ROCKWATCH EVENTS
Summer - Autumn 2010
These
are the main ROCKWATCH EVENTS coming up
in the months ahead.
All Rockwatch events are absolutely FREE to Rockwatch members so why not take advantage and join today!
Select one of the following links to find out more about our events.
Rockwatch
Events Listing
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November: Festival of Geology, London
18
July: Cotswold Water Park, Gloucestershire
26
– 30 July: 8th Annual Rockwatch Residential Field Trip to
the Jurassic World Heritage Coast of Dorset and East Devon
7
August: Fieldtrip to Walton on the Naze, Essex
10
August: A visit to the Somerset Earth Science Centre at Stoke St
Michael
17
August: Fossil fun with Rockwatch!
Hertford
25
September: British Geological Survey Open Day, Edinburgh
2
October: Field Trip to Shorncote, Gloucs
12
December: Nature's Treasures 3, NHM
Other events for members to enjoy
May
- July: Geologists' Association Lectures, London
7
Aug: Fieldtrip to the Sussex Coast
14
Aug: Wimborne Fossil and Mineral Fair
July-Aug:
Genius Geology Events, Denbighshire
4
Aug: Fossil Fun, Herne Bay, Kent
Aug-Nov:
GeoMon Young Geologists, Anglesey
Aug-Dec:
Shropshire Geological Society Rockhops Programme
16
& 30 Nov: Liverpool Geological Society
1-30
Sept: The 'Rock On' Scottish Geology Festival
Sept-Oct:
Edinburgh Geological Society News Open Days
Sept-Oct:
Manchester Geological Association walks
28
Aug: Hull Geological Society Hornsea Museum roadshow
Geowalks:
A 'Walk back in time' in Scotland
Rockwatch
Events
'FESTIVAL
OF GEOLOGY’
Saturday 6 November 10.30 – 4.30
University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT.
A
day of geological family fun! Stalls and displays. Four Lectures.
Visit Rockwatch in the Discovery Room to race trilobites, make a
Jurassic diorama, sift sand for sharks’ teeth, make your own
fossils and much more. Bring your mystery rocks and fossils to be
identified. FREE EVENT. No need to book –
just come along. Suitable for children of all ages, but all children
must be accompanied by an adult. More details at http://www.geologistsassociation.org.uk.
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Extra
field trip by popular request!
Cotswold Water Park
Sunday 18th July 10.30 – 3.00
Hunt for Jurassic and Ice Age fossils
at Coln Gravel Gloucestershire.
Book through the Rockwatch Office.
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8th
Annual Rockwatch Residential Field Trip to the Jurassic World Heritage
Coast of Dorset and East Devon
Monday 26 – Friday 30 July
Further exploration of the Jurassic Coast and nearby quarries with
Rockwatch’s Susan Brown, Richard Edmonds of the World Heritage
Coast, Alan Holiday and Barry Cullimore of Leason House. Stay at
Leason House Field Studies Centre with its excellent facilities.
Cost: Adults £236.50, first child £145.00, subsequent
children £95 – covers all costs during stay including
local transport. Numbers limited for this popular event –
a truly memorable experience. Only over 7s. Book through the Rockwatch
Office.
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Fieldtrip
to Walton on the Naze, Essex Saturday 7 August 11.30 – 4.00pm
Join Susan Brown, Graham Ward and Gerald Lucy for a fossil collecting
expedition to the Red Crag cliffs on this stretch of the Essex coast.
If you are very lucky you may also find a range of pyratized fossils
from the London Clay along the beach. Remember to bring trowels
and collecting bags! Suitable for all ages. £5.00 booking
fee per family. Booking essential through the Rockwatch Office.
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A
visit to the Somerset Earth Science Centre at Stoke St Michael
Tuesday 10 August
Join Susan Brown, Gill Odolphie and Elizabeth Devon at this splendid
new Centre. The day will start by exploring an extinct volcano.
Then you’ll have the chance to make your own volcanic eruptions.
After a picnic lunch, (bring your own), there will be a fieldtrip
to Tedbury Camp to collect Jurassic fossils and to explore this
classic unconformity. Suitable for 7 and above. £5.00 booking
fee per family. Booking essential through the Rockwatch Office.
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Fossil
fun with Rockwatch!
Hertford Museum, 18 Bull Plain, Hertford, Herts SG14 1DT
Tuesday 17 August 10.30am – 3.30pm.
Make a plaster cast fossil, do some fossil rubbing and much more!
£1 per child, drop in.
