First, the rock creases up into long slabs of concertinaed cliff before opening out into a huge granite-grey gorge, which takes any sound and echoes it into a feedback loop: shouts fade and return seconds later in irregular jumps.

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After being completely refurbished, it shines brightly beside the grey of the other granite stones around.

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