Field Trips

General Information

Do check with this website and/or the organiser before leaving for any trip. We will also try to contact anyone who has registered an interest in a trip in advance.

Always check the latest issue of "London Platform" for up to date information on any event, or check with the event's organiser. Details of events more than two months ahead are provisional.

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Registering Your Interest In An Event

Now there is a new and convenient way of registering for or asking questions about any or all of our events online, using the Registration Form.

Simply select the events you are interested in, enter your contact details and press the button. The organisers of the events you have selected will contact you and confirm your interest. You can use the form as many time as you like and you are not committed to anything by registering an interest - you are saving the LOUGS money and the organisers' time by registering in this way. Go on, give it a go. If you have any problems or questions, please contact me at gavin@lougs.org.uk.

July Sunday 25

Fossil Hunting trip to Barton-on-Sea

Iain Fletcher

Some of the fossils found on a previous visit: (Click to view)

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September Sunday 12

Autumn Geowalk to Vale of Fernhurst, Surrey with Brian Harvey

Laurie Baker

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October Sunday 17

Weald and Downland Open Air Museum, followed by Fishbourne Roman Palace led by Di Smith

Yvonne Brett

The Weald and Downland Open Air Museum is a collection of largely mediaeval buildings, which have been saved from destruction and re-erected at Singleton. They include cottages, a manor house, a mill, charcoal burning and much more. In more recent years the Gridshell, a new conservation building, has been added. It is a wonderful site, high on the Downs, with lots to interest in all weathers.

Fishbourne Roman Palace houses Britain’s largest in situ collection of Roman mosaics from different periods, the reconstructed Roman gardens, and a museum of finds from the excavations, including the earliest timber buildings and the harbour. So the visit will complement the morning’s discoveries.

Itinerary

10.30 -1045 Meet in the Car Park of the Museum, Town Lane, Singleton, Chichester, PO18 0EU Grid ref: SU 675128

Introductory talk by Di.

11.00 – 13.00 approx. Tour of the site.

13.00 Lunch. Picnic if the weather is fine, or Café if you prefer.

14.15-14.30 Reassemble in the Car Park at Fishbourne Roman Palace, Salthill Road, Fishbourne, Chichester, PO19 3QR Grid ref: SU 835104

14.30- 1700 Visit of the Palace.

17.00 End of visit

Cost

£10.50, made up of normal Field Trip cost: £2.50 plus Weald and Downland Museum £8.00 (Group rate) plus

£6.30 (Group rate) Fisbourne for those who continue into the afternoon.

Transport

It is obviously much easier by car. Please let us know if you could offer or would like a lift. Buses from Chichester Station pass the Museum. Info will be sent if required.

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November Sunday 14

S276 STUDENT DAY - Herne Bay

Welcome to geology! Your LOUGS committee is offering a hands-on experience to get you started. We are organising a field trip to Herne Bay on the north Kent coast where you can see REAL rocks to supplement your virtual field trips. You will quickly learn that rocks, even when they are 55 million years old, do not have to be hardened. The cliffs at Herne Bay are particularly interesting as you can see the layering of 3 different rock-types in the cliff face. They are an SSSI.

Iain Fletcher

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