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Flamborough Head – Excursion

29 September 2022:4:00 pm - 2 October 2022:5:00 pm

£145

Paul Hildreth of the Yorkshire Geological Society will lead this 3-day trip to the delights of Flamborough Head.

Itinerary:

Thursday 29 September
Introductory talk over drinks at 8pm.
Friday 30 September

North Landing(Welton/Burnham Chalk boundary and variations in flint form) followed by Selwick’s Bay (Burnham/Flamborough Chalk boundary, Flamborough Fault zone and syncline) with lunch at local café & free evening.
Saturday 1 October
Dane’s Dyke and Sewerby (Flamborough Chalk, Flamborough Sponge Bed, Devensian stratigraphy and Sewerby Buried Cliff (Ipswichian) with packed lunch & group meal in the evening.
Sunday 2 October
RSPB reserve at Bempton Cliffs – clifftop walk, spectacular geomorphology, fault zone and there should be some seabirds still around with lunch at RSPB Centre.

Participants may wish to revisit the HGS June 2021 talk on It’s ‘And Up North – An overview of the Chalk of the Northern Province given by Paul Hildreth and download a fabulous Field Guide from the Members’ Section.

Janet

Details

Start:
29 September 2022:4:00 pm
End:
2 October 2022:5:00 pm
Cost:
£145
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Organisers

Paul Hildreth
Janet Wright

Venue

Sefton Hotel
The Sefton Hotel
Bridlington, Yorkshire YO15 2HX United Kingdom
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Phone
01262 674693
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