The Woolhope Club
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MEETINGS
Programme 2011/12: Winter Session
Below is the programme of meetings for Winter 2011/Spring 2012. Details of the first two are enclosed with the newsletter and sent out to members
2011/2012 Winter Session. Meetings on Saturdays, 2.15pm in the Shire Hall, Hereford
1 Oct:: ‘From Mirrors to Manure’, George With, polymath. Mark Robinson22 Oct:: F C Morgan lecture: ‘Sermons in Stones’ - Kilvert’s Diary and Geology. John Toman
12 Nov:: ‘Herefordshire Gardens, from the greatest person to the poorest cottager’. Jane Bradney
26 November:: Winter Annual Meeting: The Devonian System: geologists, rocks and
plants. Richard Edwards
14 Jan:: Twenty-five
years of archaeological investigations at Wellington Quarry, Herefordshire - a
prehistoric , Roman and early medieval landscape revealed: Robin Jackson [Please
note that this has been exchanged with 4 Feb]
4 Feb:: The application of digital techniques and aerial photography to the
study of landscape history. David Lovelace [Please note that this has been
exchanged with 14 Jan]
3 Mar:: Thomas Leeming and the chess gents of Hereford - a bi-centenary.
Martin Smith and Richard Tillett
24 Mar:
Archaeological Research Section Meetings, 2011/12 Geology Section Programme 2011/12 Natural History Section Programme 2011/12
1. Field Visit start times now vary –
please check programme carefully.
2. People intending to go on a visit MUST
advise the leader or the secretary that they are going, and check with the
leader if the weather forecast is poor..
3. Guests are welcome, but must take day
membership of the Club: £1.00
4. Please wear suitable clothing and
footwear for field meetings, and bring food and drink. It is not always possible
to arrive at a hostelry at lunch time
5. Members requiring transport should
contact the Leader or Chairman who will endeavour to arrange, but no guarantee
can be given
6. Members and guests are reminded that
field meetings are undertaken at their own risk.
For further information on any
of the trips below pleas contact Sue Hay on 01432 357 138 or e-mail:
svh.gabbros@btinternet.com
Cleeve Hill, Gloucestershire led by Dave Owen. Meet at 10.30am in Car Park
Quarry (SO 989 272) on the top of Cleeve Hill. Bring a packed lunch and
drink, also suitable clothing and footwear for this area of high ground.
Fri 18 Nov
Fri 9 Dec
The Natural History Section does not go out or have
meetings in the winter months. For more information contact Beryl Harding on
01432 851463
Archaeological Research Section Meetings 2011/2012
Oct/Nov
A barn survey at Credenhill. Further details to be arranged. Phone Bery
Harding on 01432851463
Oct/Nov
Aerial photo workshop at Bramley. Bring picnic lunch. Please phone Beryl as
above.
3 Dec
Annual Symposium with Herefordshire Archaeology, at VIth form college,
Hereford.
Phone Beryl for details from late Nov
15 Jan
Aerial photo workshop at Bramley. Bring picnic lunch. Please phone Beryl as
above.
13 Feb
AGM - venue to be decided. Please phone Beryl as above.
Programme Notes
Geology Section Programme
2011/12
Sat 24 Sep
Oct 15/16
Weekend in East Devon led by Dr Sue Hay
“Underground, overground: Britain’s longest cave and the changing landscape
of the lower Usk valley and its tributaries” given by Dr Mike Simms
Sat 19 Nov
Gilwern Hill, Blorenge led by Dr Mike Simms. A follow-up to the previous
night’s talk. Meet at the car park by Keepers Pond (Pen-ffordd-goch Pond),
south-west Blorenge (SO 254 109) at 10.30 am. Bring a packed lunch and
drink, also suitable clothing and footwear for this area of high ground.
Members’ Evening. Bring a rock, fossil or any other specimen or perhaps some
pictures to show other members
Fri 20 Jan
“Catastrophe” given by Richard Edwards
Fri 24 Feb
Section AGM and Dinner
Fri 16 Mar
"Archean Nickel Sulphide Deposits in Australia" given by Rev. Dr. Chris
Fletcher
Natural History Section Programme 2011/12