{"id":4249,"global_id":"dorsetgeologistsassociation.org?id=4249","global_id_lineage":["dorsetgeologistsassociation.org?id=4249"],"author":"4","status":"publish","date":"2025-07-11 21:45:59","date_utc":"2025-07-11 20:45:59","modified":"2025-07-11 21:45:59","modified_utc":"2025-07-11 20:45:59","url":"https:\/\/dorsetgeologistsassociation.org\/index.php\/event\/field-trip-walking-with-dinosaurs-guided-walks-14-august-2025\/","rest_url":"https:\/\/dorsetgeologistsassociation.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/events\/4249","title":"Field Trip: Walking with Dinosaurs Guided Walks \u2013 14 August 2025","description":"<p><strong>Dorset Geologist<\/strong>\u2019<strong>s Association Group (DGAG) will host a Field Trip on the Thursday 14<sup>th<\/sup> August 2025.<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Title:<\/strong> Walking with Dinosaurs Guided Walks \u2013 14 August 2025<br \/>\n<strong>Leader :<\/strong> led by Andy Melrose (DGAG)<br \/>\n<strong>Time:<\/strong> Meet at 10 am<br \/>\n<strong>Location:<\/strong> Worth Matravers village car park of Wood Henge fame.<br \/>\nThe car park is at BH19 3LE or muscular.snuggled.resist (what3words).<br \/>\n<strong>Entry Cost:<\/strong> Please note that there is a car park honesty box (\u00a33). The DGAG guided walk is free to members, and a \u00a31 fee for non-members. All ages welcome.<br \/>\n<strong>Booking:<\/strong> Email Andy Melrose at wamelrose@gmail.com to register your interest and attendance for this date.<br \/>\n<strong>Description:<\/strong> You may have heard of the great opportunities to join family friendly Dorset Geologists\u2019 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\u2019s Purbeck Goes Wild and DGAG.<br \/>\nThe 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).<br \/>\nThe 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.<br \/>\nKeep an eye on both the DGAG website and facebook pages for all updates on these.<br \/>\nWe 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.<br \/>\n<strong>Photo:<\/strong> Courtesy of J. 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