Old Stoneface

It’s Wednesday, so that means it’s hospital day again.

I had an expedition out to nearby Runcorn Hill Park. The park occupies a disused and now reclaimed sandstone quarry. The sandstone was laid down over 200 million years ago, in an era pre-dating the dinosaurs. The stone from this quarry was used in the construction of the Anglican cathedral at Liverpool ( the top of the tower is visible from the park), repairs to Chester cathedral, and rather bizarrely New York City harbour. Drum lines carried the stone in bogies down to the docks at Weston, and these now provide shady routes through the park. Since the quarry closed it has been transformed and is now attractively wooded with areas of heathland on top. The park is now a local nature reserve.,

The main blip is part of the face of a quarryman, sculpted out of the sandstone. I have added a few extras - the sandstone is sculpted into all sorts of shapes and forms by nature. The cliff edges are dramatic and potentially dangerous if you aren’t careful. I saw a plaque commemorating a young boy who had fallen over the cliff edge, and am told there have been other fatalities.