Hull Geological Society
(Founded 1888)
Registered Educational Charity No. 229147
List of past meetings and events from 2003
Thursday 20th February 2003 - Prof Patrick Boylan - "W.S.Bisat, FRS (1886 - 1973) and the Quaternary Geology of Yorkshire". (evening lecture)
Sunday 16th March 2003- Science Week - geology walk in Spring Bank Cemetery led by Mike Horne. meet at 10-30am at the gates on Chanterlands Avenue. Bring a magnifying glass, lasts about 1 hour and a half. (suitable for beginners)
Thursday 20th March 2003 - (evening lecture) Dr Mark Bateman of Sheffield University - 'Water water everywhere: proglacial lakes in the Vale of York and beyond.' and Society AGM.
Sunday 6th April 2003 - Blea Wyke led by Nigel Whittington
Sunday 20th April 2003 - Rifle Butts spring-clean and a walk in Dugdale led by Barrie Heaton and Mike Horne.
Saturday 10th May 2003 - "Pick your own microfossils" full day workshop led by Mike Horne.
Saturday 17th May - joint meeting with the University Science Club - fossil hunt on the Holderness Coast at Hornsea.
Saturday 31st May 2003- Rock and Fossil Roadshow at Hull and East Riding Museum, in High Street, Hull from 11am to 3pm.
Monday 2nd June 2003. East Yorkshire RIGS Group meeting at Monument Buildings, Hull.
Sunday 15th June 2003 - joint field meeting with the Huddersfield Geology Group in the Market Weighton area, leader Mike Horne. We will visit South Cave Station Quarry SSSI to see the Kellaways Rock and Kellaways Sands; Sands Top Quarry to study the Cave Oolite, Rifle Butts SSSI to see the Jurassic-Cretaceous unconformity; walk along the Hudson Way to Kiplingcotes Nature Reserve; if time permits we will visit the Arras Chalk Pit.
Monday 14th July 2003 - evening field visit to Sands Top Quarry, Newbald, led by Mike Horne, to study Cave Oolite and possible Quaternary karst features.
Sunday 27th July 2003 - Elsham and Mansgate chalk quarries in Lincolnshire led by Stuart Jones and Paul Hildreth.
Saturday 16th August 2003 -'Fossil Fossick' led by Nigel Whittington at Hornsea.
Saturday 30th August 2003 - 'Walking With Mammoths!' led by Nigel Whittington at Sewerby.
26-29th September 2003 - joint weekend field meeting in East Yorkshire with Hertfordshire Geological Society, leaders John Aram, John Catt Jack Doyle, Mike Horne, Ada Pringle and Felix Whitham. Visiting -- Speeton, Danes Dyke, Sewerby, Dimlington, Spurn Point and Welton-le-Wold.
Saturday 4th October 2003- Ryedale Building Stones tour, led by Richard Myerscough.
Saturday 11th October 2003 - Welton-le-Wold led by John Aram.
Saturday 18th October 2003 - joint afternoon meeting with the Yorkshire Geological Society - a tribute to the late Professor Michael House. Includes lectures by Professor John Cope of the University of Cardiff, Professor Dieter Korn, of the Humboldt Museum, Berlin, Dr. John Marshall of the University of Southampton and Dr Graham Weedon, University of Luton. There will also be displays by Gordon Binns, David Hill, Sheila Rogers, Felix Whitham and the Society's Newbald Research Project Team.
Thursday 30th October 2003 - lecture by Chris Darmon of Geosupplies Ltd. - "Iceland - where geological processes happen in real time!"
Thursday 20th November 2003- lecture by Dr John Rees of the British Geological Survey - "Post-glacial evolution of the Humber Estuary".
Sunday 30th November 2003 - geological survey of North Cave Gravel Pits
Monday 1st Dec 2003 - Annual General Meeting of the East Yorkshire RIGS Group at Monument Buildings.
Thursday 11th December 2003 - Nigel Whittington "Pillars of Wisdom, Fire and Stone: a Tourists Guide to Italian Volcanos" .
Thursday 22nd January 2004 - Members' Evening.
Thursday 12th February 2004 - Professor Peter Rawson of University College London "Early Cretaceous events: from eastern England to Argentina". (evening lecture)
Thursday 25th March 2004 - Will Watts (Dinosaur Coast Project) "The Speeton Plesiosaur revisited" and the Annual General Meeting.
Sauturday 17th April 2004 - Rifle Butts SSSI and Sands Top Quarry - leader Mike Horne.
Sunday 23rd May 2004- 'Fossil Fossick' - beginners field meeting in Holderness - led by Nigel Whittington and members of the Society - at Mappleton
Tuesday 25th May 2004 - Microscopy Evening
Wednesday 26th May 2004 - North Cave Wetlands Project meeting.
Sunday 6th June 2004 - Flamborough Research meeting - led by Ian Heppenstall & Mike Horne
Monday 7th June2004 - Meeting of the East Yorkshire RIGS Group at Monument Buildings.
Tuesday 29th June - Microscopy Evening
Sunday 4th July 2004 - Port Mulgrave led by Stuart Jones and Nigel Whittington.
Saturday 17th July 2004 - Cayton Bay led by Chris Blackhurst and Mike Horne.
Monday 7th June2004 - Evening field meeting of the East Yorkshire RIGS Group at Spring Bank Cemetery,
Thursday 29th July 2004 - Microscopy Evening
Sunday 8th August 2004 - Glacial erratics of Holderness - led by Mike Horne and Stephen Whitaker. Joint meeting with Yorkshire Geological Society. Keyingham and Holderness coast.
Tuesday 17th August 2004 - Microscopy Evening
Saturday 22nd August 2004 - Sewerby - beginners' field meeting - led by Nigel Whittington and members of the Society.
Sunday 12th September 2004 - Castleton area geological walk - led by Paul Hildreth.
Tuesday 14th September 2004 - Microscopy Evening
17th to 19th September 2004 - Ostracod Gp of British Micropalaeontological Soc - field trip to Yorkshire Coast.
Saturday 25th September 2004 - Ryedale Building Stones field meeting part 2 - led by Richard Myerscough.
Sunday 3rd October 2004 - Flamborough Research field meeting - led by Ian Heppenstall & Mike Horne .
Thursday 7th October 2004 - Prof Jack Hardisty - "Humber Evolution: Past, Present and Future Prospects" (evening lecture)
Saturday 9th October 2004 - "Pick your own Microfossils" - day-school at Hull University.
Tuesday 19th October 2004 - Microscopy Evening
Sunday 24th October 2004 - Rifle Butts SSSI - work visit.
Saturday 6th November 2004 - afternoon lecture meeting on "Glacial Landforms" - joint meeting with Yorkshire Geological Society.
Sunday 14th November 2004 - Flamborough Quanternary Research field meeting - led by Ian Heppenstall & Mike Horne
Tuesday 16th November 2004 - Microscopy Evening
Thursday 18th November 2004 - Barrie Heaton - "Geological wanderings around the world". (evening lecture)
Monday 6th Dec 2004 - Annual General Meeting of the East Yorkshire RIGS Group at 7-00pm.
Thursday 9th December 2004 - Paul Hildreth - "Confessions of a Chalkoholic". (evening lecture)
Tuesday 14th December 2004 - Microscopy Evening
Tuesday 18th January 2005 - Microscopy Evening
Thursday 20th January 2005 - Dr Derek Gobbett - "Geological adventures in Malaya". (evening lecture)
Tuesday 15th February 2005 - Microscopy Evening
Thursday 17th February 2005 - Mike Horne - Quaternary of Flamborough and Glacial Erratics of the Yorkhshire Coast
Tuesday 8th March 2005 - Microscopy Evening
Thursday 17th March 2005 - David Hill - "The Oil Industry" and Annual General Meeting. (evening lecture)
Sunday 10th April 2005- Flamborough Quaternary Research Meeting - led by Ian Heppenstall and Mike Horne.
Tuesday 12th April 2005 - Microscopy Evening
Sunday 17th April 2005- Rifle Butts SSSI
Saturday 7th May 2005 - Holderness Coast field trip with Hull University Science Club, led by Barrie Heaton and Nigel Whittington. (part of Yorkshire Geology Month)
Saturday 7th May 2005- "A walk on the Woldside" at Thixendale- led by Derek Gobbett for the Hull Geological Socety. (part of Yorkshire Geology Month)
Tuesday 10th May 2005 - Microscopy Evening
Friday 13th May 2005- "Stones and Bones" an evening walk in Spring Bank Cemetery looking at the rocks used as gravestones and the history of some of the characters buried there, led by Chris Ketchell of the Hull College Local History Unit and Mike Horne of the Hull University Centre for Lidelong Learning. (part of Yorkshire Geology Month)
Sunday 22nd May 2005- Geology and Scenery of Danes Dyke - morning walk led by Mike Horne for East Riding of Yorkshire Council and Hull Geological Society. (part of Yorkshire Geology Month)
Saturday May 28th 2005- Earth and natural sciences roadshow at Hull and East Riding Museum (part of Yorkshire Geology Month)
Friday June 3rd 2005- evening walk at Hessle Foreshore and Humber Bridge Country Park - led by Mike Horne for Hull Geological Society and East Riding of Yorkshire Council. (part of Yorkshire Geology Month)
Saturday 4th June 2005- Rock and Fossil Roadshow at Hornsea Museum. Organised by Hull Geological Society in association with Hornsea Museam Admission fee for the Museum. (part of Yorkshire Geology Month)
Monday 6th June 2005 - Meeting of the East Yorkshire RIGS Group in Hull .
Tuesday 7th June 2005 - Microscopy Evening
Friday 17th June 2005 - Society Dinner at the West Bulls
Tuesday 28th June 2005 - evening visit to Dinostar in Hull (special discounted price), non-members welcome.
Saturday 2nd July 2005 - A celebration of Yorkshire Geology - Yorkshire Museum. (part of Yorkshire Geology Month) all Yorkshire Geologists invited.
9th and 10th July 2005- weekend research meeting to measure and sample the Speeton Shell Bed - led by Prof Alan Lord and Mike Horne.
Tuesday 12th July 2005 - Microscopy Evening
Sunday 24th July 2005- Carnelian Bay - field meeting led by Stuart Jones and Mike Horne.
Tuesday 23rd August 2005 - Microscopy Evening
Saturday 10th September 2005- Brimham Rocks and Nidderdale - field meeting led by Barrie Heaton and Geoff Featherstone.
Tuesday 13th September 2005 - Microscopy Evening
Sunday 25th September 2005 - Chalk pits of the Yorkshire Wolds - field meeting led by Mike Horne.
