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March 2026
| Type | Title | Date | Time | Location | Speaker or Team Leader | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting | The Chalk Sea | Tue 3rd | 7:30 for 8pm | Shenfield | James Witts | NHM |
| Visit | Purfleet Heritage Centre with new Geology display | Sat 7th | 10am | Purfleet-on-Thames | Ian & Ros | ERMS/ Purfleet Heritage Centre |
| Meeting | A beginners guide to graphic logs – a practical exercise | Thu 19th | 7:30 for 8pm | Stanway | Martin Smith | ERMS/Colchester 6th Form College |
| Visit | King Edward VI Grammar School Chelmsford | Sat 21st | 10:30am | Chelmsford | Lucy Fryer | KEGS 6th Form |
April 2026
| Type | Title | Date | Time | Location | Speaker or Team Leader | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visit | Maylandsea – London Clay | Sun 5th | 9:15am | North Drive Maylandsea | Jeff Saward | ERMS |
| Meeting | Rock Solid 6 – Deserts | Tue 7th | 7:30 for 8pm | Shenfield | Ros and Ian | ERMS |
| Visit | Bull’s Lodge Quarry | Sat 11th | 10:30 for 11 am | Bull’s Lodge Boreham | Peter Allen | ERMS |
| Meeting | Laterites and Landscape in Sierra Leone | Thu 16th | 7:30 for 8pm | Stanway | Des Bowden | Royal Geographical Soc. |
May 2026
| Type | Title | Date | Time | Location | Speaker or Team Leader | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting | Rock Solid 7 – Mountains | Tue 7th | 7:30 for 8pm | Shenfield | Ros and Ian | ERMS |
| Visit | Coleman’s Quarry | Sat 16th | TBC | Lt. Braxted | Jonathan Spencer | ERMS |
| Meeting | The mantle and evolution of landscapes on geological timescales | Thu 21st | 7:30 for 8pm | Stanway | Matthew Morris | Imperial College |
June 2026
| Type | Title | Date | Time | Location | Speaker or Team Leader | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting | Rock Solid 8 – Oceans | Tue 2nd | 7:30 for 8pm | Shenfield | Ros and Ian | ERMS |
| Visit TBC | Rayne Quarry | Wed 17th | TBA | Jonathan Spencer | ERMS | |
| Meeting | Aspects of Extinction | Thu 18st | 7:30 for 8pm | Stanway | John Ratford | ERMS |
July 2026
| Type | Title | Date | Time | Location | Speaker or Team Leader | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting | Rock Solid 9 – Glaciers | Tue 7th | 7:30 for 8pm | Shenfield | Ros and Ian | ERMS |
| Meeting | Deep Mines & Sharp Edges | Thu 16th | 7:30 for 8pm | Stanway | Adam Wightman | Colchester Arch. Trust & ERMS |
| Visit | Coach trip to Grimes Graves | Sat 18th | TBA | TBA | Jonathan Spencer | ERMS |
August 2026
| Type | Title | Date | Time | Location | Speaker or Team Leader | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting | Members’ Finds | Tue 4th | 7:30 for 8pm | Shenfield | ERMS | |
| Meeting | Members’ Finds | Thu 20th | 7:30 for 8pm | Stanway | ERMS | |
| Visit | Highwood Quarry | Sat 22nd | 10:30 for 11 am | Office car park | John Walmsley | ERMS |
September 2026
| Type | Title | Date | Time | Location | Speaker or Team Leader | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting | Rock Solid 10 – Rock Chemistry | Tue 1st | 7:30 for 8pm | Shenfield | Ian and Ros | ERMS |
| Visit | Gestingthorpe | Sat 5th | TBA | Hill Farm | Farmer Ashley Cooper | |
| Meeting | TBA | Thu 17th | 7:30 for 8pm | Stanway |
October 2026
| Type | Title | Date | Time | Location | Speaker or Team Leader | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting | TBA | Tue 6th | 7:30 for 8pm | Shenfield | Aimee Smith | NHM |
| Visit | Chafford Gorges | Sat 10th | TBA | EWT Car park | Peter Allen | ERMS |
| Meeting | Pleistocene Essex | Thu 15th | 7:30 for 8pm | Stanway | QRA |
November 2026
| Type | Title | Date | Time | Location | Speaker or Team Leader | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting | TBA | Tue 3rd | 7:30 for 8pm | Shenfield | ||
| Visit TBC | Church walls | Sat 10th | TBC | TBA | John Walmsley | ERMS |
| Meeting | AGM | TBA | TBC | Zoom | ERMS | |
| Meeting | Coast To Coast across northern England | Thu 19th | 7:30 for 8pm | Stanway | Anne & Denis Kell | ERMS |
December 2026
| Type | Title | Date | Time | Location | Speaker or Team Leader | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting | Christmas Gathering | Tue 1st | 7:30 for 8pm | Shenfield | quiz, mince pies etc. | |
| Visit TBC | Colchester Trail | TBA | TBA | ERMS | ||
| Meeting | Christmas Gathering | Thu 18th | 7:30 for 8pm | Stanway | quiz, mince pies etc. |
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