On Saturday just past I popped over to Edinburgh for my once-every-two-or-so-months-sometimes-longer catch up with Jono. Since the weather was fairly nice, and it’s always good to do something a bit different beyond just get lunch or a coffee, we decided that we would go up Arthur’s Seat. Katie was also in town to visit [...]
About 3 weeks ago now I took another trip down to the Borders (mostly because I had a dentist appointment, and am still registered down there). In any case, while I was there I figured I might as well spend the last few sunny days of the summer out in the field.
Originally the plan was [...]
Early (well…) on Wednesday we drove a couple of miles up the road to the Eildon Hills – a journey which in no way involved travelling along a road that was closed for maintenance. We parked by the reservoir to the West of the Eildons – probably the best spot to start a walk.
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Earlier this week Hazel and Emma joined me down in the Scottish Borders for a look at some interesting geology. On the first day we drove down to the coast to engage in some fossil hunting. Parking in Burnmouth, we walked South along the beaches and cliffs. I’d liked to have gone down as far [...]
Gorgeous weather, in the west end on other business, and nothing better to do. That’s right; it’s time to give Fossil Grove another try.
This time we checked the opening times, made sure that there were no public holidays on (not even Glasgow City Council could use Oak Apple Day as an excuse surely) and even [...]
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Twitter Updates for the 9th of April. (RJ – Robert Jamieson (me), HS – Hazel Scott). Morning spent mapping a transect across the entire Carboniferous at Corrie, afternoon spent touring the Distillery and Brewery.
7:42 AM Apr 9th : In the field from 8:30 this morning to avoid the tides. Brutally early start. – RJ
11:09 AM [...]
So, today a few of us popped over to Victoria Park to visit Glasgow’s Fossil Grove (55° 52′ 36.24″ N, 4° 20′ 17.58″ W according to Wikipedia). Fossil Grove is a group of Lepidodendron tree stump casts dated to the Early Carboniferous, and part of the Lepidodendropsis Floral Province. It’s a reasonably famous site (SSSI [...]