Yorkshire OUGS winter weekend 2008 - staying at the Clifton in Scarborough, fortunate in having Peter Robinson to lead us again - thanks to Ann for organising!

They are building a new complex on the site of the Corner Cafe We were walking in the footsteps of William "Strata" Smith, father of British geology
Very handy, having a fourth floor window - splendid view across North Bay Hackness - this was where William Smith's employer lived
Not in the picture are the banks of snowdrops! Lower Calcareous Grit starts where the tree line is
Hackness Rock Pit - now an SSSI - where the stone for the Rotunda was quarried (picture of that on winter weekend 2005) Almost half way round our walk - Hackness Hall
Ever onward and upward - Snowdrops opposite the Everley Hotel - no sign of the brothers -
We felt we could write a thesis on stiles by the time we had finished! Ah! Snowdrops!  This must be limestone country, and very near our lunch -
Could have shown you a picture of all the boots lined up instead Bob said - they have realised there are more of them than us
Like an oriental temple, off with the shoes before we could go in and eat The sheep seemed to find us interesting
On the last leg - or should I say, on our last legs! Tide's in
Peter telling us how Forge Valley was formed from the glacial meltwater Scarborough Castle and Castle hill bathed in the rays of the setting sun
Sunday morning, and another glorious day Have you all got your packed lunches?
There's that sun again, this time rising behind the Castle Here we all are, making sure we know how to get to Reighton via the Royal
Bempton cliffs looming up in the mist Peter's grappling hook for scale
A bit misty, but otherwise a beautiful day, and a very low tide Copralite beds (E beds)
Very delicate, and don't survive - better just to take a photo That's not a skirt Bob's wearing, it's my coat tied round him
A chunk of Kimmeridge Clay with ammonite fossils All happily investigating the clay - but beware - it's easy to sink in!
Near the Laura boilers Near the Laura boilers - the 2006 view
C beds - a lot of slumping has taken place since the photo on the right This is the same place in March 2006 - more pictures on Speeton page
Downthrow on the south But only the sand to sit on - however, the tide was still out at this point
Speeton fault To the King and Queen rocks for a lunch break
Looking at the regular bedding Zone indicator fossils
The brave (or foolhardy?) few clambered over the boulders to look at the Red Hunstanton Chalk further along the Bay Belemnites Neohibolites minimus - my pencil for scale.
Lots of things to discuss It was useful having John Hudson and Peter Robinson to explain these things!
Long walk back in the sunshine C beds - thick brown bed is C7E, thinner one above is C7F
Going back north, past the D beds and the copralite It had been a glorious day - was it really February?!
Pale looking thing sticking out of the mud, towards top left, is a pit prop from the phosphate mining Fabulous sunset as we drove home

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