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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

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...

Having finished our project a few days earlier than expected we were left with a some time around the cottage to get office work done and...

Day 31: A sneak peak at the terrain we had to deal with today. Nothing better than a good bog! I can't believe we have made it to day 31!...

Day 24: One of our metamorphic rocks (we are thinking metapellite) with some cute little quartz lenses. Today involved far too much...

Day 18: Sneak peak of my field map in the sun Getting up this morning to get back in the field was painful! As we reach halfway energy is...

Day 12: An outcrop right next to a contact we found. This is a classic grey sandstone that covers a decent chunk of our mapping area. For...

Day 6: A lovely BeReal from our wet weather outing to the local village. Day 6 was an incredibly welcome day off. Waking up to rain so...

Day 1: Me posing having just made it to the top of one of the hills in our mapping area, morale still high on day 1. Catherine (my...

So by now I have made it to our little cottage in the wilds of County Galway! The journey here was a long one. Having driven up from...

In just over a week from writing this I'm going to be heading off to County Mayo in Ireland to spend 6 weeks doing my independent mapping...

I've been on a couple of field trips now around the UK and would like to think I have gained some geological knowledge and understanding from them. Whilst I don't think I could tell you much about the specific rock formations I have looked at I do think that I've began to develop some basic field skills and learnt a couple hacks to make my life a bit easier. This will of course be put to the test when my friends and I depart on our independent mapping project for 6 weeks in a

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...

A vital, and somewhat character building, part of any geoscience degree is the field trips. Loved and dreaded in equal parts, there is nothing more bonding or more exhausting than ten days in the rain with your course mates. If you're about to set off on your first venture into the field, you're a seasoned geologist or you're simply wondering what really goes on in the field then look no further as I answer some FAQs about time spent in the field. My somewhat questionable fie

Field trips have been a very bonding experience for me and my course mates. My cohort consists of about 35 geologists spending typically...