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My last day of enchanting geology: Then a quick dash to get to Holyhead’s ‘New Harbour’ before the last bus of the day. To see foliated New Harbour schist: Life, Water and Plate Tectonics Tomorrow, during my train journey home, I hope to share more controversial information on the links between rocks, water and life. […]

Took a well earned break from geology field trips to catch up with: Nos da, bawb! (Good night, everybody!) <- Ancient Geology 5.2: Llanddwyn, Island of the Blessed <- Ancient Geology 6.1: Granite, Serpentine and Mantle Plumes Ancient Geology 8.1: Tropical ‘Coral’ Atolls and Foliated Schists ->

A struggle to make it out of my tent in time for *the* bus. My initial destination was brunch in Niwbwrch (Newbury). After a delicious club sandwich, reviving coffee and an excellent set of instructions on how to get to my my destination I was off! The beautiful forest was planted on top of a […]

Another difficult start (my body wasn’t happy at first) but it ended well. An early-ish start because buses on a Sunday are limited, and a rush at the end to catch the last transport of the day. However some beautiful but confusing rocks in the middle – and some very pretty flowers 🙂 I remembered […]

An exhausting day. Down, then up, then wow, then exhausted legs, then more wow. Then planning for the morning and then… Nos da, bawb! (Good night, everybody!) I will hopefully find time to tell you all about it tomorrow 🙂 <- Ancient Geology 4.2: Blueschist and the Marquess of Anglesey’s Column Ancient Geology 6.1: Granite, […]

The Marquess of Anglesey was someone famous in the Battle of Waterloo. More importantly for our story his monument was built on a prominent exposure of blueschist rock. In my previous post I told of my new-found understanding of its formation. How it originated as a fine grained rock called basalt that forms when lava […]

Taking it easy today. Looking after myself after an unfortunate (dicky tummy doesn’t do it justice) accident in the early hours of the morning. After a detour to visit 2 local pharmacies for suitable medications I felt brave enough to head for the rocks which form the foundations of the Marquess of Anglesey’s Column. Blueschist! […]

My first research result of the day was that I had survived my epic journey and that I was surprised to discover that I still love camping! There was light rain on and off during the night – but it is supposed to rain when camping in Wales 🙂 By the time I had my […]

There is so much that we take for granted. Such as my mobile phone being capable of capturing images of an intelligent ape walking upright carrying his accommodation on his back. There are so many reasons for considering this as a miracle. At one level it was miraculous that this particular human being – me […]

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep…. Genesis 1 In the Beginning… All stories or histories need a beginning. This blog is about the history of an isolated farm labourer’s cottage whose demolished remains lie […]