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Tony is on holiday until Saturday 20th
This means that the Travelling Shop will be out of action for a week and any inquiries sent to him won't be picked up until he's back.
In the meantime the rest of the Starless River team will be hard at work ensuring online orders are posted out to you all. Thanks everyone.
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Help us work out the future of the Inglesport Café
We've been trading since 1977 and next year will be our 50th anniversary.
The café has been part of that for a long time, running quietly in the background for years, and we don't think it always gets the credit it deserves as a genuine community hub. But we need to be straight with you: the café is under real pressure, and we’re not sure of the best path forward.....
Moss growth
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Martin Laverty
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This is an example of phototropism - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phototropism
Where photosynthetic organisms, such as algae (or products of their metabolism), bore into the rock you end up with phytokarst e.g. http://www.goodearthgraphics.com/virtcave/phytokarst/phytokarst.html ...
You also get constructive phytokarst, especially in cave entrances in the tropics, where stal (of various forms) grow towards the light...
Where photosynthetic organisms, such as algae (or products of their metabolism), bore into the rock you end up with phytokarst e.g. http://www.goodearthgraphics.com/virtcave/phytokarst/phytokarst.html ...
You also get constructive phytokarst, especially in cave entrances in the tropics, where stal (of various forms) grow towards the light...
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