Tag: Southside Virginia

  • A Frenzy of Fall Field Trips 3: Going to the South Side

    A Frenzy of Fall Field Trips 3: Going to the South Side

    Moby, the American musician with a wide-ranging and stylishly downtempo sound, released an exceptional album entitled Play in 1999. My favorite song is South Side, here’s a short snippet of the lyrics … we ride all day looking out for a sunny day here we are now going to the South Side Two decades later,…

  • Knickpoint on the Nottoway

    Knickpoint on the Nottoway

    Deep in the heart of Southside Virginia lies a bedrock outcrop of tremendous size. Quality outcrops are rare in the Piedmont, but between the communities of Victoria and Crewe the Nottoway River tumbles over sloping bedrock ledges making a dramatic knickpoint that exposes acres of granitic gneiss in the channel. The Nottoway River is a…