Saturday 8th October 2005 - joint afternoon lecture meeting with Yorkshire Geological Society - looking at the work of G W Lamplugh and the progress made in local geology in the last 100 years. Speakers - John Catt, Mike Horne, Paul Hildreth, Rory Mortimore and Peter Rawson. (click here for abstracts)
Sunday 9th October 2005- 'In the Footsteps of Lamplugh' - field meeting- led by Mike Horne, joint meeting with YGS, to Flamborough and Speeton. Booking required
Tuesday 11th October 2005 - Microscopy Evening
Thursday 20th October 2005- Bob Maurer - "Professional collecting of Rare Mineral and Fossils in Bolivia" (evening lecture)
Sunday 23rd October 2005- Flamborough Research Meeting - led by Ian Heppenstall and Mike Horne.
Tuesday 15th November 2005 - Microscopy Evening
Thursday 17th November 2005- Terry Rockett - "Volcanoes of Sicily and the Aeolian Islands". (evening lecture)
Monday 5th December 2005 - Annual General Meeting of the East Yorkshire RIGS Group in Little Weighton at 7-30pm at 44 Potterdale Drive, Little Weighton.
Tuesday 13th December 2005 - Microscopy Evening
Thursday 15th December 2005 - Dr Jane Bunting - "Quaternary Wetlands: the muddy time machine".' (evening lecture)
Tuesday 17th January 2006 - Microscopy Evening
Thursday 19th January 2006 - Members' Evening - speakers include Derek Gobbett, Don Berry, Mike Horne, Paul Richards and Terry Rockett.
Tuesday 7th February 2006 - Microscopy Evening
Thursday 16th February 2006 - Dr Ben Gearey "Holocene environments and archaeology in east England" (evening lecture)
Friday 3rd March 2006. Last ever Stephen Nunwick Memorial [caving] Lecture, Andy Eavis - " A triumph of Twentieth Century exploration" in 3D, 7-00pm in the Middleton Hall at Hull University.
Sunday 5th March - Flamborough research group - fieldwork.
Tuesday 14th March 2006 - Microscopy Evening
Thursday 16th March 2006 - Camilla Nichol "New horizons for geology at the Yorkshire Museum". (evening lecture and AGM).
Friday 7th April 2006 - Microscopy Evening
Saturday 8th April 2006- spring clean and barbeque at Rifle Butts SSSI, starts at 11 am (note change of time)
1st May 2006 - start of Yorkshire Geology Month.
Friday 5th May 2006 - Microscopy Evening
Saturday 6th May 2006- "A Walk on the Woldside" at Thixendale led by Derek Gobbett of the Hull Geological Society. (part of Yorkshire Geology Month)
Saturday 13th May 2006- "The Building Stones of Hull" urban geology walk in Hull led by Nigel Whittington. (part of Yorkshire Geology Month)
Tuesday 16th May 2006 (evening) - 'Stones and Bones' led by Mike Horne. (part of Yorkshire Geology Month)
Thursday 18th May 2006- (evening lecture) - "The GeoValue Project: Valuing geodiversity for the community" by Peter W. Scott Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus and David Roche GeoConsulting, Exeter (part of Yorkshire Geology Month)
Saturday 27th May 2006 - Earth and Natural Sciences Roadshow at Hull and East Riding Museum. free admission. (part of Yorkshire Geology Month)
Sunday 28th May 2006 - Dinosaur feet and dinosaur food, led by Nigel Whittingon and Stuart Jones. (part of Yorkshire Geology Month).
Saturday 3rd June 2006- Roadshow at Hornsea Museum - led by Barrie Heaton, Nigel Whittington, Paul Richards and Terry Rockett. (part of Yorkshire Geology Month)
Saturday 24th June 2006- Scunthorpe, led by Steve Thompson of North Lincolnshire Museums.
Sunday 16th July 2006- Flamborough research group - fieldwork.
Thursday July 20th 2006 - evening walk at Red Cliff, led by Terry Rockett,
Saturday 12th August 2006 - fossil collecting at Hornsea, led by Nigel Whittington for Hornsea Museum.
Sunday 27th August 2006- fossil and erratic collecting in Holderness for the Treasure House Museum in Beverley, led by Mike Horne.
Sunday 10th September 2006- Ravenscar, led by Chris Blackhurst and Terry Rockett.
Friday 29th September 2006 - Microscopy Evening
Sunday 8th October 2006- Flamborough research group - fieldwork.
Thursday 19th October 2006 - (evening lecture) Richard Myercough "Geo-Archaeology of Wold Churches."
Friday 20th October 2006 - Microscopy Evening
Sunday 22nd October 2006- the Chalk of Bainton and South Landing, led by Mike Horne .
Saturday 28th October 2006. Joint meeting with the Yorkshire Geological Society at Hull University:- "Pick your own Microfossils" workshop in the morning led by Mike Horne, Pattie McAlpin and Stuart Jones. Suitable for beginners. Followed by "Papers on Palaeontology (tribute to Professor John Neale)" in the afternoon starting at about 2 pm. (booking not required). Speakers include Jane Bunting from Hull University," Barry Rickards from Cambridge, Mark Williams from Leicester, Pete Rawson from Scarborough and Jack Doyle from Hertford. Click here for abstracts.
Thursday 16th November 2006- (evening lecture) Phil Brierly of the North East Yorkshire Geology Trust - "The supra-ophiolite sediments of Cyprus". Click Click here for abstract
Friday 24th November - Microscopy Evening
Thursday 7th December 2006- (evening lecture) Dr Martyn Pedley of Hull University - "Constraining the timing and magnitude of the Miocene (Messinian) salinity crisis in the Mediterranean: new information from Sicily".
Friday 8th Dec 2006 - East Yorkshire RIGS Group - Annual General Meeting at Little Weighton.
Friday 15th December 2006 - Microscopy Evening
Thursday January 18th 2007 - (evening lecture) Jamie Casford of Durham University - "Black Shales, Sapropels and Ocean Anoxic Events (OAE's)". Click here for the abstract
Friday 26th January 2007 - Microscopy Evening
Thursday 15th February 2007 - (evening lecture) Dr John Varker of the Leeds Geological Association"A Geological Perspective on the History and Culture of Yorkshire".
Saturday 24th February 2007 - (afternoon public lecture) Dr Jenni Chambers of the Ice Age Network and Birmingham University - "The big chill: life in the ice age" at the Ferens Art Gallery in Hull. Everyone welcome - admission free. Click here for the abstract
Friday 2nd March 2007 - Microscopy Evening
Thursday 15th March 2007 - Annual General Meeting and evening lecture by Dr John Powell of the British Geological Survey - "Petra: the influence of geology on Jordan and the Middle East".
Thursday 29th March 2007 - evening visit to the Treasure House in Beverley to see the new geology exhibition and a behind-the-scenes tour of the storage and archives
Friday 13th April 2007 - Microscopy Evening
Sunday 15th April 2007- Spring Clean For Rifle Butts SSSI and research fieldwork.
Saturday 21st April 2007- Flamborough Research Group led by Mike Horne
Friday 4th May 2007 - Microscopy Evening
Saturday 5th May 2007 - "A Walk on the Woldside"led by Derek Gobbett. (Part of Yorkshire Geology Month 2007). A walk in beautiful Thixendale, looking at scenery and geomorphology of a typical Wold area. The walk is 4 miles and climbs to 150 metres. Free but booking is required.
Saturday 12th May 2007 - Rock, Mineral and Fossil Roadshow in the Education Room of the Treasure House in Beverley, open to the public from 11 am to 3pm, admission free; sorry - no valuations. (Part of Yorkshire Geology Month 2007).
Saturday 19th May 2007 - "Fossil Fossick" public walk at Hornsea, led by Stuart Jones and Terry Rockett. (Part of Yorkshire Geology Month 2007).
Friday 1st June 2007 - Microscopy Evening
Saturday 2nd June 2007 - Rock, Mineral and Fossil Roadshow at the Hull and East Riding Museum, High Street, Hull. (Part of Yorkshire Geology Month 2007). Open to the public from 11 am to 3 pm. Admission free. (Sorry no valuations)
Click here for a report of out YGM 2007 events
Sunday 3rd June 2007- Whitby and the Cleveland Dyke, led by Paul Hildreth. (Part of Yorkshire Geology Month 2007).
Saturday 16th June 2007- The alum industry at Ravenscar - led by Chris Blackhurst and Gordon Binns (Cancelled).
Saturday 23rd June 2007- boat trip at Flamborough to view the "distortions" at Old Dor &c. - booking required,
Saturday 30th June 2007- Society Dinner at the West Bulls - please book at least 1 week before with Chris Blackhurst.
Friday 6th July 2007 - Microscopy Evening
Sunday 15th July 2007 - Speeton led by Jack Doyle and Mike Horne.
Saturday 28th July 2007 - The Chalk of the Yorkshire Wolds - Bainton and South Landing, led by Mike Horne.
Friday 3rd August 2007 - Microscopy Evening
Saturday 18th August 2007- Flamborough Research Meeting led Mike Horne.
Saturday 1st September 2007- Roadshow at Hornsea Museum organised by Paul Richards and Stuart Jones.
Sunday 16th September 2007- Chalk of the Lincolnshire Wolds, led by Paul Hildreth. CANCELLED.
Friday 28th September 2007 - Microscopy Evening
Saturday 29th September 2007- Dimlington and Keyingham led by Mike Horne, Stephen Whittaker and Terry Rockett.
Friday 5th October 2007 - East Yorkshire RIGS Group AGM
12th to 14th October 2007 - Weekend field meeting - joint meeting with the Geologists' Association - Geology of East Yorkshire led by Mike Horne - evening lecture on the Friday, field trip to coast on the Saturday and inland exposures on the Sunday morning.
Thursday 18th October 2007 - (evening lecture) "Shadows of Life" by Jane Worrall of the North East Yorkshire Geology Trust. Cancelled and replaced with Barrie Heaton - report on the excavantions for a gas pipeline in the North cave area; David Hill - the Plutonio oilfield off Angola; and Terry Rockett - The Giant's Causeway.
Friday 26th October 2007- Flamborough Research Meeting led by Mike Horne
Saturday 27th October 2007- joint afternoon meeting with the Yorkshire Geological Society and the Geological Society on "Local Quaternary Heroes" - speakers include: Ken Gregory (on Percy Fry Kendall) , Patrick Boylan (on W S Bisat), Wishart Mitchell (on Arthur Raistrick) and Mike Horne (on Tom Sheppard, J W Stather and the East Riding Boulder Committee ). Click here for the abstracts
Sunday 28th October 2007 - "Local Quaternary Heroes" field trip to Sewerby and Dimlington led by John Catt. (Joint meeting with the Yorkshire Geological Society).
Friday 2nd November 2007 - Microscopy Evening
Thursday 8th November 2007 - (evening lecture) Mike Rogerson of Hull University - "Small is Beautiful; Foraminifera and how they've changed our view of the world".
Sunday 11th November 2007- Flamborough Quaternary Research Meeting led by Ian Heppenstall and Mike Horne.
Friday 30th November 2007 - Microscopy Evening
Thursday 13th December 2007- (evening lecture) "Fossils in the Desert" by David Hill of the Hull G S.
