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Morvern & Ardgour, Lochaber

Start:
5 May 2017 @ 12:00 pm
End:
8 May 2017 @ 12:00 pm
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Leader: Jim Blair, Lochaber Geoconservation

Field days: Friday/Saturday/Sunday/Monday

We hope to be based in the Ardgour area where we would have access to Morvern and Ardgour.  We could meet at the Tourist Info Centre (beside the Ballachulish Slate Quarry) perhaps, at 11.30 am/12 noon, with road stops to see Strontian granite, Moine rocks, perhaps the Ballachulish Slide & the Lochaline working silica mine (has to be a weekday after 4.30 pm, wellington boots, hard hats, high vis jackets required). Over the weekend we also hope to see lavas from the Mull volcano in Morvern, Tennyson’s waterfall (off the lavas), Jurassic fossil beds at Lochaline, a possible P/T Boundary, an unconformity between Moine/Devonian and another between Moine and Permo/Trias, hopefully an old lead mine and other things!

Travel will be by shared private cars – less expensive and better than a coach on single track roads.

This is the second weekend on which this excursion is being run. The first weekend, April 21 to April 24, is now fully booked, but there are still places available for this second weekend. If you are interested in joining this second excursion, please contact restrips@gsocg.org as soon as possible.

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