Virtual Walk - Bonchurch Landslip - Isle Of Wight - November 2021 | kittikoko
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- čas přidán 17. 11. 2021
- Bonchurch Landslip is a 28.2 hectare site of special scientific interest which is located north-east of Ventnor, Isle of Wight. A wooded coastal landslip zone, the site was notified in 1977 for both its biological and geological features.
Part of the Isle of Wight Undercliff, it is accessed by several footpaths, including V65C, that descends into the landslip via the Devil's Chimney rock cleft; V65, descending via another rock chimney called 'The Chink'; V65b from Ventnor; and V65a from Luccombe.
The Bonchurch Landslip (also called East End Landslip) involves a coastal Cretaceous sequence where harder Upper Greensand rocks overlie softer Gault clay. It has SSSI status for its geomorphological interest (the Undercliff itself, and the landslips and mud flows below) and its botanical assemblage. The Gault clay supports established woodland of ash, oak and beech, with unusual lichen species. The lower slips, comprising mixed clay and sandy habitats, support a complex mix of acid-loving and chalk-loving plant species.
The Bonchurch Landslip was developed as a picturesque woodland walk in Victorian times, with natural features including the Devil's Chimney, the Chink, and the Wishing Seat (a.k.a. Wishing Stone, a large moss-covered rock by the path).
A lesser slip took place in February 1995. Although Bonchurch village itself is on a stable part of the Undercliff, slippage is still active at its edge adjacent to The Bonchurch Landslip: in 2011, subsidence destroyed North Court, a Victorian villa.
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Walked this in July 2019 when wild hydrangeas in full bloom beautiful. Shows you can’t take things for granted. Thank you for taking the trouble to document this landscape. 🙏💚🌿
Amazing walk. Thank you xxx
Sadly this is all gone after a devastating landslide a week ago 😢 thank you for making this video I’m going to store it for memories 👍
This chimney and the Wishing Seat are still there! I've seen photos today.
Pretty sure I trip or slide at some point in this video - clumsy great oaf. 😂
This is another fantastic part of the island and walk. This is the other 'chimney'.
Love that wishing seat - filmed it a couple of times but not sure I've ever stopped to sit down and make a wish.
Just path there on the the other side is a beautiful old tree - that looks like it @ 12:28.
This walk is one that should be repeated time and time again - once done, never forgotten this undercliff is irresistible.
I see the lower coastal path is now blocked off. Hell's bells.
Unfortunately it's all gone 😢
I hope you didn't hurt your self, I had just come out of hospital due an injury walking in my garden😒 I hope you are well, thanks for another fantastic walk.
Oh Eve, you poor thing! Hope you're recovering well. 😊 I'm always falling over, but thankfully it's just bruises for me!