On Monday 29 June Ray Pratt, assisted by Kathrin Schutrumpf, led a group of the public around Kenilworth old town. The event was organised and promoted by Kenilworth Council as part of their Nature Week festival, which co-incided with GeoWeek. Being a town geotour, the number of participants was limited to 16. (52 expressed interest). …
On Saturday May 27th WGCG participated in Kenilworth Nature week, a half term event organised by Kenilworth Council which co-incided with GeoWeek Management Committee members, Gareth Jenkins and Ray Pratt, assisted by Paris, engaged with the public on this bright sunny day. The purpose of this event was to promote WGCG to the public, and …
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At the beginning of January WGCG received a request for help from a teacher at Shipston Primary School. Deborah Parke, a WGCG member and local to the area, was approached and kindly agreed to assist the school in their year 3 lesson on volcano’s. Here is a summary of the experience written by Deborah. ” …
On Saturday a capacity delegation participated in the “Geology of Warwickshire” workshop at the Kenilworth Senior Citizens Club. In addition to the 5 scheduled presentations, participants were able to enjoy the two displays set up, one on the Carboniferous and the other on the Jurassic. The meeting kicked off with a presentation from Mike Howe …
On a blustery Friday mid February, Ray Pratt met up Warwickshire countryside rangers, Simon and Phil for a walk around Burton Dassett. If you haven’t been to Burton Dassett recently then you may be unaware that the curtain of fencing that surrounded the beacon for the past 6 years, has finally been removed. Now it …
February 16 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm The WGCG talk, “Birmingham Erratics Project” by Zoe Jackson, will now be held at Kenilworth Senior Citizens Club, Abbey End, Kenilworth, CV8 1QJ. We will attempt to broadcast this talk live on Zoom for those unable to attend the meeting in person.
Weeend trips to Flamborough Head and The Suffolk Coast have now been arranged, along with a day trip to Cleeve Hill. Details can be found in our Events listing. Evening trips events are currently being planned to visit; *Geoconservation activity is likely to be required prior to holding group trips to these locations. Please get …
The weekend of 14 & 15th May 2022 saw members of the WGCG decend onto Llandrindod Wells for two days of field work. The Builth inlier has been a magnet for geologists for many years for good reason. Those of us that were lucky enough to attend were expertly guided around the exposures by Joe …