Thursday 20th Mar 2008 A Fateful 1834 Welsh Journey: and decades of Bitterness, Sedgwick
versus Murchison. Colin Humphrey (Mid Wales Geology Club) (LOMF)
30th March 2008 Field trip to the Malvern Hills. Jointly with the Woolhope Field Club
Geology Section, led by Dr. Sue Hay.
Wednesday 16th April "Trilobites" by Dave Smith, a long standing local collector
Sunday April 20th Field trip with Duncan Hawley (University of Swansea) "Changing environments in the Old Red Sandstone of the Black Mountains"
Wed May 21st Dr. Tom Sharpe - "On the Edge of a Continent: geology of Newfoundland, and its relationship to Scotland."
Sunday 25th May The Quaternary of the Teme and Frome river area. Leader: Andy Richards. Joint trip with Woolhope
Wed June 18th Roy McGurn (Mid Wales Geology Club) "Oilfield Geology"
June28th-30th Dr Chris Arkwright (Peak District) Summer Long Weekend Excursion, book now!
July tba Evening Field Trip (Exposures on the Llanidloes Bypass)
Sun July 27th Dr. Tom Cottrell, Dolyhir Quarry, Minerals galore
August 20th Specimen display evening + member short talk, tba
August 31st Field trip with Dr. John Davies venue tba
September 17th Prof Mike Bassett will talk on "Murchison’s footsteps: Siluria from Wales to Scandinavia & beyond"
September tba Field trip with Dr. Denis Bates "Aberystwyth to Clarach + Borth"
October15th Dr. Sara Metcalf "The Real Jurassic Park"
October 19th Field trip to the Berwyn Hills with Tony Thorp (M. W. Geol. Club)
Wed. November 19th Prof Cynthia Burek "Role of women in the history of geology in Wales"