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| Date | Saturday 9 April 2011 |
| Venue | Park Bridge, Ashton-under-Lyne |
| Leader | Chantal Johnson |
| Time | 10.30 |
| Description | This half day trip will be looking at the industrial archaeology around Fairbottom Bobs, the nearby reedbeds and the folds by Sennyfield Bridge. |
| Contact | Chantal Johnson. Booking essential |
| Date | Sunday 8 May 2011 |
| Venue | Cutacre Surface Coal Mine, Little Hulton | Leader | Alan Davies |
| Time | 10.00 |
| Description | This is a visit to a working mine which may well be closed and landscaped/infilled in the near future. Fossil collection is permitted. Further information is still awaited from UK Coal: hi-viz jackets, helmets and boots will definitely be required. |
| Contact |
The event is now full. A waiting list has been opened. If there is sufficient demand a second trip will be arranged if possible. Contact Jane Michael |
| Date | Saturday 16 July 2011 |
| Venue | Great Orme and Copper Mines - a joint excursion with OUGS |
| Leader | Jacqui Malpas |
| Time | 10.00 |
| Description | We plan to visit Bishop's Quarry with its fossils & folds & the limestone pavement at the top of the Orme. Further information will be available shortly. There will be an afternoon visit to the Copper Mines. £5.50 per person - adult (group rate) to be paid on the day. |
| Contact | Jane Michael - booking essential |
| Date | Friday 26 - Monday 29 August 2011 |
| Venue | Cardiff Museum and Pembroke Coast |
| Leader | John Nudds and Cindy Howells |
| Description | The party will travel to South Wales on Friday morning, breaking the journey at Cardiff for lunch and an opportunity to view the 'Evolution of Wales' Gallery in the National Museum of Wales. We will travel onto Pembrokeshire in the late afternoon, arriving in time for drinks and dinner. Saturday will be spent on the North Pembrokeshire coast where we will see the classic Cambrian deposits of St David's and the famous Ordovician graptolite locality at the blue lagoon of Abereiddau Bay (swimming optional !). On Sunday we will travel to South Pembrokeshire where we will see the Silurian and Devonian Old Red Sandstone at Manorbier and Freshwater West, and the Lower Carboniferous at West Angle Bay. We will be examining palaeontological and sedimentological evidence in an attempt to reconstruct the palaeoecology and palaeogeography of this area through the Palaeozoic. We will travel back to Manchester on Monday morning, and those that wish can again break the journey, this time at Barry Island, where we can continue our stratigraphic traverse by visiting the classic dinosaur footprint locality in the beds of the Upper Triassic. Arrival back in Manchester should be in the early evening of Monday. |
| Contact | Jane Michael - booking essential |
| Date | Saturday 24 September 2011 |
| Event | Fred Broadhurst Memorial Field Trip |
| Leader | Jane Michael |
| Time | tba |
| Description | This year's trip will be based round Rocky Ramble Walk 17: Rowarth to Cown Edge. This is a walk of around 10km (6 miles) with 250m (800ft) of ascent some of it fairly steep. We will be looking at faults, folds and landslips with some stunning views as well. |
| Contact | Jane Michael - booking essential |
| Date | Saturday 8 October 2011 |
| Venue | Haigh Hall, Wigan |
| Leader | Chris Arkwright |
| Time | tba |
| Description | Visiting various recorded sites in Haigh Hall Country Park to examine the lithology and structures of Carboniferous Coal Measure cyclothems and assess their potential as RIGS conservation sites. Looking for evidence of the industrial past, e.g. mines, railways and canals, including a recently completed minewater treatment system - the Yellow Brook is no longer yellow! Discovering the history of Lord Crawford's Haigh Hall estate and examining Coal Measure rock specimens rescued from Wigan Mining College and now housed in the park's Visitors' Centre. A full day in Haigh Hall Country Park finishing with a well-earned cream tea in the park cafe. |
| Contact | Jane Michael - booking essential |
*IMPORTANT NOTICE: MGA INSURANCE*
Each person attending a field meeting does so on the understanding that he/she attends at his/her own risk. The MGA has Public Liability Insurance cover (including member to member cover), for field and indoor meetings and an element of Personal Accident cover.
However, members should always ensure that they have Personal Liability cover (normally part of the standard householder's insurance policy - please check your policy) and comprehensive Personal Accident cover. These are */your/* responsibility. Overseas trips are not covered. |
For more information, and to check that no changes have been made, please telephone Jane Michael 07917 434598 or the named contact.
Hard hats should always be taken. Participation in these events is at your own risk.
Members are reminded that, when in the field, they should wear suitable clothing, take reasonable precautions for their own and others' safety, and follow the leader's instructions. When walking through areas such as long grass or bracken, or areas where sheep or deer graze, skin should be covered and insect repellent used - see the Tick Awareness website
If anyone wishes to know about the Risk Assessment for any event, please contact Jane Michael by email: outdoors@mangeolassoc.org.uk
Please book in with Jane Michael if you intend to come along to any of the field events :- Telephone 07917 434598, email: outdoors@mangeolassoc.org.uk
Hard hats should always be taken. Participation in these events is at your own risk.
Members are reminded that, when in the field, they should wear suitable clothing, take reasonable precautions for their own and others' safety, and follow the leader's instructions. When walking through areas such as long grass or bracken, or areas where sheep or deer graze, skin should be covered and insect repellent used - see the Tick Awareness website
If anyone wishes to know about the Risk Assessment for any event, please contact Jane Michael by email: outdoors@mangeolassoc.org.uk
Please book in with Jane Michael if you intend to come along to any of the field events :- Telephone 07917 434598, email: outdoors@mangeolassoc.org.uk
Visitors are always welcome
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