2019 Field Trips
April 15th - Holmepark Fell, limestone succession
Leader Peter Standing, WGS
Holmepark Fell Limestone Pavement
Examining the Hutton Roof Erratic
Climbers on the South America Buttress, Hutton Roof
April 28th - Brown Howe Quarry, Eccle Rigg Quarry & Millom Rock Park (with OUGS NW)
Leader Audrey Brown, WGS
Brown Howe Quarry near Torver
Flute casts at Eccle Riggs Quarry. Which direction was the current flowing?
Examining local specimens at Millom Rock Park.
May 12th - Duddon Basin, BVG succession
Leader Clive Boulter, WGS
Examining small scale folding in the Caw Formation
Accretionary lapilli in the Caw Formation
WGS members admire the impressive fanned columnar calling joints in welded ignimbrite of the Stickle Pike Member, Lickle Formation
June 23rd The Geology around Heysham
Leader Barbara Gordon, Paul Kabrna CPGS
Beach section at Ocean View caravan Park
Heysham coastal section Namurian sandstones
Sandstones next to the power station
July 27th Shap Pink Quarry
Leader Christine Arkwright, ex OU tutor
Chris Arkwright describing the granite
Examining one of many superb granite blocks
Spectacular dark enclave
The famous granite
August 25th Mineralisation along the Glenderaterra, Threlkeld
Leader Bernard Skillerne de Bristowe, WGS
Lunch stop at Sinen Gill
WGS heading north into the Aureole
Roughten Gill, intermediate metamorphism
September 11th Birkhams Quarry & St Bees Head
Leader Sylvia Woodhead, WGS
WGS members on St Bees trip
Submerged forest
Wood close-up