The afternoon of Tuesday 21st October saw the launch of the English Geodiversity Charter, in the august surroundings of committee room 11, Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament to those unaware it was a palace). A fitting location perhaps given the marvellous stone in which it is is built, a point made at least once…
Last week I had a few days off and decided to be a bit of a tourist in my own county. My partner and I headed off to Golden Cap after months of driving past and saying ‘We must go for a walk there’; now was the perfect time to do it. We couldn’t have…
Time for another dip into the soup of geological concepts that underpin the Jurassic Coast. This offering comes from Sam Scriven, Earth Science Adviser for the Jurassic Coast. Deep Time Deep time – not the time we watch tick by when bored. Not time measured with birthdays, seasons and celebrations. No. Deep time stretches backwards…
Mapping the Undercliffs foreshore The Axmouth to Lyme Regis Undercliffs National Nature Reserve is probably the most wild and remote part of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. It is the product of massive landslide activity that dates back tens of thousands of years into the last Ice Age. The famous Bindon landslide of 1839…
This Sedimental was written by one of our Jurassic Coast Ambassadors, Norah Jaggers. Her ideas led to the development of a new display in the Self Shelter on Beer seafront, telling the story of how a bedrock of Chalk has helped to nurture the community Beer for thousands of years. Rocks and Humans. Beer is an unconformity…
The Jurassic Coast teamed up with the Youth Hostel Association (YHA) over the weekend, solving the crimes of delinquent dinosaurs at Camp Bestival! The actions of these terrible lizards were covered by hordes of excited kids and some great music, leaving only a crime scene at the edge of the ‘Dingly Dell’ forest. It was…
I had the opportunity last weekend to travel out of Dorset to the smoke and attend the 4th annual Geoscience Education Academy at the Geological Society offices in Piccadilly, London. The Academy which ran from Friday 26th July to Sunday 27th July is aimed at Secondary teachers with a specialism in Science, Geography and Geology. I…
Quick entry this one… I have just noticed that Conor Burns MP has an adjournment debate in Parliament on Wednesday entitled “Navitus Bay Wind Farm and UNESCO”. I have no more details, but happy to post them if I get any. If you are interested, it may be worth watching. If you want to find…
Quite a lot, so it would seem…. Over the last 13 years since the Dorset and East Devon Coast was designated a World Heritage Site, and the Jurassic Coast brand was born, an increasing number of people have started to use the name for a marketing advantage. Of course, the Estate Agents were first, closely…