Upcoming events of geological interest in Dorset, and the surrounding region, are listed below.
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Dorset Geologists’ Association Group (DGAG), Devon, Dorset, Hampshire, Somerset, Wiltshire.
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November 2018
DGAG Annual Dinner at the Wessex Royale Hotel
DGAG Annual Dinner at the Wessex Royale Hotel, Dorchester. A three-course dinner followed by coffee and mints. Meet at 7:00 pm for 7:30 pm. Guest Speaker: Robert Chandler. There is limited parking on site but there is free parking across the road at the County Hall car park. A licensed bar will be available. Menu and booking form is in the Autumn Newsletter or use the online form below. The cost is £27.50 per person. Payment should be made by…
Find out more »December 2018
Fossil book signing in Charmouth
Book signing by Steve Snowball and Craig Chivers at the Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre. Steve and Craig will be on hand to answer questions about their new book “A Guide to Fossil Collecting on the West Dorset Coast”. Authors’ profits go to the Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre charity.
Find out more »Christmas Workshop at Broadmayne Village Hall
Christmas Workshop with buffet lunch at Broadmayne Village Hall. 10.00am-3.00pm Booking required for display tables and/or lunch
Find out more »Winter Watch: Lunch and walk at Otterton Mill
With the shortening days comes our annual series of “Winter Watch” days out for Jurassic Coast Ambassadors and partner organisations, and I’m delighted to invite you to the first of these. The plan is to have lunch at the Mill, a brilliant historic site in its own right and also one of our newest Business Partners. I am awaiting the Mill to send their menu over, so I can forward that on once I receive it. From past experience it is an…
Find out more »January 2019
May 2019
Glamorgan Heritage Coast: DGAG Residential weekend
DGAG Residential weekend 2019 This year we are visiting the Glamorgan Heritage Coast (south-east Wales). Dates: Fri.3rd May to Sunday 5th May. Some may want to stay over Sunday night and do more on Monday. Leaders: John Scott and Kelvin Huff Come and view the results of Dinantian storms (Lower Carboniferous), the effects of the Variscan and later orogenies, Triassic desert wadis and lakes where early dinosaurs roamed. See the Triassic/Jurassic boundary and unconformities, a rare Jurassic rocky shoreline and…
Find out more »GeoWeek 2019
Active Geoscience 4-12 May Get involved - run a GeoWeek event https://www.geoweek.org.uk https://www.bgs.ac.uk/geoweek
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