Friday 14th December 2007 - Microscopy Evening
Friday 18th January 2008 - Microscopy Evening
Thursday 24th January 2008 - Members' Evening. Speakers and exhibitors include - Barrie Heaton, David Hill, Geoff Featherstone, Harold Tabiner and Mike Horne.
Friday 15th February 2008 - Microscopy Evening
Thursday 21st February 2008 - (evening lecture) "Scarborough South Bay – not all coastal management problems are erosion based”, by Brian Sweeney of University of Hull .
Saturday 8th March 2008 - Leading Field Trips Workshop led by Mike Horne (afternoon meeting at the University).
Thursday 13th March 2008 - (AGM and evening lecture) Dr Derek Siveter of Oxford University "Soft bodied sensations from the Silurian of the Welsh Borderland".
Friday 14th March 2008 - Microscopy Evening
Saturday 15th March 2008 - Rifle Butts SSSI - spring clean.
Sunday 6th April - Flamborough Research Group meeting led by Mike Horne.
Friday 4th April 2008 - Microscopy Evening
Saturday 12th April 2008 - Microfossils Workshop - led by Mike Horne, Patty McAlpin and Stuart Jones. (Members of other Societies welcome; full details will be sent to you when you book).
Friday 2nd May 2008 - Microscopy Evening
Monday 5th May 2008 - ( field trip) Jack Doyle's 50th Anniversary visit to Speeton.
Saturday 10th May 2008 - (field trip) Hayburn Wyke led by David Hill. Part of Yorkshire Geology Month. CANCELED
Thursday 15th May 2008 - evening walk "Walking with Mammoths" at Sewerby for East Riding of Yorkshire Council Local Studies Service, led by Mike Horne.
Saturday 24th May 2008 - "Fossil Fossick" - joint field trip with RockWatch on the Holderness Coast, led by Gordon Binns and Chris Blackhurst. Part of Yorkshire Geology Month.
Friday 30th May 2008 - East Yorkshire RIGS Group Meeting
A Thursday evening in June 2008 - informal Society Dinner to celebrate the 120th Anniversary of the Society organised by Chris Blackhurst. CANCELED
Friday 6th June 2008 - Microscopy Evening
Sunday 8th June - Flamborough Research Group meeting led by Ian Heppenstall and Mike Horne .
Saturday 21st June 2008- (field trip) Patrington and Spurn Point led by Chris Blackhurst and Gordon Binns CANCELED.
Saturday 5th July - display at a Craft and Hobby Fair at Princes Avenue Methodist Church Hall in Hull.
Friday 11th July 2008 - Microscopy Evening
Saturday 12th July - Roadshow at the Treasure House in Beverley - open to the public from 11 am until 3 pm. (sorry - no valuations).
Sunday 20th July 2008 - Speeton field trip - a tribute to Lynden Emery led by Mike Horne.
Sunday 3rd August - Flamborough Research Group meeting led by Ian Heppenstall and Mike Horne.
Saturday 23rd August 2008 - Roadshow at Hornsea Museum, led by Paul Richards and Stuart Jones. From 11 am until 3 pm; sorry - no valuations; admission to the Roadshow is free.
Saturday 30th August 2008 - field trip to Wetwang, Thixendale, Burdale and the Fairy Stones led by Barrie Heaton and Geoff Featherstone.
Friday 12th September 2008 - Microscopy Evening
Sunday 14th September 2008 - (field trip) "Chalk of the Lincolnshire Wolds", led by Paul Hildreth.
Thursday 16th October 2008 - (lecture) "Deglaciation of Northumberland: an example from the Tyne Valley " by Dr Lynda Yorke of Liverpool University.
Friday 17th October 2008 - Microscopy Evening
Sunday 19th October 2008 - Flamborough Research Group meeting led by Ian Heppenstall and Mike Horne. Visiting Sewerby.
Saturday 25th October - joint afternoon meeting with the Yorkshire Geological Society - The theme for this meeting has been changed to - "Geology south of the Humber, down Lincolnshire way", starting at 2pm. Speakers and exhibitors include - Barrie Heaton, Felix Whitham, John Aram, Mark Bateman, Paul Buckland, Paul Hildreth , Pete Rawson, Stuart Jones Terry Rockett. Click here for the abstract
Sunday 26th October 2008 - joint field meeting with the Yorkshire Geological Society - led by Barrie Heaton and Paul Hildreth. Cancelled
Thursday 6th November 2008 - (lecture) "The amazing Mr Sheppard" by Prof. Mark Seaward of Bradford University, editor of The Naturalist, about Thomas Sheppard the first Curator of Hull Museums. Click here for the abstract.
Friday 14th November 2008 - Microscopy Evening
Thursday 11th December 2008- (lecture) "Holocene Palaeoenvironments of the White Peak Region, Derbyshire, Northern England" by Simon Kitcher of Hull University. Sorry, Simon has had to postpone his talk until next year. Instead we will have two talks - Barrie Heaton "A run on the Humber banks, part two" and Mike Horne "Did the Earth move for you? - the geology of some recent local natural disasters". Click here for the abstracts .
Friday 12th December 2008 - Microscopy Evening
Thursday 22nd January 2009 - (lecture) "The rising waters" by Prof. Lynne Frostick of Hull University and President of the Geological Society (of London) about climate change and flooding. Click here for the abstract
Thursday 12th February 2009 - The Lynden Emery Memorial Lecture - "The Speeton Clay" by Prof. Pete Rawson. Introduced by Mike Horne. Click here for the abstracts
Friday 13th February 2009 - Microscopy Evening
Friday 13th March 2009 - Microscopy Evening
Thursday 19th March 2009 - Annual General Meeting and evening lecture by Will Watts of the Rotunda Museum Trust - 'Rotunda, the William Smith Museum of Geology, its history and redevelopment'.
Friday 24th April 2009 - Microscopy Evening
Saturday 25th April 2008 - Rock, Mineral and Fossil Roadshow at the Treasure House in Beverley. Displays by members of the Kingston Lapidary Society and Hull Geological Society.
Sunday 26th April 2009 - Rifle Butts Spring Clean and social event. Booking appreciated.
Sunday 3rd May 2009 - Threshfield (public field meeting) led by Ian and Mary Heppenstall. Part of Yorkshire Geology Month. The walk lasts 5 1/2 hours. Moderately strenuous, some steep slopes and stiles and slippery in places. The parish of Threshfield has within its boundary a number of mineral resources. Starting with a quarry once worked for Magnesian Limestone we proceed along the line of the North Craven Fault to a calcium carbonate quarry with a draw kiln nearby and then to some old lead workings. Some stone buildings are passed en route. We then cross Threshfield Moor where peat and sandstone were once worked, finally looking at some old coal workings before returning to the start point.
Friday 15th May 2009 - Microscopy Evening
Saturday 30th May 2009 - "Fossil Fossick at Hornsea" (public field meeting) led by Stuart Jones. Part of Yorkshire Geology Month. The aim of the trip is to look at the variety of rocks and fossils brought by the Ice Age.
Saturday 6th June 2009 - afternoon boat trip to view that Chalk Contortions at Old Dor, Flamborough. POSTPONED DUE TO BAD WEATHER
Friday 19th June 2009 - Microscopy Evening
Saturday 4th July 2009 - Welton-le-Wold SSSI, Lincolnshire (field meeting) led by John Aram.
Saturday 11th July 2009 - (field meeting) Cayton Bay led by Barrie Heaton.
Sunday 19th July 2009 - rearranged afternoon boat trip to view that Chalk Contortions at Old Dor, Flamborough. POSTPONED DUE TO BAD WEATHER
Friday 24th July 2009 - Microscopy Evening
Sunday 26th July 2009 - Flamborough Research field visit led by Ian Heppenstall. (Postponed)
Friday 21st August 2009 - Microscopy Evening
Sunday 23rd August 2009 - rearranged afternoon boat trip to view that Chalk Contortions at Old Dor, Flamborough.
Saturday 29th August 2009 - Roadshow at Hornsea Museum. Organised by Stuart Jones.
Sunday September 6th 2009 - (field meeting) the Chalk and Quaternary geology of Dane's Dyke and South Landing led by Ian Heppenstall and Mike Horne. Click here for the abstract
Thursday 15th October 2009 - (evening lecture) Dr Martin Whyte of Sheffield University - 'Whyte about the gills - soft tissue preservation in bivalves'. Click here for the abstract
Friday 16th October 2009 - Microscopy Evening
Saturday 24th October 2009 - Joint meeting with the Yorkshire Geological Society and the Geography Department of Hull University on "The Last Glacial Maximum", organised by Mike Rogerson and Paul Hildreth. Speakers are: Dick Mol (Natural History Museum Rotterdam), Ian Heppenstall (Hull Geological Society) Jane Bunting (University of Hull) and David Bridgland (University of Durham). Display of bones and fossils from the Kelsey Hill and Keyingham Gravel Pits by Stephen Whittaker. Click here for the abstracts Refreshments provided.
Sunday 25th October 2009 joint field meeting with the Yorkshire Geological Society - The raised beaches of South Landing and Danes Dyke led by Ian Heppenstall. Click here for the abstract
Thursday 19th November 2009 - (evening lecture) Prof Martin Brasier of Oxford University "Darwin's Lost World: in search of the hidden history of animal life." Click here for the abstract
Friday 20th November 2009 - Microscopy Evening
Saturday 21st November 2009 - Flamborough Research Group Meeting.
Thursday 3rd December 2009 - Flamborough Research Group field meeting to South Landing.
Thursday 17th December 2009 - Members' Evening. Includes a talk about the Hull Geological Society 50th Anniversary medal by Terry Rockett, Paul Hildreth on H E Wroot, Mike Horne "A tribute to Felix Whitham", Stuart Jones will display local fossils and Philip Vixsebroxse will display fossils from England.
Friday 18th December 2010 - Microscopy Evening
Thursday 21st January 2010 - (evening lecture) Peter Hoare and Rodger Connell: "The Scandinavian legacy in the Pleistocene record of eastern Britain".
Friday 22nd January 2010 - Microscopy Evening
Thursday 18th February 2010 - (evening lecture) Angela Kelham of Hull University on 'An investigation into the behaviour of benthic foraminifera during post-mortem transport'. Click here for the abstract
Friday 26th February 2010 - Microscopy Evening
Thursday 11th March 2010 - AGM and evening lecture - Paul Hildreth of Hull Geological Society "Flint – a key to unlocking the past?". Click here for the abstract
Friday 19th March 2010 - Microscopy Evening
Saturday 20th March 2010 - Roadshow at the Treasure House, Beverley (in conjunction with Kingston Lapidary Society and the East Riding of Yorkshire Council) - Free admission; you can bring specimens in for identification by the "experts" (sorry no valuations). Open to the public from 11 am to 3 pm.
Saturday 27th March 2010 - Rifle Butts clean up and barbecue.
