NEXT WEEKS EVENTS
21st to 27th November 2016
The following is an extract from Bristol Geology Calendar
More details can be found in the Calendar and on the web sites of the relevant Society or organisation.
The exhibition about mining and quarrying in the Yate area continues throughout the week at Yate & District Heritage Centre, Church Road, Yate, BS37 5BG (map)
Monday
WhenMon, 21 November, 19:30 – 22:30
WhereWynstones School, Stroud Road, Whaddon, Gloucester (map)
DescriptionPalaeontology and Evolution. This will be a mainly practical class, focussing on the preservation, identification and classification of fossils, and an account of the evolution of life on Earth. Starts Mon 19th September for 10 weeks (not 17th or 24th Oct), until 5th December Held at Wynstones School, Stroud Road, Whaddon, Gloucester from 7.30-9.30pm on Mondays. Cost £70 (including tea, coffee etc at breaktime!).
WhenMon, 21 November, 19:30 – 21:00
WhereMartley Memorial Hall, Martley, Worcestershire WR6 6PQ (map)
DescriptionMining the Heritage
A talk by noted geological ambassador and expert Graham Worton on the geology and history of Dudley and the Wren’s Nest heritage site
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
WhenThu, 24 November, 19:30 – 20:30
WhereHeld at 6th form and adult education centre John Kyrle High School, Ross on Wye (map)
DescriptionGeology of the Wye Valley and its tributaries This 10 week course, starting on Thursday September 22nd, aims to familiarise you with the geology of this part of western Britain. A 10 week, class-based course (with the possibility of day or residential field trip(s)). The course will examine the geology of the Wye and its tributaries (including the Ithon, Lugg, Arrow, Frome, Honddu, Dore, Garron, Monnow and Troddi) from its source on Plynlimon to the sea; including places such as Rhyader, Builth Wells, Llandrindod Wells, Leominster, Kington, Presteigne, Hay, Hereford, Ross and Chepstow. The geology covers a vast range of geological time – from the late Pre Cambrian (the oldest rocks in southern Britain, dated at 715 million years), through Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous to the Triassic (200 million years), a journey which took us from near the South Pole, across the Equator to 30oNorth Held at 6th form and adult education centre John Kyrle High School, Ross on Wye. Cost £45. Contact Paul Mason on 01989 760399. Enrol before 15th September.
Friday
When25 – 27 Nov 2016
DescriptionField Course: 25th – 27th November (and possibly Monday 28th too) Geology of the Charnwood Forest area £30 deposit by end of October or sooner. Charnwood Forest was for long known as the “nearest hard rocks to London” – an inlier of ancient, and much-quarried, PreCambrian igneous rocks protruding through the younger sedimentary rocks much more typical of the East Midlands. Known also for the first discovery of PreCambrian fossils by a schoolboy in the 1950s – or was it his sister? – and for the origin of the term “Charnian” to describe a NW to SE trend of folding found in the area.
Register at http://www.geos
Saturday
When25 – 27 Nov 2016
DescriptionField Course: 25th – 27th November (and possibly Monday 28th too) Geology of the Charnwood Forest area £30 deposit by end of October or sooner. Charnwood Forest was for long known as the “nearest hard rocks to London” – an inlier of ancient, and much-quarried, PreCambrian igneous rocks protruding through the younger sedimentary rocks much more typical of the East Midlands. Known also for the first discovery of PreCambrian fossils by a schoolboy in the 1950s – or was it his sister? – and for the origin of the term “Charnian” to describe a NW to SE trend of folding found in the area.
Register at http://www.geos
Sunday
When25 – 27 Nov 2016
DescriptionField Course: 25th – 27th November (and possibly Monday 28th too) Geology of the Charnwood Forest area £30 deposit by end of October or sooner. Charnwood Forest was for long known as the “nearest hard rocks to London” – an inlier of ancient, and much-quarried, PreCambrian igneous rocks protruding through the younger sedimentary rocks much more typical of the East Midlands. Known also for the first discovery of PreCambrian fossils by a schoolboy in the 1950s – or was it his sister? – and for the origin of the term “Charnian” to describe a NW to SE trend of folding found in the area.
Register at http://www.geos
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