Sketching from the Amazing Geology Collections at Kendal Museum Join Artists to sketch from the collections of Lakeland Geology at Kendal Museum.  There will be art materials available for those who just want to 'have a go.'    Rock Solid? 2 Artists will be using their sketches to inform their forthcoming artworks.   Rock Solid? 2 is an exhibition scheduled for May and June in the People's Gallery at Kendal Museum,  exploring the geology of Cumbria through the prism of the plan to use that deep geology to contain humanity's most long lasting legacy - nuclear waste.                                 Baryte Hailmoor Mine- Beckermet from the Bill Shaw Collection Haematite/Specularite - West Cumbria from the Bill Shaw Collection Entrance to the Museum is £5 for adults this includes free annual membership - a bargain for this treasure trove of a Museum  which includes a cornucopia of natural history, social history and all sorts of interesting stuff for children, adults and e

  Devoke Water is the largest, and one of the highest, tarns in the Lake District, on Birker Fell near Eskdale  The latest Cumbria Geodiversity Statement and Action Plan states that:  For its size, Cumbria is one of the most geodiverse areas in Europe, with an abundance of important geological and geomorphological features, and landscapes of global significance. This is reflected in the county’s wealth of protected landscapes, and geological sites of both local and national importance. This is what makes Cumbria such a place of beauty and contrast with rich seams of romanticism, landscape diversity and a wealth of minerals. The latest Cumbria Geodiversity Statement produced by Cumbria GeoConservation can be read here:   www.cumbriageoconservation.org.uk

 New Year Greetings from Rock Solid 2 In this blogpost we look back at the past- what was happening in 1995 when NIREX (now Nuclear Waste Services) were pushing to deliver a "Rock Laboratory" in the Gosforth area of Cumbria near Sellafield.  The Rock Laboratory would investigate the geology ahead of a deep repository for LOW and INTERMEDIATE Level Nuclear Wastes.  Other areas of the country had already been looked at and ruled out with the whole of West Cumbria being looked at and narrowed down to the Longlands Farm area of Gosforth as the 'best site' in the UK for further investigation.  Local people saw this investigative "Rock Laboratory" as a Trojan Horse for a final nuclear waste 'repository' now called a Geological Disposal Facility Accross Cumbria large billboards went up sponsored by local people, Greenpeace & Friends of the Earth    The bill boards read: BURY NUCLEAR WASTE AND IT WILL COME BACK TO HAUNT US ALL CUMBRIANS DEMAND A PUBLIC