Comments for Hywel Mallett

Comment on Joomla! is dead! Long live WordPress! by Jesús

Jesús — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:36:55 +0000

Easy functions, easy configuration, easy for customizing…

First we take Joomla, then we take Drupal.
(Leonard Cohen adapted.)

Long live WordPress.

Comment on No-one mentions the Weston Arm… by PaulB

PaulB — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:56:11 +0000

An astounding cosmic alignment! The Nine Ladies Stone Circle in Derbyshire has, in addition to its circular array (of 10 stones actually), a stone known as the King Stone some 40 metres away. A line from the centre of the circle, through the King Stone, and extended for 91.7km*, hits EXACTLY (where’s my green ink?) your marker for the end of the branch!!!!!!!!!!

*That’s EXACTLY 100 Roman kilometres- within 0.2%! Spooky!

Comment on No-one mentions the Weston Arm… by PaulB

PaulB — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:12:50 +0000

Thank you, downloaded and works. I find I was looking in quite the wrong set of fields for the remains. Better luck next time I’m down that way I hope.

Comment on No-one mentions the Weston Arm… by hmallett

hmallett — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 19:45:27 +0000

Hey Paul,
There was indeed an error with the link, which I’ve now corrected.
As for photos, I have seen very few of the remains of the branch, and none of the branch while it was in water.

Comment on No-one mentions the Weston Arm… by PaulB

PaulB — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 18:31:03 +0000

I get an error 404 when I try to download the kmz file; has it evaporated or is it elsewhere?

And do you know if there are any photos extant of the Weston branch?

Comment on No-one mentions the Weston Arm… by hmallett

hmallett — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 21:15:53 +0000

Hi Sandra, The Ffrwd canal is a harder proposition – it was abandoned much earlier, so the maps of the area either aren’t old enough, or are very poor. I have got a part-finished Google Earth file, but there’s not much information in it. I have been to have a look on the ground though, and there is a ditch with a tiny bit of wall!
At some point I have a few other canals I’d like to trace too.

Comment on No-one mentions the Weston Arm… by Sandra Thomas

Sandra Thomas — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 21:18:52 +0000

Hi Hywel,
Weston Arm
Although you can make out a basin as the Weston Arm comes up to the Tetchill – Rednal road (and remains of blue brick bridge abutment) there is very little to show on the other side of this road going towards Weston. But from Weston you can make out the canal one field away from the basin going towards Shrewsbury, and running back from Weston towards Hordley etc there are several lengths still in water. And I have seen a couple of bridges en route, but can’t be sure where and if still there. However have done the Weston end and Hordley wharf bit in the last few months. However I’ve never known where the arm was intended to enter the Severn – anyone know? Just discovered it was to go via Newtown, Baschurch and enter the Severn near Fitz – makes sense. Found in A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis & Co. published in 1831.
What about the Frwdd canal for your next hunt?
Kind regards
Sandra

Comment on Joomla! is dead! Long live WordPress! by John Burton

John Burton — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:30:11 +0000

H. I spent five years with a joomla web site, and just 6 month’s with my new wordpress site. Being a techno simpleton, I find WordPress a breeze after joomla. love the wordpress plugins. JB.

Comment on Renaming a model in Rails by The problem with renaming a model in Rails | Hywel Mallett

The problem with renaming a model in Rails | Hywel Mallett — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 23:28:58 +0000

[...] Hywel Mallett Hywel Mallett's home on the web Skip to content HomeAbout ← Renaming a model in Rails [...]