Moon and Mars
Barwell meteorite
Last weekend Chantal had the Moon and Mars and Mars in the palm of her hand, and it wasn’t photographic trickery.
On Christmas Eve 1965 Barwell, the village where I go to Church, about 20 minutes from here, received a visit by 44kg of rock, delivered from the sky in chunks of various sizes, and in December 2015 some of this rock made a return visit when our helped the community to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the “Barwell Meteorite” falling onto the village by displaying one of the larger pieces of the meteorite on loan (with a Keeper!) from the National Space Centre in Leicester. Both Chantal and I were there all day helping “manage” the stream of visitors.
This large chunk was interesting enough on its own, but we also had a display by of pieces of meteorite from across the world by the British & Irish Meteorite Society, which included pieces of Mars and the Moon, which had been blasted into space by the impact a large meteorite, eventually to land on earth as smaller meteorites. This display also had several smaller pieces of the Barwell meteorite, which was older than the earth.
It was a fascinating day, with over 500 people visiting, without charge, to come and see the various “space rocks”
Technically we live in Oaktree House, but sadly the tree had to go.
We now have a thriving Oakstump at the front of the house.
