{"id":240,"date":"2018-05-06T22:10:47","date_gmt":"2018-05-06T22:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/malvernu3a.org.uk\/geology3\/?page_id=240"},"modified":"2019-02-21T10:33:23","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T10:33:23","slug":"blank-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/malvernu3a.org.uk\/geology3\/blank-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Fossils Subgroup"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-240\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-240-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-240-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-240-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Fossils Subgroup<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">We currently have about 20 members with on average 10 attending our monthly meetings. \u00a0The group has a very mixed level of expertise from those who have been studying fossils for some time to absolute beginners who have no scientific background whatsoever.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Our aim is to expand our knowledge and understanding of the world of fossils, using what expertise we have available within the group or if possible using contributors from outside the Fossil Subgroup.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">We plan to have one or two field trips a year to such destinations as Leckhampton Hill or Wenlock Edge where we can make our own fossil findings.\u00a0 These lead to a follow-up meeting where we try to identify what we have found.\u00a0 In the past we have benefited from the input of Dr Paul Olver who has helped us with field trips and subsequent identification of finds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Last year we also had talks from U3A group members such as James Berry and Alan Gray on a particular topic related to fossils as well as an insight into John Medley\u2019s extensive collection of the fossils of Leckhampton Hill.\u00a0 We also enjoyed a follow up session from the U3A\u2019s group trip to Tenby and will certainly do a similar session based on the October trip to Weymouth and the Jurassic coast.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Next year we intend to do some more local field trips as well as a museum visit, perhaps to Oxford.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">New members are always welcome whatever their level of expertise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">For more information lease contact Christopher Wright:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"> tel: 01905 20920, email: <a href=\"cnw48@outlook.com\">cnw48@outlook.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><p>Views: 8470<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fossils Subgroup We currently have about 20 members with on average 10 attending our monthly meetings. \u00a0The group has a very mixed level of expertise from those who have been studying fossils for some time to absolute beginners who have &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/malvernu3a.org.uk\/geology3\/blank-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"showcase.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-240","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/malvernu3a.org.uk\/geology3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/malvernu3a.org.uk\/geology3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/malvernu3a.org.uk\/geology3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/malvernu3a.org.uk\/geology3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/malvernu3a.org.uk\/geology3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/malvernu3a.org.uk\/geology3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1376,"href":"http:\/\/malvernu3a.org.uk\/geology3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/240\/revisions\/1376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/malvernu3a.org.uk\/geology3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}