Sunday 18th April 2010 - Flamborough Quaternary Research Group field meeting at Danes Dyke led by Mike Horne and Ian Heppenstall.
Friday 23rd April 2010 - Microscopy Evening
Saturday 1st May 2010 - extra meeting - Flamborough Quaternary Research Group field trip to South Landing.
Monday 3rd May 2010 - Geology Walk in the Kiplingcotes area led by Mike Horne. A tribute to Felix Whitham field meeting and part of Yorkshire Geology Month 2010 Click here for the report
Friday 21st May 2010 - Microscopy Evening
Saturday 22nd May 2010 - South Ferriby Quarry led by Paul Hildreth. A tribute to Felix Whitham field meeting and part of Yorkshire Geology Month 2010. Cancelled.
Saturday 29th May 2010 - Mappleton "Fossil Fossick" led by Stuart Jones for Yorkshire Geology Month 2010
Sunday 13th June 2010 - Filey Brigg led by Terry Rockett (a tribute to Felix Whitham field meeting). Click here for the report
Sunday 27th June 2010 - Flamborough Quaternary Research Group field meeting at Sewerby led by Ian Heppenstall. Cancelled.
Friday 2nd July 2010 - Microscopy Evening
Sunday 4th July 2010 - field meeting - Hellwath Beck in the North York Moors, led by Paul Hildreth. Click here for the report
Saturday 24th July 2010 - visit to the Lewis Penny Collection at the University of Hull
Friday 13th August 2010 - Microscopy Evening
Saturday 28th August 2010 - Roadshow at Hornsea Museum organised by Stuart Jones.
Saturday 11th September 2010 - field meeting - Whitby and Whitby Museum, with a fish and chips lunch led by Paul Hildreth.
Friday 17th September 2010 - Microscopy Evening
Sunday 26th September 2010 - Flamborough Quaternary Research Group field meeting at South Landing led by Ian Heppenstall and Mike Horne.
Saturday 2nd October 2010 - Hildenley Quarries and Brows Hill Quarry led by Richard Myerscough of the Ryedale Vernacular Building Stones Group (a tribute to Felix Whitham field meeting)
Sunday 10th October 2010 - field meeting to South Landing led by Mike Horne (a tribute to Felix Whitham field meeting).
Friday 15th October 2010 - Microscopy Evening
Tuesday 19th October 2010 - (evening lecture) Frank Cox on "Climate change from a Geologist's viewpoint".
Saturday 23rd October 2010 - joint afternoon meeting with Yorkshire Geological Society at Hull University on "New Techniques in Geology" . Speakers are - Laurance Donnelly, Mark Bateman, Mike Rogerson and Peter Kennett. Click here for the abstracts
Saturday 30th October - "Quaternary Techniques Workshop" led by Mike Horne, Rodger Connell and Stuart Jones Cancelled due to insufficient booking. Click here for further details
Saturday 30th October 2010 - Flamborough Quaternary Research Group meeting. (starting at 10 am)
Thursday 11th November 2010 - (evening lecture) Prof Paul Wignall of the University of Leeds - "Permian extinctions: death by fire."
Saturday 27th November 2010 - "Microfossils Workshop" led by Mike Horne, Patty McAlpin and Stuart Jones
Thursday 9th December 2010 - (evening lecture) Roger Sutcliffe - "Limestone, the only rock you can see from the inside". Sorry - this has been cancelled - due to the bad weather.
Friday 10th December 2010 - Microscopy Evening
Thursday 20th January 2011 - (evening lecture) Mike Horne - "Felix Whitham and his contributions to science" Click here for more information.
Friday 21st January 2011 - Microscopy Evening (members only)
Thursday 17th February 2011 - (evening lecture) Dr Mark Woods of the British Geological Survey - "The Chalk and climate change - the greenhouse connection ". Click here for the abstract
Friday 18th February- Microscopy Evening
Friday 25th February 2011 - East Yorkshire RIGS Group MeetingThursday 17th March 2011 - (evening lecture) Presidential Address by Stuart Jones and the Annual General Meeting
Friday 25th March 2011 - Microscopy Evening
Saturday 2nd April 2011- North Cave Wetlands research visit led by Barrie Heaton.
Sunday 10th April 2011- Rifle Butts SSSI - site cleaning and social event.
Friday 15th April 2011 - Microscopy Evening
Sunday 17th April 2011- Flamborough Research Group field meeting to Sewerby led by Ian Heppenstall.
Sunday 1st May 2011- (field meeting) Speeton - led by Jack Doyle and Mike Horne.
Thursday 5th May 2011 - (evening lecture) Roger Sutcliffe - "Limestone, the only rock you can see from the inside". Part of Yorkshire Geology Month 2011.
Tuesday 10th May 2011- (evening walk) - "Stones and Bones" in Spring Bank Cemetery led by Mike Horne. Part of Yorkshire Geology Month 2011.
Friday 13th May 2011 - Microscopy Evening
Saturday 14th May 2011- geological boat trip - North Landing to High Stacks organised by Stuart Jones. Postponed
Saturday 21st May 2011 - "A walk on the Woldside" - geological walk in the Thixendale area led by Derek Gobbett. Part of Yorkshire Geology Month 2011. Click here for more details.
Sunday 29th May 2011 - geological boat trip - North Landing to High Stacks organised by Stuart Jones.
Saturday 4th June 2011 - field trip - Bolton Abbey led by John Varker.
Friday 17th June 2011 - Microscopy Evening
Sunday 19th June 2011 - research fieldwork visit to Skipsea led by Rod Towse & Stuart Jones.
Sunday 26th June 2011 - Family visit to Scarborough and the Rotunda Museum organised by Terry Rockett. Meet at the Rotunda Museum at 11am; admission charge for adults, under 18s free.
Saturday 16th July 2011 - Roadshow at the Treasure House in Beverley. Free admission. Sorry no valuations. Open to the public from 11 am until 3pm.
Friday 22nd July 2011 - Microscopy Evening
Sunday 31st July 2011 - Flamborough Research Group field meeting to South Landing led by Rodger Connell.
Saturday 20th August 2011- Field meeting - Chalk quarry at Huggate.
Sunday 21st August 2011 - Flamborough Research Group field meeting to Danes Dyke led by Ian Heppenstall.
Saturday 27th August 2011 - Roadshow at Hornsea Museum. Free admission to Roadshow. Sorry no valuations. Open to the public from 11 am until 3pm.
Sunday 11th September 2011 - field meeting at Castleton led by Paul Hildreth.
Friday 16th September2011 - Microscopy Evening
Saturday 17th September 2011 - joint field meeting with Leeds Geological Association - North Landing and Thornwick Bay led by Mike Horne. Booking required
Sunday 2nd October 2011- Flamborough Research Group field meeting to Sewerby led by Mike Horne & Rodger Connell.
Saturday 15th October 2011- Quaternary Research visit to Hornsea, Tesco site, organised by Janet Harrison.
Sunday 16th October 2011- Flamborough Research Group field meeting to Barmston led by Rodger Connell.
Thursday 20th October 2011- (evening lecture) Tim Horsfield of Hull University, "A Record of Winter Severity in the Holocene of the Northwest Balkans”.
Sunday 23rd October 2011- (afternoon walk) - "Stones and Bones II " in Spring Bank Cemetery led by Mike Horne.
Saturday 29th October 2011 - afternoon lecture meeting - joint meeting with the Yorkshire Geological Society and University of Hull on "Geotourism". Speakers include Chris Woodley-Stewart, Prof. Patrick Boylan, Nick Powe and Will Watts.Click here for the abstracts.
Friday 4th November 2011- Microscopy Evening
Thursday 17th November 2011 - (evening lecture) Dr Martin Whyte of Sheffield University on " Which came first the dinosaur or the egg? Dinosaur eggs from a Chinese perspective".
Saturday 3rd December 2011 - (field meeting) Quaternary Research Group visit to Keyingham, led by S Whittaker and Mike Horne
Tuesday 6th December 2011 - (evening lecture) Dr Sonja Boehmer-Christiansen "Why a social scientist became a ‘denier’: An interdisciplinary journey from geology to politics and vice versa. " Click here for the abstract
Friday 9th December 2011- Microscopy Evening
Wednesday 28th December 2011 - extra field meeting (informal) to Sand-le-Mere
Thursday 19th January 2012 - Members' Evening - short talks and displays by by: Barrie Heaton, Brenda and Jack Almond, Mike Horne, Paul Hildreth, Rodger Connell, Stuart Jones and Terry Rockett.
Monday 23rd January 2012- Committee Meeting.
Friday 27th January 2012 - Microscopy Evening
Thursday 16th February 2012 - (evening lecture) Richard Lamb on "Man made minerals". Click here for the abstract
Friday 24th February 2012 - Microscopy Evening
Thursday 22nd March 2012 - (evening lecture and AGM) Dr Cath Neal of the University of York on "People and the environment: a geoarchaeological approach to the Yorkshire Wolds landscape"
Friday 30th March 2012 - Microscopy Evening
Sunday 15th April 2012 - Rifle Butts SSSI - site cleaning and social event.
Friday 20th April 2012 - Microscopy Evening
Sunday 22nd April 2012 - (research field meeting) Barmston led by Rodger Connell and Mike Horne.
Sunday 15th May 2012 - urban geology walk led by Mike Horne. Part of Yorkshire Geology Month 2012.
Saturday 26th May 2012 - (field meeting) "The structure and stratigraphy of the Skyreholme Anticline, Wharfedale" led by John Varker.
Friday 1st June 2012 - Microscopy Evening
Sunday 3rd June 2012 - Flamborough Quaternary Research Group field meeting - Thornick Bay and the Northern Bays of Flamborough Head led by Mike Horne and Rodger Connell.
Friday 29th June 2012 - Microscopy Evening
Saturday 30th June 2012 - Rock and Fossil Roadshow at the Treasure House, organised by Rod Towse. Open to the public from 11 am to 3 pm, admission free; sorry - no valuations. Displays by HGS, Kingston Lapidary Society and the Russell Society.
Sunday 22nd July 2012 - Flamborough Quaternary Research Group field meeting - South Landing, Danes Dyke and Sewerby Buried Cliff - led by Ian Heppenstall.
Friday 27th July 2012 - Microscopy Evening
Saturday 11th August 2012 - (daytime workshop) - "Make your own thin sections" led by Mark Anderson (Hull University) with the help of Dennis Haughey, Mike Horne and Stuart Jones. Meeting cancelled
Friday 24th August 2012 - Microscopy Evening
Saturday 25th August 2012 - Roadshow at Hornsea Museum organised by Stuart Jones from 11am until 3 pm. Admission to Roadshow is free. Sorry - no valuations.
Thursday 6th September 2012 - Boulby Potash Mine underground visit organised by Rod Towse (now fully booked but we have a waiting list!)
