Saturday 13 October 2018

15th to 21st October 2018

NEXT WEEKS EVENTS

15th to 21st October 2018

THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXTRACT FROM BRISTOL AND WEST COUNTRY GEOLOGY CALENDARS

MORE DETAILS CAN BE FOUND IN THE BRISTOL AND THE WEST COUNTRY CALENDARS AND ON THE WEB SITES OF THE RELEVANT SOCIETY OR ORGANISATION.

MENDIP HILLS AONB HAVE A SERIES OF EVENTS WHICH HAVE ONLY RECENTLY COME TO MY NOTICE. THEY CAN BE DISCOVERED HERE. I HAVE INSERTED SOME OF THEM BELOW. VISIT THE WEBSITE FOR BOOKING DETAILS.

MONDAY 15TH


Course - Geology of the Bristol and Gloucester Region.
When
Mon, 15 October, 19:30 – 21:30
Where
Wynstones School, Stroud Road, Whaddon, Gloucester (map)
Description
Geology of the Bristol and Gloucester Region. 
One of the most varied regions of Britain, spanning the major divisions of the Variscan Front/Bristol Channel-Bray Fault, and the Malvern fault/ Worcester Graben, incorporating rocks varying in age from late PreCambrian to Cretaceous, and three of the terranes making up the geological “jigsaw” of Britain. The course will cover roughly the area covered by the eponymous BGS publication in the British Regional Geology series (3rd edition 1992).  Starts Mon 17th September  for 10 weeks (not 22nd or29th Oct or 5th Nov), until 10th December   Held at Wynstones School, Stroud Road, Whaddon, Gloucester from 7.30-9.30pm on Mondays.  Cost £75 (including tea, coffee etc at breaktime!).

Contact Dave Green by email at davegeostudies@gmail.com, by phone at 01594 960858 and by post at Dave Green, Joys Green Farm, Lydbrook, Gloucestershire, GL17 9QU

Tuesday 16th


Mendip Rocks Festival - Batts Combe Quarry Tour - A Limestone Legacy
When
Tue, 16 October, 10:00 – 12:00
Where
Meet at Batts Combe Quarry office car park, Warrens Hill, Cheddar, BS27 3LR. (map)
Description
Batts Combe Quarry Tour - A Limestone Legacy
A guided tour to with Hanson's UK to view inside this Burrington Oolite quarry, a mineral very valuable as a pure limestone for animal feed, toothpaste and many industrial fillers. Wear boots, long sleeves, no shorts, safety wear provided. Meet at Batts Combe Quarry office car park, Warrens Hill, Cheddar, BS27 3LR. Limited places, 10 per tour. Charge £5pp. Book am or pm tour.

This tour is repeated - same day 2 to 4PM
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SMFS Evening Meeting
When
Tue, 16 October, 19:30 – 22:00
Where
The Friends' Meeting House, 1A, Ordnance Rd, Southampton. SO15 2AZ (map)
Description
Quartz by Gary Morse.
Members’ Display Table: Quartz varieties.

Wednesday 17th


Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution - Lecture
When
Wed, 17 October, 19:30 – 21:00
Where
16 Queen Square, Bath, BAI 2HN (map)
Description

BRLSI Collection Talk
Charles Moore and his Fossils
Matt Williams, BRLSI Collections Manager
ln 1854 charles Moore joined the BRLS| and deposited his
already substantial collections of fossils to be exhibited ,for the
Public Benefit'. on his death in 1BgL, the BRLSr purchased
Moore's collection from his widow for more than f 1000. Now
recognised as internationally important, this unique collection
is still yielding new scientific discoveries and, now well cared
for; is sure to inspire a deeper appreciation of georogy and the
history of life in future generations.

Visitors welcome £4, Members/Students £2
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Bristol Nats AGM and Lecture
When
Wed, 17 October, 19:30 – 21:00
Where
Westbury on Trym Methodist Church Hall (map)
Description
Dr Aaron Hunter will talk on “Lost Jurassic Sea Lillies”. Please note that this will take place at Westbury on Trym Methodist Church Hall; not the University. It is hoped that Geology Section Members will make every effort to support this talk

Thursday 18th


Mendip Rocks Festival - Halecombe Quarry Geology Tour
When
Thu, 18 October, 10:00 – 12:00
Where
Somerset Earth Science Centre, Moons Hill Quarry, Stoke St Michael, BA3 5JU (map)
Description
Halecombe Quarry Geology Tour - Somerset Earth Science Centre, Moons Hill Quarry, Stoke St Michael, BA3 5JU.
A rare chance to see inside this working limestone quarry and explore the rock exposures with Dr Ian Brewer, Senior Geologist with Tarmac.
For 16yrs and over. Charge £5 pp. Wear boots, long sleeves, no shorts, safety wear provided. Limited places 10 per tour. Parking at SESC, for minibus tour. Please arrive 15 mins prior to start promptly.
Info: Gill Odolphie 01749 840156

Please Note that this tour is repeated - same day 2 to 4PM
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Course - Understanding Geology and Scenery around Ross-on-Wye
When
Thu, 18 October, 10:00 – 10:30
Description
Understanding Geology and Scenery around Ross-on-Wye 
Starts September 21st (not 25th Oct or 8th Nov), finishes 6th December.
This 10 week course aims to introduce you to the ways in which the varied and beautiful landscape round our area has come into being. The effects of folds, faults and tectonic dip in exposing  different rock types, and the past and present processes of uplift, weathering, erosion and deposition that have acted upon them, will be examined by reference to local scenery. Use will be made of local maps and cross-sections across them, both geological and topographic; together with specimens of local rocks. Contact Paul Mason on  01989 760399. Cost £60  Enrol  before 15th September to ensure that the course runs.
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Thornbury Geology Group, 7.30pm, The Chantry, Thornbury
When
Thu, 18 October, 19:00 – 21:30
Description
Thornbury Geology Group, 7.30pm at The Chantry, Thornbury, and every 3rd Thursday in the month.  

