Twitter Updates for the 5th of April. (RJ – Robert Jamieson (me), HS – Hazel Scott)
The Shorehouse (our accommodation for the week)
12:25 AM Apr 5th : Frizbee and instruments packed along with heavy duty waterproofs, lets hope it doesn’t rain too much this week, roll on the fun of Arran 09 – HS
9:04 AM Apr 5th : First quote of the week, ‘”Soil, where rocks go to die” (Vernon). – HS
9:21 AM Apr 5th : Clambered onto the minibus, weather forecast isn’t amazing. – RJ
9:39 AM Apr 5th : Tomayasu Hotei, I’ve got a brand new (electron microscope) and Rammstein as music so far on the arran ‘09 partybus. – RJ
John Faithfull, one of the curators of the Hunterian Museum, has a truly excellent taste in music which kept us entertained for the whole week.
10:09 AM Apr 5th : The weather is glorious today, music has gone from Irish folk, to talking heads to ragtime radiohead covers. – RJ
12:09 PM Apr 5th : Boarded the ferry for Arran. – RJ
12:37 PM Apr 5th : A bit of a fresh wind but great to be back on the sea again. Lovely weather! Emma going to pirate the ferry! – HS
2:46 PM Apr 5th : Heading to Sannox to practice taking dips and strikes. – RJ
3:32 PM Apr 5th : Standing on Sannox beach, cold and sunny. Learning to use a compass clino. Geologists throw rocks apparently. I need gloves. – HS
Some initial practice here to make sure everyone’s doing things right, and to adjust the compasses for magnetic declination.
3:39 PM Apr 5th : Using pacing and stride length to measure distances. – RJ
Stride length was measured here and noted, so that it could be used to estimate distances by pacing later in the week.
4:29 PM Apr 5th : Just finished looking at some terrestrial sandstones and conglomerates, heading to shops. – RJ
A quick stop off to look at some Old Red Sandstone in Sannox Bay.
6:26 PM Apr 5th : The view across the bay is lovely – RJ (Picture below)
Goat Fell viewed from Brodick
7:15 PM Apr 5th : Why are we watching Ghostbusters? Also, we have a lecture in 15 minutes. – RJ
7:46 PM Apr 5th : Listening to a lecture from Vernon about the importance of fieldwork and reports. – RJ
The work throughout the week consisted of Field Work throughout the day (generally 9-5, with variations depending on tides, weather etc), followed by lectures and written work in the evenings (Working from 7 or 8 until we were done, sometimes as late as 11).