diary @ telent

K is for Kiln#

Sat Oct 19 22:59:46 2024

Topics: motorbike ride-report

A squareish brick thing taller than a human, with a tall conical chimney on top Terracotta-coloured plaque at base of kiln. "This kiln and puddling wheel are the remains of a terracotta works built in the late 1840s by James Pulham. The wheel was horse driven & used to grind claystone which was then moulded & baked in the kiln to make terracotta which was used to decorate buildings & gardens throughout Britain. The works closed in 1945 & were restored by Broxbourne Borough Council in 1985" Two large upright wooden wheels with metal rims,connected by a wooden axle, which appear from their design to go around in a circle and crush stone K is for Kiln: this is a brick kiln that once formed part of the "Pulham Manufactory", a terracotta works. Most of it was demolished to build a car park for the railway station nearby, but this one remaining kiln was preserved and restored

Honda cbr600f motorcycle where I parked it to go and see the kiln. Yellow disc lock is visible on front wheel From here to Broxbourne is some quite dull 30mph riding then a wiggly 50mph section which was good fun.

On the way back it was not so much fun because low sun shining straight at me, and although I had sunglasses on, still sometimes hard to see where I was going.