For
more details contact the Hertford Museum on 01992
582686 or email: hertfordmuseum@btconnect.com
www.hertfordmuseum.org
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British
Geological Survey Open Day
Murchison House, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3LA
Saturday 25 September 10.00am - 5.00pm
The
British Geological Survey opens its doors for you to explore - five
floors of demonstrations, exhibitions, experiments, talks and lots
of geology. Find out about petroleum geology and exploration of
the sea bed, see the photographic geology of Scotland, discover
the secrets of building stones, investigate volcanoes and more.
Join Rockwatch to make your own fossils. Entrance free. All welcome.
Just come along.
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Field
Trip to Shorncote Quarry, Cotswold Water Park
Saturday 2 October 10.30am – 3.00pm (to be confirmed)
Hunt
for Jurassic and Ice-Age fossils with Susan Brown and Geoff Swann.
Quarry located near Cirencester, Gloucestershire. Age 7 and above.
£5.00 booking fee per family. Booking essential through the
Rockwatch Office.
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'Nature’s
Treasures 3’
Joint full-day meeting with the Mineralogical Society at the Natural
History Museum on Sunday 12 December. Start 10.00 am
Talks and displays for all interested in discovering more
about rocks and minerals. Suitable for 12 years and over. Special
reduced rate for Rockwatch members and parents - £10.00 (lunch
included). Must register through the Rockwatch office. Programme
details on www.minersoc.org
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Other events for Rockwatch
Members to enjoy
Geologists'
Association Lectures, Geological Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly,
London W1J 0DU (opposite Fortnum and Mason).
For
adults, but may be of interest to older Rockwatchers. Doors open
5.30, lectures promptly at 6. Free with Mem. Card.
Fri
Oct 1: The Habitat of oil in the Wessex Basin by Professor
Richard Selley, Imperial College. For further information phone
the GA on 020 74349298.
Walks
with Mike Howgate to celebrate the Royal Society’s 350th Anniversary.
All
have a geological interest and are suitable for Rockwatch members.
"Science
in the City" walking tour 28, 29, 30, 31 July and 1 August
2.00 – 4.00pm.
Wander
through the City of London, stopping at locations of great and sometimes
unexpected scientific interest! Each walk includes "experiments"
and activities. Crystal Palace Park. Sir Richard Owen FRS and his
prehistoric world - cutting edge science of the 1850s 21 and 22
August 2.00pm – 4.00pm There are several life-sized but inaccurate
models of prehistoric animals by sculptor Waterhouse Hawkins, made
in 1853-4, under the direction of Sir Richard Owen FRS. They show
how our understanding of prehistoric life has changed over the last
150 years. Walk: 1.5km. Walks cost £5. More information and
to book:mehowgate@hotmail.com
or 0208 882.
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Harrow
& Hillingdon Geological Society
7 August: Fieldtrip to the Sussex Coast - Birling Gap and Newhaven.
Chalk fossils. Meet Birling Gap Hotel car park at 11:00.
For more details and to register contact: Allan Wheeler 01344 455451
www.hhgs.org.uk.
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Dorset
Geologists’ Association
Sat 14 August: Wimborne Fossil and Mineral Fair, Allendale Centre,
Wimborne
10.00am
- 4.30 pm. Adults admission £1.00 accompanied children free.
Members and Societies' displays, sales, identifications, microscopes,
make your own fossils, hands on rocks and fossils. Contact 01300
320811 heldon47@btinternet.com.
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Genius
Geology Events with Denbighshire's Out & About programme
Geology at Loggerheads Country Park, Loggerheads, Nr Mold
CH7 5LH
Tues 20 July: Design & create a geology theme T-shirt
10.30--12.00 at Loggerheads
Tues 27 July: Design & create a geology theme
T-shirt 1.30-3pm at Corwen
Tues 3 August: Fun with Fascinating Fossils 10.30-12.00
at Loggerheads
Tues 10 August: Fun with Fascinating Fossils 10.30-12.00
at Corwen
Tues 17 August: Build and erupt your own Volcano
10.30-12.00 at Loggerheads
Tues 24 August: Build and erupt your own Volcano
1.30-3pm at Corwen
Events
are either at Loggerheads Country Park, Nr Mold, Denbighshire CH7
5LH or at Corwen Leisure Centre, Corwen, Denbighshire LL21 9RW.
All
events must be booked during the 7 days before the event. Call 01352
810586 or 810614 or email loggerheads.countrypark@denbighshire.gov.uk.
All children must be supervised by an adult at all times. FREE and
suitable for children aged 8 and over.
