Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd February.
Geologists' Association Microfossil Workshop on Foraminifera. Leader: Adrian Rundle. To be held at his house: 55, Dancer Road, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 4LB (map reference: TQ 151759, OS Landranger Map 176) (telephone: 0208 878 6645) at 10.30am till as late as you like. This is a repeat of the second Microfossil Workshop in Adrian's well known series of workshops. In the morning, we shall study books and slides, and in the afternoon we shall process our own samples and make our own slides. Please bring a x20/x40 stereo microscope if you have one and a packed lunch. Workshop suitable for all levels of knowledge from total beginners to experts. Number limited to 12 persons per day. If we have excess bookings, we may arrange another day. Book through Sarah Stafford at the GA at a cost of £8 per person (telephone: 020 7434 9298).

Saturday 16th February.
Kent Geologists Group Microfossil Workshop on Foraminifera. Salads provided. Book through Adrian Rundle or Gordon Alchin. Other details as above.

Sunday 9th March.
Field Meeting to Herne Bay. Leader: Les Lanham. By invitation from the Essex Rock and Mineral Society. The foreshore at Beltinge yields fine fossil fish remains including shark's teeth from the Beltinge Fish Bed. Meet at the bottom car park at the end of Reculver Drive (map reference TR 206687, OS Landranger Map 179) at 6.30am, low tide is at 7.45am. Bring a torch as it will just about be light at that hour.
Refreshments will be available afterwards at Les's home in Herne Bay. We allow responsible collecting according to the Geologists' Association Fieldwork Code. Children accompanied by an adult may attend. Further visits may be possible later in the year. Contact Les Lanham on 01227 369873 for details of these. (It will be early in the morning).

Saturday 26th April.
A Mineralogy Tour at the Natural History Museum in South Kensington, Central London. Guide: Dr. Peter Tandy. Meet at 14.00 at the main entrance to the Museum in Cromwell Road. Allow time for security checks on the way in. We shall see the new Vault Gallery, and behind the scenes some important mineral collections and hopefully some of the modern X-ray equipment in use there. There is a maximum of 12 adults on this visit so please let Gordon Alchin know if you are coming. The tour and entry to the Museum is free.

Sunday 27th April.
Field Meeting to Smokejacks Brickworks, near Ockley, Surrey. Leader: Pete Austen. Meet at the Brickworks car park (map reference TQ 116372, OS Landranger Map) at 10.30am. This meeting is not suitable for juniors. The Early Cretaceous Weald Clay has yielded dinosaur remains, fish, plants and microfossils. Bring a hard hat, reflective jacket, eye protection, hammer, chisels etc. and a packed lunch including sufficient drink. Contact Peter on telephone 01323 899237 or email PJAusten@ukgateway.net at least 10 days beforehand. Extra details are available from Peter.

Saturday 10th - Saturday 17th May.
One week field trip to Northern France. We plan to stay three nights near Rheims then four nights on the coast at Dieppe. Our leader, near Rheims, will be Alan Lane and we shall collect fossils from good Eocene sites. Our leader near Dieppe will be Rory Mortimore and we shall study Chalk sites on the Somme and along the Coast from Dieppe. We shall be staying at hotels and using a coach. The cost will be about £400 per person and a deposit will be needed early in 2008. More details from Gordon Alchin (telephone 01732 457188).

Saturday 7th - Sunday 8th June.
Group Stand at the Rock 'n' Gem Show at Kempton Park Racecourse, Sunbury (map reference TQ 108702, OS Landranger Map 176). Microfossil and mineral slide-making and other activities. Help on stand always welcome. It is great fun and no prior knowledge is required. Setting up on Saturday at 9.00am, doors open at 10.00am.

Saturday 14th June.
A Geomorphological Walk along the River Darenth in West Kent. Leader: Ann Barrett. Children welcome.

We will be meeting at Horton Kirby car park, Westminster Fields [playing fields] which is down by the river, across the bridge [Westminster Bridge] at 10.30 am on Sat 14th June. (TQ 559 684)

It will be a circular route south along the river to Franks Bridge then back over the fields and through the village - a distance of about 2 - 3 km. The walk should last about 2 hours.

We have chosen the same day as the Horton Kirby Village Fair which takes place on the Westminster fields but although it will be busy, I have been reassured by one of the organisers, that it should not affect our parking.

