Wednesday, 14 January, 2026 starts at 19:30
Crosthwaite Parish Rooms
Main Street
Keswick
CA12 5NN
Phil Davies (CGS), David Boote and Graham Yielding will give a talk on “A fresh look at the geological history of the Skiddaw Group”.
If you would like to purchase publications please contact the secretary.
SALE
Physical Copies £5.00 + P&P
Digital Copies £5.00 (pdf)
This book is an attempt to answer the questions of those who want to know more about the formation of the fantastic rocks and landscapes of Cumbria. An introductory chapter sets the scene and the 17 excursions are aimed at everyone. They are written with a minimum of technical language and very from easy low-level half-day excursions to more demanding full day trips in mountainous country. They are profusely illustrated with maps and photos.
Authored by local enthusiasts and who are members or closely associated with the Cumberland Geological Society.
If you would like to purchase publications please contact the secretary.
SALE
Physical Copies £5.00 + P&P
Digital Copies £5.00 (pdf)
Edited by Alan Smith and published by the Cumberland Geological Society, this book seeks to explore the people behind what we know of Lakeland Geology. From Jonathan Otley and Adam Sedgwick to the later academics and pysiographers who clarified the work of the earlier ‘fathers’ of geology.
Wednesday, 10 December, 2025 starts at 19:30
Crosthwaite Parish Rooms
Main Street
Keswick
CA12 5NN
Emeritus Professor Ben Kneller (Aberdeen University) will give a talk “The Windermere Supergroup: what does it tell us about the evolution of Avalonia”
This will be followed by an opportunity to socialise for the members’ evening.
The trip will be led by Jonathan Redfern, Chair of Petroleum Geoscience at University of Manchester.
Thursday 7th May: Arrive Scarborough (Bike and Boot suggested hotel). Visit to Rotunda Museum, Wiliam Smith and other collections in afternoon (3pm)
Friday 8th May: Morning: Drive to Staithes, morning Staithes Group shallow marine sandstones – Lunch in Staithes. Â Afternoon: Â Cleveland Ironstone (HT 8.36 am LT 3.01pm)
Saturday  9th May:  Morning: Drive to Whitby, examine Whitby Sandstone on East and West Cliff.  Fish and Chips lunch in Whitby
Pm: Drive to Cloughton, Long Nab Formation, fluvial meander belts. (HT 9.28 am LT 4.02pm)
Sunday 10th May: Morning :drive to Flamborough Head. Examine Cretaceous Chalk Group. Regional tectonics and faulting. (HT 12.46)
Lunch
Depart home after lunch pm
The trip will cost £40 per individual (to cover the leader’s costs), payable on booking, plus individual accommodation costs.
We will be staying in the Bike and Boot hotel, Scarborough from Thursday night through to Saturday evening. There is a choice of room type available for the 3 nights, with prices for the 3 nights, including breakfast.
Single room £241.50
Single room with view £301.50
Double room (2 people) per room £298.20
Double room with view (2 people) per room £339.00.
It is hoped that we will all eat together in the hotel in the evenings. A copy of the menu can be found on their website. www.Bikeandboot.com
If interested please contact Lesley Wornham, CGS, on email hidden; JavaScript is required or 07788781463 (text) by the end of November, indicating the type of room you require.
The trip will be on a first come first served basis. After the end of November, I will let you know whether you are on the trip and provide details of how to secure your place by payment of £40. I will also be able to let you know how to secure your hotel room from the rooms I am holding.
These proceedings ran from 1962 to 2019 before being replaced by our newest publication The Cumberland Geologist. Each Proceedings has been digitized and made searchable.
| EDITORIAL | 354 |
| Records of the use of Egglestone marble in Cumbria | 355 |
| The many uses of Shap Granite | 365 |
| The Seathwaite Graphite Mine | 371 |
| Dr Richard Peter Kelvin Clark (1927-2009) An Appreciation | 381 |
| The Raasay iron mines | 389 |
| The society trip to Raasay | 395 |
| Excursion Reports 2008 | 401 |
| Excursion Reports 2009 | 409 |
| Obituary Notice | 423 |
| Lecture Meetings | 425 |
| Annual General Meetings | 428 |
| Annual Dinners | 429 |
| List of Society Officers and Council | 430 |
