Showing posts with label Didcot Power Station. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Didcot Power Station. Show all posts
Tuesday, 23 February 2016
Tuesday, 1 September 2015
Geocashing in Wayland's Smithy, The Manger, Uffington castle & White horse
Today Tats and I took a pilgrimage to Wiltshire in search of a lovely long walk and some history. I know I've been to Uffington before and seen all of the historical monuments there because I remember the castle, but I wanted to see them again! Tats had never been before so that provided an excellent excuse.
We parked up and walked to Wayland's Smithy first as it was what we were most excited to see! Neolithic burial barrow!
:D
After the Smithy we walked back along the ridgeway and Tats checked her geocashing map- We found 3 along the route we were taking so we stopped to find the fist one!
I've never done any geocashing before, it's really cool. Like a giant treasure hunt!
Next we headed up to the castle for some brilliant views of swindon and of course the beautiful Didcot power station.
Then we walked down the side of the horse to see the manger, which was formed during the last ice age- how cool does it look?
And another geocash.
:D
We walked up St Georges hill (legend has it that that it is where he slayed the dragon!) so we could have look at the horse (No luck, you can't see it all unless you're really far away) but we did hear some batty american bloke telling his wife that the white horse was "clearly" carved by Aliens.
We had to leave so that we didn't laugh in his face!
We parked up and walked to Wayland's Smithy first as it was what we were most excited to see! Neolithic burial barrow!
:D
After the Smithy we walked back along the ridgeway and Tats checked her geocashing map- We found 3 along the route we were taking so we stopped to find the fist one!
I've never done any geocashing before, it's really cool. Like a giant treasure hunt!
Next we headed up to the castle for some brilliant views of swindon and of course the beautiful Didcot power station.
Then we walked down the side of the horse to see the manger, which was formed during the last ice age- how cool does it look?
And another geocash.
:D
We walked up St Georges hill (legend has it that that it is where he slayed the dragon!) so we could have look at the horse (No luck, you can't see it all unless you're really far away) but we did hear some batty american bloke telling his wife that the white horse was "clearly" carved by Aliens.
We had to leave so that we didn't laugh in his face!
Sunday, 27 July 2014
Goodbye Power station
The Demolition for the first 3 cooling towers at Didcot A site took place at 3am This morning- the early time was supposed to deter people from going to watch-and obviously minimise accidents on the A34 as people drove past and saw a massive building fall down.
The people of Didcot cannot be so easily deterred.
I'll miss the power station when it's gone- I always thought it was oddly beautiful.
These are my sisters photos of the demolition:
The people of Didcot cannot be so easily deterred.
I'll miss the power station when it's gone- I always thought it was oddly beautiful.
These are my sisters photos of the demolition:
Monday, 23 June 2014
Goodbye Power station. :(
Didcot A Power Station's demolition date announced
Three of the six towers at the south Oxfordshire site are set to be demolished this year
The demolition date of Oxfordshire's Didcot A Power Station has been announced.
RWE NPower confirmed three of the southern cooling towers will be demolished in the morning of 27 July.
The company said the date and time of the work had been "the subject of careful consultation".
The demolition of the cooling towers is expected to take less than a minute, with the rest of the site taking up to three years to clear.
'Significant day'
A spokesman for the company said: "This is just the first milestone in the demolition of Didcot A Power Station but will be a significant change to the local landscape.
"We understand that the power station has been part of the local community for more than 42 years and for many people the demolition of these first three cooling towers will mark a significant day for Didcot and Oxfordshire."
RWE NPower closed the coal-fired facility in March 2013 after 43 years of service.
It said police, the Health & Safety Executive, Network Rail and traffic management had requested the demolition take place early on a Sunday morning to minimise disruption.
RWE Npower sold part of the site of Didcot A Power Station to Clowes Developments in April for commercial and residential use.
Thursday, 20 June 2013
Power station demolition
AT least three of Didcot A’s iconic cooling towers are expected be blasted to smithereens.
And the man who switched off the power station after nearly 43 years back in March has offered to do the honours.
Until now, station managers have not revealed how they plan to take down the six 325ft towers.
But last night they said they plan to blow up the three nearer to Didcot itself and the tall chimney first, while the towers closer to Sutton Courtenay will either be exploded or taken down gradually.
A nine-month decommissioning process for the coal-fired power station began on March 31.
Phil Noake, 60, power station manager since June last year, said: “The southern cooling towers and chimney will be demolished before the northern cooling towers, and it is likely that they (southern) will be demolished using traditional explosive methods.
“The decommissioning of the A station is progressing very well with the removal of coal, oil, chemicals and gases.
“We have successfully disconnected the station from the National Grid and are working on additional areas that need decommissioning.
“We are in detailed negotiations with a demolition company with the intention to announce the successful one during the summer.”
Dressed in the boiler suit he once wore for the former Central Energy Generating Board, pensioner Lyn Bowen, 73, pressed the button to switch off the power station for good.
Yesterday he said he would love to detonate the first tower.
“I haven’t been asked yet but I would be prepared to do it,” said the father-of-two from East Hanney near Wantage.
“I don’t think the power station should have closed – we need all the energy we can get.”
RWE npower spokesman Kelly Brown said residents and local authorities have been consulted about the demolition process during the past six months.
The towers could be blown up by the end of 2014.
She said: “With the progressive method the towers will be taken down in stages, starting at the top.”
Town council leader Margaret Davies said: “People in Didcot will be fascinated to hear that at least three of the cooling towers are going out with a bang.
“It will be a great spectacle and I’m sure thousands will turn out to see it, even if they have to watch from quite a distance.”
It is expected that part of the site will be used for employment rather than housing, while gas-fired Didcot B power station, which employs about 80 people, will remain on site.
About 210 staff worked at Didcot A. Seventy were kept on for decommissioning, 40 given other roles, and 100 made redundant.
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