Saturday 8th September 2012 - Roadshow in Hull organised by Mike Horne - Trinity Square 10 am until 4pm (if wet - inside Holy Trinity Church). Sorry - no valuations.
Sunday 9th September 2012 - Urban geology walk in Hull city centre led by Mike Horne. Booking required via Hull Civic Society.
Friday 5th to Sunday 7th October 2012 - Weekend Conference and field meeting - "Sedimentology: process and product", joint meeting of the HGS, UoH and YGS. Click here for more details. Speakers include - Martyn Pedley, Emrys Phillips, Rachel Flecker, Pete Talling, Jim Best and Maurice Tucker.
Friday 26th October 2012 - Microscopy Evening
Thursday 15th November 2012 - (evening lecture) David Hill of the Hull Geological Society on "The Geology of Malta". Please note change of date. Click here for the abstract
Friday 30th November - Microscopy Evening
Thursday 13th December 2012 - (evening lecture) Dr Jonathan Lee of the British Geological Survey on "Stacking it up: glacitectonics and moraine development in north Norfolk during the Middle Pleistocene”. Click here for the abstract
Sunday 30th December 2012 - New Year Geology Picnic Lunch at Sand-le-Mere (weather permitting).
Friday 11th January 2013 - Committee Meeting
Thursday 17th January 2013 - (evening lecture) Ian Heppenstall of the Hull Geological Society on "A History of the Glacial Formations at South Landing, Danes Dyke and the Sewerby Buried Cliff over the last 120 years in old and new photographs and maps: Recent processes of deposition and erosion." Click here for the abstract.
Friday 25th January 2013 - Microscopy Evening
Sunday 10th February 2013 - (field meeting) POSTPONED due to weather Flamborough Quaternary Research Group to Selwick's Bay and other sites led by Mike Horne.
Thursday 21st February 2013 - (evening lecture) Prof. Mark Bateman of Sheffield University on "The ice that built the Holderness landscape" .Click here for the abstract.
Friday 22nd February - Microscopy Evening
Thursday 21st March 2013 - (evening lecture and Annual General Meeting) Dr John Knight of Harworth Minerals Consultancy on "Resources to Reserves- a sometimes rocky road". Click here for the abstract.
Thursday 21st March 2013 - Committee Meeting
Friday 22nd March 2013 - Microscopy Evening .
Saturday 6th April 2013 - conservation field visit to Rifle Butts SSSI
Tuesday 9th April 2013 - Club Night - topic "ammonites".
Sunday 14th April 2013 - (field meeting) Flamborough Quaternary Research Group led by Ian Heppenstall.
Friday 19th April 2013 - Microscopy Evening
Sunday 5th May 2013 - (field meeting) Grassington led by Ian Heppenstall for Yorkshire Geology Month.
Tuesday 14th May - Club Night - topics: Metamorphic Rocks and Geological Maps.
Saturday 18th May 2013 - (field meeting) "The Secrets of the Chalk – Flamborough Head" led by Paul Hildreth for Yorkshire Geology Month.
Sunday 19th May 2013 - (field meeting) Urban Geology Walk led by Mike Horne for Yorkshire Geology Month.
Click here for further details of our YGM2013 events.
Saturday 25th May 2013 - Lincolnshire Geoconservation Day (Field Meeting) - "Where elephants once roamed!".
Saturday 1st June 2013 - 125th Anniversary meeting and dinner. Click here for further details and abstracts. Speakers include - Dr Derek Gobbett, Ian Heppenstall, Dr Kristian Saether, Mike Horne, Prof. Patrick Boylan, Prof. Pete Rawson and Rodger Connell. Admission to the meeting is free but pre-payment is required for the dinner.
Sunday 9th June 2013 - field meeting to Speeton led by Jack Doyle. Click here for further details and abstract.
Saturday 15th June 2013 - 125th Anniversary field meeting to Kelsey Hill and Keyingham led by Stephen Whittaker. Click here for further detail.
Tuesday 18th June 2013 - East Riding Boulder Committee led by Mike Horne- evening field trip and picnic at Mappleton. Click here for further details and abstract.
Saturday 22nd June 2013 - (field trip) "Cretaceous Adventure" - The Chalk of Flamborough Head led by Mike Horne. Click here for further details and abstract.
Sunday 23rd June 2013 - (field trip) "Ice Age Adventure" - The Quaternary of Flamborough Head led by Mike Horne. Click here for further details and abstract.
Friday 28th June 2013 - Microscopy Evening
Saturday 13th July 2013 - Skipsea research field meeting led by Stuart Jones and Mike Horne.
Tuesday 16th July 2013 - Club Night - the theme is GREEN.
Saturday 20th July 2013 - Roadshow at the Treasure House in Beverley, organised by Stuart Jones. Open to the public from 11 am until 3pm; admission free.
Friday 23rd August 2013 - Microscopy Evening
Saturday 24th August 2013 - Roadshow at Hornsea Museum organised by Stuart Jones. Open to the public from 11 am until 3 pm. Admission free to the Roadshow; donations to HGS and Museum funds appreciated.
Saturday 14th September 2013 - Roadshow at Holy Trinity Square (if wet inside Holy Trinity Church), organised by Stuart Jones and Rodger Connell, for Hull Open Buildings Weekend. Admission free.
Sunday 22nd September 2013 - field meeting - North York Moors led by Chris Leach to Great Ayton - Roseberry Topping/Cliff Rigg; Jurassic & the Cleveland Dyke.
Tuesday 24th September 2013 - Club Night - the theme is "Speeton Clay Fossils".
Friday 4th October 2013 - Microscopy Evening
Saturday 5th October 2013 - extra field meeting - Quaternary research meeting to record a temporary exposure near Tunstall led by Jack and Brenda Almond.
Tuesday 15th October 2013- Club Night - the theme is "Metamorphic Rocks", including metamorphic rocks under the microscope.
Tuesday 22nd October 2013 - (evening lecture and demonstration) Stuart Jones of the Hull Geological Society: "Holderness Erratics Revisited".
Saturday 16th November 2013 - extra field meeting - Quaternary research field meeting to record a exposure at Skipsea led by Mike Horne and Stuart Jones.
Tuesday 19th November 2013 - Club Night - the theme is "trace fossils".
Thursday 21st November 2013 - (evening lecture) Prof. Patrick Boylan "The significance of Charles Darwin's month in the High Andes, March - April 1835" Click here for the abstract.
Friday 29th November 2013- Microscopy Evening
Thursday 5th December 2013 - Flamborough Quaternary Research Group Field Meeting to Bridlington led by Ian Heppenstall.
Tuesday 10th December 2013 - Members' Evening - Click here for the abstracts
Saturday 4th January 2014 - New Year Picnic at Sand-le-Mere (weather permitting - cancelled if icy or snowing); please bring so festive food and drink to share.
Friday 10th January 2014- Microscopy Evening
Tuesday 14th January 2014 - (evening lecture) Prof. Dan Parsons of Hull University on "Dirty dancing - fine sediment dynamics and the rock record" .
Saturday 18th January 2014 - field meeting to South Landing and Sewerby led by Mike Horne.
Tuesday 21st January - Club Night - Vertebrate fossils and Crinoids
Thursday 13th February 2014 - (evening lecture) - Arjan Reesink of Southampton University - "Interpreting nature's barcode: from the atoms of river deposits to the world's largest rivers."
Tuesday 18th February 2014 - Club Night - Volcanic rocks.
Friday 28th February 2014 - Microscopy Evening
Sunday 2nd March 2014 - Flamborough Quaternary Research Field Meeting to South Landing, Danes Dyke and Sewerby led by Ian Hepenstall. (cancelled).
Tuesday 18th March 2014 - (evening lecture) - Dr Martyn Pedley of Hull University on "The Quaternary of the Maltese Islands " (please note change of guest speaker); followed by the Annual General Meeting. Click here for the abstract.
Sunday 23rd March 2014 - Inaugural field meeting of the HGS Bisat Project at Skipsea to record the stratigraphy of the Holderness Coast.
Thursday 27th March 2014- Club Night - Palaeozoic fossils (e.g. corals, trilobites and graptolites).
Monday 7th April 2014 - evening planning meeting of the HGS Bisat Project.
Friday 11th April 2014 - Microscopy Evening (members only).
Saturday 12th April 2014 - Rifle Butts SSSI - site cleaning and social event.
Saturday 19th April 2014 - Rifle Butts SSSI - site cleaning and social event.Thursday 17th April 2014 - Research field meeting of the HGS Bisat Project to Withernsea to record the stratigraphy of the Holderness Coast.
Thursday 24th April 2014 - Club Night - fossil plants
Tuesday 29th April 2014 - evening lecture starting at 7-30pm - Prof Patrick Boylan on "W.S. Bisat's 1930s survey and section of the Holderness coast".
Saturday 3rd May 2014 - HGS display at Yorkshire Geology Month launch at the National Coalmining Museum (Caphouse Colliery).
Saturday 10th May 2014 - Rock and Fossil Roadshow at the Treasure House, Beverley (Part of Yorkshire Geology Month). Open from 11am until 3pm; admission free.
Sunday 11th May 2014 - walk in Hull city centre led by Mike Horne (Part of Yorkshire Geology Month).
Friday 16th May 2014 - Research field meeting of the HGS Bisat Project to Skipsea to record the stratigraphy of the Holderness Coast.
Saturday 17th May 2014 - "A Walk on the Woldside" led by Derek Gobbett (Part of Yorkshire Geology Month)
Sunday 18th May 2014 - walk at Sewerby led by Ian Heppenstall and Stuart Jones (Part of Yorkshire Geology Month).
Thursday 29th May 2014 - Club Night; topic - Bivalves
Sunday 1st June 2014 - walk at Danes Dyke led by Ian Heppenstall and Stuart Jones (Part of Yorkshire Geology Month).
Click here for further deails of our YGM 2014 events .
Wednesday 4th June 2014- Research field meeting of the HGS Bisat Project to Barmston to record the stratigraphy of the Holderness Coast.
Sunday 15th June 2014 - walk at South Landing led by Ian Heppenstall and Anna Kirk-Smith (Part of Yorkshire Geology Month).
Monday 16th June 2014 - Research field meeting of the HGS Bisat Project to record the stratigraphy of the Holderness Coast.
Wednesday 18th June 2014 - Research field meeting of the HGS Bisat Project to Mappleton.
Thursday 3rd July 2014 - Microscopy Evening (members only).
Friday 4th July 2014 - Belemnite Masterclass with Prof Simon Mitchell of the University of the West Indies.
Wednesday 9th July 2014 - Research meeting of the HGS Bisat Project at the British Geological Survey at Keyworth.Saturday 12th July 2014 - Field Meeting at Mappleton led by Stuart Jones.
Wednesday 16th July 2014 - Research field meeting of the HGS Bisat Project at Mappleton.
Thursday 31st July 2014- Club Night; topic - Brachiopods
Saturday 16th August 2014 - field trip to Carnelian Bay, led by Mike Horne.
