Field Trip: The Lake District and Northern Pennines (Reading Geological Society)
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Field Trip Description
Reading Geological Society have organised a field trip for Sunday 24 September 2023 - Saturday 30 September 2023.
This field meeting will visit some of the classic geology of the Lake District and the nearby Alston and Askrigg blocks in north Yorkshire. The provisional itinerary is as follows:
Day 1- Travel to our hotel
Day 2- Contact metamorphism of the Skiddaw granite. The best example in England
Day 3- The world’s first described layered mafic intrusion, Carrock Fell, and the early Ordovician Eycott volcanic series
Day 4- The Causey Pike fault and sediments and intrusions along it plus volcanic/ glacial scenery and a visit to a slate quarry in the Borrowdale volcanic series
Day 5- The Alston Block of the Pennines including a visit to the Killhope Mining Museum
Day 6- The Askrigg Block of the Pennines around Ingleborough
Day 7- Travel home
Or if you require further information please email the field meetings committee:- [email protected]
Important Notice: Bath Geological Society Insurance
Each person attending a field meeting does so on the understanding that he/she attends at his/her own risk. The Bath Geological Society has Public Liability Insurance Cover for field and indoor meetings, but Personal Accident Cover and Personal Liability Cover remain the responsibility and personal choice of the participant.
There may be an element of appropriate cover included in house insurance or in travel insurance: although Bath Geological Society activities are not particularly dangerous members are advised to check whether exclusions apply to activities in which they plan to participate in case they wish to arrange further cover. An annual travel insurance may be the best solution for any member who regularly attends field events: this again is a matter of choice.
Please note however that all members participating in overseas events will be required to have travel insurance for the duration of the event: this is so that participants are covered for Medical, Repatriation and Personal Liability expenses. The Personal Accident element remains the personal choice of the member and again members are advised to check exclusions so that they can make an informed decision about the cover they want.