By now you will be aware that London Branch has its own website, www.lougs.freeserve.co.uk. However did you know that it has become a resource for people all over the world?

During the last two years that the site has been operational we have received emails from a number people on a range of topics ranging from requests for career advice through to help with homework projects.

The London Branch website is the premier (only) source of information on the Pinner Chalk Mines - certainly the only place that pictures from the mines can be seen.

Recently we had contact with an American historian who is setting up a website about Quarries, Quarrymen and Quarry Products (http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~quarries/). She was asking whether she could put a link on her site to ours, specifically to the page with the pictures of our building stones walk in Brookwood Cemetery last year. Of course, we are happy for her to do so. We also told her about this year's walk on the 9th of September and offered to include pictures of specific memorials that she would like to see.

Our site contains some of the few references to Fairlight Cove on the web. This has resulted in emails from school students from that area who were working on projects concerning coastal erosion. These where expertly dealt with by committee member Chris Sadler whose professional interest this topic is.

Another success was a request from a professional translator who needed assistance with the specialist German geological terms in an engineering report he was translating into English. We were able to put him in touch with a branch member who is a native German speaker.

At the moment we working on helping a teacher from France who is aiming to bring a party of students to the UK next year and wants to show them particular geological features and structures.

Of course we are not the only geological resource on the worldwide web, far from it. There are plethora of geological and earth science websites available. To start your voyage into virtual geology, go to www.lougs.org.uk/links.htm.