Thursday 21st August 2014 - Microscopy Evening (members only).
Saturday 23rd August 2014 - Roadshow at Hornsea Museum - open to the public from 11 am until 3pm. Admission free; sorry no valuations.
Thursday 11th September - Club Night - topic is Chalk Fossils
Friday 12th September 2014 - walk in Hull city centre led by Mike Horne. Part of the Hull Heritage Weekend .
Friday 12th September until Sunday 26th October - Art Exhibition "On the Endless Here" at Gallery Eleven, in Humber Street, Hull. Click here for the more details.
Saturday 13th September 2014 - Rock and Fossil Roadshow at Holy Trinity Church, 10 am until 4 pm; sorry no valuations. - Part of the Hull Heritage Weekend.
Saturday 13th September 2014 - Private Viewing of Art Exhibition for HGS members.
Sunday 14th September 2014 - Joint Field Meeting with the Rotunda Geology Group at Flamborough led by Mike Horne & Rodger Connell
Sunday 21st September 2014 - field meeting - Lincolnshire Limestone and Frodingham Ironstone of the Scunthorpe area led by Paul Hildreth.
Sunday 28th September 2014 - Flamborough Quaternary Research Group Field Meeting led by Mike Horne.
Wednesday 3rd October 2014 - Bisat Research Group field meeting to Tunstall
Saturday 11th October 2014 - "Regarding Dynamic Processes: Shifting Relations between Geology & the Visual Arts " - a joint meeting with the Yorkshire Geological Society at Hull College of Art and Design at Queen's Gardens. Click here for abstracts. Admission free but booking required.
There also will be an open photographic exhibition at this event: the topic is "The Aesthetics of Geology" Click here for details. The photographic exhibition will be open to the public from Thursday 9th October until Friday 31st October in the Hull School of Art & Design Foyer Gallery; 9 am to 4 pm Monday to Friday. Closed weekends.
Thursday 16th October 2014 - Club Night - the topic is "pebbles".
Thursday 23rd October 2014 - (evening lecture) - Professor Peter Styring of the University of Sheffield on "Carbon Dioxide Utilization: the alternative to geological landfill" .Click here for the abstract.
Thursday November 6th 2014 - Microscopy Evening
Tuesday November 11th 2014 - Committee Meeting
Thursday 20th November 2014 - (evening lecture) - Dr Eline van Asperen of Liverpool John Moores University - "When hippos roamed Yorkshire - People, prey and predators in the Last Interglacial". Click here for the abstract.
Saturday 22nd November 2014 - (afternoon lecture starting at 2-15pm) - by Dr Bill Fairburn of the University of Sheffield on 'A re-interpretation of the physiographic evolution of the southern end of the Vale of York from the mid-Pleistocene to Early Holocene'. Click here for the abstract.
Thursday 4th December 2014 - (evening lecture) by Dr Rebecca Williams of Hull University - “A volcanologist at sea: studying the Louisville Seamounts with IODP” Click here for the abstract.
Thursday 11th December 2014 - Club Night - the topic is crystals
Sunday 4th January 2015- New Year Picnic and field excursion at Sand-le-Mere led by Brenda and Jack Almond.
Thursday 15th January 2015 - Members' Evening short talks and displays including:-
Thursday 29th January 2015 - Microscopy Evening
Thursday 12th February 2015 - (evening lecture) by Terry Rockett on "Iceland Land of Rock, Fire, Ice and Water".
Thursday 5th March 2015 - (evening lecture) by Rodger Connell on "From Wollaston and Brora to Brae: Understanding your oil field" and the AGM.
Saturday 29th August 2015- Roadshow at Hornsea Museum - open to the public from 11 am until 3pm. Admission free; sorry no valuations.
Thursday 10th to Sunday 13th September 2015 - Chalk Stratigraphy Symposium (a joint meeting with the Yorkshire Geological Society and Hull University). Click here for more details
Thursday October 8th 2015 - (evening lecture) Dr David Bond of Hull University on "An abrupt catastrophe in the Middle Permian palaeo-Arctic (Spitsbergen) was part of a global mass extinction: should the "Big 5" be renamed the "Big 6"? "
Thursday 11th December 2015 - (evening lecture) Dr Martyn Pedley on "The William Smith County Map Series: a testimony to the considerable abilities and collaborations of Smith and Phillips”
Friday 1st January 2016 - New Year's Day geological picnic on the Holderness coast
Monday 11th January 2016- Officers' Meeting
Thursday 14th January 2016- Microscopy Evening
Thursday 21st January 2016- Members' Evening. Talks include-
Rodger Connell - report on Flamborough Quaternary Research Project
Graham Kings & Rodger Connell - report on Bisat Research Project
Mike Horne - Geoconservation in the Graveyard
Friday 22nd January 2016- Committee Meeting
Thursday 11th February -
(evening lecture)
2016- Terry Rockett on "Five active volcanoes in
southern Italy"
Click
here for
the abstract
Sunday 14th February 2016- Bisat Research Group field meeting - meet at Mr. Moos at 10am
Thursday 18th February 2016- Club Night - topic: the Palaeozoic
Saturday 20th February
2016- (afternoon lecture starting at 2-15pm) - Dean Lomax of the
University of Manchester on "British Dinosaurs: A Story Untold"
(donations welcome)
Click
here for
the abstract
Sunday 28th February 2016- Bisat Research Group field meeting - meet at Mar. Moos (Skipsea) at 10am. Please note change of date.
Sunday 13th March 2016- Bisat Research Group field meeting - meet at Mr. Moos (Skipsea) at 10am.
Thursday 17th March 2016(evening lecture) - Prof. Mark Bateman of Sheffield University on "A Winter’s Tale: When England was really frozen"; followed by the AGM. Click here for the abstract
Saturday 16th April 2016- Conservation visit to Rifle Butts SSSI
Saturday 14th May 2016- Roadshow at the Treasure House in Beverley - 11 am to 3pm. Free admission. Sorry - no valuations.
Thursday 19th May 2016 - Club Night - topic "My favourite geological things"
Sunday 26th June 2016- Flamborough Quaternary Research Group visit to Dane's Dyke led by Rodger Connell.
June 14th July 2016- Club Night - topic Flint, Chert and Chalk
Saturday 16th July 2016- Geological Boat Trip at Flamborough (booking required; cost ten pounds each)
Saturday 6th August 2016- field excursion to Carnelian Bay led by Mike Horne
Thursday 11th August 2016- Club Night - topic Trace Fossils
Sunday 21st August 2016- field excursion to Withernsea led by Brenda and Jack Almond
Saturday 27th August 2016 - Roadshow at Hornsea Museum
Saturday 3rd September 2016 - Microfossils Day School (booking required; donation appreciated) cancelled due to lack of bookings
Saturday 10th September 2016 - Roadshow in Hull in Trinity Square (or inside Holy Trinity Church if wet) This event was cancelled by the Civic Society.
Tuesday 20th September 2016 - Bisat Research Group field meeting - meet at Mr. Moos (Skipsea)
Thursday 6th October 2016 - Club Night - topic: Hard Rocks
Friday 7th October 2016 - Bisat research Group Meeting - meet at the Floral Hall, Hornsea.
Thursday 20th October 2016 - evening lecture - Prof Mark Seaward and Mike Horne on "The geology and lichenology of churchyards".
Sunday 30th October 2016 - field excursion to Mappleton led by Mike Horne
Thursday 3rd November 2016 - Club Night - topic: Extinct Creatures
Saturday 5th November 2016- afternoon meeting - Yorkshire Geological Society Meeting about the Quaternary of Holderness and Doggerland. Please visit the YGS website for more details (the HGS is affiliated to the YGS).
Thursday 17th November 2016 - evening lecture - Dr Sarah King of the
Yorkshire Museum on 'The late Palaeozoic amalgamation of Pangaea: the view from
the tropical riverbanks'
Thursday 15th December 2016 - evening lecture - Dr Anna Bird of Hull University on “Metamorphism of the Caledonides of Scotland, deformation of a mountain belt”
Monday 2nd January 2017 - New Year Picnic and field trip at Sand-le Mere led by Brenda and Jack Almond
Thursday 12th January 2017 - Club Night - topic: Vertebrates
Sunday 15th January 2017
Thursday 19th January 2017 - evening lecture - Ian Heppenstall on "the Geology along the north and middle Craven Faults between Malham and Threshfield".
Friday 20th January 2017 - Committee Meeting
Thursday 2nd February 2017 - Club Night - topic: Crystals
Thursday 16th February 2017 - evening lecture - Dr Mike Widowson of Hull University "Divining the Deccan: Tectonics, stratigraphy, timing and effects of a major Large Igneous Province (LIP)".
Sunday 19th February 2017 - Roadshow at RSPB Bempton; CANCELLED by the RSPB, sorry
Thursday 9th March 2017 - Club Night - topic: unidentified objects
Thursday 23rd March 2017 - Members' Evening and AGM - includes - Mike Horne on the Chalk of the Yorkshire Coast, terry Rockett on the Permian Extinction Event, Graham Kings and Rodger Connell on recent research by the Bisat Project and a display of photographs by Stuart Jones.
Saturday 8th April 2017 - Rifle Butts SSSI conservation visit and social, led by Mike Horne
Saturday 22nd April 2017- field trip - geology and lichens of Holderness churches led by Mark Seaward and Mike Horne
5th to 19th May 2017 - Display of Fossils in Beverley Tourist Information Centre (part of Yorkshire Geology Month).
Sunday 7th May 2017 - morning cemetery walk in Hull led by Mike Horne (part of Yorkshire Geology Month) - booking required.
Thursday 11th May 2017 - Club Night - topic: geological photographs
Saturday 13th May 2017- Rock and Fossil Roadshow at the Treasure House in Beverley (part of Yorkshire Geology Month).
Sunday 11th June 2017 - Flamborough Quaternary Research Group field meeting.
Friday 23rd June 2017 - evening picnic and Fossil Fossick led by Mike Horne on the Holderness Coast.
Thursday 29th June 2017 - Club Night - topic: Cephalopods
Friday
14th July
2017
Saturday 15th July 2017- field meeting - Cayton Bay led by Rodger Connell.
Thursday 27th July 2017 - Club Night - topic: Igneous Rocks
Friday 25th August 2017-
Saturday 26th August 2017 - Rocks and Fossils Roadshow at Hornsea Museum.
Thursday 7th September
2017 -
Sunday 10th September 2017– field meeting at Withernsea let by Jack & Brenda Almond
Monday 25th September
2017-
Thursday 5th October 2017 - Club Night - topic: miscellaneous geology
Thursday 19th October 2017- Evening lecture - Prof Patrick Boylan on "The World Heritage Convention and the protection of earth science areas and sites of 'outstanding universal value'."
