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Despite being shattered from our walk between Lyme Regis and West Bay the day before, our night's sleep in West Bay was set to a symphony of sea gulls at all hours of the night so we woke up not really feeling that well rested. Nonetheless we were excited about the days walk to Abbotsbury, our next section of the South West Coast Path, knowing it involved far less hills than the day before. We wolfed down yet another incredible full English (now becoming expected from our mor

Lyme Regis at Dusk Back in the summer of 2024 my family and I started the challenge of walking the entire length of the South West Coast Path - a 1000km path that stretches along the South Coast of England from Poole in Dorset, all the way round Devon and Cornwall to Minehead. In 2024 we completed the section between Poole and Weymouth, so this summer we wanted to do a bit more and spent three days completing the section of the path from Lyme Regis back toWeymouth to join up

It's been almost a year since I graduated, and it's safe to say I have had my run in with the highs and lows of post grad life. In the past year I've moved to a new city, worked three very different jobs, had a whole career and future crisis, spent a lot of time trying to stay in touch with and see all my friends that are now spread over the country, and had to work out silly adult things like council tax and registering at a new GP, all while still having to call my mum to

A picture I took in the museum showing some of the collection cases. As I think I've mentioned in some previous posts, I've been keen on doing sidequests now i'm living in London. My bucket list does of course include the classic museums - the Tate Modern, the V&A, the Natural History Museum, the National Portrait Gallery etc - but it also has some smaller ones I've heard about, one of them being UCL's Grant Museum of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy. I finally got around to

While living in London I have made it one of my aims to just do as much as possible! I'm lucky enough to be living in this amazing city with so much going on around me and I want to experience it all. To facilitate in doing this I have a list on my notes app titled "London Bucket List"which I have complied from a mix of things my friends have, told me about, ads I've seen on the tube, and stuff i've seen on TikTok - which I some what reluctantly admit is my main source of ins

Last week I received my degree results and I'm thrilled to say I'm going to be graduating with a First Class MEarth Sci degree. That's...

Another year down, and the end of 2024 marks two years of Lets Chalk About It being in existence. 2024 has yet again been a year filled...

So you got an Oxford interview but now you're freaking out and madly searching the internet for tips, tricks and what to expect! A photo of the Radcliffe Camera taken in November time. First of all, congrats! Getting an interview is an amazing achievement in itself and you should be proud. Second, the interview process is not designed to be a big scary test, its designed to see if the tutors would enjoy taking you on as one of their students and if you would enjoy being taugh

If there is one thing in life that fuels me it's coffee. Back in 2021, when 18 year-old Liv first arrived in Oxford, I hated the stuff. I...

Recently, I took a trip up to Edinburgh with my boyfriend for a wedding, and whilst we were there we had a day exploring the city, including a walk up Arthur's seat. The views were fantastic: a city rich with history, with a mountain in the middle and the beach at the side, is just incredible and I definitely want to go back! Whilst walking up Arthur's Seat, I made an effort to just look at (not talk about) the rocks in order to save my boyfriend form more geology chat than h

After our long walk the day before we woke up ready to devour the cooked breakfast provided at the Inn before lacing up our boots and setting off on the next leg of the journey. If you remember form the post before we had spent the night in Swanage, however between Swanage and Lulworth lay the Lulworth militry firing range, and, being a Tuesday, we were informed it was firing day so the land would be closed. We were somewhat relieved by this news actually as the walk between

The South West Coast Path stretches 1,014km across England's south western peninsula from Minehead in Somerset to Poole in Dorset. Part of the path goes across the Jurassic Coast, one of my favourite parts of the UK with it's spectacular geology, which is also home to the Belemnite Marls, the focus of my masters project that I'll be starting in October. A photo of Old Harry Rocks, the famous chalk arch and stack at Studland Bay, marking the most eastern point of the Jurassic

The past two weeks have been my finals, which is the name for our third year exams here at Oxford, although that is a silly word because...

It's the third week of trinity term here in Oxford and we are deep into the depths of exam season. Libraries are packed, people are stressed, and my laptop home screen says '6 days until exams' in bold letters. Exam season is full on and stressful, but I have also found it to be boring and even a little lonely. With everyone focused on their revision it seems like everyone feels guilty for having some fun and, especially amongst finalists, no one really has time for any maj

So once again I've been a little MIA for a while. Keeping up with the blog along with my university work provides somewhat of a challenge...

Hilary Term (the second term of the year at Oxford) has just begun and I thought I would take you through my week 1. Terms at Oxford last...

Over new year my boyfriend and I flew out to Dubai to spend the last weeks of the vac with my parents (and also in the sun!). The ten...

Looking back at 2023, what a year it has been! Plenty of geology, plenty of Oxford, plenty of time spent with family and friends, and...

Writing this article I’m currently in my 9th hour spent in Inverness airport after a long, long delay. Not a very fitting end to what was...

It's all well and good me writing about my experiences studying the Earth Sciences but as they say, a picture says a thousand words. So...