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EVENTS WITH GEOLOGICAL INTEREST IN CORNWALL
APRIL 2008 – OCTOBER 2008

These events are open to all and are organised by various bodies. Do your bit for greenhouse gas reduction and reducing congestion in Cornwall by sharing with friends and cutting down the number of cars involved in travel to events. Field trips are at your own risk. Appropriate clothing and footwear are essential.

APRIL
25 Talk. A Look at Tin Streaming, by Ieuan Harries. 7.30pm. Balwest Sunday School (SW 596300). Nonmembers
£2. (BHS)
27 Open Day. King Edward Mine (SW 66453890) 10am- 4pm.

MAY
11 Walk. Colcerrow And Carbeans Quarries. 2pm. Non-members £1.50. Meet: Black Hill car park. (SX 059573).
(FoLV)
20 Illustrated talk. Tin Streaming, by Richard Williams of Poldark Mine. 7pm. Lecture Theatre, Opie Building,
Cornwall College, Pool. (CBMS)
24 Guided walk. Lantic Bay: Squashed Rocks and Sliding Sludge, led by John Macadam. 1pm - 3pm. Adults £2.
Meet at Pencarrow Car Park (SX 149513)). Please wear sturdy footwear and appropriate weather gear. (NT)

JUNE
7 Walk. (6km/4miles). The Marke Valley Mines, led by Iain Rowe. 10am till approx 1pm. Non-members £2.
Start & Finish Minions Heritage Centre (SX 261715). (SHT)
17 Talk. The Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, by Stan Salmon, President of the RGSC. 7pm. Lecture
Theatre, Opie Building, Cornwall College, Pool. (CBMS)
28 One day conference. South-west geology: past present and future. Boniface Centre, Crediton, Devon. 10am to
4.30pm. Tickets £25, to include coffee, buffet lunch and tea. Queries should be directed to Jenny Bennett on
01647 24033 or j.a.bennett@exeter.ac.uk. Details of the programme and directions to the venue will be sent out
at the end of May. (Devonshire Association Geology Section, in association with the Ussher Society and the Geologists’ Association.)

JULY
5 Walk. (8km/5 miles). Gunnislake Industrial, led by Stephen Docksey. 10:30am. Bring lunch. Non-members
£2.00. Start & Finish Gunnislake Rail Station (SHT)
25 Walk. Godolphin Hill, led by Stephen Polglase. Meet 7pm. National Trust Greatwork Mine/Leeds Engine
House Car Park (SW 596308). (BHS)

AUGUST
2 Guided Walk. (6 km/4 miles). The Caradon Mines, led by Iain Rowe. 10am till approx 1pm. Cost £2. Start &
finish at Minions Heritage Centre (SX 261715) (SHT)

SEPTEMBER
6 Walk. Silver, Lead & Corn, led by Iain Rowe. 10am till approx 1pm. Cost £2 each. Start & Finish Menheniot
Church (SX 287628). (SHT)
13 Guided walk. A Changing Coastline, looking at how climate change is already having an impact on the
coastline, how the Trust are adapting to it and challenges for the future. 2pm-5pm. All Tickets £2. Meet at
Poldhu Cove car Park near Mullion. (NT)
18 Guided walk around Predannack Airfield. Boreholes, Bombers & Beef. 2pm-5pm. Adults £2. Meet at the
Predannack Airfield gate (SW 696165). A joint event with NT, the MoD and Defence Estates.
27 Coach tour of the clay country taking in Fowey. Clay Country Tour, with Ivor Bowditch of Imerys. 10am–3pm.
£3 for non members. Booking by 12th Sept. essential. Tel: 01726 850072. Meet: Wheal Martyn China Clay
Country Park, Carthew. (SX 005554). (FoLV)

The next geological events diary comes out in October: for a copy please send a sae, marked ‘geological events’, to the Cornwall RIGS Group or visit the RIGS website. Organisers of events listed: BHS (Balwest Heritage Society - 01736
763258); CBMS (Carn Brea Mining Society-http:// /carnbreaminingsociety.co.uk); FoLV (Friends of Luxulyan Valley –
http://www.luxulyanvalley.co.uk); NT (National Trust); SHT (Stuart HouseTrust – http://www.stuarthouse.org.uk).