Past Events

POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE This weekend trip will examine the upper half of the Lias Group, the MIddle and the Upper Jurassic, with bits of Cretaceous and Tertiary thrown in. The best tides are Sat 21 and Sun 22 March 2020. Attendees are to arrange their own accommodation. Bridport is recommended. Meeting points and further details will be communicated to participants nearer the time. Contact details and emergency contact required at booking.

POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE This event will take you behind the scenes at NHM London to look at the William Smith fossil collection. We are limited to a maximum tour size; however it can be run more than once in the afternoon if required. Afterwards members are invited to make their own way to Burlington House, Piccadilly, for tea at 5:30pm and where the evening GA lecture will follow a William Smith theme starting at 6:00pm Meeting points and further…

The field excursion will focus on magnificently exposed cliffs and the extensive foreshore between Blue Anchor Bay and Hinkley Point power station, north Somerset. This section provides some of the best outcrops of Triassic (Sherwood Sandstone and Mercia Mudstone Groups) to Lower Jurassic ‘Blue Lias’, including the transitional Penarth (‘Rhaetic’) Group recording one of the major marine transgressions of the rock record. It is also one of the best places anywhere to examine faults, fractures and compressional deformation, which in…

Art and Geology workshop Saturday 6th June 2020 7pm-9pm Virtual Zoom Meeting Emma Theresa Jude, a practicing fine artist and geologist, will demonstrate how simple drawing techniques taught in fine art classical traditions can improve field sketching confidence and accuracy. This online workshop will look at tricks and techniques for improving field sketching. The workshop is suitable for complete beginners and non-artists. It will include exercises for participants to draw along with and include a Q&A/discussion session. A short talk…

This tour around the British Geological Survey labs and offices will Introduction people to what The BGS does and who funds it. It will include the Library – including some history of the Survey, the Core Store – where a large number of bore holes are kept. The 3D Room Demo Geovisionary followed by a tour of their Geological Walk. Parking is available. There is a fair amount of walking and some stairs, but lifts are available. Much of the…

This trip will examine the Neoproterozoic (Precambrian) and Cambrian rocks around Charnwood Forest. The morning will be spent viewing the Maplewell Group and Whitwick Volcanic Complex around Mount St Bernard Abbey, with a possible visit to the Bomb Rocks, before examining the older Blackbrook Group in Morley Quarry. In the afternoon we will visit Bradgate Park, and if there’s time, hunt Tychichnus in Newtown Linford Churchyard. Attendees wishing to take the ‘BGS Keyworth tour’ on the Friday afternoon before hand…

Talk on geological work of fine artists, followed by a practical workshop where participants are encouraged to sketch and take part in guided exercises interspersed with short lectures. How best to keep field notebooks to record observations. Eridge Rocks is 10 minutes’ walk from Eridge Station, which can be reached within a 50 minute train ride from London Bridge. Meeting points and further details will be communicated to participants nearer the time. Contact details and emergency contact required at booking.…

This trip continues the popular annual Wealden excursions and again will visit one of the sites in the Weald Clay of south-east England. Attendees will need to be sure they can safely cope with the conditions to be found in working quarries. Meeting points and further details will be communicated to participants nearer the time. Contact details and emergency contact required at booking.

This trip to Denbies winery, near Dorking, will include; a lecture on ‘Geological & Climatic controls on two millennia of English viticulture’. A Winery tour a tutored tasting of 3 different wines. After lunch (pay for their own lunch in the restaurant) we will take a Vineyard Tour providing spectacular views of Box Hill, the North Downs, Mole Valley and the Weald. Maximum group size will be 25. Meeting points and further details will be communicated to participants nearer the…

This online workshop will focus on improving geological sketching both technical and artistic. The workshop is suitable for complete beginners and non-artists. It will include exercises for participants to draw along with and include a Q&A/discussion session.

Photography is an essential part of geological field work. Being a good photographer helps but it’s not the full story. This workshop will examine how to take good field photographs to record geology. We will also look at how to take close-up specimen photographs and touch on wider uses of photography in geology. It will include exercises for participants and include a Q&A/discussion session

The complexities of real geology displayed on maps and sections may seem daunting. The aim of this online workshop is to provide basic rules and techniques than can be applied to interpret geological maps and appreciate geology in three dimensions. It will include exercises for participants to solve and include a Q&A/discussion session. The workshop will be directed by Norman Dutton and is suitable for beginners and anyone wishing to refresh their geological map reading skills.

The complexities of real geology displayed on maps and sections may seem daunting. The aim of this online workshop is to provide basic rules and techniques than can be applied to interpret geological maps and appreciate geology in three dimensions. It will include exercises for participants to solve and include a Q&A/discussion session. The workshop will be directed by Norman Dutton and is suitable for beginners and anyone wishing to refresh their geological map reading skills.

The complexities of real geology displayed on maps and sections may seem daunting. The aim of this online workshop is to provide basic rules and techniques than can be applied to interpret geological maps and appreciate geology in three dimensions. It will include exercises for participants to solve and include a Q&A/discussion session. The workshop will be directed by Norman Dutton and is suitable for beginners and anyone wishing to refresh their geological map reading skills.