GeologyRocks

Field Guide to Robin Hood's Bay

Boggle Hole is halfway between Robin Hood's Bay and can be reached by turning down Bridge Holm Lane from the A171 (Whitby-Scarborough road). There is car park at the end of the road. Start at Boggle Hole car park. Walk down the path to the beach, past the Youth Hostel.

On the hunt for dinosaur footprints

Parts of the North Yorkshire coast are famous for dinosaur footprints, and is also known as the Dinosaur Coast and has been the focus of research for many years. How easy is it to find these footprints now? We went along to this section of coast to find out.

If you find anything; record it, photograph it and sketch it - do not attempt to hammer footprints out of the rocks. The footprints are a valuable scientific asset for research.

Notes on the Semington By-Pass

Semington, just east of Bath in Wiltshire has recently had a new by-pass built. One of our Geologyrocks members, John Willmouth, spent some time near by during the excavation period. Here are some notes and photographs taken during this time.

In the 2004 Bath Geological Society Journal, we had a report from Sue Cowley on her finds on this site. One of her claims was that biggest gypsum crystal found was 6" in length. She was not aware that a few days later I found one a massive 9.5" long! (Figure 1)