Once again David Casement, this was his second visit to the CAST Group, gave a very interesting and informative talk. Apparently, long before the woods existed, a dinosaur called a Chirotherium left its footprints in stone which are still visible to this day. We were given a full list of the names of all who have owned the area together with a modern day family tree which brought us right up to the present day. Due to the uniqueness of the geology of the area and its development over millennia this has created a hard white stone, whereas in the surrounding area the stone is red. This white stone was quarried, how this was done was described with the aid of photographs. He explained the use of horses in the transport of the stone to the quayside and with the advent of the railways, a tramline designed by George Stephenson changed the manner in which the stone was ultimately transported. We were taken on a walk through the woods with maps to demonstrate how to negotiate the area. The woods are now owned by The Woodland Trust, however, it is a charity “Friends of Storeton Woods” and their volunteers who work hard to maintain and protect the area. Unfortunately, the owners mansion built using the white stone has been demolished but some of the stone work can be found at Portmerion. Amazingly this white stone was used in the creation of the two Mersey tunnels, the Marks and Spencer building in Church Street and Trials on Castle Street.