Had my first ever trip to Belhaven Bay, just to the west of Dunbar. I’ve been into Dunbar itself to look at the rocks in the harbour area and visited the extensive Carboniferous exposures to the south of Dunbar at…
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Belhaven Bay – surf’s up! Geodiversity’s up!
Tagged with: Belhaven, Dunbar, Marsh, Prestonpans
Posted in Geodiversity, Geological Walks (low-level), Scotland, Trips
Posted in Geodiversity, Geological Walks (low-level), Scotland, Trips
Scottish Geoheritage Festival, October 2017
The hard work of the Scottish Geodiversity Forum has resulted in Scotland’s first national geoheritage festival. Events are happening across Scotland during October, with the support and goodwill of many organizations and individuals, as part of the year-long 2017 Year of…
Harlaw Reservoir wanderings
Harlaw is part of a network of reservoirs that were built in the 19th century to supply the city with clean, fresh water. The network now extends deep into the Scottish Borders around Talla but the Pentland Hills contain numerous…
Tagged with: Edinburgh, Geology, Outdoor, Walking
Posted in Geodiversity, Geological Walks (low-level), Pentlands, Scotland, Uncategorized
Posted in Geodiversity, Geological Walks (low-level), Pentlands, Scotland, Uncategorized
This week in the Pentlands-part 2
After the rather poor views last Tuesday, Shadow and I headed off to Threipmuir on a clear, crisp day to (mostly) run down to The Howe to complete getting photos for some of the Pentlands walks I run through Hills…
Starting Edinburgh Geological Walks mid-August
The main aim of Hills of Hame is to take people out to more remote areas but urban geology in Edinburgh is great too. The guides will go up on the site here for people to look at, and use…
Tagged with: Edinburgh, Fossils, Geology, Hillwalking, Palaeontology, Pavement Palaeontology, urban geology
Posted in Geological Walks, Geological Walks (low-level), Uncategorized
Posted in Geological Walks, Geological Walks (low-level), Uncategorized
Hills of Hame 