Another cutting in sandstone to make way for a transport corridor. This sandstone cliff was created roughly a century earlier than the ones in the previous post. It’s on the Staffs & Worcs canal, a short distance from the canal’s crossing of the river Stour near Stourton.
The picture shows the base of the cliff, ivy trailing down from above; ferns growing in a niche at water level, and the reflection in the water.
It is noticeable how much less vegetation has managed to establish itself on this rock compared with the railway cutting. Is that because of the steeper rock face, or because it is a different type of sandstone?