Lankyman]

These?

Side by side georeferenced maps viewer - Map images - National Library of Scotland

And for comparison, Braithwaite Wife

Side by side georeferenced maps viewer - Map images - National Library of Scotland

Yes, those are the ones. I did a bit of digging there some decades ago. Always thought there ought to be a link with Lady Blue's Underwater Fantasy somewhere. Those lidar images are fascinating. Does anyone know what the string of 'beads' are extending to the north of Braithwaite Wife? Shakeholes or man-made?

 

[cavingbiker]

I think Great Douk could have one of those viewing platforms put in? Some folks would pay serious money to see 'places untouched since dinosaurs ruled the Earth'. Just think of the boost to the economy of Chapel-le-Dale.

Yup, you could put strategically place plastic dinosaurs around the place for the kids to spot, just like on one of the walks at Ilkley.

 

[Lankyman]

Yup, you could put strategically place plastic dinosaurs around the place for the kids to spot, just like on one of the walks at Ilkley.

Why stop there? Have sound effects and stone age characters wandering around in fur suits. Could be useful work for locals down on their luck? Something has to kickstart the economy to pay for new hospitals in Preston and Lancaster.

 

[alanw]

Some folks would pay serious money to see 'places untouched since dinosaurs ruled the Earth'. Just think of the boost to the economy of Chapel-le-Dale.

As I walk back and forth along the moortop, hauling up @braveduck's digging buckets of mud, boulders and animal bones (but mostly mud), I keep wondering whether there would be a market for selling it in the skincare market. There's certainly a lot of it underground dating back to the last ice age. Perhaps I could get an AI to come up with a slogan?

 

[Lankyman]

Perhaps I could get an AI to come up with a slogan?

Don't forget to label the little jars like L'Oréal and Rimmel etc do. Something sophisticated like: 'London, New York, Paris, Horton-in-Ribblesdale'?

 

[alanw]

Don't forget to label the little jars like L'Oréal and Rimmel etc do. Something sophisticated like: 'London, New York, Paris, Horton-in-Ribblesdale'?

Best not to mention Clapham Bottoms, though.

 

[Lankyman]

Best not to mention Clapham Bottoms, though.

If your mud is good for haemorrhoids you've got your product name