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Bardon Walk, EXETER, EX2 7PP

Another view along Image] with the electricity sub station shown in Image] on the immediate left. The notice it carries refers to "match days", reflecting the fact that it is a fairly short walk along footpaths to the ground of the Exeter Chiefs, currently Rugby Premiership champions. I wonder how many new occupants are rugby fans?

This exposed slice of Exeter's earth seen close to the M5 motorway and was cut 3 years ago to allow the building of out of town stores like Toys R Us and Snow and Rock. I passed here most days on the way to Clyst House and was attracted by its deep colour.

Taken from the footpath shown in Image http://www.devon.gov.uk/overview_report_whole.pdf , page 29 ff, gives a good description of the geology of this former new red sandstone quarry, part of which is reproduced at Image

The new red sandstone cliff now forms a backdrop to a play area. The path links the new housing shown in Image] to the Sidmouth Road close to a handy bus stop and the Park and Ride. See also Image

"The Dawlish Sandstone Formation of Permian age, about 260 million years old, worked at Bishops Court Quarry displays large scale cross bedding ... These are classic desert dune sands comprising red and yellowish brown, well to moderately-well sorted, medium grain-size sand with occasional layers of fine silty sand and red-brown mudstone ... Many of the sand grains are well rounded and often spherical (‘millet seed’ sand grains) believed to be a characteristic of coarser varieties of wind blown material" http://www.devon.gov.uk/overview_report_whole.pdf . This cliff is on the left of the camera in Image

An alternative view of Image], with an electricity sub station beneath it, and a fence to deter access to what must be an unstable cliff.

New housing built within a disused sandstone quarry, of which some cliff faces remain. The roundabout is at the junction with Apple Lane, which has the distinction of leaving the junction twice as an industrial estate road and once as a footpath.

From its junction with the Sidmouth Road. The sandstone cliff shown in Image can be seen ahead.

A sandstone outcrop at Bishops Court quarry.

Another view of the roundabout shown in Image], with the quarry cliff face shown in Image] and Image] in the background, by the electricity sub station.