10th January 2010, 12:05 AM
I was out doing geophysics in Leicestershire last week. Setting out the survey grid seemed to take ages, as the ground was solid and we had to use a lump hammer and a steel pin to make holes for each of our marker canes. The snow itself wasn't a big problem because it wasn't particularly deep, but if we get another few inches tomorrow then the job will get a lot harder.
I do wonder how the profession might cope if this turns into a really hard winter, like the infamous one of '63. Would units survive if the weather blocked the roads and halted fieldwork for weeks on end, or would that be the last straw for some of them?
I do wonder how the profession might cope if this turns into a really hard winter, like the infamous one of '63. Would units survive if the weather blocked the roads and halted fieldwork for weeks on end, or would that be the last straw for some of them?
"Hidden wisdom and buried treasure, what use is there in either?" (Ecclesiasticus ch20 v30)