Prof. Simon Carr has been recovering from COVID and recent field visits have left him with a cough and without much of a voice. We will work to re-schedule this event for a future time.
Postponed: The right tool for the job: unlocking a complex world using 3D imaging
WHEN
Wednesday, 28 October, 2026 starts at 19:30
WHERE
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83551504447?pwd=xI0YWXmsxt4iZfKZz1KqHOZvGsjIP6.1
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Abstract: In a world as stunningly beautiful and as complex as the one we have the joy to inhabit, why are most of the tools used to understand environmental processes like glaciation, coastal dynamics, the management of contaminated land or the reasons why peatlands are so important so terrible at acknowledging that complexity? In this talk, Professor Simon Carr, a Geographer based at the University of Cumbria in Ambleside introduces the ways in which innovative 3D imaging of soils and sediments is bringing new ways of understanding the glorious 4D wonder that is our Earth system.
Professor Simon Carr
Professor of Geography
Institute of Science & Environment
University of Cumbria
This meeting will be on Zoom.
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Cockermouth U3A field trip to Sale Fell September 21st
Cockermouth U3A have spaces on their field trip to Sale Fell on September 21st and would be happy for CGS members to join them. This is a repeat of an earlier CGS trip in 2022.
If you’re interested in attending please contact Phil Davies at email hidden; JavaScript is required.
Further details below:
WGS field trip – Shap Pink Quarry, Saturday 12th September
Members are welcome to attend Westmorland Geological Society field trips.
Saturday 12th September  Â
Shap Pink Quarry
Visit to Shap Pink Quarry to view the current workings, granite petrology, features and minerals. The foreman Steve Elliott will meet us in the car park to tell us briefly about the current extraction plan and will accompany us along our route through the quarry.
Further details and booking at:
Event reminder: Braystones to St Bees: A walk along the coastal path to view the legacy of glacial readvances.
WHEN
Saturday, 5 September, 2026 starts at 11:15 - 16:30
WHERE
Braystones Station
Pathway off unnamed lane
Braystones
CA21 2YW
DETAILS
Leader: Jon Merritt
The coastal path allows easy access to view glacial landforms and to study sediments at several localities between Braystones and St Bees. These provide an insight into subglacial and ice-marginal processes that operated during the latter stages of the last glaciation in the region. The excursion is planned to start at c.11.10 am at Braystones Station [NY 0010 0597], joining up with participants who have taken the train from St Bees at 11.00 am. The first stop will be a degraded cliff section beside the River Ehen at Warborough Nook [NY 0085 0494], a quiet locality good for a picnic. The route then follows the coastal path through Lowside Quarter to Nethertown Beach [NX 9881 0734], where we can examine a raised beach and cliff sections around the promontory. The coastal path is then followed back to St Bees stopping at several small sections and scrapes at the back of some large, but stable, landslips. The excursion ends at the southern end of the St Bees Moraine at Sea Mill [NX 9695 1074] where there is parking for cars only. The route is c.10 km over gently undulating ground, but includes walking on a bouldery shingle beach at Nethertown.
There are trains back to Braystones from St Bees at 16.30 and 18.30 pm calling also at Nethertown (by request only).
Participants are advised to buy rail tickets in advance.