Friday 19th


Field Course - The Geology of Northern Cyprus and NW Turkey
When
19 – 31 Oct 2018
Description
Field Course: The Geology of Northern Cyprus and NW Turkey. 
Dates will be for a week to 10 days trip around a period from 19th to 31st  October (half term in Glos). Half the time will be spent in N Cyprus and half in Turkey, in the area around and to the south west of Istanbul. A wide variety of geology is exposed; from the  Kyrenia Terrane of N Cyprus, spectacularly exposed in the narrow, and still rising, mountain range that forms the entire northernmost coast, but deeply buried beneath the younger sediments of the Mesoria Basin to the south. Jurassic and Cretaceous sediments were folded and metamorphosed during subduction in the late Cretaceous, then exhumed, eroded and covered by latest Cretaceous-Palaeogene sediments and volcanics, then by an Eocene melange; the whole being thrust and folded by Eocene collision with Troodos. Turkey was not a single entity until the Early Tertiary, when several continental fragments with independent Palaeozoic and Mesozoic geological histories were assembled during a complex sequence of events leading to the collision of Gondwana and Laurasia. We shall examine the Istanbul and Sakarya terranes, which were detached parts of Laurasia, undergoing Triassic subduction, collision and obduction/exhumation of ophiolites, including some of the best high pressure metamorphic rocks in the world.  

Saturday 20th


Effects of the Variscan Orogeny in South West England and South Wales
When
Sat, 20 October, 14:30 – 14:30
Where
Bournemouth Natural Science Society, 39 Christchurch Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH1 3NS, United Kingdom (map)
Description
Lecture: Effects of the Variscan Orogeny in South West England and South Wales
Speaker: Alan Holiday
Alan is an ex geology lecturer, and Chairman of the Dorset’s Important Geological Sites (DIGS) group and the Dorset Geologists’ Association Group (DGAG).

Event date: 20th October 2018 at: 2.30pm 

Sunday 21st


Explore Ebbor Gorge Family Fun Day
When
Sun, 21 October, 10:00 – 16:00
Where
Ebbor Gorge National Nature Reserve, Ebbor Gorge National Trust Car Park, Somerset, United Kingdom (map)
Description
Fun packed family day of sand pit ‘fossil digs’, story-telling, guided walks to gorge and caves and much more to reveal the reserve’s unique geology and rare archaeological finds. With Mendip Hills AONB, SESC, The Mendip Society and Natural England. Family activities/rocks and fossils. Refreshments. 
Ebbor Gorge National Nature Reserve, ST 520 484. 
Car park on Priddy to Wookey road. 
No need to book. 
An Earth Science Week Event 
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Jurassic Coast Art Exhibition
When
Sun, 21 October, 10:00 – Wed, 24 October, 17:00
Where
The Tithe Barn, The Tithe Barn, Symondsbury, Dorset, United Kingdom (map)
Description
Colin Bentley returns with the second year of his three-year artistic collaboration with the Jurassic Coast Trust. 
This exhibition will be held across four days in October (Sunday 21st – Wednesday 24th) at the beautiful Symondsbury Tithe Barn, just outside of Bridport, and is proudly supported by Symondsbury Estate. 
Colin will be showcasing a stunning selection of landscapes drawn from the middle section of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site between Axmouth and the Isle of Portland, encompassing Lyme Regis, West Bay and Chesil Beach among others. 
Colin’s landscapes will be accompanied by another selection of Jurassic Coast Ambassadors’ portraits. 
Entry is free to the public and the exhibition will be accompanied by talks and other activities. For more information. 
For private view and exhibition enquiries please contact: contact@colinbentley.com 
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Crack Lane Quarry conservation
When
Sun, 21 October, 10:30 – 16:00
Where
Crack Lane Quarry, Crack Lane, Langton Matravers, Dorset (map)
Description
An opportunity to study a geologically and historically important site. 
In the morning we shall carry out conservation work on this exposure of Purbeck Limestone of the Lower Cretaceous.  This is a shelly limestone (Broken Shell Limestone or Burr) used for building and the famous Purbeck Marble was extracted. 
Lunch will be taken in Worth Matravers where Mr Charlie Newman will demonstrate how he recreates replica oilshale decorative armlets of the Bronze Age and Iron Age using a pole lathe and flint tools. 
In the afternoon we shall walk from Renscombe Farm via the coastal footpath to view Chapman’s Pool and the coast to the west. Then we shall continue to Emmets Hill and St Aldhelm’s Head and return via St Aldhelm’s Quarry. The walk is 3.5 km along footpaths with some steep sections. There is one section of about 50m (150ft) with steps. 
This is an opportunity to help conserve an important site and have some exciting geology later. 
The field trip leader, Alan Holiday, taught geography and geology in Weymouth. He is now retired but spends much of his time leading field trips! Over the years he has been involved in a range of OUGS activities as well as now being Chairman of the Dorset GA Group and Dorset RIGS Group. 
Further details and Booking HERE


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