Thursday 2nd November 2017- Club Night - topic: Sand and Sandstone
Thursday 9th November
2017 - Evening lecture - Dr Rob Newton of Leeds University on "The
early Toarcian (Jurassic) oceanic anoxic event: untangling global and regional
signals
Thursday 30th November 2017 - Quiz Night
Thursday 14th December 2017- evening lecture - Ian Heppenstall on "Grassington, Lea Green to Conniston Dib"
Monday 1st January 2018 - New Year Picnic at Withernsea, led by Brenda and Jack Almond
Thursday 4th January 2018 - Committee Meeting
Thursday 18th January 2018 - Club Night - identifying rocks and minerals sharing your tips.
Thursday 25th January 2018 - Evening lecture - Dr. Liam Herringshaw of Hull University "Burrowing Through Time". Click here for abstract
Thursday 8th February - Club Night - Geomorphology - rocks and landscape
Thursday 22nd February 2018 - Members' Evening; featuring -
David Hill on “Geology in the
Arctic”, Mike Horne on “30 years of geoconservation at Rifle Butts SSSI”, Paul
Hildreth on
"Finding Fault with the BGS"
Rodger Connell with a report of the
Bisat Research Project, Sonja Boehmer-Christensen on Geomorphology.
Thursday 15th March - 2018 AGM and Evening lecture - Dr. Katie Strang on "Urban geology: buildings rock!". Click here for abstract
Sunday 18th March 2018 - Flamborough Quaternary Research Group field meeting
Thursday 12th April 2018 - Club Night - topic: erratics
Sunday 15th April 2018 - Rifle Butts Conservation Visit, led by Mike Horne
Thursday 3rd May 2018 - Bisat Research Group field meeting at Kilnsea.
Saturday 5th May 2018 - Mappleton Fossil Fossick (part of Yorkshire Geology Month 2018) led by Mike Horne
Thursday 17th May 2018 - Club Night - topic - bivalves
Saturday 19th May 2018 Cancelled due to Royal Wedding - Rock and Fossil Roadshow at the Treasure House in Beverley
Sunday 27th May 2018 - urban geology, morning walk led by Mike Horne (part of Yorkshire Geology Month 2018)
Thursday 31st May 2018 - Bisat Research Group field meeting at Spurn.
Saturday 2nd June 2018 - Rock and Fossil Roadshow at Flamborough Village Hall (part of Yorkshire Geology Month 2018)
Thursday 7th June 2018 - informal meal at the Goodfellowship to celebrate 130th anniversary of the founding of the Society
Thursday 21st June 2018 - Club Night - topic: igneous rocks
Sunday 15th July 2018 - field trip - Filey led by Rodger Connell
Thursday 26th July 2018 - Club Night - topic: geological maps
Saturday 28th July 2018 - field meeting - the Chalk of Flamborough Head led by Mike Horne
Saturday 25th August 2018 - Rock and Fossil Roadshow at Hornsea Museum, open to the public from 11am to 3pm
Thursday 30th August - 2018 Club Night - sand and microfossils
Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th September 2018 - The Society will have a display at the Yorkshire Fossil Festival which is being held at Hull University at the end of British Science Week.
Saturday 29th September 2018 - Rock and Fossil Roadshow at the Treasure House in Beverley; open to the public from 11am to 2-30pm
Sunday 14th October 2018 - Flamborough Quaternary Research Group field meeting
Thursday 18th October
2018
- Evening Lecture - Rodger Connell on
"Whatever happened to the Wolstonian? Chasing later Middle Pleistocene
glaciations."
Thursday 22nd November 2018 - Evening Lecture - Dr Eddie Dempsey of Hull University on "The Great Glen Fault Zone - Back and forth for longer than we thought" Postponed
Thursday 6th December 2018 - Evening Lecture - Paul Hildreth on "Women in Geology"
Thursday 13th December 2018 - Quiz Night
Saturday 5th January 2019 - New Year geology walk and picnic at Withernsea led by Mike Horne
Thursday 10th January 2019 - Committee Meeting
Thursday 17th January 2019 - Evening lecture - Dr. Michael Oates on "Exploring Morocco's Palaeontological Riches".
Thursday 24th January 2019 - Club Night - topic - Sand and Microfossils
Sunday 10th February 2019 - field meeting at Bridlington led by Rodger Connell
Thursday 21st February 2019 - Evening Lecture -
Prof Chris Clark of Sheffield University on
the "Retreat
of the last British-Irish Ice Sheet
Sunday 24th February
2019 – Bisat
Research Group Field Meeting
Thursday 28th February 2019 - Club Night - topic - fossils
Sunday 10th March 2019 -
Bisat Research Group Field Meeting
Thursday 21st March 2019 - Evening Lecture - Prof David Bond of Hull
University on "When life nearly died - new perspectives on the
Permian-Triassic mass extinction
Thursday 28th March 2019 - Annual General Meeting and guest speaker
Dr Lyndsey Fox of Hull University on "Illuminating Anthropogenic
climate change with 150 years of ocean science"
Sunday 7th April 2019 - Flamborough Quaternary Research Group field meeting
Saturday 27th April 2019 - Conservation visit to Rifle Butts SSSI led by Mike Horne
Thursday 9th May 2019 - Club Night - topic: geological maps
Thursday 16th May 2019 - field meeting at Withernsea led by Brenda and Jack Almond and Janet Robson (part of Yorkshire Geology Month)
Sunday 19th May 2019 - Rocks in the Cemetery walk led by Mike Horne (part of Yorkshire Geology Month)
Saturday 1st June 2019 - field meeting at North Cave Wetlands cancelled
Thursday 6th June 2019 - Club Night - sand and microfossils.
Sunday 9th June 2019 - Rock and Fossil Roadshow at Flamborough Village Hall (part of Yorkshire Geology Month). Open to the public 11am to 3pm; admission free .
Saturday 29th June 2019 - field meeting - Churches, Lichens and Rocks led by Janet Robson, Mark Seaward and Mike Horne; visiting Rudston, Kilham and Kirkburn.
Thursday 11th July 2019 - Club Night - topic: patterns in rocks and fossils
Wednesday 17th July 2019 - display at Driffield Show display cancelled
Saturday 20th July 2019 - display at Hornsea Carnival display cancelled
Saturday 3rd August 2019 - field meeting - geological mapping at North Newbald. Click here for more information about mapping
Thursday 8th August 2019 - Club Night - topic: geological fieldwork.
Saturday 24th August 2019 - Rock and Fossil Roadshow at Hornsea. Open to the public 11am to 3pm; admission to the Roadshow is free *.
Sunday 15th September 2019 - Flamborough Quaternary Research Group field meeting
Thursday 26th September 2019 - Club Night - topic: my favourite geology books
Thursday October 24th 2019 - (evening lecture) - Laura Eddey on "A Reevaluation of Lake Pickering, North Yorkshire".
Saturday 26th October 2019 - Rock and Fossil Roadshow at the Market House in Exchange Street, Driffield. Open to the public 11am to 3pm; admission free.
Saturday 9th November 2019 - Microfossils Workshop
Thursday 14th November 2019 - (evening lecture) - Chris Darmon (of GeoSupplies) on "The Geology of Southern Norway"
Thursday 28th November 2019 - Club Night - topic: unusual rocks and fossils
Thursday 12th December 2019 (evening lecture) - Graham Kings
and Rodger Connell on "A long walk on the beach...
in the company of W.S.Bisat and others"
Thursday 16th January 2020 - Members' Evening
Thursday 30th January 2020 - Club Night - topic: geology on the world wide web
Thursday 13th February 2020 - (evening lecture) - Cancelled
Thursday 12th March 2020 - AGM and evening lecture - Richard Forrest on 'Plesiosaurs from Yorkshire (with a brief excursion south of the Humber)'
Following the AGM the government imposed restrictions on meetings due to the Covid-19 pandemic; indoor meetings were cancelled and the number of people attending field meetings was restricted until June 2021.
Thursday 2nd April 2020
- Virtual Club Night - "Geological I Spy... something
beginning with A"
Saturday 4th April 2020 - Conservation visit and social at Rifle Butts SSSI led by Mike Horne and Stuart Jones Cancelled
Thursday 30th April 2020 - Virtual Club Night - "Time to Rethink"
Saturday 9th May 2020 - Rock and Fossil Roadshow* at Treasure House in Beverley organised by Rod Towse (part of Yorkshire Geology Month); Cancelled
Sunday 10th May 2020 - morning geology walk in Hull's Spring Bank Cemetery led by Mike Horne (part of Yorkshire Geology Month)
Thursday 21st May 2020 - afternoon geology walk in Driffield Cemetery led by Mike Horne (part of Yorkshire Geology Month)
Thursday 21st May 2020 - Virtual Club Night - Geological Drawing
Sunday 24th May 2020 - the Quaternary and Chalk Geology of Flamborough, led by Mike Horne (part of Yorkshire Geology Month). Event Cancelled
Sunday 7th June 2020 - Rock and Fossil Roadshow at Flamborough Village Hall organised by Stuart Jones,(part of Yorkshire Geology Month) Event Cancelled
Thursday 18th June 2020 - Virtual Club Night - topic: gemstones and semi-precious stones
Tuesday 30th June 2020 - evening picnic and boulder survey at Mappleton led by Mike Horne - Cancelled
Saturday 4th July 2020 - boulder survey at Skipsea Withow Mere, led by Mike Horne - Cancelled
Sunday 5th July 2020 - a morning geology walk in Hull's Spring Bank Cemetery led by Mike Horne
Wednesday 8th July 2020 - a different morning geology walk in Hull's Spring Bank Cemetery led by Mike Horne
Thursday 16th July 2020- Virtual Club Night - "Geological I Spy... something beginning with B"
Saturday 18th July 2020 - Rock and Fossil Roadshow* at Driffield Masonic Hall organised by Stuart Jones, open to the public 11am to 3pm; admission free. Event Cancelled
Thursday 30th July 2020 - Club Night at Dinostar in Humber Street, Hull - postponed.
Thursday 6th August 2020 - pop-up field meeting at Skipsea led by Mike Horne
Thursday 6th August 2020 - Virtual Club Night - Rocks and fossils as household ornaments
Thursday 27th August 2020 - Virtual Club Night - topic: Holderness erratics
Saturday 29th August 2020 - Rock and Fossil Roadshow* at Hornsea Museum Event Cancelled because the Museum was closed.
Saturday 5th September 2020 - field meeting to Barmston and Fraisthorpe led by Arthur Speed - postponed.
Thursday 10th September 2020 - Virtual Club Night - something beginning with "C"
Sunday 20th September 2020 - morning Bisat Research Group field meeting at Skipsea - training on geological logging led by Graham Kings and Mike Horne
Thursday 24th September 2020 - Virtual Club Night on Facebook - the topic is "Building Stones".
Tuesday 29th September 2020 - morning field trip to Keyingham Gravel Pit, led by Mike Horne
Monday 5th October 2020 - morning Bisat Research Group field meeting on the Holderness Coast - cancelled
Thursday 8th October 2020 - (evening lecture) Dr Peter Hoare on "Foot prints and hearths: recent advances in East Anglian Palaeolithic archaeology" - cancelled.