After the walk, some may like the option of staying and enjoying the fete! Apparently there will be a barbecue if they want lunch provided and a bird of prey demonstration later in the afternoon.

Alternatively, the rest of the party will be moving on to the car park at Lullingstone Country Park for the second half of the day. There is a café there. The time of meeting will be 2pm at TQ 526 638. Our route will again be a circular one, following the river north to Lullingstone Castle, heading up onto the downs beside the golf course then returning to the car park. There, we can have refreshments before embarking, if energy and time allow, on another optional walk by the river in a southerly direction.
Will those wishing to attend please confirm with Ann Barrett - details below

Email annbarrett@tesco.net
Tel 01233 623126
Mob.07746783398

Saturday 28th June.
Field Trip to Chafford Hundred (former Chalk Pits), Thames/Essex. Leader: Di Clements. Meet at Chafford Gorges Visitor Centre, Drake Road, Grays, Thurrock at 10.30 am. (A good map can be found on the Essex Wildlife Trust website: www.essexwt.org.uk). We shall study the Chalk, Thanet Sands, overlying Pleistocene gravels and also swallow holes and other periglacial features. Lunch can be had at a pub.

Thursday 24th - Sunday 27th July.
Long Weekend Field Meeting to Yarwell, near Peterborough. Leader: Cliff Nicklin. Accommodation will be at Ann Barrett's mother's house in Yarwell (map reference TL 068978, OS Landranger Map 142) (free, except for cost of food). Local Geology includes: The Lower Oxford Clay, Middle Jurassic limestones and Pleistocene gravels. We shall also spend a day at the British Geological Survey, in Keyworth, near Nottingham.

Saturday 26th July
Geologists' Association Wealden Excursion. Leaders: Pete Austen, Richard Agar, Dr. Ed Jarzembowski & Geoff Toye. Continuing the popular trips to the working pits of S.E. England, where there have been some superb fossil finds. The venue(s) will be confirmed later to take advantage of conditions at the time. You will need a hard hat, high visibility jacket and suitable footwear. For further details and to register contact Sarah Stafford at the GA office (telephone: 020 7432 9298). It will cost £5 per person.

Saturday 2nd - Sunday 3rd August.
Group Stand at the Rock 'n' Gem Show at Kempton Park Racecourse, Sunbury (map reference TQ 108702 OS Landranger Map 176). Microfossil and mineral slide-making and other activities. Other details as for 7th-8th June.

Saturday 6th September.
We have been asked to take our very popular KGG activity tables to the Guildford Fayre, in Surrey. Setting up will be from 11.00 am and the Fayre will be open to visitors from 1.00 pm until 5.00 pm. Some of the regular helpers will be on holiday, so help from other members in setting up or stand manning, or preferably both, is needed and will be welcomed.

If you are able to help, please contact Adrian Rundle on 0208 878 6645.

Further details will be given on this page as soon as they are known.

Sunday 14th September.
Field Meeting to Smokejacks Brickworks, near Ockley, Surrey. Leader: Pete Austen. Meet at the Brickworks car park (map reference TQ 116372, OS Landranger Map 187) at 10.30am. Other details as for 27th April.

October.
Tertiary Research Group Abbeywood fossil collecting trip. We may join if there's space. Contact Gordon Alchin (tel. 01732 457188) for more details.

Saturday 1st - Sunday 2nd November.
Group Stand at the Rock 'n' Gem Show at Kempton Park Racecourse, Sunbury (map reference TQ 108702 OS Landranger Map 176). Microfossil and mineral slide-making and other activities. Other details as for 7th-8th June.

Saturday 1st - Sunday 2nd November.
Geologists' Association Festival of Geology at UCL, London. Weekend of geological activities: sideshows, lectures and walks. Families and public welcome. Kent Geologists' Group is uncertain yet of its involvement here. Further details nearer the time.

Note:
Though the Kent Geologists' Group normally attends both of the above events, this year the dates clash. The KGG is, at present, uncertain which event will be supported. Further details will be published on this page nearer the time.

Remember!
Planned field trips can only go ahead if sufficient members express an interest.
So to avoid being disappointed, please confirm as soon as possible, with either the Field Meetings Secretary or the trip Leader, your intention to attend a meeting.