Kynnersley Drive by James Oakwood

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A bit of a gap since the last dirge and here's another. Thanks to Dan Michaelson for his interest so here's the fuller story. I might lift the vox a bit in a couple of days. See what other folk sat Dan.

Kynnersley drive (about 15 miles from where I currently live) is out in the Shropshire countryside and straddles the village of Kynnersley (not suprisingly) and the north end of Telford on the Newport A518 road. It's a little haven I go to visit because I can truly forget about all the real stuff going on in life and let my imagination wander around.

Blue rocks - these are genuine light to dark-blue and glorious. They probably cannot be found anywhere else in the world because, they are the by-product of the ancient iron-smelting process that took place at the birth of the industrial revolution. These blue rocks are the solidified remains of molten minerals and they were transported away (as waste) from the emerging iron-smelting sites of the telford area.

The blue rocks, as well as the valuable iron that was used to build bridges and ships, were taken by canal into Shrewsbury for who-really-knows-what but, the unscrupulous (but probably very badly paid) canal boat owners discarded a significant amount of these "useless" blue rocks along the whole canal network that ran from Ironbridge (on the river Severn) and finished somewhere near Shrewsbury.

The canal beds are impossible to recognize now but, if you are near one of the old beds and, it is on undeveloped land, you'll find those darn rocks all over the place. You won't find this boring info on the internet (other than here) - it probably took me a year to figure out what they were and what they represent.

What have they got to do with this song - KD is just a special place for me - an old canal aquaduct (going across KD) was dynamited in the last century and all these blue rocks must have swept out onto the drive for me to find. There mine damn you, all mine muhuhahaha.

[DJC]

Interesting story, thanks for sharing it. Sounds like a pleasant past-time, and since you've all but provided GPS co-ordinates hope you won't have too many others muscling in...or attempting to! You sounded pretty serious with that "mine, all mine" ha ha

Almost forgot to mention, great song! Vocals did seem a bit less prominent in the mix but were easy enough to make out and appreciate.

[James Oakwood]

Thanks David, yeah following more advice from Marty and Rich I've done a bit of a rehash tonite - might still lift the vox a tad more though (although they are a bit clearer on this mix).

Andy