Monday 12th October 2020 - morning walk in Hull's Northern Cemetary led by Mike Horne
Thursday 15th October 2020 - field meeting to South Ferriby led by Mary Howard and Mike Horne
Monday 19th October 2020 - morning Bisat Research Group field meeting at Barmston - training on geological logging led by Graham Kings and Mike Horne
Thursday 22nd October 2020 - Virtual Club Night on Facebook - something beginning with "D"
Wednesday 4th November 2020 - morning Bisat Research Group field meeting on the Holderness Coast - cancelled.
Saturday 7th November 2020 - Morning building stones walk for the Geologists' Association Festival of Geology led by Mike Horne - cancelled.
Sunday 8th November 2020 - Morning grave stones walk for the Geologists' Association Festival of Geology led by Mike Horne.
Thursday 12th November 2020 - evening lecture by Dr Jonathon Dean, - postponed.
Wednesday 18th November 2020 - morning Bisat Research Group field meeting on the Holderness Coast - cancelled.
Thursday 26th November 2020 -
Virtual Club Night
on Facebook
- I spy something geological beginning with
"E"
Thursday 3rd December 2020 - Virtual Club Night on Zoom - memories of HGS field meetings
Thursday 10th December 2020 - evening lecture by Dr Eddie Dempsey on the geology of the Scottish Highlands, postponed.
Thursday 17th December 2020 - evening Zoom lecture meeting - David Hill on "The Volcanoes of Sicily and the Aeolian islands"
Saturday 2nd January 2021 (provisional) - New Year Picnic on the Holderness Coast - postponed.
Friday 8th January 2021 - Virtual Club Night on Facebook - the topic is Dinosaurs
Thursday 14th January 2021 - Zoom Lecture - Professor Patrick Boylan, School of Arts and Social Sciences, City, University of London on "New light on the Neanderthals: music, rope-making. and now an apparent genetic link to Coronavirus" postponed
Saturday 16th January 2021 - morning Bisat Research Group field meeting on the Holderness Coast - cancelled.
Thursday 21st January 2021 - evening lecture by Dr Bryony Caswell postponed
Wednesday 27th January 2021 - Zoom Talk - John Connor on Geomorphological Aspects of the San Andreas Fault click here for the abstract
Monday 1st February 2021 - morning Bisat Research Group field meeting on the Holderness Coast - cancelled.
Tuesday 3rd February - Zoom Lecture - Professor Patrick Boylan, School of Arts and Social Sciences, City, University of London on "New light on the Neanderthals: music, rope-making. and now an apparent genetic link to Coronavirus" click here for the abstract
Thursday 4th February 2021 - Morning walk "Geology in Hull" led by Mike Horne,
Thursday 11th February 2021 - evening Zoom lecture meeting - Mike Horne on "the Geology beneath Hull"
Monday 15th February 2021 - morning Bisat Research Group field meeting on the Holderness Coast - cancelled.
Thursday 18th February 2021 - evening lecture by Steve Plater of Dinostar postponed
Wednesday 24th February 2021 - Zoom Seminar - Fossilisation - chaired by Mike Horne
Thursday 25th February 2021 - Virtual Club Night on Facebook - "something geological beginning with F"
Thursday 11th March 2021 - evening Zoom lecture meeting - David Hill on "The geology of southern Sweden"
Thursday 18th March 2021 - Annual General Meeting - virtual meeting with postal ballot.
Thursday 25th March 2021 - Members' Evening on Zoom - includes Helen Kitson on Keyingham Gravel Pit, Arthur Speed on "Churches big and small", and Mike Horne on South Ferriby Foreshore
Thursday 8th April 2021- evening Zoom lecture meeting - Mike Horne on "the Type Erratics collection" click here for the abstract
Friday 16th April 2021 - morning Bisat Research Group field meeting on the Holderness Coast
Friday 16th April 2021 - Virtual Club Night on Facebook - "Sedimentary structures"
Wednesday 21st April 2021- Zoom Seminar - John Connor and Mike Horne on "The cobble churches of Holderness"
Thursday 29th April 2021 - South Ferriby Foreshore fieldwork led by Mary Howard and Mike Horne
Wednesday 12th May2021 - evening Zoom lecture meeting - John Connor on "The Use of Geophysics for Marine Archaeology" click here for the abstract
Friday 14th May 2021- morning Bisat Research Group field meeting on the Holderness Coast
Friday 28th May 2021 - morning Bisat Research Group field meeting on the Holderness Coast - Cancelled
Friday 28th May 2021 - Virtual Club Night on Facebook - "something geological beginning with G"
Wednesday 2nd June 2021 - evening zoom lecture - Paul Hildreth on Middlegate Quarry, South Ferriby. click here for the abstract
Sunday 13th June 2021 - morning Bisat Research Group field meeting on the Holderness Coast - Cancelled
Sunday 20th June 2021 - conservation visit to Rifle Butts SSSI organised by Stuart Jones and Mike Horne
Monday 21st June 2021 - afternoon geological walk in Northern Cemetery led by Mike Horne
Monday 28th June 2021 - morning Bisat Research Group field meeting on the Holderness Coast - Cancelled
Wednesday 7th July 2021 - Committee Meeting on Zoom
Monday 12th July 2021 - morning Bisat Research Group field meeting on the Holderness Coast - Suspended
Wednesday 28th July 2021 - Zoom Seminar - Reading the Landscape - chaired by Mike Horne - includes slideshows by John Connor, David Hill and Mike Horne .
Sunday 8th August 2021 - New Year Picnic (re-arranged) at Withernsea led by Mike Horne.
Wednesday 11th August 2021 - Bisat Research Group field meeting at Withernsea.
Wednesday 11th August 2021 - Zoom Members' Evening on the topic of "Why Geology (what inspired you to become a geologist)?"
Thursday 12th August 2021 - members only evening visit to Dinostar.
Thursday 19th August 2021 - Virtual Club Night on Facebook - "something geological beginning with H"
Wednesday 25th August 2021 - Zoom talk by John Connor on "Old-fashioned Seismic in Mesopotamia
Sunday 29th August 2021 - a morning walk in Hull General Cemetery led by Mike Horne
Tuesday 21st September 2021 - field trip to Holderness Coast led by Mike Horne
Wednesday 22nd September 2021- Bisat Research Group field meeting at Withernsea
Thursday 7th October 2021 - Virtual Club Night on Facebook - "something geological beginning with I"
Thursday 21st October 2021 - Zoom talk by Dr Arthur Speed on "A virtual field trip to Barmston"
Thursday 4th November 2011 - Committeee Meeting
Thursday 18th November 2021 - Club Night on Zoom - the topic is "my favourite geological places".
Thursday 2nd December 2021 - (cancelled due to technical problems) Zoom talk by Dr Sam Griffiths of CITIZAN on " Geology and Humans : Chalk and Cheese or intertwined. " click here for the abstract
Thursday 16th December 2021 - Virtual Club Night on Facebook - "something geological beginning with J"
Wednesday 5th January 2022 - New Year Picnicat Withernsea led by Mike Horne
Thursday 6th January 2022 - Zoom talk by Mike Horne on "the Boulder Clays of Holderness"
Thursday 27th January 2022 -
Virtual Club Night
on Facebook - "something geological beginning with K"
Thursday 24th February 2022 - Evening lecture by Bryony Caswell of Hull University on "Ocean seafloors past, present and future: benthic responses to environmental change".
Thursday 3rd March 2022 - Virtual Club Night on Facebook - "something geological beginning with L"
Thursday 17th March 2022 - AGM followed by a talk by David Hill about "the Ammonites of Ilminster",
Wednesday 23rd March 2022 - Bisat Research Project field meeting at South Landing led by Graham Kings.
Friday 25th to Monday 28th March 2022 - weekend field trip to Anglesey - Ynys Mon Global Geopark - led by David Hill.
Wednesday 13th April 2022 - Zoom talk by John Connor on "Mud Volcanoes of the South Caspian Sea" click here for the abstract
Thursday 28th April 2022 - Wold Newton Walk led by Martin Longshaw
Thursday 12th May 2022 - Club Night - "Curiosities and Treasures".
Saturday 14th May 2022 - Yorkshire Geology Day at Caphouse Colliery - HGS display and publications on sale
Sunday 15th May 2022 - a morning walk in a Hull Cemetery led by Mike Horne - Part of Yorkshire Geology Month
Thursday 26th May 2022 - Virtual Club Night on Facebook - "Vertebrate Fossils"
Thursday 9th June 2022 - Virtual Club Night on Facebook - "something geological beginning with M"
Saturday 16th July 2022 - conservation visit and social at Rifle Butss SSSI, led by Stuart Jones and Mike Horne
Wednesday 20th July 2022 - Zoom talk - John Connor
on "More
Chert Than You Can Shake A Stick At"
Saturday 30th July 2022 - East Riding Boulder Committee field meeting on the Holderness Coast led by Mike Horne
Monday 1st August 2022 - Zoom talk by Mike Horne - Rocks in the Cemetery: Arnos Vale.
Friday 19th August 2022 - Cancelled - Driffield Mortimer Walk led by Rodger Connell click here for the abstract
Saturday 27th August 2022 - Roadshow at Hornsea Museum
Saturday 10th September 2022 - HGS display and field trips at the Geologists' Association Annual Conference. The theme for the Saturday conference is a celebration of the extraordinary palaeontological discoveries made in the UK over the last couple of years. Click here to read a report.
Sunday 11th September 2022 - morning geology and architecture walk around Hull's city centre led by Mike Horne. Joint meeting with the Geologists' Association.
Wednesday 14th September 2022 - Zoom talk - John Connor on
"Geology
of Red Rock Canyon, Nevada"
Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th September 2022 - (cancelled) HGS display at the Yorkshire Fossil Festival in Scarborough.
Thursday 29th September 2022 - Virtual Club Night on Facebook - "something geological beginning with P"
Saturday 8th October 2022 - extra meeting - field trip to Skipsea led by Mike Horne
Thursday 13th October 2022 - Committee Meeting
Thursday 3rd November 2022 - Virtual Club Night on Facebook - "something geological beginning with Q"
Wednesday 9th November 2022 - Zoom talk - Mike Horne on
the "Rocks under Kingston upon Hull"
Wednesday 16th November 2022 - Zoom talk - John Connor on "Yorks/Lincs/Norfolk Coastal Erosion - Compare &
Contrast"
Thursday 15th December 2022 - Quiz Night on Zoom with question rounds set by Terry Rockett, Mary Howard and Mike Horne. - click here to see the questions and answers
Thursday 29th December 2022 - Virtual Club Night on Facebook - "something geological beginning with R"
Wednesday 11th January 2023 - Zoom talk - John
Connor on "Bay
Area Exotics"