Hull Geological Society

(Founded 1888)

Registered Educational Charity No. 229147

List of past meetings and events from 2019

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" and "Ediacaran-like textured organic surfaces: microbial mats thrived after the Permian-Triassic mass extinction" with displays. 

Friday 22nd March  2019 - Bisat Research Group Field Meeting

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"  Click here for abstract

Monday 8th April  2019 - Bisat Research Group Field Meeting

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 19th December  2019 - Quiz Night

Sunday 29th December  2019 - New Year Picnic and beach walk at Withernsea led by Mike Horne

Thursday 9th January  2020 - Committee Meeting

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"  - click here for a list of images

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"  - click here for a list of images

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"  - click here for a list of images

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"

Sunday 3rd July 2022 - Rock and Fossil Roadshow at Flamborough Village Hall, organised by Stuart Jones

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" click here for the abstract

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". click here for the abstract

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"   click here for the abstract

Wednesday 16th November 2022 - Zoom talk - John Connor on "Yorks/Lincs/Norfolk Coastal Erosion - Compare & Contrast" click here for the abstract

Wednesday 7th December 2022 - Zoom seminar - "Coastal Erosion and climate change in East Yorkshire" led by John Connor and Mike Horne.

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 4th January 2023 - Zoom seminar  - "Dealing with Diamicts" led by Mike Horne

Wednesday 11th January 2023 - Zoom talk - John Connor on "Bay Area Exotics" click here for the abstract

Wednesday 8th February 2023  - Zoom workshop - "cataloguing and caring for your collection" led by Mike Horne. -

Thursday 23rd February 2023 - Club Night at the University starting at 6-10pm - the topic is Sedimentary Rocks.

Saturday 25th February 2023 - field meeting and picnic on the Holderness Coast.

Wednesday 15th March 2023 -  Zoom talk - John Connor on "The Geology & History of Point Reyes, California".

Thursday 9th March 2023 - Virtual Club Night on Facebook  - "something geological beginning with S"

Thursday 16th March 2023 - Annual General Meeting followed by a lecture by Graham Kings about the Terras de Cavaleiros Geopark in northern Portugal. Meeting is in the Cohen Building of the University of Hull .

Friday 14th April 2023 - Zoom talk to the Geologists' Association - Mike Horne on "the Pebbles of the Ice Age Coast".

Saturday 15th April 2023 - field trip to Middlegate Quarry, led by Mick Oates and Mike Horne.  

Thursday 20th April 2023 - lecture at the University by Paul Hildreth on the Birds and Rocks of Flamborough Head.

Saturday 29th April 2023 - Yorkshire Geology Day at Caphouse Colliery; includes a talk by Mike Horne about "minifossils and a pair of tights".

Sunday 30th April 2023 - Urban geology walk led by Mike Horne, part of Yorkshire Geology Month.  

Wednesday 3rd May 2023 - Zoom talk  by Tony Felski on Coal. part of Yorkshire Geology Month

Thursday 4th May 2023 - Rocks in the Cemetery Walk led by Mike Horne, part of Yorkshire Geology Month.  

Sunday 7th May 2023 - Rifle Butts SSSI conservation visit led by Stuart Jones & Mike Horne,

Thursday 8th June 2023 - Virtual Club Night on Facebook  - "something geological beginning with T"

Wednesday 21st June 2023 - Zoom talk by Niall Clarke on "The Granite Intrusion of Galway, Ireland"

Sunday 2nd July 2023 - Rock and Fossil Roadshow at Flamborough Village Hall, organised by Stuart Jones.

Thursday 20th July 2023 - Zoom talk by Paul Hildreth on Hyenas of Kirkdale Cave.  

Thursday 27th July 2023 - Club Night at the University, the topic is "Jurassic"

Tuesday 8th August 2023 - "Introduction to the Geology of East Yorkshire" by Mike Horne on Zoom. Part of our 135th Anniversary celebrations.

Monday 14th August 2023 -  field trip to Keyingham Quarry - led by  Stephen Whitaker and Mike Horne.  Part of our 135th Anniversary celebrations.

Sunday 20th August 2023 - East Riding Boulder Committee field meeting at Mappleton led by Mike Horne, part of our 135th Anniversary celebrations.

Thursday 24th August 2023 – 135th Anniversary event - Members’ Evening at the University. Members are encouraged to give short talks about their memories of Society meetings, display specimens and photographs.

Saturday 26th August 2023 - Rock and Fossil Roadshow at Hornsea Museum - organised by Jack and Brenda Almond

Saturday 2nd September 2023 - field meeting at South Ferriby Forshore led by Mary Howard and Mike Horne

Thursday 14th September 2023 - Virtual Club Night on Facebook  -  "something geological beginning with V" - click here for a list of images

Thursday 28th September 2023 -  Club Night at the University, the topic is "benthic".

Saturday 7th October 2023 - guided tour of the Yorkshire Natural History Museum.

