Walks & holidays exploring Scotland's geology, and its influence on landscape & people. Edinburgh Uni Teaching Fellow, founding Trustee Scottish Geology Trust.
Joined February 2011
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14 Nov 2024
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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7 Nov 2024
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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7 Nov 2024
RT @andrewsp2009: St Anthony's Chapel, Holyrood Park, Edinburgh (Scotland) @UndisScot image & reconstruction. Repaired in 1426 with funds f…
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6 Nov 2024
On dark days, seek solace from the processes of the Earth. Everything passes, and we're all doomed anyway.
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5 Nov 2024
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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3 Nov 2024
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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30 Oct 2024
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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24 Oct 2024
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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12 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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9 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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2 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
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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2 Oct 2024
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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20 Sep 2024
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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13 Sep 2024
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-…
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12 Sep 2024
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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10 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-…
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8 Sep 2024
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!
ALT Screenshot of the geosites map from the SGT geosites webpage.
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