Sidcup Lapidary Show on Saturday October 6 2018
Our Rockwatch fieldtrips are over for the year but that doesn’t mean you have to stop going out and having fossil fun! The Sidcup Lapidary and Mineral Show is on Saturday October 6 from 10.00 till 4.00 and it’s a great opportunity to have a look at crystals, rocks, minerals, fossils and more. Apparently there is even a Gold Mine! Fun for all the family with something for all ages and budgets. Admission free! And...
Holiday nearly over but still time to enter our Rockstar Competition!
Just a few more weeks to go but you still have lots of time to get creative and enter our Rockstar Competition! Every year we run a competition for Rockwatchers to encourage you to hone your skills and interests in geology by sending us something geological. For the under 16’s we invite entrants to submit a geological creation of their choosing. This might be an animation, a piece of artwork, a model, a story or a geological...
Rockwatching at Cayton Bay in Yorkshire on Tuesday 28 August – 2018
Explore the fabulous area of Cayton Bay on the Yorkshire Coast with Will Watts and the Hidden Horizons team. Cayton Bay has a fantastic mix of Middle and Upper Jurassic rocks plus glacial erratics from all over Northern Europe, a collector’s dream! Will Watts, a long time friend of Rockwatch, has been involved in this area of the country for a few years now and he and the team are able to show you where to look, identify your...
Geology Photographic Competition!
Time to get those cameras clicking!! The Geologists’ Association is running a Photographic Competition and you can all enter. Even though most of the entries come from adults, children can take the most amazing photographs. A few years ago the first prize went to a Rockwatcher!! He photographed this amazing piece of amber with an insect embedded in it. The prizes are £100, £50 and £25 and one of them could be yours! The...
Wonderful Wales! Great Rockwatch trip to Pembrokeshire!
The tiny city of St David’s was the centre for an amazing trip to Pembrokeshire. A weekend fieldtrip with lots of geology, old slate quarries and sunshine! Check out the Events and try and come along on a fieldtrip. There’s a fabulous one to Cayton Bay in Yorkshire on 24th August! Otherwise check the list and see if you can come to any.
Book now! Dorset Residential Fieldtrip – 30 July to 3 August 2018
A wonderful week of geology on the stunning Dorset Jurassic Coast. Beach hunts. Quarry forages. Star gazing. Perfect for families and children over 7. Staying at the Leeson House Study Centre near Swanage. Prices for the week – including all meals and transport during the visit (you will even be met at Wareham station if you come by train!): Adults (over 18s) £320 First child £225 Second child £145 Fabulous opportunity to...