Saturday 14th October 2023 - afternoon joint meeting with the University of Hull, Geology Department and the Yorkshire Geological Society on the “role of Geology in achieving the UN sustainable development goals”.

Sunday 15th October 2023 - visit to Middlegate Quarry led by Paul Hildreth and Mike Horne.

Thursday 26th October 2023 - Club Night at the University, the topic is Palaeozoic

November 2023 - Committee Meeting on Zoom

Thursday 30th November 2023 -  talk by Nemi Walding on "The  Pyroclastic Density Current Problem" at the University.

Thursday 21st December  2023 -  Quiz Night at the University.

Saturday 30th December 2023 - New Year walk and picnic at Withernsea - led by Jack and Brenda Almond

Thursday 4th January 2024 - Virtual Club Night on Facebook - "something geological beginning with W"

Thursday 11th January 2024  - Club Night at the University the topic is "Patterns in the Rocks"

Thursday 25th January 2024 - Fossil Focus Seminar on Zoom, Tutor - Mike Horne - click here for more details.

Thursday 1st February 2024 - Zoom talk by Tony Felski at 7-30pm on " The Geology of the Italian Part of Lake Maggiore. "  Click here for the abstract.  

Thursday 8th February 2024 - Fossil Focus Seminar on Zoom, Tutor - Mike Horne -  click here for more details.

Thursday 15th February 2024  -  Club Night at the University, the topic is Minerals

Thursday 22nd February 2024 - Fossil Focus Seminar on Zoom,Tutor - Mike Horne,  click here for more details.

Thursday 29th February 2024 - lecture by Dr Anna Bird of the University of Hull.

Thursday 7th March 2024 - Fossil Focus Seminar on Zoom, Tutor - Mike Horne -  click here for more details.

Thursday 14th March 2024 - Annual General Meeting and a talk by Professor Mark Bateman from the University of Sheffield.

Thursday 4th April 2024 - Virtual Club Night on Facebook  - "something geological beginning with X"

Thursday 11th April 2024 - Society Dinner to celebrate the Secretary's 40th Anniversary as an Officer of the HGS.

Sunday 14th April 2024 - display at Dinostar museum on Humber Street in Hull, organised by Mary Howard.

Thursday 25th April 2024  -  Club Night at the University, the topic is Corals

Friday 26th April 2024 - field meeting at South Landing, Flamborough led by Mike Horne

All of May 2024 - East Yorkshire Rocks - photographic exhibition on our Facebook Page, part of Yorkshire Geology Month.

Sunday 5th May 2024 - "Rocks in the City" morning walk in Hull city centre, led by Mike Horne, part of Yorkshire Geology Month   

Saturday 11th May 2024 - Yorkshire Geology Day at Caphouse Colliery, near Wakefield.

Saturday 11th May 2024 - exhibition for the Yorkshire Society at Hull Minster organised by Mary Howard.

Wednesday 22nd May 2024 - "Rocks under the City" talk on Zoom by Mike Horne, part of Yorkshire Geology Month, a talk about the geology under Hull.

Friday 24th May 2024 - "Rocks in the Cemetery" morning walk led by Mike Horne, part of Yorkshire Geology Month

Saturday 25th May 2024 - field meeting - Speeton led by David Hill.  

Sunday 9th June 2024 - Field meeting at Skipsea Withow led by Mike Horne

Sunday 23rd June 2024 - afternoon visit to the Barrow Upon Humber Geology Museum, organised by Mick Oates.

Thursday 27th June 2024 - talk by Dr Tom Hose of Bristol University and editor of GEONEWS  on "Wealden  RIGS and the history of geoconservation " at the University

Sunday 30th June 2024 - Rock and Fossil Roadshow at Flamborough Village Hall organised by Stuart Jones.

Sunday 7th July 2024 - Cancelled field meeting - Filey led by Terry Rockett

Thursday 18th July 2024 - Virtual Club Night on Facebook  - "something geological beginning with Y"

Sunday 8th August 2024 - visit to a Scunthorpe Ironstone Quarry led by Paul Hildreth

Sunday 19th August 2024 - extra meeting - mini-roadshow at the Withernsea Carnival, organised by Jack and Brenda Almond, in Valley Gardens from 10am to 3pm.

Thursday 22nd August  2024 - Club Night at the University, the topic is Metamorphic

Saturday 24th August 2024 - Rock and Fossil Roadshow at Hornsea Museum.

Wednesday 28th August 2024 - Zoom talk by John Connor about "Cave Oolite, Bog Iron & Pantiles - Geologic "Products" from the Southwest Wolds"

Thursday 12th September 2024 - Virtual Club Night on Facebook  - "I spy something geological beginning with Z"

Thursday 26th September 2024 - Club Night - the topic was Volcanic

Monday 7th October 2024 - Cancelled field trip to Llandudno organised by Jan Robson, traveling by coach and staying at the New Loretta Hotel.

