At the end of September I went on a field trip I can thoroughly recommend to anyone visiting Devon.

I bought the last ticket and we sailed from Exmouth, first Eastwards along the Jurassic coast, then turned and headed past the Exe estuary and south along the Devonian/Carboniferous coast.

Lunch and (and a bar / cafe) on board and the trip leader had laid out samples of each rock type encountered on a table.

These included the uranium/vanadium nodules from Littleham Cove and Dreikanter pebbles from the Aeolian sandstone.

The Jurassic coast has beaches, and platforms along the shore.

The older rocks had cliffs plunging straight into the sea, at depth and it was amazing how the large boat was manoeuvred and held almost within touching distance from these cliffs.

Chris Woodward, the guide provided a 6 hour running lecture through the PA system and it was easy to hear this through the PA system.

Very nice.

Last time I went on a 'field' trip, was the Fall ( nice time of year ) of 77 ( 1st year Uni Geology elective course ).
That's when I learned that the North side of the road, along old HWay8, in West St. Catharines, the soil of the vineyards is littered with seashells as it used to be the shore of long gone Lake Iroquois, formed by the retreat of glaciers after the last Ice Age, and before the formation of the Great Lakes.