SXR369 Summer School - 30 July 2005  - 30 photos out of the 300 I took!

What shall we look at first? My stick for scale
First day - here we are at Seaton Sluice Ah!  Sedimentary structures!
This was a short walk away along the cliffs This is one type of lithology we could all recognise
To the lighthouse!  Hartley Bay If only I had known, I would have brought a bucket for the coal!
If there's coal, there might be roots? Now, where did I put my notebook? Need to write this one down!
Stigmaria - my pencil for scale Bioturbation - my stick for scale
Hundale Point - and it's Yorkshire Day! We are standing on bed 8 (Gowland and Riding)
It was a difficult climb down, but worth it Spindle Thorn Limestone with Ravenscar Shale above
Logging bed 8 The tutors helped us to find the answers ourselves
Bivalves in life position - pen for scale Now, what have they found that's so interesting?
Tide coming in - rapidly! Walking back to Cloughton and the coach
Hm - perhaps it's time to pack up and go? 20 mph?  We should be so lucky!
It was another glorious day out All busy honing our drawing skills
Claxheugh Rocks - a lesson in North Eastern pronunciation! (and thank you, Craig) Good to see our fellow students visiting some of the same locations as us
Ryhope cutting west It's Marsden Bay - so it must be - Tuesday
Can you see the bryozoan in the rock by the pencil? Here we are at Marsden Bay, providing some interest for the local holidaymakers 
My pencil propped on the ledge for scale My pen to provide a scale for the stromatolites
Studying the structures in the rocks Trow Point beds - so this must be Trow point
Scremerston - a late start because of the tide Oxford Limestone just about uncovered
Chris is being tape measure monitor Tide's in - compare with two rows below!
Pencil for scale Busy measuring
Amazing colours and sedimentary structures This must be the fault -
Even cycle 5 uncovered by now View from my bedroom window
All done - we hope!  Tide's out (see above!) Breakfast queue mingling with the smokers
Tea break in Alnwick Howick Bay - more logging practice
What's this?  Time off for coffee and a bun? Acre Limestone with crinoids
Looking south Just be careful to avoid the guano
A brief moment to admire the scenery Kittywakes obviously find sedimentary structures convenient for nesting
Working our way up the beach and along the cliff Hard to believe the week is over - felt more like a fortnight!
Here we are, busy measuring, writing it all down in our notebooks - haven't we learned a lot since photo 1 at the top of the page! A little bit of rain on the way back to Craster to pick up kippers.  Dunstanburgh Castle on the Whin Sill in the distance
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