@Geowalks

Walks & holidays exploring Scotland's geology, and its influence on landscape & people. Edinburgh Uni Teaching Fellow, founding Trustee Scottish Geology Trust.

 Edinburgh, Scotland
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Joined February 2011
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Well you know me, always happy to follow a trend ... you'll find me here, and there bsky.app/profile/geowalks.bs…
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Ha 'renowned geologist'! Well if you say nice things about me of course I'm going to share ... Looking forward to this!
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St Anthony's Chapel, Holyrood Park, Edinburgh (Scotland) @UndisScot image & reconstruction. Repaired in 1426 with funds from the Pope. Likely damaged in 1400 during siege on Edinburgh Castle by King Henry IV of England. #StAnthonysChapel #ScottishChurches #HistoryRebuilt
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On dark days, seek solace from the processes of the Earth. Everything passes, and we're all doomed anyway.
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I'm doing a talk for @HistEnvScot in Holyrood Park about the Arthur's Seat volcano. Sunday 24 November, 1.30pm. historicenvironment.scot/vis…
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New Publication! The Geology of Scotland, 5th Edition Available in paperback geolsoc.org.uk/GOSCOT5P or hardback geolsoc.org.uk/GOSCOT5H #GeologyOfScotland #Geology #EarthScience #ScottishGeology
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The Siccar Point unconformity this morning, such a peaceful place to contemplate deep time. The textbook view usually only shows a small part of the rocky platform, a varying unconformity surface reflecting erosion of the underlying rock before deposition of the upper layers.
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Concretions in Carboniferous sandstone at Cocklawburn beach, Northumberland. Looks reminiscent of the cup-and-ring carvings in the Fell Sandstone inland, however this is a natural phenomena.
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Angus Miller retweeted
GeoBus@GeoBus_StA12 Oct 2024
This week the GeoBus Without Borders team were in Keetmanshoop, Namibia, with our colleagues from @GRINDicdp and Geological Survey of Namibia to deliver workshops for teachers, @unam_na students and students from J A Nel, PK de Villiers & Keetmanshoop Senior Secondary Schools.
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Bob McIntosh@scotfot9 Oct 2024
New on GeoGuide, in honour of the 100 anniversary of the publication of the Mull memoir - now released on GeoGuide geoguide.scottishgeologytrus…
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Angus Miller retweeted
NatureScot
@NatureScot2 Oct 2024
⛰️ Come along to @scottishgeology 's FREE GeoConservation Gathering this #GeodiversityDay, 6 October in Edinburgh. We’ll be sharing the recently updated guidance on establishing and managing local nature conservation site systems. Book ➡️ orlo.uk/zxlr5
Image shows an aerial view of Glen Roy National Nature Reserve and the Parallel Roads of Lochaber Site of Scientific Interest. Research of this internationally important site, which this year became an IUGS Geological Heritage Site, helps us understand the effects of climate change and melting glaciers. Credit: Lorne Gill/NatureScot.

ALT Image shows an aerial view of Glen Roy National Nature Reserve and the Parallel Roads of Lochaber Site of Scientific Interest. Research of this internationally important site, which this year became an IUGS Geological Heritage Site, helps us understand the effects of climate change and melting glaciers. Credit: Lorne Gill/NatureScot.

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Congratulations amazing @EvieLovesNature winning Lifetime Achievement Award at Climate Action Awards ScotParl last night #HolyroodClimateAwards in recognition of her amazing work on range of environmental issues over years and in particular founding and leading @Earth_in_Common
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Great news that @ArranGeopark is proposed for endorsement as a UNESCO Global Geopark. Well done to the team behind this great initiative, and I'm proud to have played a small part in getting the ball rolling in 2017! unesco.org/en/articles/unesc…
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I've commented here before about the bad decision by the John Muir Trust to pause the #johnmuiraward. Turns out that is just one aspect of what's going wrong with the Trust. What a mess. Full details here tfn.scot/news/exclusive-the-…

Exclusive: the "downward spiral" of a Scots conservation charity - TFN

Insider dossier raises questions over finance, redundancies, governance and more

tfn.scot
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Replying to @scottishgeology
Geosites & Geoguide: Angus Miller for @scottishgeology Scottish Geology Festival. Introducing key to local maps & info. Scottish Geosites: scottishgeologytrust.org/geo… Scottish Geoguide: geoguide.scottishgeologytrus… #ScotGeolFest24 #Geosites #Geoguide #geology #Scotland #ScottishGeology ⚒️
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Emily Brown@EmilyCBrown10 Sep 2024
For #ScotGeolFest24 we’re running a new Drawn to Rocks workshop with artist Vojta Hybl Take inspiration from a tour of our geological collection and then have a go at sketching your favourite specimen under Vojta’s guidance! Details and tickets here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/drawn-to-…

Drawn to Rocks Art Workshop

Explore rocks from both creative and scientific points of view with the guidance of science artist Vojta Hýbl of Rocks on Paper.

eventbrite.co.uk
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SGT’s Geosites project aims to bring together info on Scotland’s important geological sites, to make it easy for people to find out about them, share info & report issues. On 12th Sept (6:30) join project leader Angus Miller & volunteers to learn more about Geosites & Geoguide!
Screenshot of the geosites map from the SGT geosites webpage.

ALT Screenshot of the geosites map from the SGT geosites webpage.

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