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Bucks Geology GroupEvents - 2024 Programme PRINTER FRIENDLY
2024 ProgrammeSaturday 27th April 2024, time:tbcA visit to Great Tew Quarry, Oxfordshire This is an Amateur Geological Society event led by Gabriel Hodes to which BGG members have kindly been invited. Sturdy boots and high-vis coats/vests essential. Further details to follow. BOOKING ESSENTIAL - to register your interest please contact Mike Palmer (mpalmer@discoverbucksmuseum.org) . Saturday 11th May 2024, 11:00am-4:00pmA Sarsen Odyssey to Avebury and West Woods, Wiltshire. Following on from March’s sarsen-quarrying talk, Dr Katy whitaker will be leading a walk around the Neolithic sarsens of Avebury in the morning with an afternoon visit to West Woods, near Marlborough, source of the Stonehenge sarsens. BOOKING ESSENTIAL - for further details and to book your place please contact Mike Palmer (mpalmer@discoverbucksmuseum.org) . Saturday 22nd June 2024, time tbcExploring the geology of South Bucks This is a joint meeting with the Amateur Geological Society led by Mike Howgate. This full-day trip will explore West Wycombe Hill and the Hell-Fire Caves, the Lyde gardens in Bledlow and Bradenham with it’s eponymous puddingstones. BOOKING ESSENTIAL - for further details and to book your place please contact Mike Palmer (mpalmer@discoverbucksmuseum.org) Please note that the Hellfire Caves charge for admission - see https://www.hellfirecaves.co.uk for details. . July 2024- date to be confirmedA visit to Totternhoe Quarry with Dr Haydon Bailey. We are currently awaiting confirmation of this event along with further details and PPE requirements. BOOKING ESSENTIAL - to register your interest please contact Mike Palmer (mpalmer@discoverbucksmuseum.org) . Sunday 18th August 2024, 10:30am-1:30pmGreat Linford and Stonepit Field, Milton Keynes Dr Jill Eyers will lead walk looking at the local geology through building stones, a little disused quarry, ‘stone circle’ and Stonepit Field. Jurassic geology with an Ice Age flurry and a few fossils! BOOKING ESSENTIAL - for further details and to book your place please contact Mike Palmer (mpalmer@discoverbucksmuseum.org) . Saturday 28th September 2024, time:tbcMegalosaur 200 – A Bucks Rock & Fossil Day Dinosaur Special The event will combine a traditional Bucks Rock & Fossil Day with a special dinosaur focus to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the naming of the first dinosaur, Megalosaurus bucklandii. Explore hands-on displays, meet local geologists and bring in your own mystery objects for identification. No need to book, just turn up. Venue: Discover Bucks Museum, Aylesbury. More information to follow . Saturday 19th October 2024, time:tbcThe Devil is in the detail - How to read geological maps Mike Howgate will lead this workshop providing an introduction to what’s what on a geological map, using the British Geological Survey’s Aylesbury sheet as an example. Venue: Discover Bucks Museum Resource Centre, Halton. BOOKING ESSENTIAL - for further details and to book your place please contact Mike Palmer (mpalmer@discoverbucksmuseum.org) . Saturday 2nd November 2024, 10:30am-4:30pmFestival of Geology - UCL, London Geological exhibitors from around the world - including fossil & mineral displays from local geology groups and affiliated geological societies, books, maps, photo-competition and much more! Special Exhibits and Special Lecture: "TBC" - This is a free public event. Event information . .-end of programme- This list will be updated regularly - Last updated on 28th March 2024.
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