Tag: DGAG Field Trip

Dorset Geologist’s Association Group (DGAG) will host a Field Trip on the Thursday 14^th August 2025.
Title: Walking with Dinosaurs Guided Walks – 14 August 2025
Leader : led by Andy Melrose (DGAG)
Time: Meet at 10 am
Location: Worth Matravers village car park of Wood Henge fame.
The car park is at BH19 3LE or muscular.snuggled.resist (what3words).
Entry Cost: Please note that there is a car park honesty box (£3). The DGAG guided walk is free to members, and a £1 fee for non-members. All ages welcome.
Booking: Email Andy Melrose at wamelrose@gmail.com to register your interest and attendance for this date.
Description: You may have heard of the great opportunities to join family friendly Dorset Geologists’ Association Group (DGAG) and/or National Trust guided walks this Summer to see the 145 million year old dinosaur footprints at the Spyway Quarry in the Purbecks. This is a lovely collaboration between the National Trust’s Purbeck Goes Wild and DGAG.
The DGAG walks will start at the Worth Matravers village car park of Wood Henge fame. The car park is at BH19 3LE or muscular.snuggled.resist (what3words).
The walk is about 2 miles to and from Spyway Quarry and will include a visit to the Square and Compass! If you missed the June walks, we can now confirm 2 more dates in August to join Andy Melrose from DGAG. These are on 14 and 28 August and both guided walks start at 10 am.
Keep an eye on both the DGAG website and facebook pages for all updates on these.
We will need willing volunteers to write each of the trips up and thank you in advance for this and of course to the trip leaders above.
Photo: Courtesy of J. Stiby
Optional Additional Reading
The DGAG Rock and Fossil Trail Sites (RaFTS):  – DGAG Rock and Fossil Trail Sites (RaFTS): RaFTS0009 on google maps
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kM_29htsCgRsXw4M5EqvEBJabpOR5QZM/view

Dorset Geologist’s Association Group (DGAG) will host a Field Trip on the Saturday 21st June 2025.
Title: Walking with Dinosaurs Guided Walks – 21 June
Leader : led by Jonathan Stiby (DGAG)
Time: Meet at 10 am
Location: Worth Matravers village car park of Wood Henge fame.
The car park is at BH19 3LE or muscular.snuggled.resist (what3words).
Entry Cost: Please note that there is a car park honesty box (£3). The DGAG guided walk is free to members, and a £1 fee for non-members.
Booking: Email-> fieldtrips@dorsetgeologistsassociation.org to register your interest and attendance for this date.
Description: There are some great opportunities to join a number of family friendly Dorset Geologists Association Group (DGAG) and/or National Trust guided walks this Summer 2025 to see the 145 million year old dinosaur footprints at the Spyway Quarry in the Purbecks. This is a lovely collaboration between the National Trust’s Purbeck Goes Wild and DGAG.
The DGAG walks will start at the Worth Matravers village car park of Wood Henge fame. The car park is at BH19 3LE or muscular.snuggled.resist (what3words).
Jonathan Stiby and Andy Melrose from DGAG will lead these.
The walk is about 2 miles to and from Spyway Quarry and will include a visit to the Square and Compass! Two more dates are offered in August (dates and contact details to be confirmed shortly) – led by Andy Melrose (DGAG). Feel free to register your interest for the June
dates. We will update you with August dates shortly.
Keep an eye on both the DGAG website and facebook pages for all updates on these.
We will need willing volunteers to write each of the trips up and thank you in advance for this and of course to the trip leaders above.
Photo: Courtesy of J. Stiby

Optional Additional Reading
The DGAG Rock and Fossil Trail Sites (RaFTS):  – DGAG Rock and Fossil Trail Sites (RaFTS): RaFTS0009 on google maps