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Hi Matt
Wed, 04/08/2009 - 18:35Hi Matt, thanks for the welcome. I live in Inverness so I'm well placed to get to most places up here.
Like you I love the north west, although some of it is south west for me!
Assynt and anywhere north of there is spectacular, especially up around the coast at Durness. Skye is an amazing place as is the area around Loch Maree. Lots of fascinating places to visit. But then the UK as a whole is an amazing place for geologists, so much variety in such a small island.
All the best
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Thu, 04/09/2009 - 07:37Hello and welcome to GR!
I have to admit I hated my trip to Assynt - two weeks of mapping the most complex thrust geometry ever. Nice scenery though 
Another good location in the top-end of Scotland is Helmsdale which is has a spectacular fallen stack of Cretaceous age. I liked that trip
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The joys of amateur status
Thu, 04/09/2009 - 20:05Hi Jon and KU40,
Yep Inverness exists and it is now sadly a city, no longer a town. It has changed a lot in the 27 yrs I have been here. Not for the better in my opinion.
I can imagine mapping anywhere is challenging, the geology on the ground always seems a lot more complicated than it appears on the maps. Just covering the ground must be hard work. At least when I get knackered I can decide not to bother visiting that exposure 1km away across the bog and up that scree slope!
I have not spent much time on the east coast other than Eathie, Tarbert Ness, and Hopeman which must be of interest to you sedimentology folks. Actually most of my time at Tarbert Ness is spent bird watching.
Regards, Dave.
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Submitted by Spindrift on Sun, 04/05/2009 - 18:33.Hi there,
My name is Dave, I'm a born again amateur geologist. Blew my chances of studying geology at university a long time ago. Too interested in climbing rock to study for exams. Paid for it ever since so if you are studying keep at it. Other jobs suck!
After being a member of the Edinburgh Geological Society for over 30 yrs I left because I wasn't doing any geology type stuff and had long ago moved to live in the Highlands. Inevitably, no sooner had I resigned than I saw the light and regained my interest in geology. So I am enjoying trying to re-learn bit by bit. There is an awful lot more to know nowadays too!
Regards
Dave.