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Wednesday 13th March 2019

THIS MEETING WILL BE HELD AT THE EGREMONT ROOM, KIRKGATE ARTS CENTRE AT THE BOTTOM OF KIRKGATE, COCKERMOUTH

President’s Talk: VOLCANIC ACTIVITY IN NW USA

Starts: 19:30

Wishing you all a happy new year.

The Cumbria County Council are planning to do extensive alterations to the Library and the Archive Center in Whitehaven. Due to this decision we must move out of the library and find a new location but up to now no new location has been found. The CGS library has now closed and most of the books that are on the data base have been boxed and distributed to the members that have room to store them.  There are still some that must be catalogued and put into the data base.  I hope to continue with this task before we are told to evacuate the building.

We have been using this facility at Whitehaven library for many years and have a very good working relationship with the staff.  Also, it’s free of any charges!

I will be resigning from the council this year but will continue with the task of moving the library and cataloguing the books.

All the best.

David W Powell

Wednesday 14^th November.

Dr.  Leslie is now unable to come on 14th November and his talk has been postponed until  October 2019.

Instead Prof Joe Cann will give a talk entitled “Exploring a newly-formed mid-ocean ridge in the Equatorial Pacific – challenges and some answers.”  This meeting will be at the Braithwaite Institute on the A66 at Braithwaite.

Prof. Cann was on a scientific expedition in April/May this year exploring the Pacific Ocean floor and this will be the first presentation of the science from that expedition.

Sylvia has put together background reading in preparation for her event. It is recommended to bring your own copies of what you need as there will be few, if any available on the day.

1. Birkhams Quarry Visit 5 Sep 18

https://www.cumberland-geol-soc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/1.-Birkhams-Quarry-Visit-5-Sep-18.pdf

2. BSG7801_Birkhams Quarry_proof_070416

https://www.cumberland-geol-soc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/2.-BSG7801_Birkhams-Quarry_proof_070416.pdf

3. St Bees Cliffs Extracts from LGS Designation

https://www.cumberland-geol-soc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/3.-St-Bees-Cliffs-Extracts-from-LGS-Designation.pdf

https://www.cumberland-geol-soc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/4.-Powers-Roundness.jpeg

Birkhams Quarry, St. Bees Head and Beach Cliffs
Susan Beele

Start: 10:30

Location: St. Bees

Description:

Meet in Sandwith village NX 965145 at 10.15 to car share. Proceed (10 cars max) on private road to quarry and guided tour by manager Steve Boam (10.30-12.00). Hard hats are required and hi-vis is recommended, with footwear appropriate to the weather conditions (if wet, wellingtons may be the best). Following the visit we will drive to St Bees beach. The left hand car park is cheaper, £2.70 for 4 hours. We will meet briefly at the north end of the Promenade by the ‘Wainwright Wall’, then walk across the footbridge over the small Rottington Beck to have lunch on the wave cut platform of St Bees Sandstone at NX 958118. The afternoon will involve a 3 km walk, along the shingle and sand beach to Pow Beck, returning on the footpath along the top of the moraine ridge.

The Spireslack visit on 25th August has been cancelled due to insufficient numbers and closure of the local access road (A70).