Tuesday 8th October 2024 - extra meeting -  lecture by Laura Burrel Garcia of the British Geological Survey  on "Geological Mapping of the Yorkshire Wolds Chalk aquifer". 

Thursday 10th October 2024 - Zoom talk by Mick Oates "All about Ammonites". 

Thursday 24th October 2024  -  "Finds Night" at the University.

Thursday 14th November 2024  - Club Night  - the topic was Crystals

Thursday 21st November 2024 - Zoom talk by Tony Felski about "The Permian Geology of the Wakefield district".   Click here for the abstract.

Wednesday 4th December 2024  - Committee meeting.

Thursday 12th December 2024 - Festive Quiz Night.

Thursday 2nd January 2025 - Virtual Club Night on Facebook  - the topic is "pebbles".

Thursday 16th January 2025 - Club Night at the University starting - the topic is Erratics

Wednesday 15th January 2025 – Meeting on Zoom by John Connor on "Mt Lassen & Other Volcanoes of the Southern Cascades".  Click here for abstract.

Thursday 16th January 2025 Club Night at the University - the topic is Erratics.

Wednesday 19th February 2025 - Meeting on Zoom by John Connor on  "the Building Stones of Holderness".     Click here for the abstract.

Thursday 13th February 2025 - Club Night at the University - the topic is "I used to know that ! " We will test our geological knowledge using questions from recent GCSE and A Level geology papers put together by one of our members.

Thursday 13th March 2025 - Annual General Meeting, followed by a talk by Dr Peter Halkon about “The changing Landscape of the Foulness Valley, East Yorkshire”

Friday 14th March 2025 - Zoom talk by Mike Horne on "The geology of East Yorkshire" a joint meeting with the Saltburn U3A.

Wednesday 19th March 2025 -  Meeting on Zoom by John Connor on  "Addendum to the Elusive Unconformity ". Click here for the abstract.

Saturday 12th April 2025 - field trip to Upton Railway Cutting and South Elmsall Quarry, led by Rick Ramsdale and Tony Felski.

Thursday 24th April 2025 -  evening lecture at the University starting at 6-30pm - Paul Hildreth on "Lincolnshire Ironstones"; part of Yorkshire Geology Month.  Click here for the abstract.

Wednesday 7th May 2025 – Zoom talk by Mike Horne about “Tom Sheppard – Hull's Hyperscientist” as part of Yorkshire Geology Month.

Sunday 11th May 2025 - morning walk "Rocks in the Cemetery" led by Mike Horne as part of Yorkshire Geology Month. 

Friday 23rd May 2025 - scenic walk around Wold Newton led by Martin Longshaw. Part of Yorkshire Geology Month.  

Sunday 25th May 2025 - morning beach walk at Hornsea led by Brenda and Jack Almond.  Part of Yorkshire Geology Month.

Wednesday 18th June 2025 - Club Night on Facebook - "My Oldest Rocks"

Thursday 3rd July 2025 - talk by Philip Vixsebroxse on "Fossilisation at the dawn of animal life".

Thursday 21st August 2025 - The Big Summer Quiz Night  led by Terry Rockett..

Saturday 23rd August 2025 - Roadshow at Hornsea Museum organised by Lewis Rose.

Thursday 25th September 2025 - field trip to the Scarborough area led by Mary Howard and Mike Horne. talk at 7-30pm by John Connor on "the history of brickmaking".

Wednesday 15th October 2025 - Zoom talk by John Connor on "the history of brickmaking".

Wednesday 22nd October 2025 - Zoom talk Chris Darmon of Geosupplies on "Rare Earth Elements and Ukraine Hoax".

Thursday 23rd October 2025 - Club Night the topic is Crystals and crystallography, at 6-30pm. *

Thursday 13th November 2025 - lecture by Kristian Saether about a new volume of the Treatise on Invertebrate Palaeontology.

Wednesday 19th November 2025 - Mike Horne's Zoom Quiz.

Thursday 27th November 2025 - Club Night the topic is Jurassic.

Thursday 18th December 2025 - Festive Quiz Night.

Tuesday 6th January 2026 - New Year Picnic at Withernsea, led by Mike Horne.

Tuesday 13th January 2026 - Committee Meeting.

Wednesday 14th January 2026 - Zoom talk by John Connor on "a Geologic Bike Ride around Wales".

Thursday 22nd January 2026 - Club Night on Ammonites.

Wednesday 11th February 2026 - Zoom talk by John Connor and Martin Clarke on "whence the Rudston Monolith".

Thursday 19th February 2026 - Club Night on Landscape.

Thursday 19th March 2026  - AGM and talk about erratics by Ian Warrington including a demonstration with thin sections.

Thursday 16th April 2026 - lecture by Dan Normandale on "the Humber's geomorphology - the past, present and future".

Thursday 7th May 2026  - lecture by Prof Simon Mitchell of the University of the West Indies.

Click here for an archive of previous meeting topics from 2003 to 2023.

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