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Fossil
Fun! Meet the Experts
Herne Bay Museum, William Street, Herne Bay, Kent CT6 5EJ
Wednesday 4 August 10.00am – 3.00pm
Investigate
local finds in close-up detail from mighty mammoth tusks and teeth,
to mini fossils under the microscope. Free drop-in event. Age 2
to adult.
For
more details: Tel: 01227 367 368 or email: museums@canterbury.gov.uk
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GeoMon
Young Geologists Club, Anglesey Geopark Centre, Pritchard Jones
Institute, Newborough, Anglesey
Sat
7 August: Geo Trail. A fun two hour ramble along the oldest
rocks in Wales. Collect and identify samples, record your finds
and enjoy the fantastic scenery.
4th
September: Fieldtrip destination to be decided. Led by
Dr Kate Riddington, Chester Museum.
Sat
6 November: (Venue to be decided) Christmas party games.
Meetings
for 4-11 yr olds, accompanied by parent/guardian. To book, enquiries
and details from Jackie Farrell on jackie.geomon@gemail.com.
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Shropshire
Geological Society
Rockhops - out and about with the Shropshire Geological
Society
These
are short two hour sessions. Cost £3 per session. To book
a place contact the co-ordinator.
Mon
16 August: Fossil Hunting at Lea Quarry 6.30 Keith Hotchkiss
01694 723130
Sat 16 Oct: Stipperstones 10.00am Frank Hay 01694
724723
Sat 20 Nov: Building stones - Shrewsbury Abbey
10.00 David Pannett 01743850773
Sat 18 Dec: Haughmond Hill 10.00am Keith Hotchkiss
01694 723130.
Beginners
Geology Workshop for older Rockwatchers. Weekly in September in
Shrewsbury Room at Shirehall. £3.00 per session. Bookings
to be made via Frank Hay email: frankhay@waitrose.com.
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Liverpool
Geological Society
Tues 16 Nov: 'The Geology and Scenery of NW Scotland' A
Lecture specially for beginners by Joe Crossley which will be fully
illustrated with slides and specimens at 7.30pm at Liverpool John
Moores University, Byrom Street Campus Rm 137.
Tues
30 Nov: A DIY Geological Quiz at 7pm at the same Campus
but in Lab G 31 and G33. Desirable for yougsters to be accompanied
by an adult with some geological knowledge. More details from Joe
Crossley on: lgsjoecrossley@hotmail.com.
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The
‘Rock On’ Scottish Geology Festival
1 – 30 September
The Festival will be the usual popular mix of fun, informal
and formal geological events for all ages. Visit www.scottishgeology.comfor
full events listing.
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Edinburgh
Geological Society News
Sun 5 September: Barns Ness Open Day, near Dunbar 1.00pm
– 4.00pm.
Explore
the best fossil site in the Lothians and find out more about changing
environments in the past that created different layers of rock.
All ages welcome!
Sat
9 October: Volcano Fun Day, Holyrood Park, Edinburgh. 11.00am
– 3.00pm. Come along to the Historic Scotland Education Centre,
find out all about volcanoes, meet volcanologists and take a walk
around Edinburgh's very own volcano (fortunately extinct). Further
details www.edinburghgeolsoc.org.
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Manchester
Geological Association
Sat 4 September: ‘Fred Broadhurst Memorial Walk’
A 9 mile day trip following Dovedale Walk (No 7) from Fred Broadhurst's
“Rocky Rambles in the Peak District”. Looking at aspects
of limestone Scenery. Leader: Jane Michael
Sun
17 October: A day trip around Holt and Farndon with the
emphasis on geoconservation. An easy walk on gravel roads and board
walk at Farndon and a grass field at Holt. Leader: Dr. Cynthia Burek
For more information contact Jane Michael 0161 366 0595 or email
outdoors@mangeolassoc.org.uk
EARLY
BOOKING RECOMMENDED.
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Hull
Geological Society
Sat 28 August: Roadshow at Hornsea Museum 11.00am – 3.00pm
Displays of rocks and fossils by members of the Society
and members will be on hand to identify any finds brought along
and give advice on collecting and curating. Disabled access is good
and families welcome. Admission Free, but Museum may have a charge.
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Geowalks
- A ‘Walk back in time’ with Angus Miller
Discover the secrets of the Scottish landscape. Millions of years
ago volcanoes, great rivers and deserts formed the rocks beneath
our feet. Day Walks in the Lothians and Fife, and Walking Holidays
in the Highlands and Islands for those with an interest, no specialist
knowledge required! Walks: either 4-5 or 2-3 hours and cost £12
per person (conc £10, under 18s £5) or £8 pp (under
18s £5) respectively. www.geowalks.co.uk.
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