by chris | Nov 23, 2017 | Walks and underground trips
Saturday 17th February 2018. Only one place still available. Prior booking essential – meeting arrangements will be supplied when booking your place(s). Organiser: Paul Chandler. Paul Guion (East Midlands Geological Society) has kindly agreed to show us...
by chris | Nov 23, 2017 | Walks and underground trips
Saturday 17th March 2018 (date to be confirmed). Meeting arrangements will be supplied when booking your place(s). Please note: this trip is now fully booked. Organiser: Paul Chandler. A second opportunity for Society members to visit this, the last working...
by chris | Nov 5, 2017 | Walks and underground trips
As with many of our recent walks, we were lucky with the weather at the end of October for our guided heritage walk looking at some of the disused gritstone quarries on Stanton Moor. Fourteen of us met near Birchover, including one couple whose ancestors quarried at...
by rob_vqladl4v | Oct 24, 2017 | Walks and underground trips
The group of 15 set off from Castleton to Odin mine sough tail, Trickett Bridge. The stream bed here is stained orange due to iron in the shale the sough runs through. The valley bottom is mostly of shale with the reef limestone rising up to form Treak Cliff and Long...
by chris | Oct 23, 2017 | Walks and underground trips
Sunday 5th November 2017. Meet 9.45am for 10.00am start. Leader: Paul Chandler(GLMPC/PDMHS). Meet in the layby below the mine spoil tip in the Via Gellia on the A5012 (grid ref SK 269566). If the layby is full, further parking is available in the...
by chris | Sep 29, 2017 | Walks and underground trips
Sunday October 29th 2017, starting at 10.30am. Leader: Chris James. Contact him at at meets@pdmhs.com or on 01246 208656. Meet in the (free!) public car park at Birchover, just opposite the entrance to Birchover Quarry (OS grid ref. SK242625). A free circular...
