TENBY FIELDTRIP 2006


NEW: The following links provide check-lists of the expectations we will have of your assessed work. The staff will use these sheets for marking and feedback, so your use of these lists to understand our expectations could not be "closer to the mark" (pun intended): Mapping, Notebook, Logging

Click HERE for a pdf file of the full field-course manual for Tenby 2006, including tides information, location information, the expected work, etc. (a summary from the field-course manual)

Click HERE for the powerpoint presentation on safety.

Click HERE for the powerpoint presentation on mapping (= HOW TO MAP.PPT).

Click HERE for the powerpoint presentation on logging (= SEDLOG lecture.PPT).

Click HERE for a document on field notebook skills (= FIELD NOTEBOOK.DOC).
 

The bus, Marchwood Motorways, leaves Friday 31 March at 10:00 am from Nuffield Theatre.
 

The Tenby fieldtrip needs to be carefully planned with respect to the tides in the area, but also taking into account the Easter Holiday constraints. The end result  is clear: the TENBY 2006 fieldtrip takes place from Friday 31 March until Friday 7 April. We have  booked caravans in “Kiln Park”, Tenby.
Click here for information on how you get to Kiln Park, Tenby.

The program for the week is as follows (two working groups, A and B):
    Friday 31 March . Everybody arrives in Tenby throughout the afternoon
    Saturday 1 April: Tenby (A) & Abereiddy/Strumble (B)
    Sunday 2 April: Abereiddy/Strumble (A) & Tenby (B)
    Monday 3 April Freshwater/Stackpole (A) & Marloes (B)
    Tuesday 4 April: Marloes (A) &  Freshwater/Stackpole (B)
    Wednesday 5 April: St Davids (A) & Broadhaven (B)
    Thursday 6 April: Broadhaven (A) & St Davids (B)
        Also Thursday 6 April: (evening) Caravan cleaning !!!
Friday 7 April. Departures, late morning or afternoon – NOT before!

We will NOT allow early departures on Friday. It is imperative that evrybody helps with the cleaning-up of the caravans!!!! Hence, we need EVERYBODY to be present on Friday 7th when staff comes round to inspect the caravans.
Hence, you are to plan your exit from Kiln Park on Friday 7 April, late morning or afternoon – NOT before!
 

Some words of caution:

It is absolutely essential that you bring PLENTY warm clothing, with sound wind-breakers and/or waterproofs. Think in layers of clothing, as you can then adapt what you wear to the prevailing conditions. Although we are late in the year with the fieldtrip in 2005, it can still be very wet, windy and cold, and you need to be well prepared for that.
It may be wise to bring a thermos for taking a warm drink into the field, and gloves and a hat are essential. It may well be very cold (in the past, we have had everything from rain, sleet, and snow to gales), and we will be working in very exposed settings.
Your sleeping bag should be winter-quality.
It may be a good idea to bring one of those little folding umbrellas, as they greatly facilitate writing in the field if it’s raining but not too windy.
Take a PENCIL (or several) to write with, as they don’t wash out in the wet.
Bring a tape-measure (standard B&Q one will do) - it's very useful in the logging exercise!
Don’t forget to bring waterproof boots, as we’ll be working in wet conditions all the time.

For some images of a previous Tenby trip, click here

More later
 

Prof. Eelco J. Rohling