EVENT: Dowsing the Molendinar Burn

[Sharon]

WHEN: 10:30AM, Sunday 29th February 2004 (yes, sundays have mornings too!)

WHAT: Starting at Jail Square at the foot of the Saltmarket, site of former public hangings, the plan is to use dowsing (A.K.A divining or water witching) or anything else you can think of, to track the flow of the Molendinar to its source. Its could be a 3 mile walk so no stilletos anyone!! Needless to say this takes us to lunchtime and we should have worked up an appetite, so we can get some lunch and a beer - as tribute to the first beer in Scotland being brewed on the banks of the Molendinar (should an excuse be needed thanks for giving us one Jim).

For more detail read this thread:
http://www.hiddenglasgow.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=166

WHERE: The plan is to meet at 10:30AM in Jail Square (now Jocelyn Square) ...

http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?X=259500&Y=664500&scale=5000&coordsys=gb

EQUIPMENT: The choice is yours of course, but you could make a set of dowsing rods from wire or hazel, you could make a pendulum, you could bring a GPS to record the path, you could draw onto a map, or draw your own, bring a camera... or of course just come along for the walk!

There were instructions and links on how to make dowsing rods in the thread linked to above.


Some links:
http://www.lysator.liu.se/~rasmus/skepticism/dowsing.html
http://www.mystical-www.co.uk/t_m_meth.htm
http://www.crystalinks.com/dowsing.html
http://orbsbybeans.com/ <<< slightly bonkers!
http://members.tripod.com/~Reid_J/

i could go on forever it seems...these sites go from the fairly sensible to totally crazy, so you can easily find your own level!




State your interest here so we know who to expect !!

[jim]

count me in

[Ronnie]

I'll be there. With the maps. And a camera.
Please note that this expedition is safe for people who have a water phobia, since almost the entire three miles of the Molendinar is underground!

[Fossil]

count me in.

[My Kitten]

I'll be there in spirit, might go for a walk by the thames and send up water vibes

[Ronnie]

Check out

http://www.riverwater.co.uk/mole.html

(which is registered to Jacquie Sawkins of G20 0TY).

Bring a jamjar!!!!

[crusty_bint]

ROBBING BASTARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sharon]

just show's you, there is nothing that can't be sold to someone!!

[jim]

Hi Sharon

Strange you should discover the 'orbs' site. I photographed just such a thing a couple of weeks ago! Here was me thinking it was a digital glitch. Thank you Beans!

http://www.fotolog.net/blackdrop/?photo_id=6347387

[Sharon]

Still on orbs...you might like this one then Jim taken by Chris at Gartloch in what was the drying room... there are a few more on the UE site.

http://www.uer.ca/locations/viewgal.asp?picid=19207

[germistonguy]

Would really like to be there, unfortunately travel arrangements are a bit iffy. Looking forward to seeing a write up of the event and photos.

Hope you have a good day out

[Fossil]

What an excellent day.
Pity some only made it half way
….bring on the next event

[jim]

Great day!

Seen the Molendinar in all its glory, twice. Stumbled around obscure bits of Glasgow. Managed to avoid Blackhill.
OK so the dowsing was'nt exactly successful, but you can't have everything.
Cheers everyone and especially Ronnie for the superb maps and general mega-knowledge.
As the Fossil says, roll on the next Hidden Glasgow ramble.

[Seamey]

http://www.nls.uk/digitallibrary/map/ea ... ml#glasgow has an map from 1807 of Glasgow showing the route of the burn.

[Sharon]

yep, great day!

Quite a hike as it turned out...you go a bit further than the crow does!

One lesson to remember is, if you are ever building a raft do not use applewood... it sinks! and if anyone can explain why, well, it might not seem like strange and mysterious forces were at work.