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SGS Fieldtrips
Arrangements for meeting are given in the latest Newsletter. Anyone wishing to attend should telephone or email the co-ordinator for the meeting you wish to attend, as shown in the programme below, at least 48 hours in advance of the activity. Please arrive 15 minutes before the start time to enable all administration to be completed, to avoid delaying the start of the trip.
All participants are registered on the understanding that they agree to comply with the Society's Fieldwork Policies and Procedures. These are designed to comply with current Health & Safety legislation, and are for your safety as well as that of other participants and the Society officers who have organised the event.
Members aged under 16 must be accompanied on Society fieldtrips by an adult.
Some events have an attendance charge, indicated where known. An additional daily membership charge of £3 is levied for attendance by those who are not existing Members of the Shropshire Geological Society, although this will usually be offset against the fee for becoming a full Member should you then decide to join the Society on the day.
Please note that, whilst open to all Society Members, the Rockhops are primarily intended for Members who are beginners to geology.
Monday 19 July 2010 (evening Rockhop meeting, commencing 18.30 pm): All Stretton (Batch Volcanics), to be led by Keith Hotchkiss. Walking (two miles); some rough ground; bring your own refreshment, if required (booking to reserve a place and obtain joining instructions from Keith Hotchkiss by email: kah22 @ btinternet.com; telephone: 01694 723 130)
Monday 16 August 2010 (evening Rockhop meeting, commencing 18.30 pm): Fossil hunting at Lea Quarry, to be led by Chris Rayner. Walking (half a mile); some rough ground; bring your own refreshment, if required (booking to reserve a place and obtain joining instructions from Keith Hotchkiss by email: kah22 @ btinternet.com; telephone: 01694 723 130)
Tuesday 21 September 2010 (morning Rockhop meeting, commencing 10.00 am): Caer Caradoc, to be led by Peter Toghill, looking at the Ordovician. Walking (two miles, starting from Willstone Farm); some rough ground; bring your own refreshment, if required (booking to reserve a place and obtain joining instructions from Frank Hay, preferably by email: frankhay @ waitrose.com; telephone: 01694 724 723)
Saturday 23 October 2010 (morning Rockhop meeting, commencing 10.00 am): Stiperstones, to be led by Andrew Jenkinson. Walking (two miles, starting at the Bog Visitors Centre Car Park); some rough ground; bring your own refreshment, if required (booking to reserve a place and obtain joining instructions from Frank Hay, preferably by email: frankhay @ waitrose.com; telephone: 01694 724 723)
Saturday 20 November 2010 (morning Rockhop meeting, commencing 10.00 am): Shrewsbury Abbey, to be led by David Pannett. Walking around the Abbey, looking at building stones; bring your own refreshment, if required (booking to reserve a place and obtain joining instructions from David Pannett, by telephone: 01743 850 773 or mobile 07986 558 683)
Saturday 18 December 2010 (morning Rockhop meeting, commencing 10.00 am): Haughmond Hill, to be led by Mary Steer. Walking (two miles); some rough ground; ending at a public house for refreshment (booking to reserve a place and obtain joining instructions from Keith Hotchkiss by email: kah22 @ btinternet.com; telephone: 01694 723 130)
Generally held at Shire Hall, Shrewsbury, commencing at 7.15pm for 7.30pm.
(a nominal charge is levied for attendance by non-Members)
Wednesday 1 September 2010: Geology for Beginners: The Icing on the Cake - Shropshire's landscape influenced by recent geological activity (speaker: Prof Michael Rosenbaum)
Wednesday 8 September 2010: Geology for Beginners: Geology of Shropshire - 700 million years of Earth History (speaker: Dr Peter Toghill)
Wednesday 15 September 2010: Geology for Beginners: Fossils Alive - palaeoecology of fossil creatures (speaker: Andrew Jenkinson)
Wednesday 22 September 2010: Geology for Beginners: Shropshire rocks (speaker: Chris Rayner)
Wednesday 29 September 2010: Geology for Beginners: Geological mapping (speaker: Prof Michael Rosenbaum)
Wednesday 13 October 2010: Robert Townson (1766-1826): an all too long forgotten Salopian (guest speaker: Hugh Torrens, Emeritus Professor at Keele University)
Wednesday 10 November 2010: Glacial geology (guest speaker: Dr Simon Cook, Lecturer in Glaciology at Aberystwyth University)
Wednesday 8 December 2010 7.00pm start: AGM and lecture giving us a projects update (speaker: Andrew Jenkinson)
Wednesday 12 January 2011: Shropshire Unconformities (guest speaker: Dr Peter Toghill)
Wednesday 9 February 2011: Longmyndian fossils (guest speaker: Alex Liu, Palaeobiology Group within the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Oxford)
Wednesday 9 March 2011: Stone (guest speaker: Dr Ian Thomas, Director of the National Stone Centre)
Below is a list of events organised by other societies that may be of interest to Members. Note that a charge may be levied for attendance. Prior booking is recommended - contact details are shown where known. Details of the organisations are also listed here.
Tuesday 29 June 2010 7.30pm: The 1st David Lloyd Memorial Lecture on The Building Stones of Ludlow (guest speaker: Professor Michael Rosenbaum - to be held in St Laurence's Church, Ludlow, as part of the 51st Ludlow Festival - details on line; telephone 01584 875 070)
Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 September 2010: Sixth Lucton Summer School, ‘An Eye for the Land: an introduction to field geology in the Welsh Marches’. Trips out into the countryside of Shropshire, Herefordshire and Radnorshire with an emphasis on deduction of geological events and history in the light of what can be seen around us. We will try to understand the thinking and revelations of the early geological pioneers in the area who only had the evidence of their eyes to guide them in interpreting, usually successfully, the rocks beneath their feet. To be led by Robert Williams and Andrew Jenkinson. Please contact Andrew if you are interested in attending (01938 820 777)
Various dates throughout the summer 2010: Rocks that make the Landscape: walks led by local geologists to places such as Cardingmill Valley - details 01694 722 631 - in association with the Shropshire Hills AONB (fee payable; for details click here)
Saturday 11 to Sunday 12 September 2010: Open Day at Snailbeach Mine (click here for details)
February 2011: Darwin Festival (click here for details)
Summer 2011, exact date tbc: The Future of the Universe (guest speaker: Lord Rees of Ludlow, Astronomer Royal and President of the Royal Society) - to be held in the Ludlow Assembly Rooms, organised by the St Laurence's Conservation Trust (01584 879 155)