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Contents
| EDITOR’S NOTES | 5 |
| ORIGINAL ARTICLES | 6 |
| A message from the Labyrinth, Trinity Gardens, Whitehaven, Dr E. Robinson | 6 |
| Rock slope failure in the Lake District: a preliminary report of ongoing research, Dr P. Wilson, Dr R. P. K. Clark and Dr R. A. Smith | 13 |
| How old is the Lake District landscape? Dr R. P. K. Clark | 37 |
| The distinctiveness of the southern Lake District landscape, Dr R. P. K. Clark | 46 |
| EXCURSION REPORTS 2002 | 58 |
| Geology of the area around Nethertown, David Kelly | 58 |
| Geology of Dodd Wood, Dr Alan Smith | 59 |
| Silurian and Carboniferous rocks of the Langholm area, Iver Gray | 62 |
| The geology of Bowness Point, Mervyn Dodd | 64 |
| The Quaternary deposits of the Furness Peninsula, Derek Leviston | 66 |
| Silurian rocks south of Torver, David Kell | 70 |
| Rocks and scenery of the Nannycatch Gorge, David Livesey | 71 |
| Other excursion held in 2002 | 72 |
| EXCURSIONS REPORTS 2003 | 73 |
| The lower Borrowdale Volcanic Group succession on Falcon Crag and Brown Knotts, Dr Alan Smith | 73 |
| Mousegill Quarry near Wilton, Egremont, Mervyn Dodd | 78 |
| Permian brockrams and sandstones in the Eden valley, Dr Gordon Taylor | 82 |
| Upper Wasdale, David Livesey | 83 |
| List of other excursions held in 2003 | 84 |
| LECTURE REPORTS 2002 – 2003 | 85 |
| History of women in geology, Dr Cynthia Burek | 85 |
| Cyprus: life at the edge, Dr Trevor Morse | 86 |
| Life: an unauthorised biography, Prof Richard Fortey | 89 |
| A geologist in the Canadian Rockies, Derek Leviston | 91 |
| Volcanoes in the landscape, Dr Alan Smith | 101 |
| The Coniston copper mines, Nigel Courtman | 103 |
| James Hutton: founder of modern geology, Norman Butcher | 105 |
| LECTURE REPORTS 2003 – 2004 | 107 |
| Hydrocarbon recovery, Dr Jim Riding | 107 |
| Early mining in the Lake District, David Bridge | 109 |
| The Iceland Excursion, Nigel Courtman | 111 |
| The geology of the Canary Islands, Dr Alan Smith | 113 |
| West Cumbrian vernacular architecture, David Grech | 115 |
| Skiddaw Slates – fossils, facts and fallacies, Dr Adrian Rushton | 116 |
| Other lecture held in 2003 – 2004 | 120 |
| REVIEWS | 121 |
| NOTE ON THE NETHERTOWN SEA DEFENCES | 128 |
| OBITUARY NOTICES | 130 |
| ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS | 131 |
| ANNUAL DINNERS | 132 |
| THE SOCIETY SMALL AWARDS FOR STUDENTS | 133 |
| LIST OF SOCIETY OFFICERS AND COUNCIL – 2003 and 2004 | 134 |