Visits Programme
Field Visits Secretary phone contact -
David Turner on 01245-267450
Please remember - booking is essential
- Contact David Turner 01245 267450 - Field Visits Secretary.
If necessary leave a message, clearly giving your name, contact number and group name.
Participants are reminded that they -
2020 ERMS visits
(other Essex events are listed at the bottom of this page)
- Contact David Turner 01245 267450 - Field Visits Secretary.
If necessary leave a message, clearly giving your name, contact number and group name.
Participants are reminded that they -
- must book a place with the Field Visits Secretary, David Turner.
- must read and abide by the safety information issued by the group to which they belong
- must sign the leader’s register sheet giving emergency contact information.
2020 ERMS visits
(other Essex events are listed at the bottom of this page)
For latest news of the next field visit, taking into account Government Guidelines for Covid 19 protection on visits, please call David Turner on 01245-267450.
PLEASE – do not 'turn up' at a field visit in the hope that you can take part. Everyone must book a place beforehand.
Sept. 13 Wrabness, Essex. A geological walk to see the cliff of London Clay on the River
(Sunday) Stour with its 32 bands of volcanic ash and occasional fossils. The famous brickearth will also be examined which has yielded Ice Age mammoth bones. Previous finds by ERMS members include the lower jaw of a mammoth and a Palaeolithic hand-axe. Meet and park at Wrabness Church
(TM 174318) at 10:30am. Packed lunch optional. [Leader: Bill George].
October 25 Isle of Sheppey, Kent. London Clay fossils together with barite, pyrite and
(Sunday) selenite crystals can be found on the foreshore at Warden Point. Meet in the car park at Warden (NW of Leysdown-on-Sea) (grid ref. TR 023718) at 10:30 a.m. Low tide is at 1:10pm. This locality may be extremely muddy so please bring appropriate clothing and footwear. [Leader: Gerald Lucy].
Important advice and safety notes for field visits.
It is essential that members book beforehand: if you wish to come on any field visit, contact the Field Visits Secretary to reserve a place (David Turner on 01245-267450 - please leave a message).
If you subsequently decide not to come, please inform the Field Visits Secretary so the party will not be kept waiting.
All geological sites are potentially dangerous. Members and guests ('participants') are reminded that they attend field visits at their own risk, and that they have a duty of care for their own safety and that of others. Neither the Society nor any of its members shall accept any liability whatsoever for any accident or injury to any persons or damage to or loss of property incurred by any persons arising from its activities except in so far as the Society can be held to have been negligent. Except in the case of working quarries (see below), persons under 18 years of age are welcome to attend certain field visits provided that they are accompanied by an adult: please check beforehand.
Participants are responsible for their own personal accident insurance cover and also insurance for their own personal effects used in connection with the Society's activities.
Participants are recommended to bring their own first aid kit on field visits.
Participants must wear suitable field-work clothing. This includes waterproofs and appropriate footwear and safety goggles. A hard hat is required for visits in the proximity of cliff and scarp sections. Access to working quarries will be permitted only if strong boots, a hard hat and a fluorescent jacket or tabard are worn. Goggles or other eye protection may be required. Except where otherwise stated we regret that persons under the age of 18 years are not permitted in working quarries.
All participants shall follow any reasonable instructions and heed any warnings given by the leader. The leader must be informed if any participant needs to leave the group before the end of the visit. The leader's attention must be drawn to any participant who is in distress or who is parted from the group.
Participants are expected to make their own travel arrangements and are responsible for locating each field visit meeting point, following location instructions, verbal or otherwise, from the leader.
Recommended field equipment. It is useful to have a notebook, pencil & paper, tissues or newspaper, collecting bags & pots, and a marker pen. Tools such as a trowel and sieve may be useful at certain locations: please enquire for advice. We recommend that participants also bring sun protection, a packed lunch plus sufficient drink.
New members are urged to record information about their finds, especially where they were found (identification can always be done later).
PLEASE – do not 'turn up' at a field visit in the hope that you can take part. Everyone must book a place beforehand.
Sept. 13 Wrabness, Essex. A geological walk to see the cliff of London Clay on the River
(Sunday) Stour with its 32 bands of volcanic ash and occasional fossils. The famous brickearth will also be examined which has yielded Ice Age mammoth bones. Previous finds by ERMS members include the lower jaw of a mammoth and a Palaeolithic hand-axe. Meet and park at Wrabness Church
(TM 174318) at 10:30am. Packed lunch optional. [Leader: Bill George].
October 25 Isle of Sheppey, Kent. London Clay fossils together with barite, pyrite and
(Sunday) selenite crystals can be found on the foreshore at Warden Point. Meet in the car park at Warden (NW of Leysdown-on-Sea) (grid ref. TR 023718) at 10:30 a.m. Low tide is at 1:10pm. This locality may be extremely muddy so please bring appropriate clothing and footwear. [Leader: Gerald Lucy].
Important advice and safety notes for field visits.
It is essential that members book beforehand: if you wish to come on any field visit, contact the Field Visits Secretary to reserve a place (David Turner on 01245-267450 - please leave a message).
If you subsequently decide not to come, please inform the Field Visits Secretary so the party will not be kept waiting.
All geological sites are potentially dangerous. Members and guests ('participants') are reminded that they attend field visits at their own risk, and that they have a duty of care for their own safety and that of others. Neither the Society nor any of its members shall accept any liability whatsoever for any accident or injury to any persons or damage to or loss of property incurred by any persons arising from its activities except in so far as the Society can be held to have been negligent. Except in the case of working quarries (see below), persons under 18 years of age are welcome to attend certain field visits provided that they are accompanied by an adult: please check beforehand.
Participants are responsible for their own personal accident insurance cover and also insurance for their own personal effects used in connection with the Society's activities.
Participants are recommended to bring their own first aid kit on field visits.
Participants must wear suitable field-work clothing. This includes waterproofs and appropriate footwear and safety goggles. A hard hat is required for visits in the proximity of cliff and scarp sections. Access to working quarries will be permitted only if strong boots, a hard hat and a fluorescent jacket or tabard are worn. Goggles or other eye protection may be required. Except where otherwise stated we regret that persons under the age of 18 years are not permitted in working quarries.
All participants shall follow any reasonable instructions and heed any warnings given by the leader. The leader must be informed if any participant needs to leave the group before the end of the visit. The leader's attention must be drawn to any participant who is in distress or who is parted from the group.
Participants are expected to make their own travel arrangements and are responsible for locating each field visit meeting point, following location instructions, verbal or otherwise, from the leader.
Recommended field equipment. It is useful to have a notebook, pencil & paper, tissues or newspaper, collecting bags & pots, and a marker pen. Tools such as a trowel and sieve may be useful at certain locations: please enquire for advice. We recommend that participants also bring sun protection, a packed lunch plus sufficient drink.
New members are urged to record information about their finds, especially where they were found (identification can always be done later).